Show W what would be the result EDI HERALD if ebery man who has entered into inlo plural ural marriage was to comply with the edmunds law as it is inter presed by the courte courts of utah what a deplorable state society would bo be thrown into As a recent writer in the weekly examiner california asks aks what would become of the women thua thus thrown upon the world as neither aves wives nor widow widows want ing 9 the modesty of maidenhood unhallowed by the respect that widowhood commands and re ceides he further asks what is to become of the children gr grow ow up such circumstances and there are thousands thou gands in utah who are by act of con grees gress whose whoso ages range ranger irom from five years and upwards up who would miss the kindly influence of their respected parent in the family circle a and nd be led to exclaim what is homo home without hout a father what could we expect to result from so many youth of both sexes being edg thrown upon the world without their protector and guardian true they may have a mothers watchful care but the father sees more of the world and is therefore better prepared t to 0 warn and guard them again against the wiles and snares that are set to entrap the unwary the tha court buys says a father can visit the children of a discarded wife but not in her presence so the ex wife must be requested to vacate the house during such visits or else his visits must be clandestine thereby endanger 4 in ing his own safety which would probably cause his visits under such circumstances to be less frequent than the welfare offis children re required ired so if the promise t to obey t the lu e law as the courts co cona cons true it was to be strictly adhered to would the good resulting thereupon outweigh the evil result would the a many boys deprived of a fathers influence and training be likely to make better citizens or the girls to be more cha chaste and more of them grow up into virtuous womanhood nye W need only to refer to the lives and character characters of the many waits who infest the populous cities of our nation for an answer VENUS lolaw dec ath 1880 |