IV INDICTMENT OF UTAH.
In view of the cable message published this morning stating that Mor- ' nionism «nd polygamy are increasing , • t ,i, o North-west of Canada, the ac- „+ n triven by Mrs Frederick Schoff. of iffl&SSia, piveidont of tho National -BS" Co'n t Vn, S ,of hor recent ™t ♦__ Utah wot particular interest, hhe ,_*cnbw Utah as a •'polygamy-nddon uHJe bordering upon aMw«*nation and Bnarchv " D'liing her visit sho asserts tkrt »■ constant guard was necessary her life. Sho affirms that Slvgamy k practised «« Utah to-day Wt as much as it was before the manifesto 'against polygamy was issued by ■■ the' Mormon Church. People became so attached to the system of plural wives ♦ hat they refuse to surrender. Mrs Aoff declares that the lffe of Senator Onion, who is lighting against tho >. Mormon Church, w hi danger, and hia father, who is a Mormon apostle, has , disowned and disinherited him. SoSSy is not 9ooi«ty in Hah,"'continued Mm Sdioff. "Young men who go to a dancing party thero aro mot able to know whether thoy aro dancing.with a lurried woman, for so many girjg are • "r-rriod secretly. The records aro m tho Srmon temple and no «no outside Vnoirn A mest appalling state ot X exists." Mrs Hofioff declares that - S&»ro trying to getcontrol of *Sa United States Government, and Jfif they absolutely control polities in Idlho.i Utah, Montana. Nevada, Now. Jlcxico, and Arizona.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12350, 14 November 1905, Page 5
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