Show JOHN T CAINE calls president Clerf lands alien tl on to a few facts W dec sin ibave the honor to transmit the result of the inquiry oriade by the council of salt laiq city touching the unfounded depre sen tationa made to you by the gov er tho territory off utah and other federal of ficiala seriously re fleeting upon the peaceable and law abiding character of the mormon citizens of jhb territory I 1 am sure you will be convinced after reading the cunial report of the city council thui ian federal lotfi bials grossly misrepresented the char acter of the mormon and that there was not a scintilla of truth in the statements they made to you of danger to life and property atthe of lawless men inspired iby mormon you will notice that the scope of ati 0 inquiry was broad enough to cover ali e whole ground that atie federal and the military I 1 authorities invited to be present and give their testimony that every wild ru mor was traced lo 10 its origin you will observe that it was conclusively proved that no body of armed men came into talt lake city an d thai the rumor of the threatened lunching lynching lyn ching of marshal collin waa wholly untrue that the gathering at lily hall on the of the shooting sho otine of by collin was a yuet and orderly assembling of not moio than two hundred people that the stories about the secretion ef arms and ammunition in the city andlee andl he organizing and arminog armin of cormons mormons in the various settlements throughout the territory were without any foundation in fact 1 I cannot doubt sir hat you must be satisfied that the monstrously false stories which have been telegraphed to the eastern press had their source in the same quarter ubence emanated the representations made to you tiey are but exaggerations of lle baseless rumors which irresponsible partisans of the governor originated doubtless for the sole purpose of affording him a pretext for requesting the quartering of federal soldiers in salt lake city As 1 have heretofore a yon verbally and in writing it is not alie grebence pre bence of troops quartered in the city of halt lake which we protest against but the false malicious and misrepresentations which induced you to order them thither I 1 beg you sir to reflect for a moment the serious injury those false accusations have caused a whole community which whatever may be the difference of opinion rn a nd nape Pe IS the whole civilized world aa an emi neatly cable and conservative one not only have the vast material interest s of alic mormon people been irreparably damaged by these wickedly false stories but a feeling of in security lias been created thereby in the minda of capitalists who leavo invfio ted millions in utah I 1 respectfully submit mr president that the men who have so grossly deceived you in this matter are unworthy bf your confidence and unfit to represent the federal government their offense has not be en a trivial one it is a vry arid serious matter to bear false witness against an individual and still mure reprehensible to vilify traduce and lie about a whole perillo pe tho offending ot the has been by inspiring the wildly to the of the country which would have been treated as they deserved by all reflecting people if the stamp of truth had not been given to the the ordering of troops from omaha to butali and the quartering thereof in salt lake city far removed as yon ara from the scene of these occurrences and nati orally birdp the men who represent the federal govern in utah you that it was but on your part to till their application fr additional troops controlling as cheso oln aiala fo an intemperate and violently partisan newspaper and th roush it alio associated press dispatches bent ironi salt lake city they have been able to give wide circulation their deliberately manntai mann fai lured fal shooda the action of UK federal government thus ln It sturn a ft part of of people cormons mormons were anthe point of rebellion while therefore it Is true that 0 additional troops in butali und the of a company in salt lake city has not been per se ari injury to any individual ho resultant auve diee ser louly to alio morion the whole country r the who anre responsible for thing I 1 repeats ought not to retain your contu lence 1 submit moreover that in view of tho demonstrated unreliability of aliese of their to fay the leat suspicious conduct the people 1 have the honor to represent ought to have the opportunity to by fair and impartial men who would to an invitation fi anu you to and make inquiry aad rep rt the acts for the guidance of your ad ministration yen JOHN T CAIN K 1 to the president i |