| Show I r AN EXPLANATION TO THE PUBLIC it I ti l II There have ben many communion itl I lolls ot late In tile newpllptr concernIng l j t concern-Ing colonel Isaac Trumbo and Ills aI it I fairs Charges have been mode emi i t i nallng from varlDu sources that the I 1P I I has ben some financial 1 connection be 111P II 1Pi I 1 t tween himself and the Church of Jesus ii Christ of Walterday Balnts I I tp has 11 I been repeatedly stated In years past 1 rlenvived I I jkfJ and the story hN been revived of late t I I j11r 1 that Colonel Trumbo has had largo it I nine sits ot J money In his hands md I 1 I 4 under his control belonging to the I I Church of Jesus Christ of latterday I i Saints that I he has been KB agent In I 4 the expenditure ot funds for the ae L I rompllhment ot certain tznds that m ere III I I I I desired to be achieved H I Wo have remained silent upon thin it 41 1 subject It Is well known that from I I I time 10 lime charges ftr6 mode and 1 jijr jf IiA 441 1 I I circulated concerning us and our or I 111 1 I il film which we deem It unnecessary Ii if 1 III notice It would be occupying too 1 1 I much of our time to Ile contradicting I I 1 t 111 I I I t It stories I which I arc put In elrculatlon by 11 4 IJ J on and afothr for their own Purposes i 4 j l it This feelinir has restraJned us In the ff past In relation to Colonel Trumbo and 11 I iili I Ills connection with us and our affairs tlt III rn i Hut It eeems to be proper now and Just r 11t 1 to ourselves as well as common justice 0 1 1 1 to him that we should say something I In relation to the association that has 1 I t 4 f existed between Colonel Isaac Trumbo I I = af 4 and ourselves as the representatives of 1101 V 11 j r day the Church Saints of Jesus Christ of Latter b ill 1 First of all wfr wish to state most I I V rt i 111 Ii i emphatically that Colonel Trumbo has t 1 V I li J not had property of ours In his possession N 11 011 pos-session for such purposes as all < lIt l-It I i 1 It I T lie has neither been our financial agent itl I j nor had any control of our property lJA 4 fr l 1 We have not entrusted him with L f t amounts ot money 10 expend for us for I I any such purposes 1 lMI In the time of our deep distress when I Nrn lw Il I I bitterness and hatred were manifested 11 e U against us In almost every public I i < quaiter Colonel Isaac Trumbo came to I Utah and showed Interest In our affairs j OtWI alt7v 1 II fairs Borne of his own relatives were l H itf I 3 Involved In cases that were then before 1t e u One prominent connection j I tit of his was consigned to the pcnltcn 11 I I 1J I tlary on the common charge that WD I Jl Ili In vogue against no many prominent iF ya II 1 Latt The I colonels Li 1 I Latterday Saints sym i i 1rr t 1 pthl It om were aroused at least I 4 In behalf of his klnrolk This caused II 1 Atlil I him I to take Interest In the whole quts L r i j lion and this Interest absorbed him to I1VI 1 1 1 t B job an extent that he withdrew from I profitable business I that he had at the I add 1 time I In San Francisco and devoted 1 himself almost exclusively to the labor 1 ot correcting the raise Impressions I which prevailed und to the enlistment h of the press In the correction of the I I IIIULA many falsehoods and aspersions which wre In circulation and afterwards r I T on a wider Held using his influence with leading men of the nation We hf1 l I may say here that Colonel Isaac Trum TWI I i 1 I I boo li a man of extraordinary energy t 1 of it i 6 When he undertakes anything that he I 0 r t It t I 1 thinks ought to be done he Is I untiring In his elTorIn to accomplish I It These It i I i i I 4 characteristics were wonderfully Illustrated it l r Illus-trated In the labors which he took upon t j himself In behalf Ott ho Z o o maligned nnd p 01 I > Misrepresented Liuerday Saints Holy I I I Ing I n man or men he Was able to I t I ravel front place to place unit especial I I ly I tn visit and sustain himself at s I Washington We can never forget his activity In visiting editors nnd timing I Ills Influence to correct public I 11 1 opinion through tile press No man could have displaced greater I 11 great-er nZoolountill disinterestedness than I i he did In the labors that he took upon ii i himself We felt that he was Inspire I f for not being a member of our religious li I organization ant having no flnanclil 1 ends to accomplish that would be to i munerallve to him there was nothing I to Incite him to these cxtranrdlnai ex 1 ertlons except a purely phllanthropl < I desire to defend an oppiessed and unpopular i I un-popular people and to loll back the IIIle 4 of calumny and evil that threatened tu I f overwhelm them We felt thankful I 11 many limes for the kind Irovldence which raised him up for he seemed to 0 aldn I come 10 our aid at a Ume milen a man l In I his position and with his Indefatigable Indefatiga-ble energ was especial needed V When the Mormon PeOlile wr threntenel with disfranchisement Col Trurabo gpent considerable time In I Washington exerting himself to the utmost of his ability to defeat that Infamous In-famous measure And while there were other agencies also at work for everyone every-one that had any Influence In the com I munlt realized how necessary It WD I that this measure should bo defeated still Colonel Isaac Tiumbo was the I I t means of bringing powerful Inlluem II to bear against the enactment of that I villainous bill In the defeat of that I proposed legislation every member of our Church had cause to be deeply grateful to the Lord and to the Instru I mcnts which under Him were the means of bringing It to naught 4 With the same real nnd devotedness he worked untiringly to obtain the amnesty am-nesty and alllO afterwards In securing the return of tithe personal property to 1 the Church and In preparing the may for tM return ot the real eplate lie threw himself Into the nccom I I I 1 I 1 Ltlt pllshmenl of nil these rncl with nn cnerg and wholeness of soul that won him many friends unit crownod its labor nM the labor ot Alsomel worked with him with muccess Colonel frnmbo was most fortunate fortun-ate In winning the respect and udmlrnUon 01 rnn eAtlal nen In tile lie lion By his represcnlallons nf the condition con-dition of things In the then Territory of Utah null his enthusiastic detente of the Mormon people he nrouned the active ac-tive Interest und sympathies of very man > nf them This via notably the cpo wllh General James fl Clarkon This gentleman was deeply moved ij all that lie learned and he entered with his whole soul nnd great Influence wllh Colonel Trumbo Into the effort to make the true character of the people known to the nation and to remove the widespread wide-spread and erRprootcd prejudices I which I I existed ro centrally at that time against the Mention People It would bo Invidious perhaps I to attempt to give nmeB ot other leading and Influential I public men who by the powerful appeals ap-peals uhich nere made 10 them were Induced to examine what 1111I known ns i tho Mormon question from n dlf crent standpoint to that which they hail occupied but their names are cherished In grateful remembrance by the men of Utah and their deeds will be preserved pre-served In the history of tho people All the Influence which he had gained by personal acquaintance Colonel Trumbo used to make the people of Utah better known to the nation at large I and towards to-wards preparing the WilY for the admission ad-mission of Utah non State It Is I not neesary for un 10 go Into detalls concerning con-cerning his labors In this direction It Is I sufficient to say that probably no Ingle I In-gle agency contributed no much to making Utah a State ns the labors of Colonel Isaac Trumo and Ills Imme late l-ate friends wirronD ivooDnurr I arouan Q CANNON i JOSEPH r SMITH I |
