| Show editorials TRICKS UPON TRAVELERS TIE THEBE are certain persons in this city eity ome somo of them med men moving lm in respectable circles who take special pains to prejudice the minas minds of travelers visiting U tabby repeating all kinds of monstrous stories about the mormons cormons Mor mons on tho the cars particularly between ogden and sait bait lake lako shameful misrepresentations and exi agge rations nations are poured into willing ears and some men who ought to be ashamed to appear in such disgraceful business have been heard by other passengers lying to tourists ats for the sole object of poisoning the minds of against the people who madeia made it possible for them to live here herb we want these men to under stand that th eyare known and appreciated precia ted if they do not despise themselves when they are alone and think thine of their own meanness their consciences must be in iii that condition described as seared 1 with a hot iron I 1 I 1 there is another class which joins in the same disreputable business but probably from a different motive tho the first named act out of 11 re the latter more in anu the s spirit pinit of depraved humor than anything else they find men and women lookin looking around here ready to gulp at anything outrageous about the cormons mormons Mor Alor mons and so alf they ey stuff them full among these deceia i ers are some of the hack men who take tourists to the r principal objects of Ini interest erest in carriages biages yio ygo tete tie stories which a few of these drivers hatch up and repeat to wondering and credulous people are worthy of gulliver or munchausen travelers who take it ail all in with a relish would feel very cheap if they could hear these drivers laughing with their compan afterwards over the greenness of heir hearers and telling tuning again the arna that soft I 1 down own easters casters IP or drawling rawling johnny bulls had accepted as cepure pure wove frequently those these ridiculous stories are given to the public through the papers as facts by the simple folks who have been crammed with fiction by humorous but unscrupulous hacklen hac kmen more harm is done by this than the facetious drivers are aware 0 of fl and we would suggest to their em tact IS not hot helped at all by the misrepresentations that tjitte these men are the means of disseminating inal InaI ina ting lug but timid people aref aret in many instances deterred from com corn this city or if they do come from staying over night might fearing to trust themselves among a people whom they have heard from others s so awfully immoral and lawless and bloodthirsty and 4 adae we suggest to livery stable keep erthe propriety of advising those drivers who are in the habit of 41 pulling the long bow with tourists to draw it mild 1 lwe we do not suppose that many of these those s storytellers tory story tellers will bo bb induced to desist by moral considerations they are too low and degraded in spirit to be touched by such influences yet tet we will remind them that according to the declaration of him who is widely believed to be the son of god for all the falsehoods they utter ter ten they will have to give an account jn in the great day when uie the secrets of all hearts and and the acts of all people peo pila plia willbe will wili be made manifest and it i fc is written as the voice of almighty god thi through 0 ugh a chosen prophet all liars shall have their thein part pact in the lake that burneth with lire fire and brimstone and we will say further that they are viewed with the most extreme contempt contemn ly by allda all ail decent men and women who know knoy of bf their duplicity and will b be 0 so regarded by their victims when their thoin opened to the deceptions practiced practised upon them these reproved depraved individuals will find out somer or later that it does not pay to lie even oven against the tho unpopular cormons mormons Mor mons 11 WHAT shell SHALL wi WE DO with WITS THEA THEM we wh give etva eiva publicity today to day t to I 1 the sha shameful m e ful fui resolutions passed at the little gathering of disappointed preachers recently held in ogden agizi and d dignified rifled by the title titie of a 4 conference feren it was comp composed ad of ofie ofle methodist ministers officiating in one ono or two retired from active service serviced a bible seller 0 or so and a few visitors we want the latter day saints to know what these men have to say gay about them and their religion and to understand that while those hypocrites who come among thein them with honeyed words pretend friendship and profess thebe the best of intentions they th eyare are all the time filled with bitterness and are ready at any moment to lie de ilbe libe libera tely toly and use every power at command to bring evil upon the people of god beware of them that come among you in abeels clothing but inwardly they are ravening we wolves ives was the injunction of the havior savior and truly it jt could not have an apter illustration than ithan in tile the character and action of these methodist deceivers one of the active participators in the doings of this inference only a i te few W days davs previous in conversation with us deprecated any attacks on our religion and deplored the feelings that had been excited in and by the published resolutions of con and assembles in the states yet when he gets among jha own kind he joins with theiu thein in the utterance that lie knows as well a he fie knows that he lives by selling bibles to the latter tatter day saints are abominable falsehoods that none bul but the meanest an and aud d most contemptible of satans gatans emissaries would stoop to express redirect we direct special attention to these resolutions and to those who concocted and adopted thomi themi them that our peo clemay have a proper appreciation of the miserable creatures who are sneaking around to curry favor and gain cont control rolof of the children and who while with canting tongues ar and ld pious mien they feign friendship sh and simulate a kindly regard onla only y conceal for a t time I 1 me the ibe hatred and malice which jurk lurk in their hearts and the murderous spirit sprit f which found vent in the lions of missouri the martyrdom in Il illnois nois iud ind and lud is now breathed in the venomous 0 ogden resolutions we referred to these persons as disappointed preachers the title is appropriate after all ail the years they have spent in endeavoring to force methodism upon the mor mons their congregations are conspicuous by their littlenest litt lenes after cajoling and anid deceiving good pec pee people pie in n the east into contil contributing buting largely kyfor for lor that hat are csele 8 as houses of worship because there are neither members nor hearers them and after getting dona donn donation tiow from prominent mormons cormons Mor mons to help heip them in their ambitious building schemes they find themselves jn in a dwindling and dispi dispirited f condition this is exhibited in the of thein their finances isalt lako nako clayre city reports through lr A rudl rudi rudisill sill one of the infamous moti sor of the resolutions the fhe sum of 12 for tor mi maion missions lon Ion and this Is paraded as an increase of over the sear year 1880 11 1 1 it is well known that the gathering of funds is one of the chiet chief features of Method methodist lit the subscription list and the collection collect on plate platea ame are rethe the signa atthe of the tho i mje preachers call cali calling ag when the funds fail there is walling wailing in thor tho methodist camp and failure has bag maile malle these foiled priests angry hence these thebe bitter and mormonism ignot is not to bo tar reasoned ea with ith it ig to be stamped out tim this ia the hie Chrls chris christian tian policy polley of professed ministers t of the gospel ot peace these e velve velvet tIpped and long faced hirelings hireling s have hav e no desire to convince i you 49 mormons Mor mons of your supposed u p pos ed errors rs and show you a more excellent wa way of life lire and faitha faith falth they have no suggestions gest ions to make for your reclamation they do not come to seek and to save that which they allege to ba lost buh but they want gour your rell neli religion glon gion stamped out methodist priests led the mobs in missouri methodism isred is red with the inno spilt at far cesi west methodist preachers now cry aloud for force against the tho utah saints and want our creed and ai d family associations 1 stamped out ont now we wo would not hurt a hair of the heads beads of these those sweet creatures who claim chim to be followers pf af the tho gentle gentie jesus jebus but we would advy e our friends to let lot them severely algne alone we would prefer a serpent h in our house klome to one of these double ton tongued gu vip yip rs we would trust our M children id ren rather to an unlettered clown than one of these trained ii hypocrites we endorse the counsel of the ancient apos apoi tle sohn receive them not into your houses neither bid the aGod peo 0 o ifor he thab thai birdeth them ahem god speed peed is i parter partaker of their evil deedie deed veito men deave been welcomed to ito we jile 0 bause 1 til saints ant alt s and ad have hail beenen been enciu cou raged raga in 1 abis labors as bible this was because of on oun our veneration for the sacred volume not for any special affection for the vendor but rut in our opinion jt it is time to distinguish between the book and the peddler and while we bate not a jot of our regard for the inspired volume umeke we should cease to countenance men who aro are vile enough to adopt such atrocious sentiments coupled with such wilful misrepresentations as appear in the we have copied we ve speak plainly some may think severely beverely b bu we have not expressed in a remote degree the contempt we feel for the authors of this new now attack upon a creed that is irrefutable by scripture arld and reason and a people who are aa as far above their ca aa the dwellers in paradise are above the denizens of the them place reserved for them who love and make a lie 21 we ve are ue u e aware that they can crin accomplish nothing against this work and that they will surel reap the reward dof dot of their own iniquity bat at the thy same time we tj think I 1 ink they ought 0 to be known in their true character cliar ellar acter aeter and not t have opportunity to sneak neak ani among ong the people whom they wish to destroy jand nu be considered aa a gentlemen or fit custodians or teachers of innocent children ac we had no faith falth in what Is called mormonism we WO would consider the authors and adopters of those resolutions altogether too loav vile and desp despicable leable for recognition or countenance in docent dowe society all wo we now stig suggest gest in the matter matten la ls have whatever to do with them let them flounder in their own I 1 infamy n am and fallow in their own puddle 0 of falsehood an and a vituperation i I 1 d MORE RELIGIOUS 7 n h t abc abt the M E conference in ogden aen on friday morning july esth the followings follow ingras I 1 as adopted adi abd by the ibe little knat kno tor bof ot methodist preachers a gathered on th the occasion A ibri report OF tue TUB COMMITTEE ON STATE T df fa 1 W X it utan UTAH the rapid growth of Morn mormonism in utah is alarming it is steadily increasing ma mainly luly through mormon immigration A large number of oft i mi m have been sent year to diff different hrent brent parts party of the world to preach the doctrine doc doi trine of mormonism the book of Mor mormon tilon illon Is not toniy louly printed in english but in I 1 well weil Vel vei sll Alj polynesian italian danish fienen pj ench german neither the death of brigham young the build ingot railway railways the increase of gentile population 1 nor the supreme court bas has effected the destruction aror oror of or c cheked vh bea eked ked polygamy foly gamy and kindred crimes crimea under mormon control mormonism holds the balance of power in idaho and Ariz atiz arizona and menaces colorado ni new w Al mexico exico emico wyoming and M montana onis we believe polygamy I 1 is I 1 a foul of licentiousness practiced edin jn the thenamae name of religion hence hideous and revolting it should not bo be reasoned with but ought to bd bos bes out many persons are annually entering into polygamy jn den def nande tande of we united states statutes and the decision of the united stated supreme court against it itt iti polygamy is extending jetor the a adjoining d Th ereis no territorial rit orial law of utah against adultery las lascivious colial cohabitation dt atlon ise hse seduction luction or incest polygamy aud and these kindred crimes are common in IA this territory they demoralize the community st at large and degrade degrado and dehumanize those who practice theta them polygamy as asa a system of social rola irola tion ship is at least leasta le osta asta a bestial relic of or barb barbarism arismo tho the leaders ism the greab great apostles of lust lugt are preaching the doctrine of polygamy throughout the territory with renewed vigor mormonism is hostile to our institutions and disloyal to our government declaring by jt former pie eldont donti brigham young that ther the and ecclesiastical government of the bhe mormon lormon church cribei the governments of the world and again declaring by the chiet chief of its twelve Apo apostles sties stica that all are unauthorized and lile illegal t a J while any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making ando and officers of their own appointing are aie la indirect direct rebellion against tb the e king kingdom doin dorn of god mormonism nu nul nui lifie gabe sAbe laws wawa of the land controls and protects its followers in the commission of tilo ute most heinous crimes Mor monni creata reates es and prophets adof thieves I 1 and murderers a nd clothes sith a halo of per perjury jury sury and deeds of villainy mormonism ism talt that any i crime eligy may become e a virtue f it is Ls only done ione for church ake resolved that mormonism as a system professing to adv advance aue ane civilization and education Is 18 a failure wewt ed that Ifor mormonism monism ag as a in professing to bless society is 4 a vile delusion I 1 resolved that mormonism mor monism professing to ti ben bea be a religion to save axe the p pomplo L opio Is a fraud fraude o resolved lie JIe solved that mormonism pm 4 s A system that would mould dis disgrace irace an any Y lan ian landane land dand and is a foul blot upon our national escutcheon resolved that the position taken by the dif diu lerent erent religious bow bodies s of our country on the question of polygamy calling alling for congressional action by which illegal practices shall be suppressed meets our hearty approval resolved pre jRe holved that I 1 it va la the bense sense of t this his body that the law la ws s of t tory ov should be made b by a council appointed anted by the Pre president of the states and confirmed by the se senate nate resolved that we call upon the religious and secular press and christian people of the nation with ait alt al law abiding citizens to unite with us in urging upon ulon co congress agress the adoption pf af such statutes ag a shall secure the extirpation of polygamy poly camy eamy and kindred crimes and in make the jaws laws of the unit united ed states s superior u perio perlo in utah as elsewhere in our nation unsolved thai thal in cases eases of legal or voluntary dissolution of families the women who have been een living in polygamy should be supported by the tile property of their professed husbands and the children of such women should be legitimized resol v edy df that jre jye extend our hearty blank thanks 9 to tb president jar nield field 0 or r the position taken by b him imia Imla in |
