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Show A Portion of the Other Side. Tlieic Is one phase ol the Utah question which out-sldei.N do not cue to admit and leftise to toleiate and thatlstli.it thine is and alwajs has been a tacit undeistanding that Moi-moiis Moi-moiis having enteied Into poljgamous lflatlons bcfoic the manifesto weie not to ho distill bed In theli icl.itlons with their pluial wives as long as the condition was not Haunted befoie the people. Piesldcnt Smith sajs he never knew of such an uudoistanding, but despite this testimony, 'this much-mooted much-mooted "undeistanding" has been generally accepted as a fact and few-have few-have been concci tied that these icla-lions icla-lions aie continued in many cases. Conditions that seem Inloleiable to the people east and west aie. understood under-stood better by people on the giound, and many of those seilously adverse to polj gamy and a gieater part of Mor-monlsm Mor-monlsm believe, that the Latter-day Saint, who having enteied into plural manlage pi lor to a law forbidding It, would be less than a man If lie permitted per-mitted Hint law to Influence him to such an extent that he should deny the cast -off wives moiethan the Inead and meat uecessaiy to sustain them. Pletuie If jou will a man of sterling character enteilng Into nianlage icla-tions icla-tions with two, three or moie women of good bh tli and bleeding, tills man and these women having Ih'CH biought up in a icllglous faith that taught thlsielatlon as the one means ot exalted ex-alted gloiy. Look further at the picture and see this man and these women living the lellgiou that has been taught them. In many Instances the family' relations rela-tions arecongenlal, and In thocouisc of jeais there Is a llxedness of life and we believe It possible that there Is an allection for the vaiious wives -possibly a favoiitc, but nevertheless an affection that l caches fuithci than one. Coiisidci that in oidei toobtaln certain cer-tain rights accorded other people, the great le.tdeis of this organization which has taught polvgamy and entered en-tered Into it, agiccsto icnouiicetli.it piactice. A law is enacted making it unlawful to live with nioiu than one of these former half doen, and this I sterling man of good character takes his cholco as the. law provides, and M Zsr. " rj- v.v- ,-Ttfn, r t piesuiiiably lajs the otheis on the shelf. Does the law separate him fiom those wives? Ale the ties and iclations that have existed for jeais biokcn by this single law and at a moment's mo-ment's notice? NO. Will that man cast away his wives and know them no moi e? Will he ineicly visit tlieiu occasionally and throw in a ham for their sustenance? Will he icgard that law seilously and abide by a condition con-dition imposed upon him by the exactions ex-actions of a people he has alwajs bo-llcved bo-llcved his enemies, even though leaders lead-ers agioed to that law In order to. scenic sc-enic certain lights accoided those enemies? No, he vvih no,t and in Utah heisicgaidei as less than human if he does accept that law hi all Its fullness. full-ness. He will continue to visit his wives, he will continue to support them and he will continue to boa husband to them. Tiik Rkihjiimcan docs not argue that this position Is light. It simply sets out that this view Is held In Utah, and that view would certainly be held by many of those now arrayed against Utah, If they were placed In like condition. The position is cci-talnlj cci-talnlj decidedly In the line of human natinc, and while it may not be condoned con-doned by those In martial array, because be-cause of the fact that this question Is connected with other vital questions, jet with many the peculiar position of thcs2 men and women will serve as a palliation for the mooted offense. The fact that these aie two sides to all questions should not be ignoicd. |
