Show UTAH AND THE MORMONS movement to remove Pr Pre iudice eaudice against that state the wilkes barre times monday evening V S peet delivered an interesting address in shatters shaffers hall east market street saturday evening his subject eject was utah and the cormons mormons Mor mons mr it I 1 peet feet was introduced by dr E H hughes a medical student from baltimore almore who said that mr peet represented the business men of utah who were trying ta to allay the prejudice that had been engendered by anti mormon lecturers and the religious societies of philadelphia who are distributing albut ang anti mormon and anti utah tracts I 1 mr feet stated that mountains abounded in all the minerals known to geologist sIn paying quantities with the exception of tin the output of gold silver copper and lead for 1905 was over farmers were very prosperous some of them clearing 65 per acre on sugar beets one hundred bushels of oats 75 bushels of barley bushels of potatoes and 25 tons of sugar beets to the acre were not un 1 usual sual crops mr peet peel offered guaranteed rewards of 1000 for every i case of plural marriage by the mor mons since 1890 and also 1000 cpr 1 every case of mormon interference in politics polygamy has been dead sixteen I 1 years and at its most prosperous per ailed there were less than 4 4 per cent odthe population in polygamy I 1 my Is not a cardinal law of the mor I imon mon church and was never a part lof of their articles of falth faith op mr peet said that the very few mormons cormons who had married plural wives previous to 1890 are living with them now I 1 mr peet read several extracts from religious papers of recent date in united states which stated that religious missions in foreign coun countries tiles who are supported by their corresponding churches in this country are dally daily receiving polygamists and their plural wives into their churches as members and it Is no worse said mr peet for the mormons cormons to retain poly and their plural wives than it was wads for other religious denominations to receive them as new members mr peet exhibited several an ti mormon tracts that are sold by the anti mormon societies in philadelphia one of 0 them was waa a map of united states with utah as a big black blot on it in the shape of a hideous devil fish at tile the close of mr itar peets address dr hughes made a short spicy speech in which he lauded the utah students who are attending the eastern colleges mr peet will speak in scranton carbondale and towanda atter alter which he will go to new york where he Is booked tor for several addresses in So september pember |