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Show MISSIONARIES I H NOT GRAFTERS H Says The News and M Rev. Clemenson M - Reports of Eastern pa- pers are False. ., !H The Deseiet News and Salt Lake ",; H "Ti nth" have lecentl) conlaltied long i H clippings riom Lasteiu papeis setting , ill foi tli that "Moimou" mlsslonailes in- 'H dulge Inaceitaln tuilllc thatiesults In Ml seem Ing roi them a handsome com- i ' etence. It is claimed li) the author ill or these aitlcles in the Kastein picss IH that "missionaries" get iegul.it tees roi rcmalc conveits. Kveiy mission- li H ai) gets wages foi his woik, but he ' H does not get them until Ids letuin. H He gets so much per conveil $4 foi a jH man and wife, If he gets them to H Utah; $.'i foi a gill over 1(1, and If he H 'places' her he gets $40 to WO some- jH times as low as $10. 'Placing' means H If he has an older for a pliual wire, H and lie lills the ordei. The inlsslonaiy H makes fiom S(K) to $.00 for his teim." Ijl The Salt Lake papers have .stienuous- IH ly denied such lepoits, and or course flH the News, the Church oigan lias been i H p.iiticularly active in this lespect. , ij An edltoilal on the subject attracted 41 the attention of Ilev. N. K. ('lemeii- ! son, ot this city, and tlie edltoilal Itl loliimu of Moiid.i)'s News contains H tlie lollovvlng lellci fiom him, and IH comment on the same: H "A MANLV DKN1AL. ' H Logan, Htali,. Ian. S, 11)04. ' H To thoKdltoi: H I have just lead the edltoilal hi )oui Issue ot last night, lelative to "Tialllc hi l'luial Wives, and teel hn- ' H pelled, hi the inteiest of fahuess to M vviilo)ou. H Wltlioiit being undei stood as en- M doislug oiu views ol conditions in 1 mM rtah and of the pending coutioveisv, ' M I think it out) lah los.tytliat I was I WM itoiii and biought up hi a "Moimou" M home; IhaL lot ic.isonssailsf.icloi) to 1 M in) own mind 1 quit the chinch many ' H )eaisiigo; that i have been a resident H or L'tah toit)-oue )e.irs; that for H thlil) u'.us I have been a cat ef ul ob- i jjH seivei of conditions heie; thatdiiilng ! H the whole time ot in) lesidence among ' jH Hie "Moimou" people 1 have uevci H known uoi heain oi such "tialllc in H pluial wives" as tli.it to which )ou j H make leleience hi joui edltoilal. I ) H believe the tiiithsuillclenllv seveie for 1 H honest men and for eveiy cause. j jH N . K. C L 10 M K N SON. j , 1 The foicgoing letter i cached us on IH Satuida), too late ror publication In 9H tlie "News." We give place to itwitli j IB pleasure, as an indication that there , 1 aie "Chi Istlan" ministers In Utah who ' i wM notonlj do not eudoisctheralsehoods I WM which some or them utter about the II "Moimons" butaiecoiirageoiisenoiigh j flfl to publicly Oxpiess their (llssent fioin j .HI such ulteiances. ( WM No one acipiainted with llev. N. K. i :M Clemens Is likely to accuse him of allll- M ialing with"Moimoiilsiu"oi apologi- H lug loi It in any vv.i). Ills sentiments tl on that I'm in of (loot line have been too H piououuced foi mi) mistake to be ''H made on that scoie. Hut the moil- I M stious stoi) which has appealed in I H New Yoi k papeis, as noticed In these ! columns, was too much for him, and B theieroie his lettci on the subject. H The vvillei or it lias long been known fl as an opponent or the plui.il ni.iiiiage H system and or everjthing connected H wltliits pi.ictice, and his t.imlllaiity fl with iillahs in l'tah lender ills piotest fl paillciilail) peiilnent Just now. J j 9 We aie of tlie opinion that his ex- fl ample ought to be lollowed b) other people who believe In fall phi) and Justice, and who detest such moil- 19 tious lalselioodsiis those eudoised by f the I'lesteilan Di. D. .1. McMillan j ' in New Yoik, who knows that what j ' lie teslilled to as icpoited in New !l Voik papers, is shaiuc'tiill) uiitruu M and without leasou oi excuse. 1 The woidsor Mi. Clemeiisoii, wlio is 9 also a ricsh)tcil.iu miuistei, at tlie ! close of his lettei will stiike eveiy a '" ' fair-minded peison us emineull) cot- ll M reel; he s.i)s: "I believe the tiuth 'iA I HUlllclentlv seveie foi honest men and , eveij good cause." If It Is not round iW sutliclenl rot an) Individual and any ' I cause, tho laltei must be bad and the il peisou who advocates it knowing It to u jjj he uutiiic, must be vvoilliy or con- f M deinnatlou b) Ood and man. News flj j |