| Show A SALT IN WEST CHESTER the news of west chester pa contains the following tol lowing in refert mee to lu a well known and respected veteran of this city and his esteemed wife jacob weller and his wife elizabelh are visiting his nephew E malin hoopes this borough and before returning to their home at salt lake city it is their intention to visit other relatives and friends in philadelphia aud and other parts of pennsylvania and in ohio mr weiler who is a bishop of thu tho mormon church was born in lancaster county and came to reside in chester county when quite a boy bov he united unite d hini hin iselt with the gormong mormons when a resident of the latter place in 1810 1840 in the allowing fal lowing year he moved to nauvoo illinois illino s and lived there five years after which he proceeded to the then indian territory and in 1847 mr air weiler teller was one ot of the body of pioneers which located salt lake city ever since that time he has resided there perfectly satisfied with the people aud and with his home and its surroundings surrounding S he expressed himself as unshaken in the faith of the gospel as understood by the mormon church notwithstanding the opposition persecutions and insults to which they are subjected which only tend to confirm his bis confident assurance in the substantial foundation of their religious convictions and practices both me lie and his wife who accompanies him expressed decided opposition n to 0 t the e edmunds law and ind indignation ignition at its mode of administration regarding it as an out lage upon their religious views and domestic life he further said that a class known as spotters unblushingly scrutinize a mormon and his private lile life and serve a subpoena upon him and his family to appear before a commissioner or the grand jury as the vase case may be burough Tn Tu rough these witnesses an indictment is obtained against them and during the examination a mans wives are required to answer the most obscene and revolting questions although we are per permitted hermitte mitte 5 to make some kind of defense it is overruled in favor of the prosecution and those thoe who are thus arraigned obliged to pay a fine and the costs amounting to we regard the law as at present enforced in salt lake cit city y as s absolutely ex post facto for instance one who liaci taken aken a wife wafe 20 yea years rs ao ago in accordance with the mormon practice when no such law was in existence is equally liable to arrest and imprisonment as he who snows shows an utter disregard of the statute at present about yu 60 mor mons in utah 19 in detroit michigan and a number in arizona are undergoing in imprisonment for fer what this law designates designates unlawful cohabitation but we as an important part of our religious obligations the above was furnished furni sned in a perfectly courteous manner to a representative of the loco local news by mr weiler and his wife the former is a fine looking gentleman perhaps about 60 years af pf i age whose countenance and deportment indicate veil intelligence e gence and high breeding mrs er joined in the conversation in a manner that showed more than ordinary understanding of the subjects which engaged ed our attention and in a perfectly modest and lady ladylike like bearing |
