Show 1 11 1 ati xai work in the he first first district court I 1 canis it young refuses to lo advise and is refused the extraordinary methods or of judge Il lenderson derBon in the examination of applicants for citizen citizenship nhip have been tile the subject ab of remark by br the members ol of the provo bar for some timo time past but they navo not until recently seemed to us sufficiently pronounced to justify special comment hince the District Attorney received his lute late attack a 0 tha anti mormon rabies its as manifested in fit ills his examination of jurors the judge of the first district to have been seized w with th this same aarno uninteresting malada malady and of a type more virulent 1 if f possie poa e than in the former case fol following owing is a verbatim report if f life examination of on we U cyru it 11 young fa taken by the 0 official a firus ie reporter porter of tile court it is 1 is lilt bit oia I 1 I 1 cry interesting reading for jr people tin unfamiliar ini liar with willi court methods mathida I 1 in n territory Tern tory As asan an example of izquiel quibbling to obtain an advantage 0 oer er oil an u vic victim timit lt is i altogether the most pronounced example we have ever seen been in answer to a series of formal auer t on from the court the applicant stated that thai ills hit name naino w was C cyrus a it young llo lie was wab us is years a a I 1 old 1 I 1 n I 1 june n had co come we tile british channel islands tar directly froine ty to 0 utah and bad been here ever since since ills ilia homo home was w now in coll cedar valley jc iia lla had bad taken out liia ilia fir first abw p papera or in provo he ha had cour coals to ina k utah 14 iia a permanent lipco i could read an and d write tile the En language 0 owned w 1 1 e d some bonne property jil ft the territory to r y and was a man of a family the ili e court 1 I suppose you know about what hat A the character of 0 the english gov ei ament la Is alid what the ch aucter of tills government is iia 7 A aay yea e di air r Q J I 1 suppose your you read e ill thy ally daily pa pers keep tep posted ort cut current t rent events A Yeso Bir lr I 1 i Q do you know what polygamy la Is A yes airi it ja taking more mora wives Q do you befit ve it right for P a man mail to have hav living jiving and voiced moro more than ano wife A no sir bir Q you know what tho the edmunds Edmund ii 1 liias 6 3 A yes yeater Yeat sar lr Q qt I 1 Is s intention now to obey all the laws of the alio united states can you att it for the future I 1 in n good 0 d vou faith br ith fa ar nj thein A IV yeb a dayo do you know about tho edmunds tucker law 7 A yea air Q can cad you talie take the oath that lw law prescribes A yes yea sir air Q so that you could act is a juror A yes ye sit air Q and I 1 understand bod to may aay you yea dont believe behave it tight for ft a man to have living gild and uri divorced more than one cifu A no Q you are ft member of the 7 it A yes sir air athe Q dont you on believe in that doctrine the church A no I 1 never leaver it I 1 have believed in it I 1 Q A to belief in the right to practice it what position in the church do you occupy what degree of teacher or elder do you occupy t A I 1 belong to tile the seventies 0 what is t tic the d duty uty 0 f ft a seventy in in tile church r A to preach tho thi G gospel to the nations of the lie earth Q according Accordi nw to tile the doctrines oi of your church A yes yea tir air Q do you teach the tha of 0 polygamy of A 1 have never taught tt it tg because e I 1 never practised practiced it Q 1 what to know isu 11 bether you oa tench it or not t A I 1 dont of it rj tany anywhere where Q you belong to tho the seven Be tits and preach according accordine to the doctrines of your church how do you along howd how do 0 you ti theat cat the question of 0 A A rood good many ot of us dont practice tice ft it 0 yes yea I 1 know that ha u no 0 I 1 know 0 are a great anany in my v who ho d do 0 not liso liao it but the lei ib do you belove believe I 1 it is right for or people peo ie who tie do believe it is ia right to enter into I 1 polygamy A they have a right to believe their own way Q do you believe it is ia right for or people flo who want to topi pi aclise it and believe lail ait I 1 A yes sir air Q that eliut is is tile the spirit of teachings I 1 sup suppose se 7 A I 1 pave nver never taught it Q k you OU say it Is ia your duty to preach and teach tile the doctrines of your church that being do you get along with that portion cit at the doctrines ot of your lour church AI have n er preached it I 1 left it out Q you left it out oat A Y yes to sir air Q boim do ou believe in the tha enforcement of tile the E u law 7 A yei Ye salt ir Q do you think yon ou could bit on a jury here and try a man tor for unlawful cohabitation the same ns na you could in st a case of garcez farreny or any other offense 7 A I 1 guess I 1 could coul Q do you think you could convict a nun man a member ot of your our church for or practising practicing polygamy which ou ell think it would be right for him to do it he believed it right do you think bolt oil could convict him upon tile the same of 0 proof teals as you ou would convict a man for stealing ing a horse A I 1 dont know about that Q you would hardly wet want to under take a duty of tint that kind A no Q call banou promise now could you take an 0 oath iou 11 n now 0 w that you yon never would inter enter into A yes yea air sir Q or a avise advise vise ot oeners I 1 era to A yes yee I 1 will wil I 1 not advise adise others to Q you ou take alt ati aft oath not ot only to bofto ehtor into patr 1 lh fill bows sows g to do soto noto advise atherh kib 01 wf 4 A i ars 4 itaki I 1 it i iii 1 Q qi DO dufoo you think you would ad adare 1 ae of your church nut not t tu enter 1 into n polygamy if tile they thought etwas it was their duty to do so 7 Itlo no answer Q I 1 dont understand how low you reconcile tile tho two ideas you say bay it la is your duty daty to preach and teach the doctrines of 0 i our church aud that you oil believe it fript tor for peo people ie who ho feel feel that way to inter enter into polygamy po agamy upon what theory would you advise a roan man not to enter into pol polygamy ganty who belonged to your church and kit felt it his duty to do so lour A it II lie wai MM a good man and had bad meant means enough I 1 Q uh oh yes but that is simply gregull ting tin poly gain y ada as it it t is net cot advising him not to go into it bat gnp pu buhe a member of 0 your church was abundantly enily uble able to take care of three or four wives and raise all tile the children they might have hava without their coining comins to v nant ant at all and lit lie felt follit it was life hia duty to lo enter into gamy and believed in ill like revelation ayour u your church chunh aut hortz ing it would on oa then ax ap one of the seventies les deem it your duty to ly protest against ills hia c bering into pol polygamy gamy 7 A I 1 dont know as an I 1 would Q no you OU would hardly teel feel like pro it sti ng under such circumstances would you oiin no answer Q I 1 donl doni know mr young I 1 am ure sure it seems from your hiir statement you talent to an organization that thai believes in that thai and your own wn b belief in tint you think it is h right for parties tu to enter into poll polygamy polyna gamy iny it if they believe it their duty to do so do I 1 ho a you think thai you ought to take an oath ot of allegiance all gianco to th the e Gern ment of the united states under such circumstances atwould AI A I 1 would Q yes you would lint but do you think you really ought to to do that you lin know a dont you that the edmunds edmund law pronounces pronounces tw that to be a crime A lr Q you tou know it Is 1 one ona 0 the th doctrines of 5 our church that it is right you know that dont yo you A YR yc sir air Q 1 you occur occupy ay iy a position in lour our c I 1 1 as aa one of c thi the I 1 seventies wrose whose duty it Is in to preach and ana tile the doctrine of the chu churell relf deem it with the doctrines of 0 your chul church teli to support all the lie laws ot of the united states it A yes air tir I 1 would the Thel ourt to district attorney illges mr lit llila do on oil desire to a ask sit this applicant any questions mr air niiles no air ir the court what do you ou say gay as district attorney about t this Is mans appia cation mr it seems to me ine tory lly I 1 lair that he cannot take tile mhd oath to obey y al all I 1 the laws lawa of 0 the united states while lie he Is continually preaching 9 against them and advising others othera to v to i at least some of them bliem tho the court to applicant you believe in the doctrines ot of your church do you ou not A yes air sir I 1 do q Q do you believe that tile the disport gallon or revelation in relation t to n polygamy of c iv is a div divine ire rev revelation elation A ISO idon 1 j t know for certain I 1 Q N no 0 you dont know tor for certain I 1 b but 6 d do V vou u lub believe iv it is A well I 1 baig believe it I 1 is Q you believe it Is a divine corn com in manla aal A yes bir air Q dont you believe that any law of 0 the united Stilt les or the law of a any other ether government that la Is against th that a t doctrine aind prohibits men who mhd ito honestly ne at belleau it and sincerely believe inix it aa I 1 you do A A law that provides for tub of such buell persons who enter Funish into I 1 nto polygamy don dont t you believe hon antly that tha a uch a la law W as that la a a wrong law jaw 1 A I 1 dont know we have got to abide by the laws of our country Q yes I 1 know but the question I 1 ask you 0 u is is if you dont think that is a bad baauw la w A I 1 dont know as it hi is I 1 guess it is done tor for the good ot of tile the people Q ila do you ou think I 1 it is is done for the go good od ot your people AI A I 1 expect it was n as Q do you think th that at is the eire effect t of it to do good to your lour people 7 A ye yes s air gir Q then you dont belleme in polygamy A I 1 dont practice it Q I 1 lava hava you ever been beed in polygamy A n no 0 sir air Q well I 1 dont know mr young I 1 it am in sure I 1 dont see 80 how you can reconcile the tha two ideas you say eay you you believe that polygamy is right you believe it a laar of god a revelation from led and at the same time you make application to 10 take an oath shift you will support at all I 1 the laws of the united states one of which at least runs directly counter to that which you believe is it jaw of god tho the court must be satisfied that you vou have become attached to the principles of the constitution of this country and the laws that is the thine to bo be established it seems to me under such circumstances cum stances as that that you ought nut net ta take the oath have you vou entered any public 1 ailie land A no air r I 1 have got cot a fl fittko t 1 city lot let IQ Q you are riot not making abl this application for the purpose of making proof to 0 the government so an to prove title to it a piece piece of land or anything of that kind A no bair sir Q in the case of that kind I 1 feel that more liberality ought to be exercised because that would be w working a hardship upon the party that it other wise would not it might be an injustice but it seem to me under such circum stanco stance as aliese that you ought not lj W take tho the catli anth that Is required to be taken b by a party who ho seeks to become a citizen orthe of the united states that you 0 ll 11 notto not to beear allegiance forever to tho united states ican I 1 ran hardly so gay I 1 from this examination that you have become cc 0 O me attached to the principles of tho the constitution ution of this country and the lawi lan s I 1 have no doubt you honestly state and sincerely ertly believe that polygamy is right and that it is ia a revelation from the almighty to those who seek beck to practice e it but the lawmaking law making power of this country has seen geen lit to t think ink and say sar otherwise it it hardly arill seems to me ill eliat a t you at ought I 1 it t to tak tako a ta the I 1 oath that is is neca essary tot to bo taken in in order to entitle you to become a citizen tho the application is denied |