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Show K ; KOT DUE TO HATRED. NOT DUE B f TO ANGER. BUT TO REDEEM UTAH V& ; FROM HIERARCHY WHIOII HAS IK HELD THE STATE IN BONDAGE Ij Tho causes which brought about and ; ! necessitated tho organization of tho 1 . American party in Utah -wore detailed ' in a splendid speech delivered by Joseph Lippman of Salt Lake City at tho great j mass convention held in Park City on Thursday night last, at which mtwg ; tho American party placed in U1 full legislative and county ticket ior Summit county. Tho speech was a most forceful one and tho tacts and presented cannot bo controverted. ; speech of Mr. Lippman lollows: b Mr. Lippmaii's Address. b Mr. Chairman and ?0' A,?c)n fJ I Is indeed an unexpected p eas urc to face S so largo an audience- ".Vt w F vltedto nneak before you tonight I hod noidUVa Park City would P""8" a magnificent spectacle as greeted mo i when I entered this edifice. One tue ; ! main reasons that prompted mo n a s ' J th. isv.os of this campaign with you , t J3 fh" onta and which brought : me . here irtfll tn congratulate vou upon tno formation 5; I of .KS party in "" tho fact that 1 understood that the punuc ! school system of this county was threat-i threat-i cned? fam a product of the pub 1 c school system of this country. nt " haJLl ' liavo and all that I expect to bo I owe to the public school system in which I was educated. (Applause). Park City has one of tho most magnificent high 1 schools within this stato. and I do not ! wonder that you ard Jealous f dP not wonder that you love It and cherish the high Ideals for which it stands, i am credibly informed that it Is the deslro and tho purpose of the Republican count commissioners. If elected to remove tho 1 high school from Park City, where- of ; i right it Is and whero of rlghtit ought to be. to the county seat at Coalville. I have seen some of the products ot your schools, and I want to say to you that no better scholars ever camo out of any high school in this stale than hayo come out of the county of Summit and out ot the high school of Park City; and you - must keep it hero at all hazards, because 5t is here whero you dig the silvor and I he lead out of the ground; It is here Y where vou raise tho sinews of war for this state, and it is hero whero you mako . i it possible for people to live In peace, '.i in comfort, and in luxury in Salt Lake fh CItv. You should keep right in your h'l midst this magnificent high school, and bi if vou elect tho county commissioners Ur whom you have tonight nominated. I ffl nan assure you that tho school will not W, be removed to Coalville. i I want to congratulate you at the out- Is set on having so auspiciously started the ?ft American party in Summit county; and i'lij I also want to say to you that wo apprc- La elate what Summit county has done for Wi Salt Lake county. If It had not been for FIR' vour. hills of treasure, for your silver and mj vour lead and your other precious metals, IF; it Is highly probable that we today In tk- Salt Lake City would never have had lm an American party. It is duo to the Iff wealth and to the munificence of two men who first found their fortunes hero y I that the Salt Lake Tribune has been able to stand as it has, and to bo the D. 1 standard hearer of the American party il.f In Utah. Had it not been for Senator 5 Thomas Kearns and the Honorable m ' David Keith, tho two men who made It !W possible for the American party to be Ij ! organized in Salt Lake City, and have f so valiantly assisted In bringing the I, 1 cause to successful fruition, wo today in r Salt Lake City probably would not havo ! had such progress and advancement as If, we now enjov. And so again I say. that I to Summit county we are indebted, lu ll ' directly at least, for the formation of tho u i American party and tho benefits resultant P therefrom. Tonight we come before you 'J?. and attempt to repay In some little way ',i for what vou have done for us, by aiding and assisting you in organizing tho American party here, you being the sec- j ond county in Utah which will help in ij carrying to a successful issue the Ameri- H; can cause, which Is so dear to all our Hj hearts (Applause.) L Why American Party? ' I do not know the component parts of 3 3 this audience tonight. I cannot say f 4 : whether some of you aro Mormons or J- not. but if you be, I want to say at tho 3 outset that I shall not say a word against A your religious belief. I have no desire .7"S . to hurt vour feelings, because I respect E'i tho Mormon religion. The Mormon re- ,! : Union to me Is as sacred as any other l"1. religion. I wage no fight against any re- i Uglon. My fight and the cause which I j . represent Is against the men who are at L Hie head of the church, the dominant fac- tors whom we call the hierarchy, whom we think arc misleading the Mormon pco- ' pie, who are using them for tools to fur- 1 I ther their own personal purposes and I their own selfish ends. So far as the ! ! Mormon people arc concerned, 7 have J lived amongst them for twenty-six years, and a kinder-hearted, a more hospitable, 1 n gentler class of men and women, a slm- Jy, pier folk I never met. and I want now and here to pay my respects to the sin- 7 i cerity and honesty of the major portion ) t of them. They aro full of the milk of 'J J human kindness, and I want now and f. here to let them understand that what- i ; 111 over I may say tonight is not said against H them Individually and Isn't meant to .XSfl hurt or harm their feelings. Whatever 'm J may say, I want it clearly understood II that- my remarks are directed against the I leaders of this church and not against the 1 component parts of it. With that under- 1 standing let us look Into the causes for the formation of tho American party, i Why was it organized? Whatever some fl men may say, it was not organized in I hatred, It was not organized in anger. y It was not organized in pique. It was ) organized in order that the people of Utah .j should be redeemed and disenthralled U from the hierarchy which has held them j, in bondage and In control for more than w half a century. N It was organized in order that the star a of Utah should stand emblazoned upon A tho American flag shining with all the l) effulgence and all tho brilliancy to which ; its destiny entitles it. (Applause.) No maYi or set of men can make a body of i people slaves forever. For centuries and centuries kings and emperors tried to i keep down the masses, to keep from thorn 1 , their civil and political rights. Magna j 1 Charla was wrought from King Jofin J after centuries of toll and nufferlng, and B the BUI of Rights camo only after years I of contest. The Declaration of Inde- ' pendence was promulgated because of the tyranny of George tho Third. Lincoln freed the slaves, and you will assist in finally freeing these Mormon people from .1 their bondage. (Applause.) These things ajc matters of slow growth, and I warn you and chide you in all earnestness that you. naving- aianeu mis js.merican pariy in this county, you have not entered upon a child's task. Do not look upon your Si duties lightly. Tt is not the work of a day or a month or a year. It Is tho H work of years. If you look back Into history you will find that Nature through i all the ages has prepared Its' stage long ii before the actors came upon tho scene. 11 These hills wore hre long before man f& was ever thought of. Through chemical action the sliver and the lead and the wS sold which came up in the shape of gases ml were placed In these mountains centuries ID ago. In order to make Hfo more comfort- mt able for the people who are placed upon WS the stage today. H; The University of Pennsylvania and other great universities of this country In and England have been Bending out duly du-ly ring Urn last five years expeditions into If. Asia and into Africa, into Palestine and W', Into Egypt, unearthing the cities which K are referred to in the Bible, and It haa 'a heen found by these, explorations and it uxcavatlons that these wero modern ly citlftH. In many Instances thov have ex-U ex-U cavated and found cities of ths time Qf B Abraham. They have unearthed in thoeo J cities thousands of small tablets of r.tono K on which are written the transactions I which took place from day to day be- tween the cotton factors and merchants, I and these are now considered modern writings; and going down beneath that WHY AMERICAN PARTY WAS ORGANIZED JOSEPH LIPPMAN'S GREAT SPEECH AT PARK CITY citv thoy havo dug In sand which has been blown bv tho winds which porvndo tho great deserts, and there, beneath the sand, they havo found another city, which the people of tho city which was constructed above knew nothing about. Men had come and huildcd above, not knowing that other cities wero beneath thorn, and It has remained for this age to unearth them. And again, they havo gone down beneath tho second city and found a third city, showing that It was built ages before Abraham's time, and in times of which tho Bible has no record. rec-ord. And so I say when wo consider through how many nges man has passed in reaching even his present stato of liberty, wo ought not to bo disturbed bo-causc bo-causc results are not. attained Immediately. Immediate-ly. And in this fight for tho American cause, if you do not win this year, and I think you will from tho earnest faces that I kco before ino, you will win two yoars from now; If you do not win In two years from now, you will win in four years, because your cnuse is Just and right and truth will finally prevail against tho cohorts of evil in this state. And so I bid you bo of good co lira go and bo of good cheer. Do not ho discouraged by defeat. Defeat should only spurn you on to greater action, and victory will finally perch upon your banner. j Broken Promises of Hierarchy Now let mo for a moment advert to the cause of forming tho American party. For yoars tho Mormon hierarchy attempted to evade tho laws of this nation na-tion In relation to polygamy and Its kindred kin-dred crimes. Prior to 1890 many prosecutions prosecu-tions wero brought in this stato for practices prac-tices which wero inimical to tho laws of Congress. Tills slato being then under territorial vassalage was subject to congressional con-gressional laws. Tho travail and the sorrow sor-row and tho suffering 'that the leaders of tho Mormon church underwent appealed ap-pealed to human hearts, and they camo , to us and said In all earnestness. "Won't you forgive us? Wo will glvo up these practices. Wo will no longer practice polygamy nor unlawful cohabitation, and if we do not will you not help us to get amnesty from Urn President of the United States? Will you not try to assist as-sist us to have returned to us the property prop-erty which by the Edmunds-Tucker law (passed by Congress in 1SS7) was escheated, es-cheated, or forfeited to tho government?" It will bo remembered that all tho" properly of the Mormon church In excess of ?50.000 wag escheated by that act of Congress. Congress had got sick and tired of dealing with theso people. In 1S62 Congress passed Its first law against polygamy. Again in 1SS2 Senator Edmunds Ed-munds had passed tho famous lav.- known as tho Edmunds law. That was severe, but it was not half as drastic as tho Tucker-Edmunds law of 1S87, which took away many of their civil rights and political po-litical rights; took from them their property, prop-erty, drove them from their homes, and bowed them down in sorrow. In our pity, in our sympathy, wo said yes, if you are In earnest In this, wo do not want to Iramplo upon your rights, wo will extend the right hand of fellowship and show to you that if you will give up polygamy and unlawful cohabitation and cease your Interference in tho political affairs of this state, and glvo to every man the right to stand up and vote as he pleases, we will help you. And what did they say? I am going to read tonight from the record, if not too long, and I will quit the very moment that you say, because be-cause I don't Intend to tiro you or weary you on this subject. What did they say? I want to read to you tho manifesto which was Issued, first Issued in tho month of September. 1S90, and at the October conference of that year was indorsed in-dorsed by the Mormon people, and this is the famous Church manifesto of 1S90; Jj. " ' ' ' '" '' "" r t Famous Manifesto T T T -I- v To Whom It May Concern: r 4 PrOss dispatches having been !- J sent out for political purposes J j from Salt Lake City, which have A been widely published, to tho ef- 4- feet that the Utah Commission, in -r 4 their recent report to tho Secretary JJ t of the Interior, alleges that plural "j" 4- marringfjs aro still belns solemn- 4" 4 lzcd, and that forty or moro such 4 4- marriages havo been contracted in 4 4 Utah since last June, or during the 4 4 past year; also that In public dls- 4 4 courses the leaders of the church 4- 4 have taught, encouraged and urged v the continuance of tho practlco of 4' r polygamy. I therefore, as president 4 Y of the Church of Jesus Christ of -j-4 Latter-Day Saints, do hereby. In 4 Y tho most solemn manner, declare 4 that these charges are false. Wo r aro not teaching polygamy or plu- 4 r ral marriage, nor permitting any 4 person to enter into its practice, 4 4 and I deity that cither forty or any j 4 other number of plural marriages 4 4 have, during that period, been sol- 4 j emnlzed In our temples or In any 4- r other place in the territory. 4- J One caso has been reported In J 4 which the parties alleged that tho h 4 marriage took place in the endow- J. 4 inent house In Salt Lake City in 4 the spring of 1SS9, but I have not 4 been able to learn who performed 4- 4 the ceremony. Whatever was done h in this matter was without my 4 4 knowledge. In consequence of this 4- alleged occurrence the endowment 4 4 house was, by my Instructions, 4 4 taken down without delay. 4. 4 Inasmuch uh laws have been en- 4 4 acted by Congress forbidding plural 4- 4 marriage, which laws have been 4 4- pronounced constitutional by tho 4- 4 court of last resort. I hereby do- 4- 4 clare my Intention to submit to 4 those laws, and to uho my influ- 4- 4 ened with the members of tho 4- 4 church over which I prcsldo to 4 4 have them do likewise. 4 Thcro is nothing in my teaching 4 4 to the church, or in those of my 4- 4 associates, during the tlmo sped- 4- 4 fled, which can be reasonably con- 4 4 stated to inculcate or encourage po- 4 4 lygamy, and when any elder of the 4- 4 church has used language which 4. 4- appeared to convey any such 4 4 teachings he has been promptly 4- 4 reproved. And now I publicly de- 4 4 clare that my advice to tho Latter- 4 4 Day Saints Is to refrain from cOn- 4- 4 trading any marriage forbidden 4 4- by the law of the land. 4 WILFORD WOODRUFF. 4 4 President of tho Church of Jesus 4- 4- Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4. n 4 4rnnrn"444I"!4l4r Famous Fscheat Case In 18S7. as I told you, which was three years before that manifesto was issued, the Congress of the United Slates had escheated their property, and Judge Dickson, Dick-son, about the year 1891, shortly aftQr this manifesto was Issued, was employed by the Mormon church to seo what proceedings proceed-ings could bo formed In order to get back from the government, the Immense amount of property in the shape of lands and cattle cat-tle and stocks and bonds and other chattels chat-tels which had been escheated to the government. gov-ernment. The famous escheat caso was brought, the purposa of which was to establish es-tablish the fact that for charitable uses this money could bo returned by the gov-t-r"ient to te Mormon church, to be used for cdiK-tlOnal and charitable pur-j'Ubf.s. pur-j'Ubf.s. A r. iver had this property in charge, and proceedings were had to secure se-cure the restoration of this church property prop-erty to tho Mormon church. In the proceedings pro-ceedings before Judge C. F. Loofbourow, the master in chancery, tho following testimony- was given on October 19. 1S91, President Woodruff, ApoBtle Snow, Apostle Lund and Apostle Joseph F. Smith belnc witnesses; and I want you to give careful care-ful attention to this testimony, as showing show-ing what In 1S91, five years before tho admission of this stato and one year after tho signing of the manifesto, theso men said as to what thoy understood to be tho moaning of the manifesto; and I call your attention to this fact because I am going to argue from theso facts that tho heads of tho Mormon church havo for years lied to tho people 'Qf this stato and this territory, and by a fluko they obtained ob-tained statehood, and it was by reason of tho fact that they havo never kept their pledges or promises that the American party was established, and that la why you aro hore tonight, and I am going to prove to you out of their own mouths what prevaricators they arc. Hero is tho testimony: Woodruff's ToBtiinony. By C. S. Varlan Q. Did you Intend to confine this declaration decla-ration (the manifesto) solely to the forming form-ing of now relations by entering now marriages? mar-riages? A. I don't know that I understand under-stand tho question. Q. Did you Intend to confino your declaration dec-laration and advlco to tho church solely .to tho forming of new marriages, without referenco to those that wero existing plural marriages. A. The intention of tho proclamation was to obey tho law myself all tho laws of tho land on that subject, and expecting tho church would do tho same. Q. Let mo read tho languago and you will understand me, perhaps, better: ' Inasmuch In-asmuch as laws havo been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marrlagos. I hereby declare," etc. Did you intend by that general statement of intention to mako tho application to existing conditions condi-tions whero the plural marriages already existed? A. Yes, sir. Q. As to living In the state of plural marriage? A. Yes, sir; that is, to the obeying of tho law. Q. In tho concluding portion of your statement you nay: "I now publicly do-claro do-claro that my advlco to the Latter-Day Saints Is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land." Do you understand that that language lan-guage was to be expanded to Include tho further statement of living or association In plural marriage by those already In the status? A. Yes, sir; I intended the proclamation pro-clamation to cover tho ground to keep the laws to oboy the law myself, and expected tho people to obey tho law. By Mr. Dickson, of counsel for the church Q. Your attention was called to the fact that nothing wa.s said In tho manifesto about tho dissolution of existing polygamous polyg-amous relations. I want to ask you. President Pres-ident Woodruff, whether. In your advlco to the i;'firch otllclals and tho people of tho churili, you have advised them that your Intention was and that the requirement require-ment of the church was that polygamous relations already formed before that should not bo continued that Is, there should be no association with plural wives In other words, that unlawful cohabitation, co-habitation, as It Is named and spoken of, should also atop, as well as futuro polygamous polyg-amous marriages? A. Yes, sir; that has been my view. Apostlo (Later President) Snow's Testimony. Tes-timony. Q. Do jou believe that the association In plural marriage by those who aro already al-ready in it is forbidden by tho manifesto? A. Well. I cannot say what was In the mind of President Woodruff when he issued is-sued that manifesto touching that matter, mat-ter, but I blwo from tho general scopo of tho manifesto that it certainly embraced em-braced the plural marriage, because it is clearly an intention, as Indicated in that manifesto of President WoodruiT, that the law should bo observed touching matters I in relation to plural marriage. iou mean now me law ot ine iana : A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you understand now that the manifesto covers that prohibition tho prohibition against the association In plural marriage between those who liavo already entered into it at the tlmo tho manifesto was glvon as well as a prohibition against the contracting con-tracting of futuro plural marriage relations? re-lations? A. I do; I thought I had explained ex-plained that; perhaps I might bo unhappy In my expression, but as I said, tho intention in-tention and scopo of that manifesto was expressing President Woodruff's mind In regard to himself and evory member of the church, and that was that tho law should bo observed In all matters concerning concern-ing plural marriage, embracing tho present pres-ent condition of those who had previously entered Into marriage. Ia that a plain answer? Apostle Lund's Testimony. Q. How is It as to tho people who havo already formed those relations, is It right for them to contlnuo to associate in plural marriage with their wives? A. The manifesto man-ifesto does not expressly state, but tho president has said It was not. Q. Was that the first tlmo you understood under-stood fiat It was Included? A. I understood under-stood his advice for tho church from tho presidency was to obey tho law of tho land. Joseph F. Smith's Testimony. By Franklin S. Richards Q. Do you understand that the manifesto mani-festo applies to cohabitation of rtm and women in plural marriage wHoro it had already existed? A. I cannot say whether It does or not. Q. It does not in terms say so, doea It? A. No. I think, however, the effect of It Is so. I don't seo how tho effect of it can bo otherwise. Now, they got that church property back. President Harrison Issued an amnesty am-nesty proclamation restoring to these people peo-ple their property and their civil rights. A portion of President Harrison's proclamation proclam-ation rcad3 as follows; Harrison Grants Amnesty Whereas, on or about tho Gth day of October, 1890, tho Church of tho Latter-Day Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the "Mormon church," through Its president, Issued a manifesto proclaiming the purpose pur-pose of said church no longer to sanction the practice of polygamous marriages, and calling upon all members and adhercntB of said church to obey tho laws of the United States In reference to said sub-ject-matt6r; and. Whereas, it is represented that since the dato of said declaration tho members and adherents of said church have generally gener-ally obeyed said laws, and have abstained from plural marriages and polygamous co habitation; and. WhereaH, by a petition dated December 19, 1891, the officials of said church, pledging pledg-ing tho membership thereof to a faithful obedience to the laws against plural marriage mar-riage and unlawful cohabitation have applied ap-plied to me to grant amnesty for past offenses of-fenses against said laws, which request a very large number of Influential non-Mormons residing in the Territories have also strongly urged; Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of the powers In me vested, do hereby declare de-clare and grant a full amnesty and pardon to all persons liable to tho penalties of said act by reaeon of unlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion under tho color of polygamous or plural maaMage, who havo, since November Novem-ber 1. 1890, abstained from such unlawful cohabitation; but upon tho express condition condi-tion that they shall in tho futuro faithfully faith-fully obey tho laws of tho United States herelnboforo named, and not otherwise. Those who shall fall to avail themselves of tho clemency hereby offered will bo vigorously prosecuted. BENJAMIN HARRISON, In other words, If they did not keep tho law in tho futuro tho amnesty did not apply, and they woro still to ho considered consid-ered as criminals in tho eyes of the law. Manifesto Set Aside And then following that tho state wan admitted in 189t, arid I shall not wa6to tho tlmo hero In rehearsing tho enforced provisions in the constitution and in tho enabling act against polygamy and polygamous polyg-amous living. But no sooner had they obtained statehood, and In June, 1S0S, two years thereafter, Mrs. Freooo of Salt Lake, speaking to tho Young Men's and Young Women's Mutual Improvement associations at Castlo Dale, selected for her themo the subject of polygamy, and stated that tho practlco Is not only deemed right, but a divine command of God. Again, at a meeting In Logan. January Jan-uary 8, 1001. Apostlo Cowley mado tho following statement In referenco to that subject. Apostlo Cowley's Statement. either past or present have been repealed. The United Order (of Enoch), though suspended sus-pended now, has never been repealed. If you havo a man In the priesthood who does not acquaint himself with all the doctrines of the church nor tfrjaeh the same both by example and precept to tho families of his district; If you havo a teacher In your Sunday schools who would encourage the young to disregard or disrespect disre-spect a slnglo doctrlno of tho church, plural marriage and all turn thorn out; thoy havo no right In tho priesthood. Parents, you must teach tho whole doctrine doc-trine to your children or they will apostatize apos-tatize and bo damned. These revelations received by our prophets and seers aro all of God, and wo cannot repeal or disannul them without making God out a liar, and God cannot lie. 0 What First Presidency Said. At tho Sanpete atako conference, September,' Sep-tember,' 1890, Gcorgo Q. Cannon, first counselor to President Snow, stated'- "Tho people of tho world do not bellovc In breeding, but we do. So the people of tho world will die out and we will fill tho whole earth. I admit that thoso raising children by plural wives aro not complying comply-ing with man-made laws, but In the sight of God they aro not sinning, as thcro Is no sin In it." Apostlo Joseph F. Smith, now president of the church, said in 1S90, at the dedication dedica-tion of a mcctlng-house in Payson, Utah; "Tako caro of your polygamous wives; wo don't caro for Undo Sam now." Keep Polygamy Alivo. In an address to a conference of young ladies In Mammoth, Utah, about 1001, Mrs. Susie Young Gates, the daughter daugh-ter of Brlgham Young, and an editor and lecturer not unknown .In tho ICast, said: "Girls, do not forget polygamy: you cannot can-not practlco It now, but keep It allvo In your hearts; there aro four girls to every boy In Utah." Mind you, this was less than ten years after the manifesto and that escheat es-cheat caao testimony. Testimony of Joseph F. Smith And then wo como alons to the testimony testi-mony of President Joseph F. Smith given In the Reed Smoot caso. and I read from pago 107 of tho proceedings in tho caso of Reed Smoot before the committee on privileges and elections: The Chairman. Do you obey tho law in having five wives at this time, and having them bear to you eleven children since tho manifesto In 1890? Mr. Smith. Mr. Chairman, I have not claimed that In that case I ha.ve obeyed the law of tho land. An then on tho same subject he testified, testi-fied, and I read from pago 130 of tho proceedings: Smith's Relations Unchanged. Mr. Taylcr. You havo not In any respect re-spect changed your relations to theso wives since tho manifesto or since tho passage of this law of tho State of Utah? I am not meaning to bo unfair In the question, but only to understand you. What I mean Is, you havo been holding your several wives out as wives, not offensively, of-fensively, as you say. You havo furnished them homes. You have glvon them your society. You havo taken care of tho children chil-dren that they boro you, and have caused them to bear you new children, all of them. Mr. Smith. That is correct, sir. Mr. Tayler. That is correct? Mr. Smith. Yes, sir. Mr. Tayler. Now, since that was a violation vio-lation of tho law, why havo you done It? Mr. Smith. For the reason I havo stated. stat-ed. I prcforred to faco the penalties of the law to abandoning my family. Mr. Tayler. Do you consider It an abandonment of your family to maintain relations with your wives except that of occupying their bods? Mr. Smith. I do not wish to be Impertinent, Imperti-nent, but I should Ilka tho gentleman to ask any woman, who la a wife, that question. ques-tion. And at pago 33-1 of the testimony ho was asked by Senator Overman: Smith Defies World. Senator Overman. Is thcro not a revelation revela-tion published in the Book of Covenants here that you shall abldo by the law of tho Stato? Mr. Smith. It Includes both unlawful cohabitation and polygamy. Senator Overman. Is there not a revelation revela-tion that you shall abide by the laws of the State and of tho land? Mr. Smith. Yen, sir. Senator Ovorman. If that Is a revelation, revela-tion, aro you not violating the laws of God? Mr. Smith. I have admitted that, Mr. Senator, a great many times here. Senator Overman. I did not know that you had. Mr. Smith. And I am amenable to the law for it. But I see the point of tho Senator's question. Gentlemen, you havo shown a great, deal of leniency In permlt-ing permlt-ing me to express my vlowu here, and I do not wish to be offensive and I do not wish to tako more time than I need to. But the church Itself I understand your point, that tho church forbids mo to violate vio-late tho law, certainly It does but the church gave me those wives, and the church cannot bo consistent with Itself and compel me to forsako them and surrender sur-render them. Senator Bailey. "The Lord glveth and the Lord taketh away," and whon the Lord gave this second revelation forbidding for-bidding it-Mr. it-Mr. Smith. He did not forbid it. Senator Bailey Well, he did, If the manifesto Is based upon a revelation, because be-cause tho manifesto declares against It. Mr. Smith. The manifesto declares posith'ely the prohibition of plural marriages, mar-riages, and in the examination beforo the master In chancery the president of the church and other leading members of tho church agreed before tho master in chancery chan-cery that the spirit and meaning of that revelation applied to unlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion as well as to plural niarrlages. Senator Bailey. That Is what I was coming to now, Mr. Smith. Then, as I understand you, both plural marriage and unlawful cohabitation are forbidden by tho statutes of Utah and by tho revelations of God. Is that true? Mr. Smith. That la the spirit of It, sir. Senator Bailey. And yet you, an tho head of the church, aro defying both Mr. Smith. Oh, no. Senator Bailey. The statutes of Utah and tho ordinance of tho church Mr. Smith. Not the ordinance at all. Senator Balloy. Perhaps you have another an-other and better expression to descrlbo them. ' Mr. Smith. If you say the manifesto Senator Balloy. I should sa.y that a revelation rev-elation once communicated to the church and sustained by tho church would bc-como bc-como an ordinance of tho church. Mr. Smith. If the Senator please Senator Bailey. If you will provide me with a better expression than that I shall bo glad to adopt it. Wo will call It tho law of tho church. Mr. Smith. No, sir; call It the rule. Senator Bailey. Does not a revelation becomo the law of tho cnurcn? Mr. Smith. Call It the rule of the church and I will understand. Senator Bailey. Law, after all, is but a rule of conduct prescribed by tho supreme su-preme power. What I am trying now to emphasize la that tho manifesto la a revelation reve-lation or that it Is based upon a revelation; revela-tion; that tho revelation Mr. Smith. If the Senator will permit me, It. la Inspired. It Is the samo thing. I .admit what you say. Then turn to pago 120 and read this testimony: Smith's Insult to Utah. Mr. Tayler. What was tho case;' what you aro about to say? Mr. Smith. That It is contrary to tho rule of tho church and contrary as well to tho law of tho land for a man to cohabit with his wives. But 1 was placed in this position. I had a plural family, if you please; that is. my first wife was married to mo over thirty-eight years ago; my last wife was married to me over twenty years ago. and with theso wives I had children, and I simply took my chances, preferring to meet the consequences of tho law rather rath-er than to abandon my children and their mothers; and I have cohabited with my wives not openly, that is, not in a manner man-ner that I thought would be offensive to my ncignoors dui j nave hckiiuv, mucu them, I have visited them. Thoy have borne mo children since 1800, nnd I have done it, knowing tho responsibility and knowing that I wna amenable to the law. Since the admission of the State there has been a sentiment existing and prevalent In Utah that these old marriages would bo in it measure condoned. They were not looked upon as offensive, as really violative vio-lative of law. they were, In other words, regardod as an existing fact, and if they saw any wrong In It they simply winked at it. In other words, Mr. Chairman, tho pc-oplo of Utah, as a rule, as well as the people of this nation, are broad-minded and liberal-minded people, and thoy have rather condoned than otherwise, I presume, pre-sume, my offense against the law. I havo never been dlsturbod. Nobody has ever called me In question, that I know of. and if they had, I was there to answer to tho charges or any charge that might have been mado against me, and I would have been willing to submit to tho penalty of the law, whatever It might havo been. And listen to another one of thoso cunning prevarications which caused the organization of tho American party, and which causes you to bo hers tonight. I read from page 336: Senator Overman. What T want to know Is this: This manifesto does not tell about how the revelation camo or that it Is a revelation. Is this revelation published In any of your standard works? Mr. Smith. I Informed the committee yostorday that It has been an oversight, that It. had not been published in tho latest lat-est edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, and that I would see to it-that it should be Incorporated In the next edition of tho Doctrine and Covenants to meet this objection. Never Has Beou Printed. And since that four and a half years have elapsed and not n lino has been put in tho Doctrine and Covenants concerning concern-ing this maifesto or revelation of 1S90. Every edition of the Doctrlno and Covenants Cove-nants published since four years ago has fraudulently and covertly and secretly omitted the title pago date. You buy a Doctrlno and Covenants today at the Dcseret News Publishing company in Salt Lake City and I defy you to find the dato on the title pago of any edition of that book published during tho last four years. Why "is it? Because the next time the Smoot caso comes before the United States Senate, and It Is sure to come if Mr. Smoot Is re-elected United States Senator, and Smoot is asked why tho recent editions of the Doctrine and Covenants Cove-nants do not contain the 1S00 manifesto, his answer will bo, "Wo haven't published anything since 190-1," and you can't prove otherwise becauso thoro is no dato line there, and you can't prove when tho last hook wan published. You can prove when every other edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was published prior to that year, but since that year they have omitted omit-ted the date, and they keep on inserting the doctrlno of polygamy and premedl-tatedly, premedl-tatedly, purposely and fraudulently omit this revelation of ISOO, which President Smith said ho would put In, and which ho forgot to have Inserted in the last edition of the Doctrlno and Covcnents published prior to his testimony. Isn't it a fraud for a man who pretends to represent rep-resent God on earth to do a thing like that? What do you think of a man who will decelvo you and fool you In that way? Does ho ever think for one moment mo-ment that men reason? I sometimes think that they don't. I Calls McKay Down When I read Apostle McKay's talk in tho tabernacle last Tuesday, wherein ho told the people not to read theso scurrilous publications, referring re-ferring particularly to the Salt Lake Tribune, and said "would you read a paper pa-per that tells you your mother Is unchaste, un-chaste, and that calls your brother dishonest?" dis-honest?" Now tho men and women who "listened to that were not expected to use their reason. You have heard of the attorney employed to defend a man for horso stealing and who, seeing no possible defense for his client, roasts the attorney for the prosecution prose-cution and refers in poetical language to the mother of his client, to the children who would he suffering for food if their father should bo sent to the penitentiary, peniten-tiary, appealing to the sympathies of the jury, but never oiico referring to the tes- 1 tlm'ony of tho prosecution which showed conclusively that tho man had stolen lia horse. And so Apostlo McKay, playing upon the prejudices of his audience, playing upon their supposed ignorance and superstition, says to them: "Don't read the paper that maligns your mother or calls your brother a thief," and the audience audi-ence never stops to think that The Trlb-uno Trlb-uno In fighting the American cause never called any man's mother a bad woman, nor any man's brother a thief. The American party has nothing to do with the woman or the brother. Tho Tribune, standing as It does for tho American cause, charges this hierarchy with controlling con-trolling the votes of these people; charges them with commercialism, with collecting tithes for which they make no accounting; account-ing; and charges them with having violated vio-lated the law and having broken their pledges to tho United States government. Why don't Apostle McKay answer those things? why does he play upon tho Ignorance and the superstition of his audience, and feed them the cjaptrap of tho pettifogging attorney? Tho American party attacks no man's brother, attacks no man's mother. I would bo tho first to defend such attack. The attack that the American party makes, and which you want to keep clearly beforo your consciences con-sciences all the time, Is that It fights the hierarchy's control In Utah, and not tho Individual members of that organization known as the Mormon church. The proposition prop-osition is so clear that j-ou must not let them befuddle or befog you. Keep it olear before your minds whenever they try to mlEStato the issues, as Apostle McKay Mc-Kay did. Church and Temperance I In the talk that Joseph F. Smith made several days ago In tho tabernaclo ho said, In speaking upon the keeping of the Word of Wisdom, and mark you how crafty and cunning they are; to one of their own faith what they say means one thing, to us it means an entirely different differ-ent thing. President Smith uald, "How can wo keep tho higher law It we aro remiss In tho observaneo of the Word of Wisdom which deals with tho lesser things? If the heads of tho church keep the law the people will follow tholr example ex-ample " And yet I read to you a moment mo-ment ago the exact contrary doctrine to that. He says. "If tho heads of tho church keop tho law tho people will follow fol-low their example." Does ho expect the people to follow the example of the heads when ho openly admits that since the manifesto of 1S90 he had had 'eleven children, chil-dren, and as I understand, he has had two more since? How can he say (Laughter,) Doesn't ho then Inculcate to them tho doctrine of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation by indirection, if not by direction? Hear what Joseph F. Smith said to tho peoplo last Monday In regard to keeping tho Word of Wisdom. He had just road the revelation of 1S32, which ia on tho Word of Wisdom: "It may seem out of place to manv or von for mo to read this Word of Wisdom Wis-dom at this time, but I am sorry that I do not believe that there Is another revelation reve-lation in this book or a commandment loss nhsorvorf nd less honored than that which T have just read. I see this counsel violated not onlv by the members, but by the officers of tho church. The best of our men and women violate nnd excuse themselves In various ways. There Is no better course of action than that pointed out by the Lord. Why do wo not realize this and deny ourselves these base appetites? appe-tites? Tf this law, first given not by restraint re-straint or bv command, but made a command com-mand by Brlgham Younc:. were observed, thero could not exist a saloon where Lat-ter-dav Saints dwell, the vast amount of money paid out for these vicious enjoyments enjoy-ments would be conserved and the health, prosperity nnd temporal power of iho Latter-day Saints would be enhanced." In the face of that, let me read from the, records of Salt Lake City, and show you what happened at a time when there was not a corporal's guard of gentiles within thp confines of this state, when Brlgham Young was governor and when the mavor and the city council were all members of the faith and had absolute control not only of tho state hut of Salt Lake county and Salt Lake City; let me read to you documents taken from tho city records of Salt Lake City to show you that the command given to Brlgham Young concerning tho revelation of 1S32 was so absolutely disregarded as to make a farce of the whole proposition: and all thlH In the face of the fact that the 7,. C. M. T. drug store in Salt Lake City and the Smoot drug store In Provo sell more liquor than any two other drug stores In the state. Hero is tho record, taken from the Salt Lake City council proceedings: What tho Record Shows. "July 2. 1S61. the special committee, to whom' was referred the subject of tho manufacture and sale of Honor, presented present-ed a report reading as follows: "To tho Honorable the Mayor of Salt Lake City: Your committee, to whom was referred the subject of the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquor, would report that they visited several distilleries in and near tho city and would most respectfully re-spectfully recommend that the City Council Coun-cil purchase or rent the distillory erected by Brlgham Young near the mouth of Par- lX..'t- -. mA Tvnt Mm qnmo In lmmi- lej S Cclll Oil. illlU Ul. IIHJ atiuit; it, immediate imme-diate operation, employing such persons aa shall bo deemed necessary to manufacture manu-facture a sufficient quantity to answer the public demand; controlllnc the sale of the same, and that the profits accruing therefrom bo paid into the city treasury. "(Signed) "ALDERMAN CLINTON, "ALDERMAN" SHEETS, "COUNCILMAN FELT. "Another committee reported on No-vomber No-vomber 2C, 1861. It was the special committee com-mittee to whom was referred the subject of selecting a suitable place for the sale of spirituous liquor to be manufactured and sold by the city, and to find a person competent to dispose of the same, or, In other words, a city barkeeper, and to fix on such a price as would compensate its manufacture and place It within tho reach of tho public. The committee said: "That the location occupied by N. T-T. Felt is suitable; that the liquor he sold at $2.50 per gallon; that while the liquor be sold exclusively by your agent, that you connect therewith a commission business for the sale and exchange of all home-manufactured articles. "The report was adopted and the mayor was appointed to carry out tho suggestions. sugges-tions. It will please you to know that notwithstanding the fact that the city had gono into the whisky business on its own hook, on August 10. 1S62. it granted to Brlgham Young a license to distill peaches peach-es into brandy. August 11, I860, Mr. Young and George Q Cannon addressed the council on the liquor question. Mr. Young said: "This community needs vinegar and will require sclrltuous liquor for washing-and washing-and for health, and It will be right and proper for tho city to continue its sale as it has done and make a profit." Hypocrisy of Prophet. T haven't time to go through all of this, but suffice It to say thatwherever these mon have spoken on these great Questions they Vtro denied by the record. When Joseph F .Smith says that ho wants temperance here and wants tho Word of Wisdom kept here, why wasn't ho anxious to keep it long1 beforo tho American party people came to the state? Why wasn't he anxious to keep it long beforo these mines were opened up in Utah? Why does he call Into view these now issues just before the election? Why has the sheriff of Salt Lake attempted at-tempted to clean out some of the streets of Salt Lake City which have been running run-ning as they have hero for years, just prior to cleotion? Why Is it that just prior to election Joseph F. Smith gets tip in tho tabernaclo and says, "We want men in tho L'nlted States who represent repre-sent us, the people," as if a free and untrammeled people will listen to that sort of advice. I Interference in Politics Ever since tho manifesto and the subsequent declaration of principles as net forth in the celebrated document docu-ment of 1S90, In which the Mormon people absolutely agreed to disassociate cc-eleslastlelsm cc-eleslastlelsm from statecraft and political politi-cal action; 1 say ever sinco that. time, and over sinco the admission of Utah as a slate, they have craftib gono back into the old svstom. The old system which prevailed in Utah prior to 1870. when tho Liberal partv was first organized, was to go In the tabernacle, as I remember the records, and nominate their men In open tabernacle. . , When delegates were sent to Congress from this territory they were named by one partv. tho People's party, because there existed In this state a condition of affairs which existed nowhere else in the United States, not even In the terrl-tlry terrl-tlry of New Mexico or Arizona, because In ' thoso territories there have always been national parties. Democrats, Republicans, Re-publicans, Prohibitionists and Socialists. Prior to 1870 In this territory thero was onlv one party, and that was tho church party, commonly known as tho People' party. It was not until 1S70 that political conditions con-ditions which prevailed In other states were adopted here, and then it was a farce for many years. In 1SSS came the Sagebrush Democracy, when Joseph Rawlins Raw-lins and a few other men who were progressive pro-gressive tried to formulate a Democratic party, and they were laughed at by the church party. Foist Smoot on State. And then came the prosecutions, and then came the promise to disassociate 1 '( PARTY WAS ORGANIZED Tf ORDER THAT THE STAR OF UTATj.C SHOULD STAND EMBLAZONED Q? . OLD GLORY. M church from stale, and then wo hadflt Roberts fight and then the ThatchcrJfwfE cldent Thatcher, who was denied U right to run aa United States Sena0j2 of this stato slrnply because he wouhUwlbC first go to the presidency of this ciiffiljV and obtain permission to run for Sonax)! of tho United States, tho right thatiSi.: longs to every citizen of tho Unucft States irrespective or any church org, any ecclesiastical authority. And ttj C?? came the reconvened Democratic cGitji yentlon. And later all parties tried to'tflf., together and do everything posstblo;( make thin an American stato In the tjhf snse. Then they foisted upon us Ser'A.1 tor rteed Smoot, an apostle, and youlFrn know that under the doctrines of flh iormon church, mid under the nilesWl-Promulgated nilesWl-Promulgated by it. no man can bo oleck', ri.v States Senato who Is.1 m SA tho Mormon church unhjfb: no first obtains tho consent of the quorujpo-and quorujpo-and once having obtained that consul U is equivalent to saying even- otrii a ?t ;v oft the track. Do ??l KJ? f?r,onc moment when Re'Av nti in1 Cd ,St;'ltes Senator that aj. Sh,tlnthls s,l,at?' b0 hc Kepubllcytr or what not, would dare to have nut hlii-it ?Sr X ,nM??posU1n gainst RcePd SmJfn for tho suffrages of the people of ifj state or of the legislature P of This s&V for the position of United States Ben01 l0Trli , 1 tlie indorsement of the quorul00 sufficient to Insure nomination and elo5J t on. and doesn't that in and of ItaeTtlr that rule of the church, prove heyo possibility of doubt that there la a unt of church and stato In this magnified stato of Utah? -a5 .. Due to Whisper. Wifs And then after we had to flcht Rfct Smoot and he camo back trlumphantfa the Senate seated him becauso of polQ: cal reasons, we came Into this campaln.n and what do we find here'' We find hr,. that tho Demeratlc party, shattered e1?' torn, ruined as It was, with one ti hope, went to Logan, and there they?!8 tempted to put up a man whom tlti thought would finally carry the Derijs cratlc party to victory In Utah, and tlM-named tlM-named that plumed knight, tho flirt Jesse Knight. What happened th"r Somo whispered words, some silent ttf3 some one saw him on the train, and tJ3-was tJ3-was tho end of Jesso Knight. Tellflia there Is no church control herel Wrp the people, the masses of tho Democrat parly shouted themselves hoarse fo'rV standard hearer, they were refused IK' puny privilege of naming the man of ItiS choieel Are wo living in America. orfe we living in an oriental country? see men taken out of their party ajtf moved on the political choss board moras mor-as chess players move their pieces n game of chess. Are the men wooden nil In this country, or aro they human? w thev stand for their rights, or will tH? not? jfl 35 Appeal to Americans T ask you to stand for the rights the American party In Summit counti Go to victory if you can. but flscht: kej the standard of Americanism flying rff-high rff-high advanced, and show to this hi' rarchy here that you are In earnest In ttf; fight, thn't you intend to stuM should? to should r with Weber courts, and St Lake county, and in another ytrwe vfc go down the roll of counties In this sta nnd we will all stand shoulder to should in this grand and glorious fight fo'r!i rights of the peotrte. (Applause.) j But one word morn and I shall co1 elude- In this magnificent ticket whl-you whl-you havo nominated tonight I wantJ join In mv congratulations to the coi mlttce in having named such capable al efficient men. I want to also comma, to you for your careful consideration t names of iho five men who are on -4 judicial ticket for the third judicial di trlct. which Is composed of Salt Lai Tooele and Summit counties. We ha named for your district attorney i Hon A. J. Weber, who addressed you) tho opening of this meeting, than who thero Is no hotter lawyer in tho stataj Utah. He is earnest; ho is honest; hoi industrious; ho is painstaking: hoi fearless in this fight, and if you ela him to office, if you will give him yoj franchises In November. I promise .yJ ho will wrong neither hierarch nor Molj mon, neither Jew nor gentile, but toTej cry citizen will do equal and exact Jji ticc. (Applause.) This is not a huntlf hierarchs, as Senator Sutherland saldlS his speech recently at tho Salt Lake'tH liter. This is a fight for American prK ciplcs against the Instrusion into Amei can policies of eccleslastlclsm, aiullSj Weber will carry out that idea wlthoi doing lnjustico to anybody. So farUi the judicial, candidates are concerned;: are all acquainted with Mr. Sanfordjf)' able lawyer; you arc acquainted wl: Mr. Sullivan, a fino lawyer from iSjf Lake City. You arc acquainted ."wl-Judge ."wl-Judge Goodwin, a former judge o'fij court I believo In Dakota and a canal, jurist. You aro acquainted with itn; verv delightful gentleman and lawj': Judge Bramel. I hope that you all remember them on that November and cast a vote for them, because .wj; those men on the bench in this dlstfj.-you dlstfj.-you will be all treated fairly. There?' bo no distinction on religious lines. Tela Te-la w will bo dealt out: to each man accoi. Ing to his deserts, and I bespeak forjjrf theso candidates your kindly consider .tion. , , 5K And. In conclusion, I again ask youjj remember that this fight was not fcegA In. anger, nor in hatred of tho Mprmy church. Do not despise your neighB because he ho a Mormon or fight wU him becauso he or she bo a Mormon;y cause if you do. you aro mistaking!!, issues of this campaign. The Issues! as I have stated them. I hope thatisyi will keop them clearly in your mind. 11 member that IJ "None sends his arrow to tho markyi view , . Jf, Whose hand's unsteady or whose alt untrue; . ,t , .. I For tho' ere yet tho shaft bo on the w It err but little from the intended Unfa It falls at last far short of Us IeslP"j So ho who seeks a purpose, however W Must watch that object with a steadfls eye i rfe1 That pflrc belongs to none but tl5o(g core The least obliquity is fatal here." jj |