| Show MORE OF THE WHAT IS IT The U S Attornor will Oppose 2iaturaltzatlon of Moruions THE TESTIMONY NPA LV ALL IN nr tnliimceM llcnr MnlcincnU or llie iKuntlou Yesterday afternoon before Judgu AnJenon Mr DIckson read from C V Peuro cs address on Blood Atonement In which reference I made lo the doctrine nb of t pjural marriage riage and Lie law of 18GJ commented com-mented iijon as uucoiilltulional He also i > reatut ln account of the return ef Bishop George HalliJaj cf S3nmuin > rrm thepfnitentlarj and the welcome ho received Of this Dickson said it publication has lead the the minds of the children from government itGrand Young satJ he would not be one among tliotc to condemn honorable men who snnen1 Uu rUonmcnt for what they believed to bo right t > i to condemn those vrlro vreleomcd such men on their return from prison Would Mr Dickvon have had them burn him Court They were honoring a man for dtobej ing the liw h IjeGranU Young Is I an CM tlcnce of disloyalty because the welcomed a mal whom tiny loved The cur said I was an unusuAl thing to welcome a man from the lowtent3l llckion reAtl from tho case of O P Arnold in April lbS when he promised to obey the law lie said he read it to show that those who agreed to obey the law were treated with contempt and disfavor by the people I DlekHiu salil that Mr Arnold was afterwards convicted and imprisoned for vliktlng lbelw a second times Dick on read two editorial from theDESHtET Xnxs of frm 7 ISvi relative to the cases of Bishop i 1LB Clawson and S W Seas The one on tho l lou of Ihefor mer Is entitled Iciiirlsonment and Honor nnd the latter Liberty and Dishonor In tho same paper the course of T O Angell is men Angel tOll tOllL Grmt Young lu lted that the remarks of thosoxvho had been dis franchised should lint be accepted as exlilcnco in clew ol the fact that a large majority tho Church were not polygamists llnskin said the statement that polygamy is less prevalent or lirmly rooted today than heretotoro linl lieved to be Incorrect 1olygamkts t were not allow ed to vote but they took patt Iti public meetings and were teachers of the people Dfckvinsaid that for ne1I thirty years tho government had striven t suppress polygamy but it was just as prevalent a ever Hc thought I a dlsgnco to admit a Mormon to citiEeu hlp and the seen practice could not 0 stopped to 1nLe Grind Young said that he kiiewjiolygimi was 01 thuedecrease This is a matter that is well known a history Cormare it xvith HID condition in 1S51 nuLl 162 when nearly exerj man was a polygamist Now I is entirely diilerent and ttlol of the cases now prosecuted were for unlawful cohibltation Baskin said the people have beets drilled better in pi < j 1115 Jpo sum IvcCTraud VOUIIK said lo tl it re mark was uuiworthiy of even Bas kin One reason fur the great hum ber of convictions on a technical techni-cal construction of the law and tho aut last years had produced a lt Yr hd lrUld greater number because the In I kept out of the way to aol Dicksons segregation segre-gation hemo which would send a man to prison for life and was ict aside bj the courts nierexisil o the uniiiial severity of the courts at tDlckson ours Dlckson said that in tin early his tory of the prosecutions the Church leaders urged thciicoplcto g into loligamj One polygamous mar rlase had been celebrated this j ear Every case had Lieu fought where there was a chance of escape The Court said that while the applicant was not responsible for the ulterincca of the DESEKKT Xvug rut I xvn thn nn n nf fit Chuuh xx Inch he i belonged i to For beloiiKiug to it I he is portly responsible i responsi-ble Its a case of being in bad company and tint Is the basis of I the jectlon to him R XV Young said the utterances utter-ances were to polygamists and not to monogamists I I The Court said the cditomJs encouraged I en-couraged breaking the Liu Dickson read an editorial from hue XEX S of OctolierJJI 1SS5 commenting com-menting on hue opposition to celestial cel-estial marriage Baskin read from a discourse bx F D Richards July 1 ISM Baskiu6 manner to tho son s-on the other SIC was at times cx I ceedlnslj Insolent Baskm then took up the Book of Mormon nnd with an intuiting remark mark t the attorneys for the defense de-fense read from the book relative to the prohibition of polygamy among the Xephlles BasUu atorcadarcvelationgiven in 1S1I directing the family ofi Robinson to be charitable to family that needed comfort and t itance He also read from an old edition of the Doctncc and Covenants saying that hit tome rexelaioii was not in the new edition a statement that 1 an error Ill the revelation about the Xau 0 House the Court Interrupted bj saying The rates per tiny are not given are thieyi Mr Thtiniun fnid he protested against this reading if it i was done solely to make mirth JW Vouug I will say m repl to the Courts remark about the rates that it was understood tint strangers were tolccutcrtiiued free of charge at the Xauxoo Hous his hiaskin reading xt28 allowed to go on wit When he got through cur took recess till 7TO jini At the evening session Mvnn MKIMMINS tettifinl I know Charles Gilmor I think Ins reputation for tnitli and veracity is good I ucxer heard an thing against him fo IxGnndc Young I am acquainted ac-quainted with one person who resides sides near Gilinur never conversed with any of his neighbors about him I sold him some horses six or seven years ago xre peak when we meet that H all our intimacy BEIITI XKTIItB 1JLVTT testified XXhen D H XVells was released from Uieinmtentiaiyl was a deputj marshaL Judge Emerson committed Mr Wells ler ccsSon was a very large one made up r vehicles horsemen and children chil-dren The johce were ahead D H Wells xtasiu a carnage near the head of the procession TeGnnd Youog Is a proctssion bv Die jieople unlawful nlude Jikn1 want to show its tang IxGraud Young People mayad mire a man without committing treason IlasklnWhena man was com ing from prison zl I proper to give him an ovation I ful LeGrand Voung It isnot unlaw fulPratt Pratt One of tho banners had lie won We believe in polygamy The procession was cheering and D H Wells acknowledged the cheers In 1874 or 1S75 I had a subpccna from thin Third District Court for Brigham Young went to Young the latters olllcn and saw D O Calder to whom I told my business He sid I could not see the Presi dent and said they would serve it for me which I declined to do I went back and returned to Brigham Voungo office we were stopped by a guard Shaw now dead Mix xvell told Shaw he w as resisting He said The UmlsJ States 0 uiiL I arrested Shaw Cushing knocked Maxwell who was a cripple down 51mw was sent to the i > eiii tentlary We tried wgain with a pps eef eight or tam t Tlfe gates were closed I H V013 was there tunti omretl toservcthesubpono KY ilrunpton nnd several iwUcs Tire there Mr XVCia f 11 II Scned the wb pona r 1 Was once employed atZ I M I was discliarKed bccauw I would not sigua 1IJr donating one tenth of my earnings to the Church To LeGrand VoungI did notsee the Stars and Stripes tlienrererring to the procession in honor of D II ellsj If it had beoa dragged there dro ther I would have seen it To Dickson heard it claimed that the flag was trailed I but I did not seu it 139f streets were crowd edTo To theCourt could not tell hpw many persons were there do not The thcroWcro four or five thousand procession was composed of Mormon people cmps W J VAX JIOHJ testified I mil an attorney at law reported re-ported the proceedings in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle after the procession The Tabernacle itill Ht nearly 1000 persons and It xvas crowded Took a Ib of the banners that I noticed One said XXre believe Iii noUc amy and otLersexpressed discon tent t Mr Wells imprisonment and rejoiced his release The DESCIIKT Xnx claimed that there were ten thousand persona in the procession prl Dickson rend from I DISKIICT Xtws h editorial 1 of Jebruari 191552 reganlltvi the Mectlou by revela toU of George Teasdale and licker J Grant u Apostles and Seymour B Young a one of the first seven Presidentsof the Seventies IEKUUS innatsos I SKlinniltTIlwn dcputy derk or the Third Ji lle Court In > ny ISSo George f Cannon was under Indictment for unlawful cohabIts ton 8 xi ere tie Into Prceident John Taylor and Joseph P bmlth Uie hitter is still under indictment Neither President Tnjior nor Joseph F were ever arrested The frs Indictment against Orson P Arnold a before May 1SS5J the second indictment wni found isie foUilt Apnl 1 i isieMr Mr Dickson read a letter purport ing to IMS from tho late President Taj lor to cut White Tlor census aseut Wble The letter is dated Jai C Stt and explains ex-plains lh j detiSs of plin tIU Bishops and states tint Bishops hat jurisdiction In temporal mater of thin church XMLUMI O IJIUJJlS testified seas city marlml of Salt Lake in 1SV5 I seril mx term out Yet oti n ml ion tiller ward nhd returueda jearagoAm now sanitary inspector for tlie city was emplojed about three months after I returned Mi term of office expired in February IbS Dickson read from C S Variaus scrap book a loragriph from I copy of the obituary notlee of President John Taylor published July 28tli 1S55 l theircase Dickson announced tint this closed IeGraiid Young saitl the defense were not prepared go on and suggested sug-gested day that lucerne g 1 overtillMon uiyJfr Dickson said t it the government govern-ment desired to b presented m the argument lo Its Ironer oncr c s vvui vs After some further discussion court adjourned till 10 a m today This morning W J vAN lll was called and gax e a lit of what lie said swore the mottoes on banners carried hi tlio precession tint followed fol-lowed D H XYell I did not HUe H-Ue American lag then Did not tec one in the procession At lie meetlii the smakers were F D Richards D 11 Welt and John l Taylor i Dickson aid tint Arthur ViM wasted t change lib teslinlonj t I snj that when he said flags were in the procession he did not lucau American IIg Van 1 torn said the sneccies were commeiidatorj D H XXells for preferring to go to the penitentiary for contempt nther Ihanreveal the Klldol meat ceremonies BaeKIn said he lad Jaekll judgment in a BUhops curt lietxveeu Forties for 1 sum of money LeGrand Young said that I x asa as-a doctrine of the xlormoi Church that the members should settle their difficulties bj the arbitration of Blshois courts nther thin go to law There was no effort or Intent to enforce judgment Tlioee who did not comply v ere sometimes tilt ftlloxvshlped and I might IMS m extreme ex-treme CTCS excommunlcnUou uiu JAg I TAlJIUil was called by the defense He testified a irincilol l of the Latterdaj Saints College in this tity was formerlj member of the faculty of the Bhigliam Young Academy in Pro icted In that capacity four J ears attended school there five years havesludietl at lie Lehigh Unixersitj Pennsjl vanla and the John hopkins University it x c rsity i Baltimore In the Lattcrdij feainLs College we give instructions in theology the same as other branclie our theological classes study the Bible and other Chords wok the innciples of the Ness Testament are taught there tlie New Testament is a text look of daily use the Book Mormon alt Doctrine and Covenants are also I sermons r not referred to The Constitution of the CniteJ States is taught We teach that the Con ti tution inspired and of all human documents approaches nearest top perfection it is taught that it Is the fouUlaUol of tie government oftlic United Slates and must be revered Xe ttich celestial marriage but not plural marriage We tech that celestial marriage is i contract for both time and eternity xvhlle the cixil marriage binds people only in this life we teach that marriage a a religious as xxell as a civil contract con-tract XXe never anythingabout polygamy There maj hive been a < iucstlonlaskedil > outtbut I recall no instance Tho Y follow fol-low s the samemlcas does our college Both are sustained by xoluutarj donation do-nation from membepi of theChurchI have been a member of the Church eighteen years We teach mans free agency as a part of our course XXe teach that mans free agency is paramount that I his Dot been interfered with bj the Creator and should not b by any power We tench that mans future depends ou his course in this life that lie might bj the exercise of his own agency show his nature and preferences We also tenth that the Kingdom of God 1 to b an outgrowth of the Church of Christ tliat it is nothere but that f will bo established and tliat we should pray for It XXhen it is established Christ will be its King We say that he will come a the Bible saj s but thin time no man know = not even thenngt heaven XXe have never taught anything contrary to the laws of the laud I is a part of our teachings that people should prepare themselves to be tooth citizens The teachings in the J Academy and in our wn college col-lege have been approved by lie authorities au-thorities of the Church < I Pr U e plan instruction has To Dickson We teach that celestial celes-tial marriage 13 distinct from plural marriage the meaning of plural marriage 1 expressed and the mein ing of celestial marriage is explained We teach tliat celestial marriage nnjlicentcredintointhcmonogamic relation that I Is diflerent from ordinary or-dinary marriage in that it is available avail-able in eternity We teach the pa pl t obey all the laws of the United Unit-ed States We mention no laws si ciallj We 1m not had any questions upon the laws relating relat-ing t poljgamj that I can recall W e also teach obedience t the revelations of God as a religious religi-ous duty We teach hint the Constitution Con-stitution guarantees religious freedom free-dom We teach students to obey the i laws We also teach them that they I heave the privilege of obeying God In their religion I believe iu the revelation on plural marriage and that if the Constitution had been conformed to there would have bon no law against it I teach the pupils i believe but not all that I believe We aLso explain that the revelations do not require Molallou of law I think the statutes against blgamj arc constitutional I I dont thmk plural marriage is character Q I ized bj the features ol bigamy as a crime I think Congress sought lo suppress plural niarrTSgd and I think tlc oxcrsttpj the Constitution In the school two teach the free agency of man We also teach that it I proper to seek counsel 1 from tho best sources We have not taught that I I wrong to rebel against the Priesthood We have taught that members of the Church should obey the authority of the Priesthood but they pity dls olive Ir that rlimW p T tihnfr iii ten should obey Ito Instructions i of tho President o the Chiirch In hh ofllclal capacity t in relation to the Church The I sul ject of obedience obedi-ence to the Priesthood is not discussed dis-cussed dont teach anything I do not believe but I do not force on the pupils all that I do believe There are many topics that not not referred re-ferred to In our rUe the pupils r from 14 to 8 ymca of age I am 27 years old In regard to thu Kingdom ot God I do not understand that it Is set up at nl i understand W31 tlio mission of this Church to preparu for the te Kingdom of God but to do s that I is not necessary for them to exercise exer-cise temporal authority I have read the sermons of the leaders of the Church but have not seen any declarations that lie Kingdom of God Is set up without modifications i of those declaration f understand tint when thin principles of right eoujness taught lij tho Church shall prevail then lie Kingdom I will I be established But III the sense of a kingdom it is the teaching that i is not set up To the court When Christ command comm-and reigns then the hlni lotu xvill be established it cannot r be n king dom x et because there is no kine To Dickson The President of the Church Is not the representative of the King in callers matters He is in spiritual matters I believe be-lieve that when Christ comes Hew He-w ill hold control In temporal mat tcrs and that all men who work tI3t righteousness xxiiUrfd in control that the Priesthood holds no control in temporal matter but in spiritual matters I do not believe lint the Priesthood have the right to control In oil i I nn ni n viral nittcrs dont think the PrcsUent has aright right t direct ptouitsIy in all tem Ilmt I mailers A doctrine to that effect is foreign to my understanding understand-ing l never 1m e understood that they have aright to dictate In all matters I luxe studied the teachings teach-ings of the authorities of the Church To Baskiu XVc teach the pupils that there is a distinction between plural and celestial marriage Wed We-d lnato no revelation a the one on lolygimj XXe have one on the et > rmtj of the iiiirriacc covenant We teach tint the revelations in the Doctrine and Coveiiintsare divine and this Include the revelation on celestial marriage Plural marriage is not given I as a command to the Church out celestial marriage is Plural marriages In the Church are celestial marriages but celestial marriages are not all plural mar rlagts believe that I deception or fraud is a necessary clnficterktic bigamy I understand there was no law in IS 13 against a man marrying mar-rying two wives unless he practiced fraud I understand now that there are flaws against ojgaiiij now in existence I do not consider that our system includes blglmj In the school we have not given anj instructions as to hither plural marriage should or should not L practiced ro the CourtIn tho highest grade in the Mhrol thc tuestioiiS nay come up XXe say that celestial celes-tial marriage t binding for eternity being consiiminiled by divine authority XXe do lot explain what Jur1 marriage K but I understand I to mean plurality of wives We teach that mamcpo eiu be performed per-formed as a religious ceremony or a1 a lvli contract XXe dont mention men-tion plural marriage cither etc way or another I am Leitht rauthonied nor iualificd to teach plun marriage mar-riage We do not understand that lunching that plural marriage Is corrupting cor-rupting the mom of the pupil lvcae xre tin iattotch It There his luvcr lieen any comparison lietw een the livs of tlicgovermucnt anti the doctrines oftlic Chunh 1 believe I jiW marriage to Lie a pro her condition but Imxc riven IJr stniction opals it I think I young man educated in lie college would loleo lust a law which binds hilt conscience U unconstitutional but he xvould not believe that such a law was lot binding I xvould not advise the breaking of any law for I consider I law binding until I is annulled To DicLon believe the anti polygamy law is unconstitutional but that it is binding I hax e never taught the children tint plural mar rlije is right because 1 have not taught it at all The Priesthood do not noV control iu temporal milters I have never herd it I taught tliat plural marriige of itself xi ill exalt alone I believe celestial marriage is essential to exaltation To In Gran Young A celestial marriage Is one consummated be txxcen a man and I woman that xt ill be of avail in eternity a will a in this life This is lie revelation on celestial marriage I understand tint iwlygimj is not obligatory but is permiscixe I think celestlil niirriage 1 obligator for exaltation that is in eternal union in marriage of husband and wire Then The-n hat been read in school XXe teach that mnrriage for eternity is ncr XXe have never taught that poljgimj is ncce tory We have never taught that lie Priesthood control in temporal mater XXe tech that advice ad-vice In temi > ral milters from those who understand them Is viropcr and the same as to spiritual rr tiII J ual matter I think there must be a klnir to i Kingdom I think Christ wlO King of the Kingdom of God and that there trill be no other ruler As to the proportion of polygamists in Itali I would say there Is not to exceed one in thirty among lie adult male members of tlC Church To Dickson think there are less than 200000 people in tho Ter ritorj dtlle not Know how InTo iedtlle Gentiles there tno To Biskin I said If I needed neL medical advice I would ask one he it qualified to give I Baskln Islajinjr on of hands for the healing l I of the sick a doctrine of the Church Tlie court ruled that this was Improper Im-proper To Mr Voung When a man is a polxgamit I b usually but I short time before his neighbors know of I I dont think possible I t keep > i secret long I kuow the monogamists monogam-ists have the elective franchise and polygamists do not take the oath borne people do not take it from conscientious scruples A man who dos not take it is usually > l > otted To Dicksou I have never taken any SteIn to prosecute polygami I consider business it my duty town mind mj nnC To the court Ukuoxv prominent men in the Church who arc not polxgamisls I do not understand that all the Apotles are polygamists Brigham Young John Taylor Geo Q Cannon J H Smith CW Pen nee were polygamists I understand that Aiostlcs HJ Grant John XX Taylor and A I Lund are not 1 tlyg1 Did you never her that lIcker J Grant had n second wife now in England Dr Talmage never did Court took recess till 700 this evening when It 1 expected that tho testimony trill a 0 in |
