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Show Disfranchisement a Crime. There was a good attendance r.t the Theatre last night on tho occasion occa-sion of the lecture of Mr. Charles Ellt. The audience was Intelligent and discriminating. Thegentlenain occupied their attention for two hour, nnd held them in deep interest inter-est from comn.encement to close. Mr. Ellis divided his lecture into three jolts, showing the relation of tho "Mormon," the combined Prc-tcstant Prc-tcstant and the Catholic priesthoods priest-hoods to tho national government. A careful anJ thorough analysis showed that "Mormonism" contained con-tained nothing that was inimical to our government. Tho prolcs-taut prolcs-taut churches wcrj shown, b their own record, to be working work-ing In combination to destroy oar constitution and put the government govern-ment Into ttehandsof thesectarlans. The Catholic priesthood was shown by its record, including statements by Pope, Cardinal and B'snop, to demand the absolute Mibmission uf tl.o 1 -conic to tho church, and ever Catholic was show 11 to be working always for the interest of the Pope, not only iu religioas affairs but alo iu tiliiical. The lecturer riddled ihedisfranchisementlosicofthcSalt Lake Tribune, and ex Governor Wet's letter to the Congressional committee having in charge the proposed disfranchisement bill, lu the winter or 1SS9 90, came in for a crilh!m. "I should think that West will want to go oat and kill himself." The rebuke the lecturer administered ad-ministered to that Individual was one of the most scathing and overwhelming over-whelming ever uttered. The lecturer lec-turer was frequently Interrupted by bursts of hearty applause. It was cneof thefiuctIoclutesoflts class ever delivered in Utah, and will bear repealing n good many times'. Ocing to Its instructive character werecommcnltliatit be delivtred in all tho leading towns or the Territory. All who beard It are enthusiastic en-thusiastic in Its praise. |