Commentary: Anti-Mormonism, polygamy fights, newspaper wars and Salt Lake City’s stinkpot scandal of 1885

From any perspective, this whole episode smells.

(Utah State Historical Society) Utah Territory federal officials in 1884. Left to right: Associate Justice Orlando Powers; U.S. Marshal Elwin Ireland; Gov. Eli Murray; Chief Justice Charles Zane; U.S. Attorney William Dickson; and Associate Justice Jacob Boremen.

Commentary: Anti-Mormonism, polygamy fights, newspaper wars and Salt Lake City’s stinkpot scandal of 1885

From any perspective, this whole episode smells.

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