Show SWEDES ASK ANSWER I Effort to Secure Reply From First Presidency i RYDMAN CASE IS CLOSED r 1 Editor May Consider Himself Permanently Out of Church h tIn J t-In Address Submitted Yesterday the Swedes Uso Strong Terms in G Referring to Treatment a The movement to secure it separate I l i c organization for the Swedish people in t the Iormon Church will not down On d the contrary some of the Swedish leaders I f i s lead-ers of the SLate seem more determined J t deter-mined than ever to push the matter to a final showdown The movement wns Jif s started in a general mass meeting In this city Just November Then a petition peti-tion to the first presidency of the 1 church was numerously signed and reports were read from many copies of the petition that had been circulated among the Swedish people outside the city GOT NO RESPONSE r j This petition was submit led to the first presidency by l special committee i composed of 1C II NordbelE and 13 aiediuan It was taken under advisement advise-ment Weeks passed and no response A was received < although it became common com-mon knowledge that the bishops of the various Wards were at work trying to Induce the signers of the petition to remove I re-move their names Finally the committee com-mittee called upon President Smith Home weeks ago and requested an answer to the petition They were told that the authorities were not yet ready to make a reply j Days ripened Into weeks while the petition malted in vain and still the information in-formation continued to come to them from all Hides of the work of the bishops In trying to induce the Swedish people lo remove their names from the t t I petitionWHAT WHAT LUND TOLD THEM Yesterday < SH Nor hcrg and Med 1 man again called upon the first presl dency In regard to the matter They were given an audience by President Lund lie informed them that 1COO of the 1900 petitioners had removed their i liames from the petition and that the first presidency was still waiting to get the reports from Cache county before taking definite action They were also told that the case of Otto Ilydman was absolutely doted so that the editor of the Korrespondenten may consldui himself him-self absolutely and permanently outside out-side the Mormon church Feeling that the church olllcIals were merely ptocrastinatinj the purpose of wearing out the petitioners Messrs Nordberg and Ilcdman left I with resident resi-dent Lund the following as an expression expres-sion of the Swedish l people of the community com-munity who are still loyal to Otto TCyd man and J the endeavor to secure a separate Swedish church organization ADDRESS OF SWEDES To the First l Presldehc 6r the Church of Jesus Christ of latterday SalnU Urethren It Is now two months shier we handed yon our petition and we feel by your delay in aellns HUM t eon that our faith hope and confidence In you are beginning be-ginning to weaken Vo were being Insulted and abused and whtn we met JhQ abusf one of our brethren Otto Rydman was taken before a bishops tourt and not by fair evidence but by power l of conspiracy was aeu tonced to commit himself to lying 1 or else lie out off from the uhurch This wad ekur QM daylight do us Thenfore we as = Moniblcd and with the t utmost conlldemu In you petitioned you to Investigate his or our ease Hut you have treated us all like children in bondage by sending blah ops tfadhrs aiul special mlpslonarifs to catechise us and ask us this Innocent but Instilling aucKllon Did you know what you did when you signed thai petition 2 AVo did know and wc further claim Wo J did not make covenant with mail but with the 1111 d whose servant said For brethren we have been called unto liberty liber-ty only us > not liberty for an occasion to the flesh but by love servo one another again So then brethren we are not children of the bondsman but of the free We do nol know of any law which hinders hin-ders us lo petition those who we believe can bless us but still It rumalns a fact that plans won laid and tried by those In authority to hinder us from meeting together to-gether and executing our plan of petitioning petition-ing 1 you Our uudoni as covenant children I chil-dren of our living God has been dragged in ihe gutter 1 of uoimpiracy but again we knock on the door of Justice and ask In the name of the living God Appoint a committee of brethren who four God and Justice but have no fear of man let them InvcstlgUj 1 Ihls I our ease which Is mimed Iljdmans ease give us a chance to defend de-fend ourselves before a Juut court and let Justice > fttll where it belongs We ask I no favors but we simply ask for right and Justice But should the office which hi vested in you forbid you to listen to ua because we do not live In castles and rile in line carriages please let us know We have waited long and pailcntly for an answer an-swer but your prolonged silence In connection con-nection with the workings of the lesser authorities in catechising and threatening tho petitioners IH forcing the conclusion upon our minds that you feel yourselves bound to sustain the decisions of the lower low-er church courts whether right or wrong or In other words If they abuse you must abuse also Please let us know your answer We are prepared for any decision you may render |