Show I ABOUT MORMONS I II I lion J J. J ii- ii j. j r. r Interview 1 In Ill lIon Bradford Pa In Stu Feb 2 JI 1903 1908 The Hon lIon J j. j j. j Green Greenewald who i Is hi I visiting his brothers in Bradford has hasI I resided in Utah for tor the past 38 8 years and Is vcr very familiar with con conditions I out there especially with the Mormon formon question iou In an interview with a reporter forthe for tor forthe the Star today h he said the tho Mormon Mor for formon mon most people ate afe as good as an any other Their morals are are good gooe they are In Industrious industrious In- In and anti virtuous You lou never see Eel seea seea a a. Mormon beggar because the poor are cared b by their own people said Mr Greenewald About 1891 Wilford Woodruff pr president of ot the church re realizing re- re that the United Status States was determined determined de de- de- de to out polygamy his hits great desire beng for tal peace to his hits people people peo pee plo issued a manifesto suspending tho the practice of or polygamy and very every unprejudiced un Wi- prejudiced mind In that count country knows s that tho the church does not give Its sanction sanction sanc sane tion to an any such marriages s since and und It is dying out ot of its own accord Those who were rere In polygamy however could not bo be expected to throw out their I wives wi and children upon the cold charIt charity charity char char- It ity of or tho world There are aio not a great Teat man maul many polygamists pol left heft in U Utah h. h During the tho past ten years ears moro more than two-thirds two have died All told there ther are ale not over four tour hundred In the entire entire en en- tire Ure s state teA te A gre great t many people believe that the church interferes In matters of oC politics Let us analyze this question In Irs tho last 13 years since statehood every Judge judEe of the Su Supreme remo court has been and arid is non In Salt Lal Lake e district there are four tour ju Judges three gentiles and one Mormon There have been boon three representatives to congress con con- gress greS two Gentiles and one Mormon and in the United States senate four tour Gentiles and two Mormons In the thelast thelast thelast last two wo municipal elections in Salt Lake CIt City the non Mormon party parly has scored victories If It the church ha had interfered as It is accused It certainly could have o changed the tho result A great man many who belonged ell to th the non Mormon party belleve that a man manholding manholding manholding holding the position of ot United States senator should not not be a high church churchman man Mr 11 Greenewald does not agree with that An Any citizen of or the United States has the right to be ambitious church or no church he thinks From 1870 until 1893 Mr 11 Greenewald was a 1 member of ot the liberal party part non Mor mon nion The principles of or that was to abolish polygamy m make ke woman queen of tho the home and for tor free schools The They accomplished their thick object object ob oh- and In 1893 1898 tho they burled buried the hatchet Speaking of the late hate fight made upon the Hon Re Red d Smoot Mr Greenewald said that everybody who has tho the pleasure pleas pleas- ure of his acquaintance knows know's that he heIs heIs heis Is one of ot natures nature's noblemen no a good father ashier a mo model el husband a a. first Hist class classman man mun businessman financier statesman slates slates- man good citizen and American It might perhaps bo ho bettor better if Smoot would resign hl his apostleship bc because his Jils friends s. s who art aro legion want him to be his own successor in the Size senate The majority of ot the people believe Utah is 13 by continuing the pj I t cJ i t Sutherland Sut 1 i- i ian an 1 Hee Reed Smoot and Joseph Howell at nt the nation capitol The They could not be improved 1 upon cn and the people do llo not an any change chauga If Mr lr Smoot o should resl resign n his apostleship apostleship apostle apostle- ship It would splice spike the gun un of ot his enemies and the Gentile Republicans In Salt Snit Lake L. City would all nIL be e back bach in inthe tho the Republican fold toM In no time Our Gentile Democratic friends s would be without a a. party as their thelL bridges are arc burnt irrevocably ho lie said Now If It the people of the United States especially cape espe In the East would disabuse their minds of ot the prejudice that has always e existed isted against t the Mormon people and arid know them as they are today they would not listen to the paid Informer who must make his living not by telling telling tell tell- ing lug the truth tor for th then n his occupation would be gone Sun but b by false ah reports They would be moro more charitable in tn thelt views and arid get set over oyer the th idea that the Mormons arc are born with horns The young oung Mormons he says sas sasto to are eaSer eager for tor knowledge and to treat them as pariahs Is la un Their patriotism patriotism pa pa- to old Glory can cnn not be bo ques ques- They demonstrated that Inthe Inthe in inthe the Spanish American war If It It had hadnot hadnot noi not been for tor U the e Utah batteries composed composed com corn posed half haIr of oC Mormons and half halt of Gentiles the Pennsylvania soldiery from Pittsburg anti and surrounding count country country coun coun- t try would have been utterly annihilated ed ell in the Philippines But this is a n. matter ot of history history- Whenever U Uncle nele Sam Sam calls for men the Mormon boys will be to to the front first and not second sec eec ond orid Mr 11 ald has the distinguished distinguish distinguish- ed cd honor of ot being the first st degree degree de do- gree Mason Inson in the state sUite of Utah |