Show XAY MAY HAVE TWO WIVES IN NEW YORK STATE there has bas been and to is so much tuss and fuming with regard to polygamy and cohabitation in utah it is interest to note the fact that both are legally permissible per un nn 4 der certain circumstances in the state 01 ol of new york the knowledge of this tact is doubtless very limited under the ke following circumstances the law of that state permits polygamy and a visa to live in lawful wedlock with wa two wives it if a mans wife deserts him and for five ave years he be does not know whether she I 1 is living v n or not he may take 8 a second econe gt f after ne jae is married the second time the first wife returns he brust support both wives bothee both are his bis lawful wives and are entitled to dower if they are willing to live together in one house and mingle thief their families that is nob odys business of course the instances must necessarily be few and far between the conditions being exceptional but in new york and other states of the union there is an amount of what dr bacon calls consecutive polygamy 1 divorcing one wife in order to marry another that ought to cause the country to close up on the mormon marital system especially so far as existing family organizations are concerned but consi consistency and straight forward business are not conspicuous traits of the present generation |