The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-24
rELEGRAPHIC.. NEWS.
A Series Of AnGi-MormOn Meet
tngs-CannoR 90 be Given D.
the DeIegate'srSeak. ,I5l

0oeu paltiSui1fly lnt0rested In the anti
Mormon meetings to be held here o,
Monday, has two columns Of response
this morning from all friends Of th
country, showing that there is a strcn
sympathy with he movement and tbs
10 all large cities similar meetings will b
held.
Chicago. 23.-Washir gton special: 4
publican mem Der of the election con
mittee says be thinks the Commits,
muHt report 10 CAnRon's favor, as u pre-
vious congress had investig Ated the nc at
ter and declared he was naturalized. Hi
polygamy does not legally di,qua,ify hin
from mem Dership.
There ls an aggressive Auti-Mnrmor
sentiment here, says the ITibHne's Wash.
lngton, which becomes manifest in bile
resolutions, petitions, memorials aad
small talk. Mormon spies and none =
are believed 10 be at work among col.
giessmen 10 discov,r aid work on their
weak points.
In CIR Oceans Washington Nauy
people from Utah are here working I'D .
m2veu emit to secure q new form of gov
eminent for the Territory. They do rot
desire territorial form of government,
nor do they want either Of the Utah bills
now before Congress to become law.
They propose to have Utah governed en-
the same general plan on which tie at
fairs of the District of Columbus are reg
ulated. They urge the appointment by
the Presiient OF 8 board of commission
ers, consisting OF eight or ten mem bers,
who shall take the place OF the governor
and legislature.
Kalamazoo. Mich. 23.-The Mormon
| question was very generally presented in
the pulpita here yesterday, and . strong
petition to congress for effective action
against polygamy is receiving hundreds
Of signatures.
New York. 22.-Rav. Dr.. Hall
preached against Mormonism yesterday.
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
New York, -TTi6uHe's Washing
ton: The records and testimony in the
contacted election case Of Cannon against
Campbell, Of Utah. have been printed.
sad Chairman Calkina, of the election
committee, says the committee will he
gin the consideration of the case next
Tuesday. One Of the points involved is
Csnnon's citizenship. According to the
evidence of Oannsn'S brother, they both
came to the United States from Eng
land in AZ, when the contestant was is
years old. Five years later he emf
grated to Utah and iva years later,
when be wss ~ years old, to California.
In 80, according to the testimony of
VIM. Farrsr, brother Mormon,
as missionarylto the Sandwich Islands,
where be remained till July, 1854. dur
ing which period he translated the Book
1 Of int ho H. L.
Cannon claims that on December Z,
citizen Of the United States and he pro-
ducss . certificate that ne Was 40 natural
lied. bat the journal Of the proceedings
of the court fail to show tie fact of such
naturalization, aS the laws of Utah re-
quire. 1t H. therefore, commended not
only that CRnnon's certificate of natural
ization is null and void. because Issued il
in contradiction Of the law, but that he
was Dot entitled in 1854 to q certificate,
because he had not continuously resided
in the United States during the five
years that preceded the date OF itl
| issue.
Another point which the election,
committee will be called upon to con-
slider, is whether man who admits that
he lives in open violation Of the law CT
the United States, the penalty for which
is fine not exceeding $500, and impris
OIL ment not exceeding five years, and
who also adnits that he has advised and
taught others to violGte that law, ia en-
tilted to seat in Congress. Cannon
heard his wives were to be summoned to
testify In the case, and 10 avoid that be
agreed to admit the facts.
SHELDON Jackson.
| New York, 23.-Rsv. DR.. Sheldon
jackson, for tweaty-three years q mis-
sionsry in Utah, Alaska and other parts
Of the northwest. preached last night in
Central Presbyterian Church On Nor
monifm. He said twenty five years age
Mormonism, like q little cloud, ap.
peared on the horizon Of Utah. It has
increased until to-day it covers that
whole territory, and holds q controlling
power in Utah, Montana. Washington,
Oregon, Arizons, New Mexico and al
most in the state of Color sdo. Nearly
one-third of the United States is occu-
pied by $50, 600 AormenS, who, spurred
By religious fanaticism, are determined
soon to rebel and then fight to the deKth.
We think that We make laws which gov
ern the territory, bat the officials ap-
pointed in Utsh by the President are
mere fgurehesds John Taylor has tae
governing power Of Utah. Sitting in
his Office in Salt Lake City, by the aid of
the telegraph, ne can reach every one of
his bishops, who can scatter his DEGREES
70 nearly the whole Mormon population
in three hours. John Taylor says TO
Utah, t, Arizona or to Idaho send
such man as delegate to Con.
gress, the Pc pie dare not
disobey lin. In Colorado even,
they c,H AIN st dictate who shall not
only he the congressman but also the two
senators from that ttate. Last summer
! when ali Cnristeneom was PRAYING for
the rec very Of the beloved President
all Mormondom was praying for mis-
death aud Guiteau Is now iaudej to the
skie. by these people. Ever since the
18th of september the Mormon bishops
have been f.unti7g their prayer test in
the face of the Gentiles. They are now
securing powder and arms and drilling
militia IN the back part Of Utah, and PIE
pairing far rebellion which is Inevitable.
The only means to avoid this is to edu-
cate tn, children, This work, can be
done by Christian women teachers.
There are to-day {, 600 Mormon children
in the day schools OF Utah, taught by
these missionaries, who are exciting un-
told influence not only among the chill
dren but also among the Mormon women,
and 500 more teachers are need. In ten
or fifteen years these children will be