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Show TI1K MIILUVti (OLLM'IOIl. Una of Ill I lilrkens Comta Home to lloo.l. tMorDcmt Acur I limn lon very much amu! at llio sight alDnleil by tho ro . ctor-elcct skurrylnn atnut town taklni; cam of hit chancier H lias threatened set. era! Willi vinziance. He lias talknl alxmt auhiK tho JUralil lie liaaiub-IlilirU liaaiub-IlilirU nn afll lavlt drnylrit that lie ' h gambler. .No inon onulds of lila "cronlea" woul 1 hnvo euipoertl that ho "buckcil tho tiger" now an t then If holm I not inila no much nolso of denial. Hut It all n minds mo of my eiparlanco Willi hint In ISbO At It liaa a tcarlnff on tny work In Utah I deslro to ut 11 on record tut a bit of history that may to needed by an 1 by. It amit to Utah on tho second of Januari,tdO t knew no porson lu tho Territory mil had never lorn. ponded with any traon In Utah. I uaaaomiichturprliodat what I saw at compare.1 with what I cxctol to aiii that I conclulcd to remain a month, rlouitaftir I nine 11. I , Un-dirwoodcAmoto Un-dirwoodcAmoto tho city to Itcture. I had been Intimately aciualntcd with him for quarter of a century I met hint. He Introduced raoto what waa known as riiuHecular Hockt " It waansoclttyuf alheliU an I Inf) Iris. It was an licIusItv Institution nu I ail-inlltrd ail-inlltrd oleouly by canl. Amoni; Ha nivmWrs was tho colhctortlrct. The socli It , or Icadlnir ineutbera thcro of, wanldl to llnd a man who woul J looitolnKall Iilke and i;lve Hun Iny lecturra. riioy ap llr.1 to Mr. Under wiiod and lit n comini tided myself. I was luvlttd to lecture. 1 ixihlnM that I couM not ctrii llitnt athilsm. They wirosorrj, but lle.l my work wtll euouirh lo enitaito bto f ir a specified speci-fied llmu at a stlpiilalcd i rice, lieu they told uiutnit 1 inu.t say uollilni I I vllrtid llio il urches, U-iauw all tint waa not Mormon was Lliwral. They said, houuvrr, that If 1 wautnl to bo to4iUr I must Rlvei tho MortnoLs hl. My fourth licturt, ulvcii when I ha J be- it tlirM. months In Halt l-nkr, was on "I he llmlv.il Nee It-1 lu Utah" lull lWo of tho Mormon ie lr; their pcrsicutloht; their doTotlou lu what tin ybcllavv.1 tu l-o th. lr dull, Ihelr tiereovrrancv. I eald thu worll had ii.t seen any surh lurolsni for a IhouMii 1 icars, and I pltal furtho nine full I Ttv fur them that everybody I Ravob) nil other sects. Then I S.jkil of Utah I Iberallam as It 0 I tlinn I isilnU.louttlio straiiKo comllnallin of ek'lin IMS tint Ullltcl to mike tin) l.llwrilsof I lah, I eiititmtaled thciu fronl llio I alhollo Ohurcli do n to tho MethwIUtaultho uuihurcheil vol- whu dcllRhUd to counreito In saloons, e 11 toliaccu Jules ou hot stoves atll tell storue slwtlt tho Mormons It was nit stld In a Koo lualured an 1 luollenslvu way. Ihero wtro many vo In lu tho an ll-etico ll-etico whu a i lau IihI my statemeDU lienrtlly, I ut they wt ru not tho inoj lo u ho employed uie 1 rom ttul Hum thu Hmultr Society knew ittono mon. 1 ho niuii who had i ne.l to pty tnu $whi)iiI uptolliat lima aid m31. That was all I t,ot front Hutu, and ll.e) yet owe me (J 17 on as fair u birgalu as cvir was undo Tho collector lict was ouo of tho four men whoemj loyed It was tho Intention of th iso men to brtak up nty moduli's and forte mo lo kavrthoclt). riio iolleclorH.Iect, not salUtled with owluit me money, Uttau lo wrlto ovi r thn country tu II ml some-IhlliK some-IhlliK that ho uilhl u.o naltist tuo hero. He buile-1 liluisilf vlalt-li: vlalt-li: my frlonli In the city nuJ clroulalltift rumors derotcitory Ij in) character. Hekctt this up until I Mad tn send 1 ast and ol lain a ilato-iiientfromrrliuladutiylni; ilato-iiientfromrrliuladutiylni; his allega-lions allega-lions When 1 read his allldavlt In llioViiune theolhtr tiny I toiill not Uit think of the old adauo of tho ihlckeus coming heme to roost aud of tlioolhiranjiui; of the ancients that tho mills ol (Ju.1 itrlud slowly, but they get their Just tho astuu, or worda to that 1 11 .11. To show lou how much trijttvllce au 1 how llltlejudjiiicut thon. ' ijecu-larl.u' ijecu-larl.u' showiol lu roudeintilnic that leilurel will ijuote from a Ktler writ tcu tu me next day by a lady who was Inlho atidlenct. Hho was a Liberal thru and Is s now, but she was brlulit and fair fair inlu.lnl, I menu, al-though al-though I niUlitl.it tin. lint staud and do honor to my nwn JuduTtnent Hho saldi Mr. 1 Ills I attended jour hiture last i lenlnir an 1 enjoyed It more than I can Itll yuu. It was the expression if fiirfrtl modtritlou and Justice combined com-bined with .erlict fiarlesaneu. a s a I am er), ery lilaJ jou aru wrltlui; up this vexed ijues-tlon ijues-tlon a a i regretted as I luoktd uvtr lour audltncetliatao few aermad capllilo ofa 1 reclatlng the wialthyoii so lavl.hl jourrd out to tfia til It sullied tolnu to bo castlni tnrla Ufore" I need pot quote tarll.er. I'lie lady evidently knew the .'Secular Hoclity" ortlou of nty au.tleuciUturlhan I Uld. Thai lecture uaa dtllvi rod 111 the Ftidiralcourt room on the ivonlnt; of Hiiuday, March .11, 16M. The trial-luent trial-luent I received on accouut t f It convinced con-vinced mo that my opinion of tho Liberal .nrl) wna torrcit an I from that time dslis my open and un luulin-loslliily lo Utah Liberalism. I hill u said that the men nhoiin- I lojtd iuuIorIvo those Icilurtsuere atheliU" and lulldili." Tiny t ere ttit n mid aro now members of thu Llburul part). 1, IkiIuk outside of all ihurcliee, believe I Iheii as I ilo now, that llio true ofcral la a man or wo mau who la wlllluit to i xlen I to all (ho rlKhtalinot she claims for thenut lira llio itrtatestmeu of tin world linvu hint minufthalihuruittr. The mi u who fuuudiHt our Koveriimcul wire men nf that tharucter. rromlueut auionir tbim was lhomaa I'alne. II... mnjirlly ul Us nun In this Utah "LiIh ral" parly are fvllowa who sit uar by I'alun. The .Mormon I burclinijaloall imn MAtcrtthe Oospelor rtjectlt, as jott pleiii., That lajour freidom, but lu the resurrictlon you Hill hive to bo III hit d, W.i v. Ill have liotliluir to say aUiut thut." Iho mill Mormon I I un hea aat t "llehuvo as wo Uo or be dantlitdl" I'licy not onlj kulid the athulst ami lulldel to hell In a Pilule lift, butthei havuiuiirlerodthim by the thousiuJ In tli. lr ma I haste to get them Into hell. They hate lieu wurkluit for ) ears to Kit control of nur Roviriiineut and liaiuicpeatidly sal I that hiu they Uo tho athelit and lulldil must gu, Hire In Utah th so churihra are lu perfect control of this Liberal artt. Tiny lunuluitl) drop out of e!(lii their war against ntlii-I.U and iuDdela on I attaik only tho Morutuni Wh)T llciauso tiny would use Ihe form r 1 1 al I tin m ' lu Killing rid of Iho MUr, an I, thai Uonr, they woul I Iheu turn Uu Ihu alliol.t. mil InllJ.ls and drive or murder mur-der lh in also That, nal rechely that, Is the allua-tlon allua-tlon In Utah toun. 1 saw It at mice aliselalul Willi to show the tin-churched tin-churched people, thene ' riecular H clely" folks who aro now runiilim an allu Istlo Lhrltllan (?) tliurch with a fix) I pastor while Hit r uu me t-W for hnnrster work lli-iti ho can d while he orcupha Ills in wilt tsl-tlou, tsl-tlou, the aleurulty of thtlr light against Iho Mormons. What I got for my lain has been Incrs-suit Incrs-suit lying and I lackguardlng by a lot of .eole so mean and vlcli.ua that I long ag i rarno to Ihe concluil in that Iho the little woman who heard the lei lure return! In above aril wrotn the letter quoted flout, aasar-feitly aasar-feitly correct when she said 1 wasiast-lug wasiast-lug Karlalforosnlne 1 wrlleltdowitaiaiilnrontrovertlhle proposition that the Utah mau who olrs with tha Utah Liberal lurty I either an alhgcl C'hrl-llan" or an te itoramus and lie may easily be both No man who knma anything of ritomaa I'alne will ever voti with the Utah LIUial inlly. If any nlnilnrof I'alne thlnka ho r in Justify himself fir voting with that arly 1 will glvo him opiKirtunity toUd . lu put Uo debate. lnletvlngtlio sulecl I only want to eat tliil the collector-elec' Is a man who hankers alter alh-l-in an I yet nrir-HS to love the rluolplea that act latinl I'alne, Tallin acorned citu-biers citu-biers an I hatuJ liars. I'alnu was never for an hour au atheist (lot reached far Into thu fututr to gttpl'aliu. thai he might iriara tin way fur n free got eminent ou this continent, l'aliu. waa ton great a man lo lei measure 1 by any lty creed on tarlh. ll had a telo-j telo-j hone contiectljlt hlm-elf with the Houl of the Universe. He hatnoiisu for an) "scl.rnteof aalvalloll," I tithe recognised the right of men an I "omen toact Inanrdaiicii with tit. .Ilrl.tre of romclihci . Ho was the tint man, he, Ihe "lull lei" waa the first mail In Oils country toUtmind rotation for all ewls llira am his words. "Am ivi i ki nil in I It il Ii IT lour" iiir inhhhniiiik in ry nf tm i iiNin xt ni tmiTtxrr All ait-h ait-h iiNriuLainuiiwajiiHTiiiiimi' ami I K'MAI UK Nil HI II Ml I1IS1XDM Mllllll llul I IIN1II VT IIA1II Til lJ Timttuirii " lh a I thai, t) j o I.1U tali nl the Utah licarl eoornlng atnt Ileal llial, O )e tiogua admlreia i f l'aluit Ilea I that, U yu who woul I drive Mit the Mormons Mor-mons lu tho misused name of UWtty, real It, all of ir.anl then If )earu 111.1 jewlll tale my hind nu 1 stmd wiih me lor fair lay and equal rlithta unto all, If not jewlll return like thu aowofholy writ to wall iw In the inlruof your 1 Iberal tirly -olltli! ( hooseje this tiny whether je shall be men sir awluit ( MAiim 1 ma. |