Show correspondence 4 sass MEETING AT OGDEN OGDEN CITY utah may ad 1885 M loy lom r aseret nem new in itt lii of a notice published niss kiss iriss meeting was held in the ogden nye hye ronaele on saturday lay may A Z ad 1885 pobe hearing read a state tent 0 4 I 1 grievances AND PROTEST othe ti til lyes ites president ident of the united states agthe nation in which the wrongs te majority of f the people of this ter tt wry ury have suffered and are still suf KWI from tho the tyrannical conduct of Be Federal officials were set f forth orth and oss dress for the same asked building was crowded to its gost capacity with people from all U of the country while the comme congregation 03 tion vere gather K 1 TIIE THE OGDEN BRASS BAND added the occasion with rich pins bids bins of soui soul inspiring music die pie meeting was called to order by p UL L W V shurtliff on whose motion 10 11 peery was elected chair d g hon flon G C F middleton was acted eed vice chairman E H ander lind lidd aind joseph hall secretaries and er lorin horin I 1 arr chaplain ahe choir sang a hymn and prayer swade by the chaplain followed by sio sic by the band I 1 THE CHAIRMAN a stated tat ed the object of the meeting hi isid said there won would ad be several short dresses by gentlemen who had been sited kited to speak on the occasion wing his remarks he stated that it in as a I noticeable and in many respects remarkable fact that g athe the tle extraordinary character of f the sie ase w se which had called the people to the various parts of the atry viz to hear a protest against 2 devanc s that have been and still i being eing inflicted upon the mormon lormon A I 1 spie sile of this community and to preat athis this protest to the OF THE UNITED STATES A 1 the nation at large yet there is no nit sit ement visible on the occasion j Is ls peace order an and d tranquil tranquility ity this vast assembly the riker said many oi of the people of the blid orid are ignorant of our true charac ar B from the representations made ithem by their leade leaders rs they believe tue tu e a wicked vicious anu and and corrupt wile mple and that we ought to be annl anul isted but the speaker wished it to distinctly understood that such w was as bhe bie at tie the case but on the contrary that ii thief liar fornicator adulterer or luderer can have a standing or find in the mormon comann com un t he bore testimony that the I 1 mor alor dai MB re an honest truthful up tadd tand virtuous people they love ate ace equity and mercy their com ami 1 standing and their credit is uti ail to that oj of f any other people of numbers in the nation MR E 11 ANDERSON a read the report of the committee itie ithe the statement of grievances and rR PROTEST OTEST ith iti was listened to in deep silence I 1 with profound r attention by the nis ay who felt an abiding in at hit in the matters set forth in that document tithe uthe close of the reading N C ely ily kiy ely I 1 moved that the statement and rest test be adopted the motion was the meeting was then admed by MR BEN E M RICH t ilna ilta lina in a brief speech showed that the it tit was given to all people by the ia ity aty to worship him according to gionest honest bonest convictions as their gon con eon inces ances dictated them and this right guaranteed them in the coni tation of the united states and no bot hor number of men have a legal t TO PROSCRIBE theu THEM ilg ile lit lle exercise of these privileges the kiker wiker leraas was willing to accord to every eveny 4 1 of religious worshippers wor shippers the allee aliee of serving the lord in what Ci ginner dinner appeared right to them dhe hie claimed the like prerogative for arif aalf is elfand and the numerous body of his religionists its ile he protested against ia interference arfer nce with the religious af 0 braot of the people and fully endorsed document t he had jus lusth lusti heard theard read itlie ithe secretary jales JAMES TAYLOR ESQ 9 stile the next speaker he was in full I 1 apathy with the object of the meet nd ind also with what he had heard uld and spoken on the subject he medway the 1 I mormon lor for people are popular P r with ith the rest of mankind tl t are as virtuous honest upright ad industrious as any other part of le mat oat community what then has 1 us so unpopular ile he anred that etwas it was due to the fact that me of the doctrines which are taught practised practiced by the latter day saints ARE innovations kin xin anthe the popular creeds of modern irist krist endom they strike at the tots ts of all the false systems which are hanger idonger of being broken up hy iy the in ovations lya OTa tlona thus made p it was so in the als AYS s of jesus christ and his ills apostles e people then not bot endure the strines paul and the other apos i vy ties taught in relation to the only true i and living god and measures were adopted tor lor the destruction st tion tiou of pure christianity and those who promulgated it as it sapped the foundation and would overthrow the systems of society as they then existed hence laws were enacted proscribing the early christians Chilst ians lans in their privileges in worshipping wor shipping the almighty in the manner ile he had appointed they were not allowed any right in common with their fellow men they were compelled pe lied to MEE MEET T IN THE NIGHT TIME to perform their devotions to the true and living god similar views are entertained by the men of these times against the batter latter gay day saints and hence the proscriptive prescriptive legislation against us as a people by the government of the united stat s and the heaviest blows are aimed against the promulgation and practice ot ol that doctrine which if it were allowed to prevail would cleanse the world from the social evils and purify it from the corruptions corrupt ions which afflict it ludge BUDGE JUDGE R K X WILLIAMS next addressed the meeting he said he was not identified with the people here as a latter day saint but hut he was their friend as he was the frien dof all honest men he be was a prof profound 0 und admirer of all honest worshippers wor shippers he recognized the right of this people to meet and protest against the wrongs under which they are suffering he said there is a WORLD OF TRUTH in tile the protest which we have just heard read and we were only exercising our legal g a 1 rig rights ts in meeting together peaceably protesting g against our wrongs wrong s and y petitioning e t for the redress of our grievances I 1 e vances the speaker denounced in unmeasured terms the injustice of the federal officials of utah towards the great majority of the citizens the tiie cause of complaint is just but he believed we had little or no grounds for hope of obtaining any relief as the result of our present movement he referred to the supreme court of tie tile tle united states as the COURT OF LAST RESORT SORT to which we can appeal f from rom the courts below and when we called upon that august body and it has failed to grant our petitions then it is our right to appeal to the nation for relief and this we were doing in a fea pea peaceable ceabie ceable lawful manner the protest as read was then adopted by loud acclamation on motion of hon joseph stanford hon john T caine john W V taylor and john Q cannon were sustained as delegates te to present the memorial to president grover cleveland and ask that a commission be sent to utah to examine the condition of affairs and learn and report the true status of the I 1 mormon people the choir rendered an anthem the chaplain pronounced the benediction and the meeting adjourned sine die WEBER BURGLARY AT description of 0 li nieves thieves ete etc rd R for their apprehension KA kanosh Nosir utah april util 1885 editor deseret the kanosh operative cooperative co store I 1 was broken ato eluto on tuesday night april 1885 by two young men port morse son of ol royal morse of arizona notoriety and sylvester boyl boyington n ton who stole some clothing boots hats blanket blankets overcoats etc they also stole two horses and saddles from the town one of the horses is a 3 year old bay stallion branded with a combination of the letters J A N on left thigh and having a lump on left hind gambrel ga abrel T the he other is a bay horse a pacer about 12 years old saddle marked strip in face face branded J on left shoulder port fort morse is of fair complexion slim build about five feet eleven inches in height twenty years olda oida old oid a quick talker sylvester boyington Coy ington has very dark complexion low forehead fp somewhat the resemblance of a halfbreed half breed indian about five feet five inches in height they are supposed to be wearing two black cotton otto diagonal suits with a white thread in the cloth new black hats and boots neither of the horses are arc shod one of the saddles stolen is new nent in appearance except that the leather is worn off on the middle of the left side of the tree the other is almost a new saddle A reward of two hundred dollars will be given for the apprehension and delivery of the said port morse and sylvester boyington boain ton at kanosh idaho and california papers papery please copy COPI A agent A one of the kind who urges urged the prosecution ot 0 mormon formon IDAHO april 1883 1885 editor demerit N news mews aws although not a member of the church lot of latter day saints still in a great many things they have my sympathy one mr C long known in salt lake city as a mining expert has always railed at polygamy and is a warm friend of governor muray now this pure moral man has always been so shocked at these sensuous stormont cormons mot STor mons still he has kept kepf a baid bald paid mistress for ten years right in n sa salt sait t lake city he formed an illicit connection with mrs 11 II an apostate mormon who lives inthe in the tha ward this woman he has kc kept for or sev several elal elai ir years ears entirely neglecting clith the wife calfe of hi his F to youth uth and h his young n children eil ell iii ili his co conduct cluce not only avi with te thI this mrs II 11 but others also at last caused his wife to leave salt lake a and n ato go uno to a married daughter in california caligo r nia who had bad to support her mother a and d tw two 0 young brothers and sisters while 0 spent all he earned on 11 and her two children at last poor mrs C 0 was forced to apply for a divorce far her husband ref refused used to support orther her on any other terms she obtained a divorce in 1883 and C at last married mrs ff secretly and privately about a month or six weeks ago he knows that there are many who are aware that she has been his mistress and although he has now married her and made an honest woman I 1 of her he is ashamed to introduce her as his wife he knows also that when he was off on mining trips she was not lonesome for want of company this woman and man have made hitter bitter attacks on mormons cormons Mor mons and they should be ventilated at once A FRIEND MAY DAY celebration cey CEI HENEFER summit county may 29 editor deseret news yesterday being the first of may the day and sunday school children with brothers J ure and james assistant sunday school superintendents with some of the teacher teachers sot of the same all met at the school room ata in the morning and started at 10 headed by the henefer brass band led by thos britton jr to the lacall locality ty known as owens canon canton there we had an enjoyable time which nothing 1 occurred to mar many games were resorted to to make everyone joyful which were intermixed with sinking reciting and music by the md band our young lads that compose the brass band deserve much credit forthe progress they have made having only been in practice a few months the present is a general time of health in our little settlement the farmers are busy being much h hindered I 1 from the enn eff effects acts of the rains the land having been too wet to plow our sunday school is well attended by married as well as single men and much interest is felt for the rising generation in our ward by the aldel brethren yours truly J P TRIAL OF OLE L HANSEN the case of the united states vs ole oie alel L hansen indicted for unlawful ua cohabitation came up in the third district court this morning and the dorkof work of obtain obtaining inga a jury began this business is transacted in a vii wholesale vil asale manner as the status of each juror on the all important question Is pretty well understood from the examinations in the late cohabitation trials mr emery was challenged by the district attorney and excused for foe bias as also were lemon mackey beatie smith brinton and for their belief in plural marriage mr 21 carlson although he did not believe it ri right ht to break the laws of the land was not as anxious as the prosecutor thought necessary to punish for unlawful cohabitation and was excused mr hir shields had bad some difficulty in conveying to the mind of the tile prosecution what be he disbelieve did belleve believe but after this was done he ile was excused the jud judge jude e g giving v him a dig 11 for not answerl answering n candidly a nd the que questions Alons propounded win groesbeck in answer to mr nir Dick sons interrogation do you believe il right for a man to have more than one living biving and wife at a time promptly replied 1 I do most emphatically and was excused 31 ankin mankin johnson palmer clays gipple klipple clute richardson chardson Ei simmons and T G M smith having proved themselves good men ano and and true for the purposes of the persecution were passed without objection and sworn the list having been exhausted a special venire was issued returnable at 2 rpm p in this afternoon there was consid considerable er time spent in waiting for the marshals diar Alar return on the special venire richard ricaard G lambert T C armstrong strong and john N pike rike were called mr air lambert lambert had formed an opinion and yas was vas excused mr pike objected to the questions as to whether he was a member of the church and declined to state nis lils belief in regard to plural marriage T 0 armstrong was pass passed ed and sworn W al clark and 0 S Steven stevenson sont were called and 0 the panel the indictment was then read to the jury and the prosecution called calle d their first witness MRS MARY ANDERSON she knewl knew the defendant and christina valentine lived in brighton her husband and little girl lived with her as did also christina valentine t there thore ere cre were two bedrooms in the house christina valentine occupied one of these had seen ole JL hansen there about a dozen times ho he had stayed over night three or four times he had eaten several meals there he occupied ChrlS chris christina tina tIDa valentines bedroom and witness had heard them talking together cross examined by judge bennett this took place in mar blai 1884 her husband and christina valentine had had some trouble about the house CHRISTINA VALENTINE was called deputy marshal sprague acting as interpreter she knew defendant fen dant had known him between two and three years had lived in brighton ward three miles frol 0 L uan han sens had lived in hansens house about a year and a half remembered having been before the commissioner lived in salt sail lake city at the present time lived in the city most of the time but wend went out to work was not at defendants house lately had not beep near Q have you ever been through th the endowment houss in this city and when objected to mr dickson said he wanted to prove witness and oie ole L hansen had gone through that house and been married objection overruled A yes after christmas a year ago she was then living with her son in brighton she came into town herself she did not see sec hansen that day until she was washing going home she had bad told him before that she was going and asked him to interpret for her hei went in the endowment house about 8 a am in and remained until |