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Show Unpleasant Affair at Salt Lake. What Is a most unsavory story, and ono full of annoyance to somo of Logan's Lo-gan's prominent citizens, is being thoroughly aired by the Salt Lake papers Just at present. On Sunday as the list of appointments was being read at the Salt Lake tabernacle, one Samuel Russell objected to the appointment ap-pointment of Judge Henry S. Tanner as a Homo Missionary. To make objection in this public manner, although not unheard of before, was so unsual that It caused a llttlo stir, and an Investigation as to the grounds on which the objection was made. When seen, Mr. Itusscll was not averse to making a statement In regard re-gard to the matter, and it was to the effect that Mr. Tanner Is a polygam-1st, polygam-1st, having entered into such relations since the manifesto, and on this ground was objected to by Mr. Rus-scll. Rus-scll. The statement Is made that y Judge Tanner had entered into a plural marriage with Miss Clarice '.fhatchcr, daughter of Hon. Moses Thatcher and Mrs. Lydla Clayton Thatcher, about a year and a half ago. Russell also states that at the time, Mr. Thatcher strenuously apposed the marriage, but that his .wife agreed, and further that two of the apostles were brought into the matter with the idea of converting Mr. Thatchcr.2 Theso statements have been rolled around as sweet morsels by tlio Salt Lake papers and they arc still, at it. When seen In regard to the matter, Mr. Thatcher said to a representative of this paper that he did not know Mr. Tanner at all, and that he had never had the opportunity of objecting object-ing to the marriage between him and his daughter. That If the opportunity opportun-ity had been offered, he most certainly certain-ly woidd have objected for various reasons. He stated that ho believed in adhering strictly to tho manifesto, and that he regarded a promise as a sacred thing. Mr. Thatcher regrets the unpleasant notoriety that is necessarily neces-sarily attendant upon such a matter. According to tho Salt Lake papers, Judge Tanner denies tho allegation and brands Russell as vindictive and possibly deranged. Judge Tanner will bo remembered as one of tho speakers who did such effective work i for the Republicans in Cache county 'WJast fall. |