Show A POINT FOB TREASON X faai y i tia i po X tho mart tonci did ea his mb moral ral rv ledi leot oreto ware A k t ft cannon in hi the third t district court io today to day sy mr R N X basken called to 10 ake e re reporter I 1 1 I want a of that yo ang nans mans speech iiii gevelt it in fullum see 1 I timit it is certified to yo perly 11 under ordina jj circumstances there would be nothing remar remarkable liable in ia ibis ahli because what t takes place ina is public property and aad any person can bave thereof by paying the tees aes hut this case transcends ordinary circumstances by reason of the fact act that ehst mr baskin ha has just been chosed by the reunited re united liberals Is to represent them in washington di during aring the remainder of the present session of congress what does such stith representation meau mean Is it something in furtherance of the financial interests of the people in general or the particular portion tie be represents Is it to obtain such legislation as will enhance the welfare of everybody or anybody Is it to provide better and safer means of transportation Is it in order that the administrative power so long misdirected in this territory may b be set aright through U h proper presentations of the case OT oh no quite otherwise it is to facilitate and hasten hostile legislation against the majority of our population to strengthen the hands or officials official s already too strong in the direction in which they are acting to enable courts to still further bind and gag any victims of their hatred to permit it ii possible tree speech and a free press to exist at the behest of the select few only onh and tor for these purposes with the hope of making his position posit ioa more plausible did mr baskin baalu want a copy of that speech strictly speaking it was not a speech but a tew plain words directed to the court M giving ving the reasons why the defendant should s not receive the sentence of misdirected law he be acknowledged the supremacy wacy of governmental overn mental institutions but claimed the right to exercise bis own judgment and will as to matters appealing to the th in r nate conscience that in fine he believed god superior to man and when a conflict came hp he chose to array himself in the ran ranks ks of the former the court took adif a different view the laws of the land being all ad in his bis judgment that held society together the 11 cormons mormons Mor mons must most be like the rest of us gs or civilization will totter to its base mr baskin of course takes the same fame view he be will find and enough people who believe man superior to all else finite or infinite to obtain a hearing with that class he will 0 doubtless ou bt prevail and all hp he can markeont make out of that certified copy is just such meretricious praise as comes from a people who admit no devint divinity aud and conceive themselves to 6 be supreme on r eme A fine state of affairs s truly when a matil mans is belief in god is a cause of reproach and a means of obtaining legislation from the greatest and freest government on earth when joseph smith was wao on trial before austin A klug in richmond Miss missouri ourt and the prophet acknowledged his belief in that passage in the seventh chapter of the book of daniel pertaining to the establishment of gods kingdom 0 on n the earth the court wanted a note made of it as it was point for treason whereupon josephs attorney responded l why judge do you want to make the BI bible e treason history repeats itself j and we will further urther repeat peatie it by bringing up the immortal utterance of patrick henry if it be treason make the most of it |