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Show Bsnk building, and the historian's office, which stands In the ground just wast of ths grounds of - ths v'ederal Reserve bank. In addition ths personal property of ths church which hsd been held by the late ITealdant John Taylor j in truat for the several stakes of Zien. but two months before the appointment of ths three trustees, had been conveyed to ths stakes In thsir corporate capacity aa church associations of those stakes, waa valued at $2M.tlMt, a total of fl.tfl.Mi. Ths property la addition to ths real estate described consisted of farms, coat mines. Iron mines, cattle, cat-tle, sheep, gaa stock. Deseret Telegraph Tele-graph stock snd notes of stockholders stockhold-ers in the Salt Lake theatre. The Perpetual K migrating Fund company com-pany amounted to around half a million dollars. TMs fund, it might be said, was for ths purpose of assisting as-sisting the poor among the converts of the church In various countries to come to Utah, they to return to the fund aa soon ss possibls the amount advanced. With the incorporation incor-poration of the company missionaries missiona-ries were stirtsd broadcast over the old world. Brlgham Toung was the president of ths company, and Bishop Bish-op Hunter first emigration agent. JUST HISTORY ! I i : ffv Albert FlPhUitH - - ' " , " JI When ' the Edmunds-Tucker bill waa before tha ornate It eraa opposed op-posed by Senator Joeagh, K. Brown of Georgia. Senator George Vest of Missouri, and ftenator Henry M. Teller of Colorado In hla talk during dur-ing the debate Senator Veet declared de-clared that "the nrovlelona of the bill violated the fundamental prln-clplee prln-clplee of the aonatltullon of tba Vnlted Htatea: that It waa a bold, naked, aimpla confiscation and nothing else. And regarding the teet oath aald. "the whole aplrlt of thla teet oath legislation," which waa Included In tha Edmunda-Tuck. er bill, "to contrary to the principle princi-ple of our republican Inotltuttone; and whenever the time cornea In the terrttorloe. or etstee of thla Vnlon that teet oat he are accessary to preserve pre-serve th. publio Inetltutiona. then republicanism Is at an end." Fnr-ther. Fnr-ther. In replying to Senator Ed- munds. wha declared that the eon-atitution eon-atitution Iteelf Incorporated test ostha Senator Veet aald: The preeident of tha Vnlted Btatea and each member of eengreea oweara to I eupport the conotltutlon ef the Vnlted States; but whoever heard ! before that that was a teet oath. A teat oath la aa. that teeta tha conscience con-science aa ta a particular act or belief-Judge Robert V. Baakin. who represented rep-resented the loyal legion, declared that lawa ahould ba enacted that would etrtke at th. foundation of tha Mormon theocratic ayetem nd he contended- that "all th. ergu-menta ergu-menta advanced by the other aid. fell to the ground la the presence of the fact that tha bill waa de-elgned de-elgned to meet a Peru liar etate of affaire, which warranted unueuai meaeurea. In other worda, the end I justified the means ' ELECTION COMMISSION. The bill, however, aa haa been , atated. wae enacted Into law and i In addition to the matter, contained j In It which have already beea de- 1 tailed, created the I'tah commie-J ! .'on, which waa appointed -to super- !vlse all elertuaa la U tah terrliory. i j In the proceedings la ferhcitntnt tw. suite were Inaugurated la the) e-prema court of Ltab by the at-j torney generul of the I'ntled Btatea on July So. 1117. One waa entitled i -The I'nited Htatea of America. I plaintiff, agsins: the late corpora- I Hon of the Church of Jesus Christ I of Latter-day Semte. John Taylor. I truatee-ln-trust (who had died five' 4e preceding the lnt'it'.oa of le ' litigation), and Wllford Woodruff. Ijorenso Snow. Eraetus Snow, rranklia D. Richards. Brlgham Toung, Moses Thatch. Franela M. Lyman. John Henry Smith. George Teaeoale. Heber J. Grant awd John W. Taylor, lata aaalatant tru.teee, defendants." The title of tba other was "Tha I'nlted Btatea of America, plaintiff, against th. P.rpetual Emigration Kund company, Albert Carrlngton. P. B. Ricbarde, F. M. Lyman, H. S. FDdredge. Joseph V. Smith, Angus M. Cannon. Moses Thatcher. John A. Winder. Henry Dlnwoodey, Robert T. Burton. A. O. 8 moot aad H. B. Clawson. defendanta. United Btatea Attorney George 8. Petore conducted the proeecutlon and he waa assisted by II. W. Hob-son, Hob-son, assistant Vnlted States attorney attor-ney for Colorado, and William J. Clarke. The church eras represented represent-ed by Jamee O. Broadhead -of St. Loula. Joseph K. McDonald, former I'nlted Btatea senator from Indiana.! Franklin B. Richard, and Le Grande 1 Toung of Fait Lake. The eupreme I court of Vtah. which heard the rase, consisted of Charles S. Kane, chief I justice; Juatlcea H. 'P. Hendereoo I and botemin. j I RECEIVER APPOINTED. j Argument. In the caee begun on October 17, tha first matter to be disposed ef waa tha appointment of a receiver for the property during the litigation. Counael for the church preeented a abatement of facts. At that time It waa estimated estimat-ed that the value af the church property exclusive of the Temple ; block, upon which no valuation had ' beea placed, and which had beea , eelaed under tha ardor of the eu-prem. eu-prem. court. waa about lloe.ooe. I The statement of fact, disclosed that tha church, through . three tru.teee. which bad beea apeetated by the probet. court of Salt Lake eouaty. tba truateee being William B. Preeton. the fourth presiding bishop of the church; Robert Tsy-lor Tsy-lor Preston, flret counsellor to B.sh-op B.sh-op Preston, and John It. W i n ear. second counsellor to Bishop Preston: Pres-ton: held real estate la the Temple block. - the tltbing house and grounds, which stood on the corner; now occupied by too Hotel i'tah; .the ' Garde Houao. commonly known aa the Amelia palace, and located on ! the corner of South Temple and, State etreete, and which hae beea i rased In order ta permit the con-1 slrurlloa of tbs federal Refve |