Show MRS talks TALKS AS VOWED VIEWED BY A MORMON WOMAN I 1 the articles ot of faith alth of orthe the mormon church which are subscribed to by its anem members ers in all parts of the world said mrs ellen B ferguson a mormon lady now in washington t to 0 a 4 rost fost reporter in referring to the th e statements recently ma roade e by toe e editor of the salt lake tribune contain in section twelve the following words we believe in being subject to fo kings presidents rulers and magistrates in ia obeying and sustaining the law the teachings 91 and preaching cfall of all the leaders of that people from the organization r gan of the church down to td the present time have been and still art are to obey all constitutional law and tp uphold and sustain austain the government of the t united tufted St states staines aites with the leite exception an of the jaws recently enact enacted ei a finst polygamy which the cormons mormons md mono a considered directly aimed at their re faith what law of the united states stitt ps have bave they ever violated or deed none not one A more more loyal law abiding long suffering community under the oppression and mal practices of corrupt official rep resenting a tree free government cannot hs bs found ot the face of gods earth thle thie has been testified by thousands of gentiles who are not under binder the lash of the salt lake tribunes whip id it to be charged against the mormons cormons as a crime that the legislature elected by the votes of monogamous mor moos who have never violated any law of the united states should be with witti one slagle single exception mormons cormons Mor mons Is it any more criminal for mormons cormons to voto vote for mormons cormons than it is for democrats to vote vole for those of their own political faith those among the gentile population who have aspired to such political poli betye not I 1 jam 19 sorry 0 Y to may aay so commended themselves 6 57 to the community by their honesty integrity incorruptibility and impartiality as to merit the suf frages ot of those who look for these qualifications in their legislators considering that the legislature has hitherto been exclusively mormon is it no not rather greatly to their credit that no lashas law has yet been passed by them against which the gentile minority have ever protested as harsh or injurious for neadly neacy 30 years the laws passed by this mormon legislature have been signed bya gentile governor Goveria or who enjoys absolute veto power powe r and whose individual dictum outa outweighs el gs the unanimous vele vate of the entire legislative assembly bi k Is a the statement th that at knot inot a mormon I 1 HIO n vote is except as dictated by president taylor true it is not it is a lie made out of whole cloth for lack of any other material I 1 affirm from my own personal knowledge that neither president taylor nor any other mormon official has ever dictated the vote of any individual in no community is the secre 8 sv V purby and freedom of the ballot m more ore lewdly guarded and maintained than in utah the instance mr goodwin div gives e 9 oi 01 the despotism of the church stands upon avery a very poor foundation as there is no bishop of salt lake COW city no village of binghampton Bing hampton land and no preacher in any of the villages would have any power to regul regulate ate its social or ecclesiastical affairs the tithing paid by the members of the mormon church is purely a voluntary offering just as much so as the contributions of presbyterians rians methodists or other christian sects for the support of the churches to which they belong no individual is forced to pay it and no church agent collects collect sit it as stated neither has any yvor workingman kingman been ped or ostracized ostracised for nonpayment non payment indeed some gentiles puy it as an honorable ac of business favors received from mormon customers if the assertion that no gentile is employed by a mormon were true whence have the gentiles in the territory drawn their subsistence were all gentile tradesmen artisans laborers as well as professional men dependent eident only upon gentile patronage they would starve or be co compelled 11 spelled to seek other fields of labor T the he teachers in the district and high schools and academies in utah are the peers in education and ability of any wass class of teachers in the united states the district of columbia not excepted many of them are graduates of the normal department of the deseret U university a iver s ity others of different colleges in the states and all teachers applying for district schools must pass an examination before the school board and receive a certificate of efficiency in order to secure an appod appointment 11 are the books used in the schools ayes yes and tile the teaching is also besides this gentiles are employed as well as mormons cormons Mor mons in the district in which I 1 reside the teacher is a gentile and has haas taught the same school for two ye arsand his predecessor was also a gentile the statements in reference to polygamists have ng more truth in them than those relating to tithing employment and education uca tion the conc concluding ludin g paragraph contains the whole aim and object of all I 1 this pretended crusade against polygamy 01 Y gamy A Abill bill to disfranchise all pa cormons mormons armons is just what is wanted says mr goodwin this shows con conclusively clu that it is not polygamy that the anti mormon ring in utah is fighting as all polygamists both men and women are already dis franchised by the law of 1862 the blow is really aimed at local self government were the relative situ situation atlon of the parties reversed and the gentiles as largely in majority as the monogamous law obeying mormons cormons are today to day would they not however corrupt their practices might be consider it a flagrant outrage eu on the republican idea that majorities rule if the mormons cormons should dema demand irid their on any grounds whatever Is it less legs heinous a violation of justice and equity that to gratify insensate ambition and bigoted fanaticism the anti mormon political tricksters trick should demand the passage by congress of laws unconstitutional and ad 0 oppressive p r e s s I 1 ve only because popular ire prejudice 1 u i c e against g a int the M cormons mormons orm sp is 87 sufficiently nt y strong tr 0 F to 0 make such legislation ig gila tio dosal possible bi I 1 washington IV mato P post C |