| Show i if THE UTAH BOY ORATOR V f r U G Miller Creates a Sensation 14 in Chicago JAr J LOONS L AT THE CONFERENCE OF THE MORMONS OF ILLINOIS l He i Only Seventeen but According ito i-to the Chicago Chroni lePossesses a Superb Delivery iShowing n Mastery of the Orators Art HE conference of t the Mormons of northern Illinois 1 i Lett t held at Chicago la t 4 I week seems to ha o > lli attracted a great 1ftIVh f deal of attention 0 I 1 the Windy City 17 ye i and the oratory of 4I k r G Miller excited ig much comment The Chicago iksa1W Chronicle says ofT of-T him The boy clclrr must he a prodigy in Salt Lake lit y LLt 2 < and among Mor x mons everyw lirrf I h p He seem a mero 1 i youth and In fact Wl his age was given L ts 17 by one of his j J bro hr Ulers Ho certainly has his first beard yet to grow But he preachcs lIke a Bossuet or a Beecher though ik more impassioned tones than the latter and the proud glances which his glowing periods elicited from his Mormon auditors Indicated that the young man Is regarded regard-ed as the rising hope of the Latterd iy Salts His deliver was superb for onO so young showing a mastery of the or ators art as well an considerable erudition erudi-tion As he speaks he shows glimpses If < white teeth and an abundant crop of fiery red hair tops oft a sturdy physique Ho Is the drawing card of the conference BOY ELDERS ARGU I That T-hat he said Is another matter Ho took the Bible in one hand and Joseph Smiths Book of Mormon in the other and after contrasting briefly the do trines of each volume he declared thit their testimony was of equal value Ono was merely the supplement of the other he said the Bible being the supplement The other sneakers were Elders John 1 Davis Christopher Burton L A 1 Kelsrh W J Harrison Charles Haachr L Christian Mark Ed P Mldglov Gu tave A Olson and Loren Farr tile latter l a protege i is said of Joseph Smith i household I To the subject of polygamy so strongly associated in the public mind with 1o i monsm there was no reference made directly or Indirectly by any of the elder while addressing the conference When Interviewed on the subject they all persisted per-sisted in the statement that polygamy is a dead Issue and a defunct doctrine both in Mormonism and in the politics of Utah The Institution of polygamy was l founded on the teachings of the Bible gd one elder But the laws of tho United States government killed i remarked t neOs marked another Saint Isnt i strange that any government of a freo Christian people should legislate 1 legis-late against the Bible asked a third il enthusiast 1 PROSELYTING IN CHICAGO Elder Orson Richards It was stated recently re-cently left Utah and settled In Mexico He Is one of the missionaries now push ins the Mormon propaganda in Chicago fl where factory hands are being buttonholed 1 button-holed dab by the proselyters with al im luring prospects of a residence In a Mormon I I Mor-mon colony in the sunny Rio Grande i before them But 4 I country kept constantly J I Elder Davis protested that there is ncI purpose to induce converts to leave Chicago I Chi-cago unless they want to do so after they have lived here two years in the faith At the end of two years the Illinois I Illi-nois mission will terminate he said The elders said yesterday that they hail gained ITO converts In Illinois during tho 1 last six months Many of these converts were in attendance at yesterdays mppt ins But they were for the most part women One ancient maiden said she was proud of her conversion to Mormonism But some of the elders are reputed to hae several wives under one roof was suggested Veil if it is their religion i is all ri h was the reply Other women spoke in the samp strain and all asserted that they are natives oC Illinois f And Mormons was asked Why yes of course and we wero e baptized only last week replied a very 1 buxom matron speaking for herself and a companion who appeared fully six feet tall LORIN FARRS ADDRESS A patriarchal appearing old man stood upon the platform of Wicker hall last I night and said I Sixtylii years ago I became a convert con-vert to the faith of the Latterday Saints throush the persuasive eloquence of him to whom God gave the precious tablets of tho law the noble Joseph Smith From U that time until his death I knew him as It I knew I would know a brother and I an truthfully state that a more godly man hns not lived since the clays of Jesu Christ Tho sucaker was Lorin Farr of Ogden Utah elder leader and statesman of tho Mormon church Last night was his first public address of the two days session and In It he told the people of his knowledge knowl-edge of their revered leader and prophet Elder Farr assured the members of the church gathered in conference that tho truth of the word as taught by Joseph hlo was shown by the fact ttE all the wisdom of the world had not been able to overthrow the doctrines advanced I i He spoke of the 1400 missionaries who are preaching the gospel of Mormon throughout j through-out the world and claimed that from the number of their converts the church WS I bound to live and flourish |
