Show I 1 Tor OF 00 Tho which FOrno of or tho the local papers are arc printing for 01 the e of or the public mind over till tha senatorial Investigation fU U Washington ore nrc very misleading nod Intentionally ro Fa because IJ not nol warranted by b tho rho Information that Ihal follows ollo That ThaI however IH is I one mie of or tho the tricks of or the trade known a as yellow Journalism Tho rho testimony of o Joseph F Ir Bin Smith I th hns has disclosed NI nothing fl In the shape of or a n 1 skeleton no nn anything III In Inthe the nature of or a n mystery The facts I nn Its to the tho Revolution H on nn celestial mar marriage Including the I he plurality of o wives j have been published to tho the world for or more than half a II century The fie A lion of tho the counsel of or j Woodruff In ht Is le commonly known us UA the manifesto of or September 26 HOO HO i did not In any on way 1 deny or change the tho truth concerning that Ihal revelation which i vested the tho keys of I authority In relation to 10 tho the eternal marriage covenant In III th tb thone the theore one ore man who li is the earthly head o otho of tho Church That Drat man ceased coa ell to lu per 1111 peri i tho performance of or plural mar marriages und his hie hi successes have his hili example Hut us as the tha News Newe ellA has han ex ox explained I pinkie l over f and over for UI o many t i n number of ot had con cou contracted heeled such uch marriages and IIII their cove cOO covenants I nails nants were swore ere for tor time lino eternity III In Inmost r most Instances they would not 1101 ate their sacred obligations no I matter who Vim or a what earthly authority de do demanded It Smith has clearly tI ugly defined his lili III position Individual Individually hull ly I ax fill President of oC tho Iho Church Chinch I Ho Hohas I o has fins lived ii oil with wide Mi hia families ns as husband mid mad father but Jut tins not 1101 performed mi mitt or entered Into tiny plural iii aco the th manifesto waR seas adopted by b the tho General Conference f October C G 1800 1890 9 4 This has hUR bees been no secret to the people of lit UK Its Is In nothing t new lIew In principle There hero need bo lie no nu nuI I sensation or o about U it There IH la not nut In the tho th minds of ot well fell Informed people Ill be they Mormons or Ihu very cry papers that tire ore orel l Working milking so mt much fun over OVll It an all thought thou h It Il wan WAil 3 In III the tho same columns tot that they th have hit ye known about It Il and published It nil Mil along So much for or their thell coI lint they the by II JU with h ngo and falsehood fat i to la tomake lamake make It that tine till UcH r t News hits has dental denied the truth of or their charges charge I i In this particular This paper POliN has never p j disputed olther oither of ot the Iha propositions or ur declarations by b i Joseph JO V P Smith U It has denied taw thu clia go that mat marriages have bei been n 4 by hy tho tha Mormon t hi o they thoy th were lIer by h feet It lies time tho position taken by h men ui n who iv ill luul plural when WIlIM I whoa when that document was III U 1 It Jt has hns that there ivus n I t lint 0 tint that such WHO not lIlt to 10 be he ill If it marriages were elp sto d It lots has been taken to toI task k for 01 saving so by h thin lie nano papers I s hit now nosy seam ant to put 1111 It In a I false halso J light lI ht and by 11 the nil who hl charves res our lenders leaders that wore were w le untrue in many respect rl and who have hn 10 comm l savagely ly I lI oUt our utterances concerning that tacit The Tho trouble with ant pa pern Iel a tint preachers If I tint that they the will not from falsehood y know very H well when they proclaim that i Mormon leaders rs are practising polygamy any amy that they arc are deceiving the tho general public They Tho know that pol any Is In cI I by h law haw to 10 meat mean the alto practice of lC contracting plural They 1111 shelter themselves when Titer of or bearing 11 ol o witness i by creeping n a 1 subterfuge nail pointing palming to lu the present marital tola rela inns luns of rumen men who have not nol entered Into polygamy for tur decades They know knew that lint they tho do this to tu deceive the tho Amen Ameri American I e can ut purple people and that they tho art aro without before horo hoc and before honorable J I men lIen I While tho the News Naive has not re referred reo erred personally to the tho martial course courso ref r e of ot prominent Mormons who married plural wives hes before the Manifesto It has hll argued repeatedly as to their poet position lion tion generally and their duties dulls In the Iho relations they had hud formed tonnell Therefore there Is Id nothing new In the declarations of o President Smith except na RS they ap tip apply II ply pi to 10 the named name In lu his an on answers sworn to 10 questions while they would not bo be Jo permitted In III tiny any un Ameri merl American can cun court have hae been rankly frankly ly answered without hesitation or equivocation m Is being b ln held up before the th nation In a 1 way that could couill nut not otherwise e be bo obtained for or It Prominent men lIn und and earnest arne l women will 11 learn enough about It to be anxious for or fur further further ther tier light There Is nothing In III It 11 but butwill butwill will wll endure Investigation or that we ne e eore ore are unwilling to expound and explain nut when untruths tire ur told 1011 about plural marriage nod and we attempt to 10 show the truth wo we aro oro accused ed of ot teaching po polygamy polygamy and ore are accounted as liS crimin criminals als niS ul On that thaI theory President Joseph r I 1 Smith Is ii teaching polygamy to United States Senators Senator aul we lC hope hOlle he hc will bo ho able before the inquiry Is closed to set forth all ull that we two IU believe bellevo concerning that doctrine ns as well lell ns us to tomake snake make clear the tho fact act that there are Iloe less cases casus of or polygamous marriage In III Utah logy tod than In many mUll other States of oC the Union Union Of ot course e the Ile state of ot society Odet outside of ot will not 1101 be bo entered Into Inlo In this Investigation but hut It Il would not be bo amiss for or people who into are ate holding up tip their hands In holy hot hol horror nt III men lien m en who have hae plural wives and anil wilt will not cast thorn them off In nay particular to 10 take l note of or common relations In III the Christian cities of this lids country that are nrc not lIol only unlawful but frequently involve the de the and repudiation of or women std children and conduct that Is b both Joth heartless and animal ani mill Tho The lifting up lp of oC the curtain that hides these practices would disclose an array of ot skeletons that would bo be boboth I both startling and hideous and mark It ItOlle itoW one oW need not go very Cf till tar front from this city to find cases cacs In point How flow would come some of o the tho blatant howlers against who In III order to net act Justly and honorably with their families timid themselves In face of o a II misdemeanor relish a II retaliatory movement for tor the tho enforcement of or statutes and ordinances that thAI would strike In ht unexpected pour quarters mind would mightily m disturb ninny many select 1 social circles Mind lInd this We e make no comparison between the evils that abound In III this Christian land that nrc are v winked Inked nt tit and nOli condoned and the tho system syle of o wed wedlock wedlock lock revealed through the Mormon prophet Clod hod forbid Wo No 0 simply give Kho Khoa a IL hint to some pome of o the th corrupt and de depraved proved gentlemen who attack the Saints and are oro snaked themselves In debauchery or spattered with vice that they thc are Ire not living within the tile law lail lawand ruin and It III becomes then them to shout nod point moult the tho linger finger nt mil men non who would rather forfeit their lives than lhnn descend to the level Intel of ot their Hut as us tho the Great Master Manter advised 1 I to lUll Ills fol follower lower let the Saints posses Pones their souls In patience |