Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-05-03 | Page 8 | Open Letter to Apostle Taylor

OPEN LETTER TO APOSTLE TAYLOR Mr John W Taylor Salt Lake City ulnhSlr My attention has been called to some statements you are said to hae made at a public r pubIc meeting at Elellinonri on April 3rtl this year In < tht < S remarks you are said to have pointedly referred to Miss Nellie Jamison as n drledup creature from the East whose mission whose appears to be to creep into our midst and teach our daughters pernicious doctrines that will lead them down to hell The reporter who took and published pubIshed your words gave me the above quotation and I must assume that the words arc yours unless you deny them are ouIs I write you in this public way be cause Miss Jamison is a member of the Logan Presbyterian church of which 1 am the pastor and further be cause Miss Jamlso Is a commissioned missionary under the board of home missions at New York and so an ac credited I representative I of the whole Presbyterian denomination and finally nnal because your statements were made in public and have gone to the public through thepublic prints I pUblc ils Jamison has been guilty of tpn guU any con duct or teaching that 01 leaching is unbecoming a cultured Christian lady that is cither I Immoral Immodest or Indecent that Is pernicious and calculated to lead the young ladies ol Richmond down to hell I shall be greatly obliged for facts supporting your allegations that proper steps may be taken in tho premises If you have no facts and know of no way l > y which facts can be obtained to support your charges and Insinuations 1 shall expect you at once r withdraw your Innuendoes and as peraioiiB and publicly apologize to Miss Jamison Less than this on your part Is unmanly and cowardly N E CLEMENSON Logan Utah May 1 HI 0