Show TWO KINDS OF POLYGAMY UNDER the above heading the detroit michigan times give the follow ling ing particulars and offers the accompanying reflections on is subject that is abot now DOW very much discussed there was a remarkable scene in a port huron court room on tuesday when a convicted bigamist or rather polygamist was surrounded by his bis five wives each woman vied with all the others in flashing on en the felon the fires of her indignation wrath and displeasure pl eure p I 1 the true caulp of all his wrath would not be divined at first blush by any ordinary di nary observer was it the sense of womanly modesty which shrinks in horror at the thought of a relationship with a man when there are still other living women who have sustained that same ame relationship with him in other words was it a moral revolt against a polygamy that degrades both man and woman we may charitably trust that in some cues cases it was so but the likelihood is judging u from the common sentiment of th this is age g and country on the subject that all the indignation arose out of the biga mists neglect of a certain small formality t in a chancery court before marrying ake the next wife probably not one of these women would have declined to marry this polygamist polygamist if he had only put away the former wife in a certain 1 legal 1 way instead of putting her away in bis I 1 own way it was only a matter of form no better proof of the truth of this could be given than tp to point scenes scene that were occurring in in judge partners Gart ners court at the very time that the port huron polygamist was undergoing trial how many suitors for divorce before judge gartner already had other living wives and husbands besides those from whom they are suing for divorce only the public records would reveal but certain it is that many of them were in that court to obtain licenses to take unto themselves still other wives and husbands there is much in a name if we call it a divorce it covers up the real of the transact ion and satisfies the conscience if we call it a license to marry another wife or husband it exposes the nature of the transaction and stirs the conscience I 1 mormonism permits polygamy but abhors polyandry our christian civilization permits both I 1 the ignot is not here creaso reasoning nine that dvor divorcement cement under any circumstances is not permissible but has stated the case in its logical bearing to show into what buses abuses our forty four divorce systems have bave run 11 |