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Show DEFAMING UTAH. At a meeting in Pittsburg on Wednesday, Apostle James E. Tal-mage Tal-mage and Wesley E. King were hissed and hooted by an assemblage J known as the Third World Christian Citizenship conference. The Utah men were present to refute attacks made on the people of this state !by Mrs. Lulu Shephard, who is recognized as a bitter enemy of Mor-i monism. Wesley E. King, who is not a Mormon, in reporting the discourtesy, "They hissed me down at the meeting because I said that, although al-though I lived in New York, in Chicago and elsewhere, I had never known people so temperate, so moral, so honest, and so easy to deal with as the Mormons, I had said that, you understand, under-stand, as a non-Mormon. I have no affiliation with the Mormon i church. I oppose Mormons every day in my business. Nothing gives Mormomsm greater spread than meetings such as you had this afternoon in Pittsburg. Statements most preposterous and absurd were made against the Mormons. We try to reach them by legislation and education, and we have weakened the Mormon Mor-mon church. Naturally, we have no desire thai our work be j spoiled by such attacks as were made here by people whe make HH a living by fighting Mormonism." The conference, after mistreating the Utah men. adopted the fol- 1 That the national congress, in both blanches, be urged to re fuse a seat to any man who has taken upon himself an obligation of allegiance to the Mormon prophets. That the attorney general of the United States be urged to compel Mormon prophets to account for the property conferred in trust by the government of the United States. That the postmaster genera! be urged to exclude from the mails Mormon church books or doctrine which teach polygamy I and that the Mormon church government is supeiior to all other governments. That all ministers of evangelical churches everywhere be advised ad-vised of the danger of Mormonism and its subtle invasions of I I ' Christian congregations, so that its emissaries may not gain cn- try into Christian fraternities. I&H proPer departments of foreign government where Mormonism is conducting active missionary work be advised of its dangerous and blasphemous character, and that they be asked to exclude its missionaries from their countries as long as Mormonism Mor-monism teaches crime and disloyally to the civil government. Finally, the committee believes that Mormonism is as definite j in its purposes as was the militarism of Germany, and that it is as dangerous now to the world as militarism was thirty years ago. Utah is progressing and there is a better feeling among all classes of 'the people than ever before. Why should outsiders be so deeplv concerned over the welfare of this state when at home there is contentment con-tentment ) Ogdcn and other cities in Utah are beginning to feel the good effect ef-fect of capital from distant points seeking investment, and pJI elements ele-ments of the population are opposed to a campaign which has for its object the creating of distrust and the driving out of those who are coming here to develop new industries. Utah has suffered sufficiently from adverse agitation and it if about time that a solid front be presented to repel the agitators. |