Show NO THIRD TERM the Ini stert of r etrig lake rail and vicinity lb action oil of their dreth breth r n 1 I at a B of the iho episcopal ministers of 0 salt like lake city boil nl vicinity tr held at t uie the lint aut M E 1 church thursday december 9 0 3 to con conallen aller tho the action of tho the cotton of thom alio II 11 E chereb in ia tho the ot of president grant the tha fol lowin g protest was unanimously adopted wo recently feen ita ia the iho press from the ba east the iho stitt ement abat bishop clivon and a body ol of moth odist preachers in boston lad hail to boiu am president G rant for the third term of the presidency and whereas ench action my may bo be understood by such owe eoma as committing the iho of doo omin the iho game measure therefore resolved as a body of mial lots wo we r against tho the be to action Is las from mannoli ety ely of coy any church protestant tant or ro adaa n chelio Ch olio placida in n nomination a for tho the presidency dency or of tho the tc united cited states arid and because we believe alicto arc f reasons aro crowing ring out ot of interest in uth utah that are ro serious ly if affected by the administration of president grant why he ha should not raivo either the nomination or sap port of any addy religious body these reasons ania in part from the follow bog io thorn exists in ahli territory in an ort prized sud aqil monstrous religious nuo luro which is peculiarly dog crous to the ho more ignorant clapacs ol of humanity it defies the moral seni benso 0 tail and civili on tf of the ago ita hierarchy rules roles with despotic desp otio power over many or amorico citizens it deprives dep them of 0 a free aco billot ballot and of 0 free schools it obstructs ruou the tha nausea ot of lithe it the courts and with alioa abo imma riy ci ariy y from punishment of its manic black record ol of crimes it treats with open contempt our american government sol law and la jot in fact an 00 absolute within a republic tha course ol of president dont grant in dealing with this thia 1081 loe has bai been weak and va vacillating sod and his hi recommendations in ions in 10 his hia recent annual aado 8 0 aul in ia previous ODOS coca to eup up polygamy do not r roh ach the he above evils which can caa only be remedied teme died by legi litiza on en and by firm cleu ad ministration 21 judge cokeen irom tho the lench without a liot sod and upon pa ex representation anil and just juat at a limo hate whoa when ho he wn was taking buld of this treas mable and law de lying with tho the grip of law anil and justice As the ibe to ro ively oi of governor oo vernor woods w wao 0 bad been een 10 doyil 11 and nd true and of this chill chial justice jn atice thus dishonorably rn romo tro TeJ he bo appointed two men of 0 enoh each strong mormon proclivities bat the ibe outraged of loyal ic in ia utah compelled abc removal ol 01 ono one still and bo tin lion of the iho other ho he has bad recently a appointed BS as cb chief ef jaston of alo territory a man in in every wy moro more objectionable than his bis immediate fir a and while Pre president Adent gr V brint 4 nt was waa writing down doati polygamy io in lull message sago his bis appointee was setting free CO the chief of utah under legal technicalities is almost daily admitting known polygamists ts to cit citizenship zenshin zen ship and in other ways is ia rendering the laws lava of no effect 31 he achia his bis cabinets cab ineta coitt of 0 which has baa to consider aul pronounce pron opinions opio iona ibo decision of law lav q nesting nes tins in the local I 1 act courts ol of utah without the pha lings papera paper or arguments of 0 counsel in the caso case thus rendering tho the judiciary to the ex cautivo cou tiro an aej comp illig every calgi to test teal that bat tin his decisions will bo be r reviewed a in the cabinet without reference to the bo facts or authorities that tire aro before him wo whore that bit certain railroad and other agencies under tho the control of brigham brihim briham young 1 aang have hare through certain locra of c Con congress greis obtained over oter tho the in ia beah affairs aff tira we refuse to accept his bil all asians to io polygamy alino as ai covering the necessity that here bere for legislation tho the mormon loaders leaders themselves them silves eire eare noih doth inor ine lor for the ibe outcry against polygamy so eo long as they cm control the jury Byl cu the iha ba rod tho tha coulp ted 2 1 that we ally ask the press ol of our land 1 t give p ti b lacity to this thia piper 0 X PEI holl president dent 0 P lerond 8 becy ecy LAKE DM DC 9 1875 |