Show F M WE I 1 ca i H HIS used use by a eldh churaman I 1 led ed 16 political priesthood meeting there out linea the Ee publican to til his ecclesiastical associates lie address issued by bv the re rc ted ned Demo crittle state conven lye i ya the berald reference was I 1 1 0 the action of apostle F M it 11 a republican as an in where church influence had ased in political allair fc since ar lyman has published a denying in a general way harges barges this put the dom dem party on its ils proof and as a i i two affidavits were pub first is from J F tolton a i ho he has held many positions is t and whose veracity cannot the gentleman is a 11 r of the presidency of the i stake conference r AFFIDAVIT holtons Tol tons affidavit is as foli story of utah county of r 6 as F tolton tolton of beaver city 2 r county utah being first worn on oath says it on or about the twenty I 1 day of june A D he was it at a private and special hood meeting held in beaver utah at which there vere it apostles F M lyman and cannon also representatives stake presidencies cies of the fol stakes to wit beaver pan 1 kanab parowan carowan and said meeting was called and d d over by said gaid lymn lyman obly for the purpose of dictas n matters mattere political said 10 lo in then and there stated that con convened bonvenca venca said meeting for impose of talking politic cF lie ile inquired ired addressing himself him sef particularly to tn 11 L shop shep how is it that so many of iding brethren iu in deaver beaver are arc rats ile he then resumed by this is ig not as it should rhe fhe authorities delsite that the should divide themselves equally between the two national nati ODil parties arid and said laid it I 1 be proper for some come to re independent or neutral the object in such buch a division it we will then have more inore in the nation and get a honest administration from arty in power erch party lien hen cater to us more or less ler to c acure control of the 11 iry ry farther stated that it was de that thai brethren who had not an active part in discussing is s or who had not openly ed themselves democrats I 1 ally themselves with the alican party anent further mers avers that said eaid lyman was thus speak 11 epostle cannou endeavored ed to and restrain the speaker by b v g brother lyman dont ti far and then placed his i 4 upon said L lj man by way 0 of f int J F bolto ToL To cribei scribed eri bed beI and biorn to before sis lis day of october Oct hber A i 1 95 I 1 R notary public commission expires july 21 I 1 ALMA greant mccond statement is fro from n 11 Gic enwood and tells its own it is 13 as fol follows lowis oct 22 1895 the day that william K king ilg of judge king was buried at nore utah apostle apostal francis 0 i i man called lit my residence r P re millard county utah lie he invited nie t to 0 walk ith him which did ve walked along main street northward for sonie some considerable distance during daring tho the same saine apostle lyman conversed freely arpon the political outlook and an the prospects of obtaining statehood for utah among other bingo be remarked houi brothers brother 7 joshua johua greenwood is a staunch democrat and it is only I 1 right ight that you should be a Li publican as it would hardly ile be fair for both bothof of yon to be on OB the sanne same side of tile the fence continuing wr we will never gt get statehood bulet we ire have more republicans in utah and in fact zion needs it signed ALM |