The Dillon tribune., 1882-01-28
Antl.NormOn Demontration II. the East
F lblic Meeting at Chicago.

Anti.Mormon Demonstration In. the East |
r ablic Meeting at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. s3.-Some a,soo persons,
including large number Of ladies', Assem-.
oled at FarweIl Hall tonight to take
part par In the anti. Mormon meeting. Hon.
lhomas Hoyne was appointed chairman,
and after naming various committees, in.
trod.'ced Hon. Schuyler Colfax, who de.
!ivered the chief address OF the evening.
tie recalled the history Of Mormonism IN
america, its arrogance and aggressive
spirit, which he declared would not be
tolerated in any other land under the sun.
1he only remedy was the utter aud com.
plete extirpation Of the institution, No
compromise should be offered.
john Wentworth, OF Chicago, made a
speech whose central point was the en-.
torce'nent OF the law and the danger OF
triding with Mornlonism, which is lawless.
ess itseit
DIR. Herrick Johnson followed with a
comparison between Mormonism and Mo.
hainniedanism to the great advantage vi
the latter as religious aud social creed.
Whliam bross concluded the speeches
ny reading dispatches re,e ,eivel from a large
numoer oi cities where meetings were held
to'niyht. The following was sent In reply:
"lhe citizens Of Chicago, in mass. meet.
ing assembled, congratulate their fellow
countrymen ON tine interest being aroused
throughout the country, and respectfully
urge upon you to Apo a committee and
continue the work until every State is
thoroughly aroused and the iniauity OF
poiygamy is blotted OUT
line following resolutions were adoDted:
WHEREAS, Polygamous Mormonisin is
steadily Oh the increase In this country.
mena.ing the National safety and outray.
ing the moral sense, OF the people, and
WHEREAS, The present laws, by the con.
tession of Justice Woods, OF the United
States Supreme Court, are inadequate to
check the growth Of this evil, and tur thsr
legislation to this end on the part Of Con.
gress is imperatively required; therefore,
be it
Resof,ed, BY the citizens OF Chicago il.
mass meeting assembled, that the time has
come when polygamy, which has always
been branded by all civilized nations as
crime which letters its subjects in the most
degrading bondage, should be promptly
suppressed by the stern hand Of the law !;
that as 1t rests with Congress to take such
measures as shall extirpate this foul evil
from the Territories OF the Republic and
enact laws that cannot either be nulliticd
or resisted, we call upon that honorable
body to act without further delay in the
premises, and provide what the enlightened
sentiment Of the country to-day demands.
Third-That the arrogant and deriving
spirit of the upholders OF polygamy nj.
lnonish us to lose no time in enlorc.ing
the same laws in Utah which bind the cit.
izvus ut every State in the Union.
Fourth-rhat while disavowing any
purpose Of interfering with religious rights
and liberties OF Mortnons, we do denla,.d
in the Interests Of common morality and In
Difference to the sentiment and practice Of
the civilized world that polyyamy, the cen
,ral figure and chief abo,nination of their
r.i,glo'', bh. extirlated. That as American
citizens we protest against any further de.
lay in dealing with an organized system of
'niquity which through its aggressive zeal
is planting colonies of its adhcrcn,s in
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon,
and and is bodily striking for political Us.
crndency In these Territories.
SiNtl,-rhat while we claim for the
States OF this Union the largest latitude in
the regulation Of their domestic concerns,
including the relation Of husband and wife
and all religious Subjects and would re.
sent any interference by the general gov
ernment in any such matters within any
State of this Union, We believe that the
control Of all such subjects in the 1rrritor.
les legitin,atelv belongs to the Congress
Of the United States and such Congress
possesses ample power II regulate them in
the interest OF the Nation at large.
Seventh-'rhat IN executive committee Of
six BE- appointed by the Chair 10 continue
~, Ia. kI>s
These resolutions are about the same as
thoscin all other meetings in the country.
Guilty.
Washington Jan. :sth.-3:4o p. M
Guiteau is declared guilty.
CannOn.C Campbell Case.
The Tribune's Washington special says :
The records and testimony in the contested
election case Of Cannon against Campbrll
OF Utah have been printed, aud Chairman
Calkins, OF the EIection committee, says
the committee will begin consideration OF
the case Tomorrow. One of the points
involved is Cannon's citizenship. Ac.
cording to the evidence ol Cannon's
brother, they both came to the United
States from England in lS+,, when the
contestcnt was fifteen years old. Five
years later he emigrated to Utah, and
two wears later, when he was ;. wears old,
to California. In 1880, according to the
testimony Of William Farrar, a brother
Mormon, Cannon was sent by the Church
as mi ,ionary to the Sandwich Islands,
where he remained until July. 1854, during
which period he translated the Book Of
Norman into the Hawaiian language.
Cannon claims that on December J, 1884,
he became duly naturalized as citizen
of the United States, and he produces Il
certificate that he was so naturalized, but
by the journal Of proceedings Of the court
fails to show the fact ot such naturaIiza-
ton, as the law Of Utah requires. 1t is
therefore, not only Cannon's
certificate of naturalization is null and
void, because issued in controvcntion Of
law, but that he was not entitled in 1854
to a certificate, becau> he had not csmtin
uously resided in the United States during
five years next pcceding the date Of It's
issue
Another roint which the elections com
'nittee will bc called upon tn consider Is
whether man who admits that he lives
in open violation of the law Of the United
States, the penalty for which is fine not
exceeding $500 and imprisonment not ex-
:eeding five years, and who also admits ne
has advised and taught others to violate
hat law. Is entitled to seat in Congress.
Cannon heard his wives were to be su,p.
noned to testify in the case. and to avoid
,,at he agreed 10 admit these facts.
Polygamy Not \ disqualification.