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Show ELLIS ts. HOLUSTER. Last evening Mr. Charles Ellis devoted the greater portion of an hour and a quarter, in tbe Federal court room, to the labor of painting a life-like word portrait of O. J. Hollister. The reason why the lecturer devoted so much time and attention to a subject that ought, ucder ordinary circumstances, to be beneath notice, was that Mr. Kills had, in one of bis Sunday speeches, stated that a "Mormon" woman was entitled to all the privileges of personal liberty accorded without question to "Christian women." Mr. Hollister, who Is a doughty champion of blsotry and into! er ance, enraged at this statement an4 undertook to make a scurrilous attaek upon Mr. Kills, calling him a Fakir, threatening him with a club and expressing a. desire to kill him, and a hope that thee who listened to him might be "damned." The gentleman against whom this characteristic char-acteristic ilolllsterian logic was directed challenged the "Christian" federal office-holder of twenty years standing to a discussion of the points involved In this low-toned controversy. By thirty-fivo minutes past eight, a fair sized audience hail convened. Those who composed it became somewhat impatient at the nonappearance non-appearance of the lecturer, and some of them expressed the feeling" by making a clatter with their feet on the floor. Atthis Juncture Mr. Kills entered the room and walked quickly quick-ly to the rostrum. At the same instant in-stant a man walked down the aisle carrying a long, ponderous white roll, which he laid on the clerk's desk. It was so adjusted as to pre rent to the audience the Initials, in largo letters painted upon it, "O. J. IL" It was Intended to represent Holllster's club, but It had more the form of the leg of atall porker which had passed successfully through a prolonged famine, so that a person not familiar with tho cause of the quarrel might have been led into tho erroneous pre-umptlon that tho lettering signified "old Jaundiced hog" We consider the introduction of this emblematical article as in ex. ccedingly lad taste', nnd however rcprehenslblo an I undignified the course of Mr. Hollister may be deemed in connection witli the mit-ter mit-ter this act on the part of Mr. Kills placed himonaplanenotappreciably elevated above that of his opponent. Mr. Kills who is a man of medium medi-um height, is inclined to rotundity, has clearly cut features and iron-gray iron-gray hair stuck his hands into the pockets of his pants, leaving the thumbs exposed, while ho slowly stated the introductory portion of his lecture, which consisted of a rehearsal re-hearsal of the dispute between him. self and the objective point of his assault as-sault of words. Ulsfirstattltude was relieved by his using the left hand to rub the side of his nose, and then to run his fingers tbrajgh his hair. after the most approved faahion of intellectual prodigies. HaItig turned on a little more physical steam not enough considering the circumstances his gestures became more free and his w ords flowed with greater fluency. He plunged right into a personal portraiture of the gentleman who had assailed him. It would be useless, and perhaps unprofitable, to give a detailed report re-port of Mr. Kills' animadversions, which were Intended to show that the person who was receiving his attention was a spiteful, cruel, intolerant in-tolerant bigot and hypocrite. The speaker admitted that the free government gov-ernment of tho United States permitted per-mitted Mr. Hollister to bear false w It-ness It-ness against, defame and slander him, and even to murder him, as lie had expressed a desire to do.ifhe was willing to take his chances regarding regard-ing Uie results. He could libel him with Impunity, as he haj, in order that he might safely ue the weapons of falsehood against those he bates, pnt every dollar of his property out of Lis own hands. The utterly unredeemable mean. ncss of this chronic oflloe-Holder, who had been sucking allhe "long" suffering breast of the government for twenty years,had been shown by his expressed desire that the lecturer's lec-turer's audience, who were not In any way connected with tho controversy, con-troversy, should be "damned." This man who hated and maligned the "Mormons" because they did not like him they bad no reason to had, with the class of which he was a type, by unreasonable abuse and intolerant bigotry, done more to keep polygamy alive than any other agency. Theywereseeking to unseat one hierarchy and supplant it v. 1th another. People could not be forced nor driven to any course, but they could be persuaded and led toward iL Much more was said by Sir. Kihs in the same line, but tho freshness of the whole statement merely consisted con-sisted In the manner in which lt,was elucidated. The central facts are understood bythe entire community. It is believed that, because of hi; senseless hato of a people who never injured him. Mr. Hollister has been en the verge of becoming a maniac, some of bis ravings appearing to gie good ground for a presumption of that character. So completely has the antI-"Mormon" virus occupied occu-pied his veins Jhat at times Jt has seemed as if tbe whites of his eyes had assumed a yellow tint In consequence. con-sequence. Hence the murderous sentiment that permeates him ex-lends ex-lends to people who venture tou tter a word of sympathy for the objects ot his unnatural venom- |