Show tue THE PETITION at COS the representative ilas haa bacou b be 1010 con eon cou ili congress who test st over his bis notorious 08 from i the con eon huud ud and 8 faa fan laa ls a sa sli cirt benial finial faco face gentleman Rent leman with a moish hodian boia an r ay y profi pro feA an aloi by birth auda anda and n print t tei tbt tel thise ms his hi famely deml I 1 S choh ho lie wa wa 9 quite a boy and joining their fortunes to those of the latter day saints were among the first to settle in the great isalt bait lake basin he has hag always r occupied a prominent position in the temporal af fairs of the community and Is represented to bo be a fine fino business man he lives here during the tho session of con COD congress gress at Willard willards fl hotel with one of his four wives SALT LAKE CITY dec doc 19 1875 brother cannon I 1 dear sif sir by kindness of bro era staines Stai stal nes neg wa we forward you two original copies of a dle dlo memorial Ale morial of the tho th 0 women of utah to the congress of or the united states one for the I nou Hou bouso seand and one drie for the senate which we are very desirous shall bo be presented as soon eoon as congress shall convene after the boli days had ve we not been for its ibs it early presentation OD instead of wo we should with a little more time lime have obtained sign signatures inasmuch as it has been frequently qu antly mald cald abroad that the woman of utah acu act from sion that we are arc compelled to do and say without right of choice we testify to you that the getting up of this menior memorial lai lal is wholly wo monas work that the movement wn was t in hi progress without tho knowledge led of the sterner tex t ex but widing wishing to award the men mba the gratitude which is their due we are proud pl ili ill LII to acknowledge that after we had commenced our work the tile superintendents very generously generou sly sli accorded us the free use of the telegraph and railroads of the territory which greatly aided al dedin in canvassing for we mention these facts that you may be authoritatively posted in case you should bo be thrown in contact with any of those ignorant persons who prate about the enslaved condition of the mormon women and state that in all our movements we act frota from our free willana will and choice trusting that god will ralee ralea up to you many friends of those who ar art the honorable of or the earth corth aud and wishing you success as our worthy delegate le legate legato and nil till the peace and en on joy ments of which you position and present surroundings will admit we ourselves your sisters in the hope of that rest that remains for the people of gd ELIZA R snow ar L HORNI B W SMITH SUSAN husan T YOUNG H E YOUNG N T yousa YOUNG Z D YOUNG P al STAINES washington correspondent chicago inter ocean |