The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-08


| the afternoon session.
Ma. SPEIRs asked how many citizens
had been invited. The response was
thirteen.
An adjournment was taken till 9
O'Clock. and the Recorder was requested
to specially invite the following gentle
men to be present: Apostles Lorenzo
Snow, f. D. Richards, j. II. Smith, II
]. Grant. John w. Taylor, Commits
sioner Mckay, Thomas Curtis and w
III. Van Horne.
Promptly at 2 o'clock the assent bly,
was again called to order. There were
present as visitors, Apostles Lorenzo
snow, John Henry Smith. L ID. Rich-
ards, John w. Taylor, Bishop A. L.
Raleigh and Bishop John Sharp.
Recorder Wells stated that all the in
vitations had been issued as Instructed.
He then read the following from Mar
shall Ireland:
SALT LAKE CITY. Decemb4 r :. 1855
Heller II. Wells, Recorder:
Sir:-Your communication OF The 5th
inst. regarding thu proposed investigation
by the City Council of the m tier aft citing
the peace and welfare o. the city aud its
inhabitants is received l would respect
fully say 10 the Hon. Ci Council that my
official duties are such as - preclude the
possibility OF my being present. 1 would
state further that were present could not
consistently advise you fur mr. ,han what
Is already before you, and pc. hapS i matter
of public notoriety.
Very respectfully,
K a. IRELAND.
United states Marshal.
The MAYOR stated the object of the
meeting, and asked the several Apostles
whether they could state ANYTHING rela-
tive to the condition of mind among
the Mormon people, whether there was
any probability of an uprising, any
public excitement or feeling of unrest
that might justify the many reports
which wire current.
APOSTLE LORENZO Snow said in answer
that he had been very much surprised
at receiving this invitation. As far as
he was able 10 judge there was nothing
whatever in the rumOro afioat of any
cOnten plated uprising or rOvnI1tian
He knew of no disposition to resist the
process of the law. Speaking person
ally, lie said that he himself had latterly
remained out of the way solely because
he understood he was to be arrested and
tried before tribunal where he could
expect nothing like justice. When he
was arrested he had gone freely, and
there had been no effort at resistance |;
all such tales we're pure fabrications.
Wherever he had been during the past
six months, and he had visited many
parts of the Territory, be knew there
were no such things as drilling, signals,
and no such thing as advising the peo-
pie to discipline themselves or to as
semble for kanY other than peaceful
purposes.
APOSTLE T. D. RICHARDS also made
an emphatic denial of the rumOrs aflOat.
There were no arms secreted anywhere
that he knew of, no Instructions had
been given TO arm, and he believed there
was no arming, even for indiYidu al pro.
lection. He had attended many con-
ferenees lately, and emphatically said
the advice and instructions at all such
were moderate and temperate; the aU-
thorities had carefully warned the PEG
pie to abstain from overt acts, to treat
the officers with respect In answer to
questions from Mr.. StringfelloW and At
torney Richards, he said there never
had been any instructions 10 the people
to assemble at any gwen signal. he knew
Of no banding or organizing among the
people, and he knew of nothing that
would warrant any feeling OF danger
among any class of citizens, and he be
lieyed that there was no reason for any
one to feel in any way except perfectly
secure.
APOSTLE john HENRY SMITH rose and
said this thing seemed to him like a
huge joke. He believed he could say
that no man had travelled and advised
more i'll the Territory than he had, and
he could honestly say that if there was
n hor1 runrlip0 anOl roonf1la nv
where, that people was in Utah Terri
tory at present. He was peace man
hin.sel because there was so much of
him TO be shot at, and he did not believe
the Mormon people generally liked the
smell of powder lie always went
arrued himself, with afour bladed pen
knife. but that was all. Answering
questions by the attorney and members,
| he denied emphatically any such thing
as arming or organizing among the
people IN the city or any part of tie
| Territory. II there were any such
| thing. he would decidedly know of il.
APOSTLE JOSH w. TAYLOR said he
could state nothing except what had
already been stated. He knew of roth
| ing whatever that would give rise 70
any such runners as were here current.
| BISHOP RALEIGH said deciSiyely that
| he had always been one OF the foremost
| to be called on in times Of Indian
troubles or other excitement. and he had
heard rot al intimation of any con-
templated move among the people
such as an uprising. He had good
many old firearms that he had never
been able to dispose OF; he repudlated
the idea that the Mormon notion va;
that they should gain any superiority
except moral or intellectual one.
BISHOP SHARP said briefly that he
knew of no trouble that The city author
tiles were not amply able to deal with
He said enphatically that there could
be no organizing or drilling that h
would not be aware Of
| THOMAS CURTIS OF the Third Ware
stepped forward and was examined by
the Mayor: His sister lived at Mr.
Variants; lie had never told her or any
one else that he. saw rope in th'
crowd Saturday night. lie was not !
town at all that night. and knew no
thug OF the shooting till next morning
! APOSTLE II. J. GRANT said that TO hi