Show THE GOVERNORS SOME V t governor cleb caleb AV IV west it issued th the following proclamation which was promptly telegraphed allover lLover ft abe country last night nii oy ul t 1 liver ive 01 r aci within una this territory au an organization 0 12 animation aniza tion of religionists denoel 4 latex the church of jesus christ of latter day dav sainte 11 known also as the laimon cormon lo imon cli church ach has bus its beard and from hare bald said body lias bas heretofore sent and now has missionaries in mandof many of the stales states in the tile united states and in foreign countries to its faith and inducing indu cirg its converts to immigrants grante grunte to and settle in this territory and such ini I 1 m migration hadj haa it heretofore areto fore and continues to come into lift tho territory and crip the th e said church in its places of worship thron fth its public teachers and press proclaims the light right and duty of its member to violate tile law of the land upon the subject of marriage 1 aud and the chief chi ef officers of said body the first presidency are now in hiding biding avoiding the process of the tile courts under tinder charge of violation of said law and others of its prominent members apostles bishops a and n d teachers are confined in the benite penitentiary n under conviction and sentence of violation of said law and Wn EurAs great expense is necessarily incurred and our courts contina cont inu ally burdened with the trial of offenders against eaid said law now therefore 1 I caleb W west governor of utah territory while disclaiming all right to interfere with the tle religious belief of any yet recognizing the duty of all to obey the law of the land do hereby make proclamation of the foregoing facts and warn all violators of the law lair as 0 to o the marriage relation that they do incur and subject themselves to heavy finnesand fines fine sand and imprisonment and all well vell disposed persons from asso s elating themselves with any persons I 1 or organization for the pur porse of immig immigrating rati ng to this Territory to enter into or maintain any marriage relation other than that allowed and sanctioned by law or to aid and abet others in so doing in testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand band caused the great seal of the territory to be affIx affixed od done at salt lake city this sixteenth day of july A D 1886 1880 L arseal CALEB W WE WEST at governor by the governor L THOMAS secretary of utah well well abst bat dext verily the people of utah do dolot not know what a governor they have I 1 1 I cabel W west do hereby make proclamation of the foregoing facts which are either known to tp everybody or n not ot exactly facts evidently his excellency wants to make a show of himself he in forma forms the heathen that there is a body of religionists in utah denominated nonina nominated ted the church of jesus christ C h ris I 1 t of batter latter day saints known as the mormon church which has a pretty vigorous body of mission missionaries laboring all over the world wor id then his E eutlee highness goes onto on to make a declaration which is false when ho he states hat that this mormon churchin urchin Cb its places of worship through ita its public teachers teacher and press openly proclaim the right and duty of its members to violate 0 tho the laws 01 of the land upon the sub eject of marriage we challenge gov west or any other man lo 10 cite an gin instance where the mormon church through any of its agents in a its press or its pulpit has done anything of this sort the council of the first presidency of the church has been from the first fl t to pay d du lie e i fforence t to 0 tile law of the land no mormon authority baa bad aver ever advised members of the church that it is is their right and duty to violate the law theland of the land it has been represented that the edmunds act is a cruel prescriptive proscriptive meanly partisan and wicked law viciously distorted and execute executed a by a set of miserable carpetbag carpet bag statesmen it has hits been stated that there is a ble bleff of can intriguers bent upon sowing in discord and fleecing the people in the name of law but that is tho the extent of it il further on in his proclamation governor elates states that the first presidency is I 1 in r a biding hiding and a large num berof the leading men of the ibe church are in prison as if nobody ever heard beard of that before but his highness neglects neg lecta to state that he offered to beg for amnesty aro neaty for all those who are imprisoned if it they would only repudiate their belief and their wives and not one of them all was so base as to do that it is very well known that the first presidency deric y is not in hiding bebau they have bave violated any law but rather because they are falsely accused cu by gillians vill vil lans lians who have the power and the will to convict them unjustly and imprison them iti abl abla governor west also declaims declai ois that he be disc disclaims laimi all right to interfere with the religious belief of any one bosel then why does he be send forth an uncalled for and utterly useless and impotent bowl howl because men conscientiously believe in eels cels estial marriage as a divine ordinance and cond condelin con depin exan any law which wily really strikes only at that belief cleb W weela rao tives may be offis x good aliat hie his is child imir 1 ial he estr ebie he lie jj u u astir no more capable of dealing with wi i the great greit local problem thau his grandiloquent egotistical nonentity ON predecessor |