The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-06

Pursuant to the call made by the COM
mittee appointed at Logan, to draft a
series of resolutions of protest to the
President and people of the United
States, in which the wrongs of the
people of this Territory were to be set
FORTH the people of the Davis Stake of
Zion assembled en- masse at Farming
Ton on Saturday, May ID, at l pm, and
after listening a short time to music by
the Kaysville martial band, were called
to order by Bishop J. NJ. Secrlst Of
Pennington, who nominated Mr..
Thomas F. Roueche, of Kaysville, for
chairman. Mr.. Roueche was unanim-
Ously elected He thanked the assembly
for the honor conferred. and asked for
the election OF a secretary and such
other officers as may be deemed neces-
ary. The following were then nomI
mated and unanimously elected to the
several offices respectively:
Joseph Barton. secretary.
David Stoker, vice-president.
John W. Whitaker, James III. Wilcox,
assistant secretaries.
Calvin W. Richards, sergeant-at-arns
George Palmer, door keeper.
After the organization was completed,
Mrs. Dora Robinson, assisted by Mr..
Joseph E. Robinson, sung 1.-The Star
hpangled Banner" chorus by the Farm
mgtOn choir.
The chaplain then offered up prayer
and was followed with music by the
Aaysville Martial Band.
The chairman in plain, concise lang
aage, then stated the object of the meet
mag and called for the reading OF the De-
caratiOn of Grievances and Protest,
prepared by the committee. This was
done very ably, in clear and impress
i've style by Assistant Secretary ]. H.
Wilcox. During the reading and at the
goSe, the applause was frequent and
hearty. At the close of the reading
MS h. Brown sang Land of Washing
I9n" assisted ia the chorus by the
farmington choir.
Mr.. Thomas J. Steed, of Pennington,
moved that it is the sense of this meet
ing that we adopt the Declaration of
uheyanceS and Protest as read, and
earnestly endorse the protests therein
oatalned, and followed with short,
p:?ated and telling speach IN support
u ~ us motion. Speeches were made by
T Wln. K. Barnes, of Kaysyille, Job
pn.ellng, OF Pennington, and Joseph
parton, of Kaysviile, depicting in a gra-
pme manner the wrongs suffered by the
~ aie4noerS of the Church of Jesus Christ
v " ;Latter-day Saints, since the organi-
s Sslon of the church to the present
Ie the mobbings and drivings of
maSC and other places; the call
I usue Tor the Mormon Battalion; the
representations of Federal officials
n Ie general government in regard to
toTM ormons;" the luminosity shown
6o @ofmons by officials sent to Utah
t5ePpefyerSion of laws, and partiality in
sets u administration; the high-handed
IIT VI me Utah Commission in arbitra-
ins ana without authority, prohibit
irsn., me exercise of the elective
Who 1C ms by members of the church
we're violating no law, but were IN
efpannoouS Ylrtuous and law abiding
q asL;s Oh the United States; and while
class 'iIFFarily and unjustly keeping this
COmn,9I citizens from the polls, the
profa 1ltsSlon as carefully guS,. led and
m0st s'5ed the elective franchise OF the
Norrr, uepraved and lewd of the nom
acbonoo l part of the population. The
Sent bo. u the Federal Judges, who are
6aIyn q to administer the laws impair
imp9or,ttnnCow that they forget the high and
Ehen,o,rant position they occupy. for
Come y, Mormon is On trial they be-
The vino S;ttH4alctive and spiteful, ignoring
suit tbhi a law and naming law to
sure . Ease case in hand-anything to in
MeanSs ooonylction, the end justifying the
PrOcla;IrSan9 as one of our Federal judges
has caIIle5u, The mission which God
as S' rne, upon me to perform in Utah
Courts nuch above the duties of other
aboye t suu judges as the heavens are
Rharerehg earth. and whenever and