| Show NO MORMONS NEED APPLY the matter of hearing applications for naturalization was up before judge anderson again nov 14 one man who had been a mormon was admitted and fred W miller was called he passed the courts examination all right saying that he be believed polygamy wrong and that he would obey all the he laws against it to the liberal representative he said he had never been through the endowment house but was a mormon joseph lipman then objected to mr millers illers admission on the ground that he waa wa a member of the mormon church he said that he expected to show that there was a ceremony of the church connected with the endowment youse house which required every member of the church to take an oath that he would avenge on the united states the blood of joseph smith and all the other saints that bad been killed he did not know how the avenging was to be done clone whether by maiming or killing citizens but he would show that such each an all oath was taken and he thought that no member of the church should be admitted to citizenship mr moyle denied that any such oath was required and however that might mi ht be this man had never been t through ro ug the endowment house the court said mid he would pass upon ift mr millers application on thursday as it had been shown be was a member of the church mr moyle said it was plain that the course followed by lipman and his associates was merely a political trick and asked the court if it refused to hear the applications of cormons mormons Mor mons for naturalization that no distinction be madland ma the business of admitting citizens be deferred till after the investigation on thursday this thia request was refused by 3 adge anderson wm win J owen was another applicant his hie parents were mer members abers of the mormon church and he was at one time but he had never performed any of the duties of a member and did not now consider himself one he did not know that he had ever been excommunicated the liberals objected to him because of his bis membership and he was ordered to wait thus every mormon who came up was peremptorily ordered to stand aside simply because of his membership in the church while those who were brought in by the liberal whips were passed through in short order finally one john Y phillips hillips presented himself he passed the courts questions all right to mr moyle he stated that he had been married a few months when asked whether he had been guilty of sustaining improper relations with persons of the other sex he looked surprised that such a thing should be considered anything unusual and answered yes mr moyle objected to his admission as by his own confession it was shown that he was guilty of a crime and was not a man of good moral character this brought hurd lipman and laney to their feet they were righteously andl indignant nant 11 that a man who had engaged engaged in indiscriminate sexual relations should be referred to as not of good moral character and unfit for citizenship in this great government they were very wrathful at the course taken and were very emphatic in their denunciations why said hurd there is not a man inan in n a dozen dezen who don dou ejust the same as this man only he has been more honest than most of them and has admitted it besides all the mormon applicants here are liars and have perjured themselves mr moyle mr hurd it III becomes CON tes you the mormons cormons Mor mons by yourself or by your own methods if any mormon has perjured himself you would prosecute cute him too quickly and t that at he has not is proved by the fact that you dare not proceed against one of those whom you have u nj estly accused F ferguson the deputy clerk remarked that phillips did not belong to a people who organized themselves to commit a crime mr moyle no but to the nine hundred and ninety nine out of a thousand who are not only guilty but think it all right to be there was some further discuss discussion ion of a like nature which judge anderson cut short by saying he be had given no thought to the ground of objection but would take it under advisement and pass u upon n it next thursday november I 1 14 to |
