| Show FREE LANCE SOCIETY Discusses Sheriff Lewis Prisoner Monk and Resolves Against Prayer The Tree Innce society met In the commercial block yesterday and discussed dis-cussed Sheriff Lewises action In pun iBhlnc prisoner Monk for his refusal to attend religious services The latter was commend for arraying himself In opposition to the rules ot the jail and the sacredness of prayer declaimed against In the following 1 Ironical strain atWhomas It Ilea been called to the attention of the Free Lance society that attendance upon religious worn chip by those oho Inhabit the county and city jails and State penitentiary In I made cOmPulsory hy tile 1111 ot so Id Intltullo and l that recently one who Is I not a criminal wan for five days find nights Imprisoned In a dark Coil for refusing to attend tho worship alld Whereas The last Legislature appropriated ap-propriated moneys and devoted public property to pay for the construction of and provide n place for the delivery of useless prnj and Whereas The Constitution of Utah provides that the rights of conscience hall never he Infringed an that no public money or property shall be appropriated t ap-propriated for or applied to any re IIglou worship nercl or Ituo Lion tlonN01V Now therefore Wo demand that erenfter all pubtlo officials cease to dote the jails penitentiary or leI itlve halls to the use of any religious services That nil general religious exercises In I the prisons or the State Ceae slid tn Teel hat each prisoner be In to receive only such BPI ritual conolatlon as 100 may deelro and secure for hlrnolttllIt the mllnutactur it I prayers In legllo I I tlve hall a hall never ogoln nccur We dminun a an tmj a outince the act of ImprImon I ng an ad in tied peaceable Ot Iron In I a lark cell for no other reason than that he IP flld to cUn1 a distasteful relic service 1 NVP Iny the right of prison offirlol to malc 0 I tlI I IIIclplloo decth of the Constitutional pro tons I herein iiuotcd tin opinion of the county attorney to the lonlrniy n tlflthetnndlng We herein pledge to Mr Monk the aid of this toclctj t In securing redrtu for the rs < lItion lie has uITer1 and likewise I offer our aid to nn citl zon who u IIIIT undertake I oo enforce thrnuh I the court the dointinds herein here-In made A T KCIIIlOnDKIt p J DAIY W A antlVtR Committee |
