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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MARCH VOL. 3; NO. 28. ThaJ Liberal Movement. about polygamous relations and to deny knowledge of the samo on all occasions. The one who would reveal his knowledge of these matters has been stigmatized as a traitor, a spy and an informer and. among the devotees of tho Mormon church is held to be infamous. Whoever betrays the polygamist is subject to ostracism, abuse, deprivation of business and to every penalty which unbridled, unscrupulous power can inflict. "It has therefore been impossible to know what was being done in this regard, notwithstanding strong suspicions of the facts entertained by many persons. The veil has been lifted in part for the first time in the testimony that has just been given by the church leaders in Washington, and nowhere in the whole country did this testimony occasion so much astonishment and humiliation as in Utah. The investigation thus far has been so fruitful that we call for its rigid continuance, confident that further disclosures' equally startling may be expected, as there are certainly deeper depths than have yet been sounded. "We therefore denounce President Smith's statement that the people in Utah palliats or condone his and like offenses as a libel upon their citizenship and consciences. We repudiate the statement as one wholly untrue, and protest against being classed with those whose minds are dead to the enormity of the offense of which these have been "We declare, on the contrary, that he and the other polygamists have sur- and continue to be guilty. rounded themselves with an impenetrable wall of secrecy in their perpeThis is utterly false. It is- and has tration of the misdeeds testified to, been a matter of public notoriety, unhave systematically suppressed the denied, even openly confessed that Jorecord of births required by law, and seph F. Smith and other polygamists it has been impossible through court under the old regime have been living process or otherwise to obtain any ex- with their plural wives. There was act knowledge of what was being done, no secrecy about it, and why has it much less legal evidence of the ofbeen impossible to bring the offenders fenses; that the public sentiment of to punishment? Perhaps County Atthe people here has at all torney Westervelt, one of the signers times been zealous for the punishment of the protest could answer that quesof polygamy and polygamous practices When the late tion if ho would. as well as of other crimes. grand jury was in session, impaneled "Owing to the power and control of at the instance of Senator Kearns for the polygamist hierarchy over their the sole purpose of investigating the people and the pressure they have con- marital relations of members of the stantly brought to bear upon them in Mormon church in the hope of coercing support of the special crime to which the church into exercising its priestly they are prone, it has become a matter Influence in behalf of Senator Kearns of discipline with all who are under and Perry Heath for election to the that dominance to refrain from talking United States senate, County Attorney Another fool movement, about the twelfth in the last twelve years, with the avowed object of resuscitating the old Liberal party, has been started. Such a movement is so utterly inane as to create serious doubt of the sanity of those who are concerned in it or engaged in it. The personnel of those appearing in the movement with a few exceptions, a very few, is not calculated to dispel the doubt. The dishonesty of some who figure prominently in the uprising is well known and leads to the inevitable conclusion that they are there in the hope of getting something out of it in a pecuniary or in a The names of a few political way. reputable citizens who, however, are pronounced monomaniacs, also figure among the patriots. The protest is the most mendacious document that has been put forth for many a day. It says in part: g "The people of Utah have read with amazement, indignation and disgust the declaration of President Joseph F. Smith pf the Mormon church that they are broad-minde- d enough to consent to the shocking violations of law and public decency which he confesses to have committed. "We protest that we are not deserving of this sort of praise; on the contrary, we most emphatically repudiate and repel the statement, which, in fact is an allegation that we, knowing of his defiant lawlessness, are accessories to his crimes. law-abidin- law-hreake- self-confess-ed rs - law-abidin- g -- 10, 1004. Westervelt had for a time charge of the grand jury. He was expected to bring to the knowledge of the members of the grand jury violations of tho law. County Attorney Westervelt knew, as did every signer of the protest, for it was a matter of public notoriety that many of those who had entered into polygamous relations prior to the issuance of the manifesto forbidding any more polygamous marriages, were still maintaining those relations. If County Attorney Westervelt did not know it prior to the convening of the grand jury (which is scarcely possible), he certainly learned of it while the grand jury was in session, because his attention was time and again called to it and the proofs offered to him, blit County Attorney Westervelt declined to entertain or investigate into such cases and stated that it was not such Evidence of new cases he wanted. polygamous marriages, ho said, was what was desired. There was no disposition to prosecute the old polygamists, he said. If Mr. Westervelt denies this, Truth is in a position to furnish overwhelming and absolute proof that he was so informed and made the statements attributed to Yet he was one of the signers him. of the protest stating that he had no knowledge of such infractions of the law and read President Smiths testimony before the Senate committee with "amazement, indignation and disColonel Nelson, Senator gust Kearns' hired man, also no doubt read the testimony with "amazement, indignation and disgust, although he for more than a year has been in possession of a list of the children born to polygamists since the manifesto. The members of the grand jury, a majority of which were Gentiles, some of them pronounced knew of the conditions and were specifically informed of them as well, but declined to entertaincases against any old polygamists. ,Why? Because it was well understood that a tacit understanding existed that the old fellows this is not should be left alone. so, then the prosecuting officers, all Gentiles, and the menfbers of the grand jury, should be impeached and sent to jail. If the public knew nothing about the conditions that existed and it was impossible to find out anything about them, what species of Insanity was President Smith laboring under when he told the Senate comIf such a mittee all about them?. movement as that just born Is needed here to be a success it will have to anti-Mormon- s, f y-I- Phici: 5 Cknts be backed by a different class of men to most of those who are identified with llie present "uprising. It will liavo to demonstrate a little more honesty of purpose and sincerity than has yet appeared. o STATE POLITICS. San Pete county has a candidate for the office as governor. In tho person of Swcn O. Nielsen, who will yield to the entreaties of his many friends and endeavor to Induco the Republican state convention to put him at the head of the stato ticket. And there are several more counties to hear from. 4 t4 Tho Cedar City Record uses nearly all the spaco in a supplement to desig- nate the candidates for judge to succeed Marloncaux and for district attorney. It appears there arc lots of them. A. (). Murdock thinks it is a bit early to make announcements, but it is evident that he has been making mental photographs of himself as judge. J. Alex Melville is mentioned very prominently and will no doubt enter the race. Judge Marion-eau- x is going to endeavor to succeed himself, and can point to a good record; George B. Greenwood has friends who want him to get In line, and there are those who desire W. F. Knox, who has recently returned to the Republican fold, to get out and have a try at it. Attorney Georgo B. Lund of St. George hasnt made up his mind which office he wants; judge or district attorney, but then there is plenty of time. D. II. Morris, of St. George has been talked to in connection with the district attorneyship, but is not positive whether he wants it or a renomination for tho Legislature. E. II. Ryan, of Cedar City, states he is a candidate and is going after It. .4 4 How was it Attorney E. B. Crltchlow in telling the senate committee about Mormon church influence in politics said never a word about how Tom Kearns came to be elected to the United States senate. It is tho most flagrant case of tho kind on record. Mr. Crltchlow certainly knew about it. In fact, he often denounced it and Kearns as a general proposition in Salt Lake. Can it be possible that the $5000 contributed by Senator Kearns in tho name of H. G. McMillan to the fund had anything to do with it? anti-Smo- ot J? of the committee In the The plan |