| Show THE MODERN HAMAN 9 Dick sona sons mendacious wall he tries to throw the ty of his inhuman course on the mormons cormons Mor mons the Froce proceedings edIngs at the alleged 0 A IL campfire camp fire lant nlelio shortly before 6 last night a fair sized audience had assembled assem pled at the skating rink the majority were visitors to the city who were attracted to the plane place from its bein made the G A E R headquarters col henry page was in charge and on the platform were governor west marsahl Mars fial dyer district attorney dickson prof L E holden and a an number aber of others tile the first speaker introduced was professor L E holden who described the wonderful wealth and productiveness of tte the territory in the older states the channels of business were closed up and men were gray haired b before positions of influence were open to them in the west however it was different and those who cem acme e with a strong arm and a will to worl work c had all nature L e to help them there were some things which utah needed if the people eo ae of the east cou aoud not come here it was necessary for utah tah to have the in influences bences they re represented resented their schools an and other institutions of learning their help when they returned home and their voices in behalf ol oj the people two things were needed above all else in the territory these were proper laws and their enforcement and more important still stall the right kind of schools what is wanted is a thoroughgoing new england new york and boing pennsylvania school system where there would be no sectarian instruction and where the young soung could be molded into ideal am american citizens the hope of the territory was in the young the ideas of those advanced in years could not be changed evange d but with the influence of schools the press the pulpit the milliner and dressmaker the man of business and thought utah could be made one of the grand eat states of 0 the union the visiting soldiers were welcome here and wishes for joy and gladness were extended toward them general locke of new york was next introduced aud and made a s short hort aud and appropriate speech this was the first time he had been west of colorado and he was well pleased at the prospect before him at the commencement men cement of the war var lie he had united himself with the army of the potomac and remained with ato tae close of the struggle ile he was at ap p and his own corps the F fitin ittu had received the surrender it was a grand sight when the war ended there was a revulsion of feeling there were no DO bicke rings but it was the meeting ol of brave men in with brave men all hostility had ceased he was now on his way to california where a reunion of old soldiers such as would not be again witnessed would be held he was pleased to see so many ladies present the memory of whose godlike labors during the war would ever be cherished by the soldiers col page pae thon then introduced judge r dickson dickmon united united states prosecuting attorney for the territory ot of utah the judge then stepped forward and prefaced his harangue with the remark that wherever the G A K R halted they received a glad welcome but nowhere was it more hearty than with the loyal citizens of utah they were more earnest in that welcome because they needed the aid of the visitors 1 and daily felt the want of their presence they felt assured that there the required aid would be forthcoming when the mighty evils that curse the territory were understood and the needed redress would be granted jud judge 01 dickson thought no opportunity should be allowed to pass without saying something on tat great areat question here her the story of shame the mighty might wrong and great crime that had 92 held hish carnival carni carnival vaT here could not be told in a day or a month the mot most that could be done was to touch the salient features of it that people in the east might bring about the proper redress the mormon church was steeped in disloyalty ishad it had usurped the civil authority one of its prime purposes was the overthrow of the american home the people who are the adherents of the church were steeped I 1 in 1 n disloyalty every sunday since the settlement of this territory it had been preached from every pulpit throughout this broad land that the government was the enemy of the mormon church this doctrine had been instilled into the minds of the youth for thirty years and no other results could be expected than that when they arrived at man hood they would be hostile to the united states he had it from good authority that when lincoln was assassinated and the news reached here that brigham young then governor could not repress his exultation exaltation in 1882 when the edmunds bill was passed it was met by a challenge from the head of the church an order went forth from the first presidency calling upon the people to live their religion enforcing it with a threat that every man who held office in the church who had not more wives than one should be forced to yield up his office anliss he took another one in violation ot the he laws of his country and ever since that time the general members of the church had been more actively urged to live their religion to break the laws of the land evera man wing who had dared to say he would obey the law had been anathematized hy the church ostracized by 71 society and lashed by the mormon I 1 press A few months ago a man who was under indictment and knew he was guilty of unlawful cohabitation sought an interview with mr mckay and said 1 I have obeyed that law for the last year and a half and I 1 propose to obey it in the future I 1 am a wealthy man it is true but I 1 dare not dot stand up and make that promise in court it if I 1 did it would ruin rain me in business to promise obedience to the laws is apostasy apo stacy and the punishment punish meat is social ostracism more than that he is boycotted and if a laboring man cannot remain here and earn a livelihood for his family if he is wealthy as dinwoodey said his busl business ness is ruined the teaching here has been that the government is the enemy of the church in consequence the young wao have been taught that doctrine are rebels on july 4 1885 on the cov county anty court house the city hall over ove r that anaconda Z C M I 1 the gardo boffl office ce tile the temple the tabernacle and that thai sink hole of iniquity the endowment house the flag hung at halt hall mast and yet the mormons cormons Mor mons say they are the most mo st loyal people in the untied states and took this means of expressing their loyalty on the birthday ot of the nation in civil elections the ticket voted for was that of the priesthood there was ne veran never deveran ian election held here but what the ticket was voted for solidly by all the mormons cormons Mor mons there never was waa one dissenting voice such a thing could not be in any other country the mormons cormons Mor mons dare not disobey I 1 can P point you out a place in utah there where a man in an lives under one roof with wit t three sisters raising children by each and he calls that place his home I 1 can point you to another almost within a stones throw where a man has married a woman her daughter and her granddaughter and has begotten children by each ane tendency of poll gamy is that the public morals of this community are becoming dei batched bau ched the power that reigns here is raiding a generation gem ration of hypocrites and perjurers per jurers how long oh ob how long ii mg must this thing be endured i when will the time come when this people will say it emust stop I 1 want you yon when you yeu go home not to forgot forget us ua to talk to your neighbors until we have redress of our wrongs in the courts here I 1 have seen a woman who said her daughter was married and a mother but she could not net say who her husband was to save her soul from perdition I 1 have seen a young woman comely and modest who had been married two years 3 et to lecue her from damnation she could not say that she had ever borne boine the relation of wife to her husband those in authority in the church encourage perjury I 1 have been challenged challe need by the DESERET NEWS to show in aidy any of their doctrines anything condoning perjury of course course I 1 could not for they do not put it in print they know perjury is committed but never speak against it they rhey rather apologize defend and d praise those who commit it the authorities of the church are disloyal and why should the nation hesitate to wrest from these disloyal citizens the ballot there is nothing un american in it the people here do not really exercise that ir franchise anchise they do as they are told would it t be any wrong wrone to strike from the buti hands las of these people a privilege that they do not exercise abe ballot which they have so ion long prostituted prostitutes we do not noi ask lor any offices we only ask that the power be taken away from the mormons cormons Mor mons we can uever never reach the root of tile the evil here until the civil power is taken from them they say we are a ring ring who desire to plunder pinder the Mo imons ns 1 all wt ask is for congress Cons ress to take the government the gentiles are willing ao 10 nave the ballot taken from them they are willing for congress or a commission appointed by the president to rule this would n not 0 t give the gentiles the power the only successful f ua measure will be to strike the civil power power from the mormon people they say they are persecuted for conscience sake I 1 am willing to believe and do believe that the mormon people sincerely believe what they are taught by the head of f the church but I 1 do not believe that authority are sincere in what they claim to believe it is simply lust there is no religion in in it at all there has never ne ver been a time when these criminals could not go free by simply promising to obey the law yet they will not yo do it such opportunities are given to criminals nowhere else yet they call this persecution governor west offered to fifty confined in the penitentiary that if they the would keep the law he be would use his influence with the president for their liberation libei aton budnot but not one dared to accept the offer mr dickson then launched forth a stream of if bitter invective and glaring falsehoods concerning president george Q cannon whom he denominated as the real head of the church he wanted the members of the G A E R when they went east and their mothers and sisters iks as they esteemed honor in man and virtue la in woman to see that the public mind was wrought up on oa this question until the members of congress congreso did their duty towards utah conrad smith of missouri next clime f forwar orwar dHe threw a wet blanket on the lings of the district attorney ney b by y calling the monstrous bevil ehica he had bad so wildly decried against a small boil on the arm as computed compared to the ulcer which had afflicted the whole side of the nation in the d days 9 ys of the civil war the boil might be ready ady to have the core coie taken out and it so it should be done the boys boy of the GA G A B R had used heroic treatment to the ulcer the knife was used and it was cutout cut out they were now on their way to california to rejoice in the results they should not I 1 worry about the insignificant question in utah but should teach the people what citizenship should be the law should be supreme and church and state should be separate the interests here would be looked after care carefully full diligently and vigilantly when the G A R returned enlightened by whai what they had heard beai d of the ulcer they would give what aid they could until utah was fitted to become one of the sisterhood of states gen geo it maxwell next appeared on the stand and said it was time to quit but on another occasion he would speak ile he warned the visitors that the G A E R post in utah would see to it that they kept their promise to put mormonism down the asem olage them dispersed tonight to night the wisconsin delegation dele delegat gaton ou will arrive |
