Show TIE POLITICAL CONSPIRACY Henry W Lawrence Assumes to Tel an Kndonmcnl Ceremony HE SAYS THEGOVEROMENT WAS NOT MENTIONED Ills Iteiliar nUll EvasIve Conduct Under CrtmExauilnation auluaton FLAGTRAILING AND DANNER FALSEHOODS The lines Ufurti to Rob Jlor itimiV or MI Krmniclii nlhl In the continuation of tliu ro cnauullon tle proceedings pro-ceedings before Judge Anderson j c lc rday aflomooYi IR strut GUMOR testified I am S3 years old hae been a member of the Mormon Church passed through the En ilov mcnt House Ellis I Snow IrsB W Smith and Mrs Hj de were tin r i The cvlilenro ras objected to I UicXson asked iHnui Ion to I open his case LJ the introduction of I witnesses who cculd lot be procured licforu tlu Ole of them hid oOi cat in the ldOWIlnt House Ir Gilnior continued her cell louthc ivas an oath that Urn blood of Joseph aud llyruniSmitii should h avenged on tho American nationami unit tIm essenu hi lin 1 I to their children theirchiUrcns children to the third and fourth generation There was afco a covenant cove-nant of ttnct obedience to Urn Priest hoed In all things rpirituiland tem lioral Wo were told that if we repealed pealed anj thing we would bu dhs > acted I To Jfr Thunnan did hUt take the oath Thc Were so man there tliil they couldnt tell who who tool it or who did not I am the wife of Clmlts Gilnior 11INK W IiAWRL > CB v inra called for iml liiliiled I am o4j ears old Isavc resided In Utah 8 years hive l > cen a member of the Mormon hurch II iiareuts I nls werememl I was fl when I canine to Utah I was 1 years ud when my parents Jollied the Church I have left the Church when member I was a counselor to the lilshop of the Eighth Ward ofliciatcd in the Kudovi mcnt Iou nn from lSd 5 t Sb9 Thc udowments are taugiit orally Imey are not written I was familiar w 1th them ind assisted administering them It would take time to tell them uuigaiions all covenants were entered inlo There is a covenant cove-nant to avenge the blood of the Prophets rcfcTSce i made to Joseph and Iirum fcnuth There tire esplanitionfr substance I is You each and all covenant amid agree to avenge e the blotxl of the PropheUaud of the Proplals Jobcph aimS ltyranm Smith Wlohave sealed their te tinion wlUI tCtmon w their blood This you will much tn U1 chi dren and your cliildixns children t the third and fourth generation TIns YOl do in the presence cf God angels alt these witnesses There ia aLo a covenant t obey the Priesthood Priest-hood in all tiling There h a covenant cov-enant prohibitius adilttfry The ire peiitjei to revealing tire Mcrelsof tile House r violating covenants Time general implication implica-tion is that adultery can only be atoned for by dcsUi Tliexs ion covenant hurt the len Will keep themselves true to the wives thai are given them by the Holy gen K fercnce is niitle to the sixth chiptcr of Kcvclatlim I as juHlfjIng the avenging I blood sol the Prophets The penalties arc fr vening the secrets The ircaiy > s dentIn I wu cxcomuiunicateil from the Church soon after Messrs Godbe anti Harrison I wa on a general charge of apotta Disobedience to the Priesthood was regarded a apostasy I Objected to by the Jcftiuej xjbjec lion overruled ll Law reuce continuing I was I taught Mormomsm seas the only true religion j may parents were simm inn i citeI was sincere There are many pretty theories with Mor moniem tlie iHiclire is one thing thctheorj nncthcr I vtasacquaiut I e with Joseph Smith md Vas taught tint he was t Prophet of I I God Was taught tlie sale regard ing Brigham Your and that thmry j I nero t led anddlttn all things I luring the last years of IJ association I associa-tion with Use Church llrre Sere I man timings that were objectionable objection-able Vo said these things are wrong and the oilier thing are wrong but wo Were told that we would r tint boy scene nil right We nero required to give up our agency This Is the in iluemmee the people were under Sir Godbc started the Utah MujcciicUie 1rl Uta1J < C ctle forerunner of the Tribune Ve advanced ad-vanced liberal ideas and wanted 3Iormonim t be true At that time Ve were Itrigliam tohted Young md was to supreme duct to an of the coumvls or the fenders was worthy of cxcommunicatioi and otmel la hard thing t bear BrIgham Young taught obedience In 1 things This Is not laugh toJay We saw that there was an effort t defy the govern m < nt and we wanted tn prevent it TIC opening cf the mines a op poed IJrighim Young tried OJ control the wages of tho working men 3Ir Harrion wrote a tn in opposition to tlls I I Urn School of the Prophets Ilnglmm expressed lib Mews When Mr Harrison wrote in article on the mine we Herein Hear Lake ant we Knew the conflict wouM crime and we ould have t come out of the Church The article was trimmed to be as little objectionable as possi ble I aid t them lteys Ill give o sic weeks to sty in the Church e came home in abut ten days and sr Harrison and GOthIC were called up T It H fctcuhouse offered t stand bj us borne of the illsallected gave in and M did blcnhouc He was afraid to do othcrn Mr Moyle olyectol to this as Ihcy had Uxn thut out by the court from introducing testimony of the mine class The objection wn overruled Mr Lawrence iurence continuing Aay optxteition to tlie 1netUiooJ was 1 r called ajestay The leading men of the Church were it Uiat meetin lam referring t Mr GOthIc fol loned Stenliou and took a firm tand It was a ienons matter then lo oppose IJngham Young Godbb 1 h iI 1 Jrr jutitied himself and Mr Harrison took a similar land He claimed they lad a right to publish their ideas There was aulto a fnoluxr displayed There was no charge against me but I agreed t r stand by them A motion was called to discontinue the Utah Magaane and all but myself and a few others ole for II I voted In favor of continuing tile llayazuie and that was called trtason in those days Throne was n risk In Ruing auUilng against I the Church I was called to the stand and main I tained m Wne myposithon BrIgham Young said hmeinzui hcrtfor carried Godbc crrc in his coat pocket The meeting adjourned and Godbe and Harrison lIrlu were cited t appear before the High Council which met in this I rom 20 years ag Uiis mouth leo Q Cannon was pnecuUng cfllcer He read the article on the mines a evidence of apostasy Thiswasi W because w o opposed the Priesthood I f I LeGrand Young I dont wish t interrupt tire witmss in his speech lint lie has no right to go in his lecture on early Utah beoud Uie < juc > tIonatissuehereEvctn if Gob and Harrison were cut oilfor the ruaSou claimed 13 that any reason why a member 6f lint Church I should IK denied citizenship I I may be admitted that ire early inhabitants in-habitants opK > > cd thu opening of the mines but that is not a reason for keeping Jlr Moore from the privileges of a citizen Mr ror may L In for ofopeulng the mines but that Ulkc no dlt11rrcnmeo t tills CO I1s speech should not I t permItted lien because It is rlllC hcr hnr J i un called for fend at thia stage of the 1 procednigs illegal UicksoU wanted Lawrence ickU waDle Lwrnc to go on In the lunch was follow g te lneh following In his speech lIe demanded tint 3formonh excluded from isU zenMiIp and tint mob In attendance attend-ance began stamping their feet and clapping their Iiemte JlasKln followed in the same line a Dickson and said he opposed tliu olio c Church because It was a theocracy and no member of I could b attached to the atlclc t e onsUluUon or to American institutions IW Young suggested Uiat Sir Lawrence had raid he had nc hit Fld ho exer Cer cised his free thought Were not the Mormons entitled t she their view They did hot for him t remain in the Church The people had a right to refrain from dealing with him if they wanted to The Mormons had a much right to vote the Peoples ticket as the non Mormonshid to vote the Liberal Liber-al ticket LeGnnd Youu < sugjrtslwl Uiat time Catholic I alleyianCu was alwajs first lo the Ioir but their pracUcc was t h loyal to the governments where Uicy resided You may accuse ac-cuse the Mormons of claiming allegiance legiance to the Priesthood but their practicM his been that of people de voted to the Constitution inJ we challenge the world to a coitinanson w ith u Let the actions of the peo lie peak for them p1 Judge Anderson said this wa not Uiu frt time the questIon of excluding ex-cluding membra of a certain Church from citizenship had been raied I had heen suggested in r gird to Catholics but not in Uie courts 1 f it can bo shown tint the Jloniion Church claims lo control In temporal matter then member shill in that Church dbjiualilica a man for dtizcn < hip II W Lattrcnco continued Other charges ttcro nlaelo again Godbe and Hirrison TIme titter i iskcj thcPjcfeilcal of tim High Council l1i allace ifs then I ail thing against our moral charac erThe reply was in negitive Irigham Young aid Xot that we know of It n7 U n theory of the t Church that no man con apostatize vlthout committing sill fIe Idea sizes ghen trot tlf iso had coiumU ed r sceixi sin or wo would not have given up the truth None of Ihe High Couucl voted In favor cf lodbcnnd Harrlon Ell It Kckc was cut of for voting In favor of them without even giving him a ml This was don im ioolloh of IrighaiU Young i oted with Cclc J but nothing valid va-lid to IC llnghiui plcaded with me t slay auWI the Church ali Ileal of my own accord about a month aftcriyard I hal nothmlmng but kltli ceilings for the people I wanted t bring slant reforms We did not want logo out ofire Chijrch it ts tithe l the 1 f teb lirIi t fhor its but I did to a montli or K aferwll Ilm I tOII limo mcmi i Vas cited before Ire Lchop and was nil ott The Chunli claims t h the government and kingdom fGod It Los literal I a present kIng donm Jit territorial jurisdiction was expected to reacb over the whole irtli Then Christ was to come and reign When I was cut olT I was doings busine of S1300J to JOOOO a monUi Inn lItHe while I ler 5iloun t one thlnlufthit and I I was 0 socially ostnci ed Xobjd wanted to be worm in mmmy company ToIxjGrand Young Mr Harri son made a mistake w hen he said the name of Jose pit md 11 mm feniith were itot lUenloned In tlC IndOlent hiosnoc Of course Uio ceremony may not have been the same as when I idinlnlstered I think Hirrison Intended to t 1 the truth so did Tulhdjre and Kclse5 They were 1 vvitu us In tie new mon Ooduo Harrison Tullidct aud m self were among the leader Mr Tullidgo Iran lot taken an active part against the hurl Mr J elf el-f also ccaied his irllve oHxhiition alJ Itme favorable t < > it Since llnliim Ymn opj > oe d the opening open-ing of the nililtJ many Mormons have been engaged in the mining brisimies John fav lor was In that huslnns but If lib hid dOle In lSO lie would hav e been cut oft I was 1 the idea that tho Lord would direct when the mine side t b evened The only reawni Ilrigham give for IriS opposition was bringing in of manly people whom lie could not control He iLosaid he tho ight an agricultural and manufacturing people h peo-ple would be more pro pcrou I knew Anthony Ivinii Hcwasituilc prominent i and was engaged In opening the minvs He wasin good standing in the Church to his drat > Omme of the charges L against Godbe and Harrison was that they taught false doctrine One of the faire sloetmincor was opening minus I anther was Individual arctic I was Jot till after tint they bc au teaching jiritualUm There Ivan only one thing for them I was not geiiirallv I known thrtttirty were IUln revs lalions It rns mcntisbed = 1 thu trial I ThiS charge was aiK tasand that Included manly tilings The tmponUtlcs were prodcminant George A Smith said they wnnteti to open the mImics and bring in tdl hell and the leI 1 believe in Morruolium since ti I VAt this V-At moming this raiut court adjourned till treks rcaembllng this morning Mr Law rencua crosstaniiiiatioii continued The kingdom of God ueil by the Mormons nftrrod loin lo-in trOtS In cxtteuce tho thor i that this is till fillitcss of the Gc yel I hits 15 I tie cslabhhh mU Ili meut of tile kingdom C Daniel i saw that is to roll forth and nil Uie whole earths I Ii a spiritual and temporal kingdom combined completely com-pletely The Mormons believe the fnnun of Constitution of the Unltwl States were divinely in plred because it was v > fire Uiat the kingdom of Clod u1 be established estab-lished I aid spread over the whole earth The kingdom laws ire applicable ap-plicable to all conditions of menThe men-The kingdom of God I not mow in existence in its purit but the elect of G are icing l called out to lurm that king dom Christ lu when the king dom is prepared I never heard It staled that Urighim Young was king but UiopoAplu acceded t his deMre 1 P Pratt acc of Warning tell what a kingdom i I accept his Uicory In that regard Tire jicople thought Urn hingdcm 1lle was being pai rcd for Clirit They were preparing a kingdom for Christ I dont think the kingdom Is yet established but they kllgom ing toTlo ro It Is l t h Christs The Mormons acknowledge Him 1onuoD cnowlege asKing as-King He is to canoe when the pco > Ic are pure enough I think i King is necessary t a kingdom There cain be no kingdom till there is a King Hut they are preparing a kingdom and Christ Is to be Its llrtKlng The Church docs not enforce its mandates except by e communicaUon A mm can apes inUre lint lie must take ap eonsenuenccs Tho tlc nf aOUIrs today is different Irons Jiat twenty or thirty years ago > rormoni m has been aught to be divine and no man cm tr from it without being r wlOjcd I encourages apostasy from other denominations When he eaves b he is regarded as sinning against Uie Holy Ghot Years ago It meant social ostracism That was lie punishment The conscriuences of apostasy today arc not of a serious nature liutaa nojtate I not considered con-sidered as true t his brethren IC a imminent Liberal a t leave hat party and join the other side ther would be a great deal of jinju dice against him and he would be o asnst racized by the nonMominn I I admit there would Iw a prejudice against him Thc belief of the i r Mormons In regard t the coming of lie Savior to reign dilTers from r tl f ltbJ I hatofoUicr religions in that thu Mormons believe In a hUral kingdom of Christ and the other kngom cnominaUons believe only in a spiritual kingdom During thu crosscxamination Law reuce shifted Uneasily in IrIs hair and tartly if ever insiurcj a < IUlUOI direct To DckMii The doclrinu of the I Churchu tint the Priesthood iliould I exercise temporal patter In building up the k ngdom When I wascu oirthcre ere few Gentiles lictvaiu I hid but few fri Dds To Baskin Tlie ceremonies the Endowment are always substan tially the ame Uio same Idea may L expressed fn slightly dlflering language but the aim 1 t h uni form In the Church there l an accepted ac-cepted theory that as the Stales 6 where the I jt were murdered had not brought the tiiurdcren to justice the nation was responsible ne word nation or government or United States i not used In tire En uonment ceremonies Tho Uieory I have referred to i not taught In the Endowment house Some ay the nation i rcferred to but I K To LcGrand Young Tle government 10o1 govern-ment i not referred to iu an official wiy In the Endowment How I do not renlember tile govCninlent being referred to at all g state it M ai IJ as flirty as I can I would be glad not to bae stl It I the government gov-ernment had been mcnUontdIUiink I would have new mitrered Itb tinctl I do not remember ever having heard the namo of the government gov-ernment being tucntloncd In fact I knuw It Ii not in Uie oath The ritiUl of the oath will not allow the use of the IOn goveminent or reference firemen to II I was here in 1853 IS andlSoT The theory of the government being rIm lble or the Mood of the rinlnts was referred t during thin excitement of throne years I remember the Eenfon Wheu limo crone Were cut off bv the erass crl e L 11t hoppcrs and it oi wa almost impossible impos-sible to obtain Sod Thu p ton fullered thai i > criod The army came In I7 and 155 ° The nnons relatIng to the government pr mainly pruacbcd at tim time but there irene tepchiugs cf tliat utute from the fIrst The general accei tatiou was lliat the atltUol II tmt govern menlwasourcnem I have manly times heard teachings hat wcrJYe liugninl to my t lng The Idea wa thirst tho eovvniliicnt I had al lou cd Lire url murdered and tlrlvcu out Thre was n spirit of grunblingabont the thing < o wherelu the teachings of the Mormon I Mor-mon leaders or in Uicir ceremonies ire the heopie taught to lie loyal to the government 1cGraiid iouns Aretliey ever taughto lie disloyal Can yonm find a solitary Instance In nil the history hilor hi the Chord lC Law reuce Mo t of the churches teach loyalty I ill t explain In 1S4T there was a Mormon battalion I MippoM that It went in rejon to a requisitIon from the government govern-ment I I hive heard the government govern-ment denounced Tlo court reminded Mr Lawrence Law-rence that lie should answer the lucillcus and cease giving his vliws Iavrenc couliuulng 1547 at time I frontier tlII people thought tine 1 guvrtimnnnrnrt hmmori called I on them for 3uO mu lOh cripple I Uiein I I the gorernneut hid done Stnn J was mos cruel It H is represented that government called the oOO men out of spite I iftenvards found out that the liattnUrm Id sshfJ for on the solicitation of agents of this Church aud Jesse C Little was ole of them iHstcad of the truth heilg toM it l was said tint I was done to cripple them in the face of the Indians Mr Inwrcncc got cry excited during irIs fcO excited hr fact tint t rlf31 110t17 he could not keep quiet i tthifa Inc attorney caileil attention to time fact that the question was not n sjwnded to The court again told Mr Lawrence Law-rence to niisncr the questions dl Tbc < iUetion wa dgalii aiktd Havu you ever 11 In any case or uujeraii circumstance heard the pe onl taught hostility or disloyalty to the government Lawrence The jreneml tenchlnes vf tx to prejudice elf people against the government This was all the way from IvJJ to ISw This talk w ig by liruhani Young Heber C Kimball Georgo A smith nnd ohel fhc saId the government had allowed the SainU Id ire driven and had failed to cite them the riKbts that belonged iu Uuui is merlcau citizens Lc Graml Young Did the teach disloyal to the ermlltZ Lawrence Xot in thoso words They did each that this was HIM best government They taught that time framers of the Constitution wereitiplrod Court The wilness will omit nr thing except direct answers to the iciest km = DlcfcMm came to the defense of I his wltucfi tortl lie answers It must be dirt and if tlicrearequalidcaUons Ire nmy 51ve them awrencclpinargulng with the court ilng there were irctt theoriw situ MormonCnurch but the practice was dillirvnt Tlie < wirt directed iiiin to answer liiu quenllonii of counsel l mrence to LoGnud Young bile Col leptoe was here It woe posrible time teaching WeN not r raljil The prrernra of Lime runny hftd 1 eiiect n IOf dont remember re-member list I had There was a proposition to make Col I Stentoc governor and It was lt to make a favorable impresflou on him Before he is ell away ho cil dor wl Krigham Young for fOf refl > ix > iulnunt ah Governor t have heard hat such a taper was sigmied I did not hear lim asked to sign it nor do I know tint he was asked to sign it I was signed IjeGrand Young Thai is the firt Unite t hive hid a direct r Mnnre And 1 noro that all the t IPihay about iris bo ktrlcken t out Court Let I be stricken out inwrerrecI cannot say but that ColonelSteptoo prejared anti signed that icier l of his own free choice and on Ids own volition To the court Sir Lawrence said I have heard Etnnoiia on how Uie Deorleshould act toward the gov ernment Thu spirit and purport pur-port were to prejudice the people itgalnst the government There was nothing said of duty to the government Time teachings were to h true lo the Priesthood The feeling of the people had I not bccit for the teachings would have bcetl friendly I When tho arumy leott came the fecilng was not friendly Since I lea tho Church the feellng of Urn people has been one of feield Illness I believe the Mormon people want t bu friendly to lain government govern-ment But they r taught tlial their first duty IstothcChurch I Court What has been the feeling friendly or hostile Is there n feeling of willingness to obey the laws ngf the United Stateor Is Uie feeling one antagonism Lawrence If they felt they were free from Uio Church they would like to h friendly < oTbe Mormons as a class think government is Unfriendly un-friendly to them do they not Lawrence do not want to h unfair t the Mormons Many of them feel Uiat way and nanny of them want t b friendly to the government Buskin tried t shut olf the attorneys attor-neys for the defense by saying they would never get through when they wauled to crossexamine Mr Lawrence Sir Thurman Do you mean to say that if a man is loyal t tire government ho would be cut on Lawrence Ho probably would not b cut off but if he was not true to the Church In any Issue he Church would love tho coufldenlb of time Churh To II AV Youug The criticism of the Mormons I on ihoe who have administered time lws and not 1 adverse t the Constitution They claim that by wicked men they han been deprived of their right Court WouM a Mormon prwieli er In Jour opinion dare to advise the Mormons t give up pol gamy Laurence he should do I without any understanding with the leaders of the Churchhe would h ostracized Polygamy J either divine or lot divine inco frey tl believe 11 the rCelation thty m tUck t-Uck t it I have not beard any prominent Mormon preach giving up p 5ntgnIniy J Ul i I tjvud Yo ijig I wanot tIrfVuhiilceHnice of the Ililtcd state I sos not with thecouipany f IH Ut sr nil iit in re elnom500 to the l of resident Abraham Lincoln |