Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-14
OUR OWN LAND.
CLEVELAND VISITED BY A NOR.
MON DELEGATION.
Rosecrans to be Collector at San
Francisco-Railroad Consoi-
idation-Grant Worse.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To rHE REcoRn-uS1oN.l


ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To rHE sEcoRp-uS1oS.l
Cleveland and the Murmons.
WASHINGTON, May I3th.--Congression
Delegate John T. Caine, of Utah, John w.
Taylor, son of the President of the Mormon
Church, and John Q. Cannon, son of ex-
Congressional Delegate Cannon. who COM
pose the delegation sent by the Mormon
Church to lay before the President a state
ment of the grievances Of the Mormons,
and to present the address recently adopted
by q mass meeting of MormonS against the
action Of Federal officials, called by ap-
pointment at the Executive Mansion this
morning and were received by the Prcsi-
dent in the library. As the delegation en-
tered the President was seated at his desk
but Immediately arose, shook hands with
Mr.. Game, and was then introduced 10 Mr.
Taylor and Mr.. Cannon. Mr.. Game then
read the address To the President, who re-
manned standing during the interview
The President listened courteouSly and at
tentively to the address, and, upon its con
clusion, said We'll, gentlemen so far, OF
course, as the Edmunds law was concerned
had nothing TO do with that. OF course
1t Is my duty 10 see that il is enforced as
well as all other laws. You are entitled 10
fair consideration and to have the law
impartially administered, rs You ask. and
so far as any appointments which / shall
make are concerned, | will endeavor to
give you the character of men who will see
that the law is impartialy administered
| hope soon TO get at these matters, but il
will require little time" The Presidents
face broke into u smile as ne concluded {.
" | wish you out there could be like the
rest of us"
'.All we ask. replied Mr.. Caine, is
that the law shall be impartiajly admin
iStered"
.'You are entitled TO that" said the
President. And, so far as am con-
cerned, | shall see that il is done | Will
give these matters my attention rs carefully
as possible
Another delegation entered at this time
and the Mormons sauted the President
and withdrew.
FULL TEXT OF THE ADDRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 13th-Following is
the address presented by the MormonS to
President Cleveland
M President: The Latter Day Saints. assem-
bled in general conference at Logan, Utah, on
the 9th day of April, 1855, appointed Il commit
tee to draft specific statement of the wrongs
they have suffered. and are still suffering from
the tyranical conduct Of Federal officials. The
committee, thus created, submitted the result of
its laborS 10 the Mormon people, gathered in
mass meeting in the several counties of that
Territory on the ID of May, 1850, and the peo-
pie, of their own free win. unanimously and
enthusiastically ratified jhis " declaration of
grievances and protest and the under
signed were delegated to come here
and formally deliver the same to
you. In the performance of this duty
we beg leave to assure you that this doc
umenJ voices the unified expression OF the
whole Mormon people II is not the mere die
tum of the Church authorities. The First Pres
idency Of the Church had nothing whatever to
do with the preparation or the ratification of
this declaration of the peoples grievance and
their protest of the wrongs inflicted upon them.
The people wanted TO have formulated the facts
of their faith, such as are made the cause of
complaint against them, and also q statement of
the acts OF the men who have been sent
by the General Government to rule over them.
This has been done, and the people have ap-
proved thereof, and made it their act and deed
In the exercise of the right guaranteed To them
by the Constitution OF the United States nearly
300 citizens appeal to their fellow citizens for
q fair hearing, and petition yOu for re
dress of their grievances. The Mormon
people have been patient, fOrbearing
and long-suiiering. They have not been. they
are not now, and they will not be dislOy at or
lawdefying. They have within the law
Steadfastly resisted what they believed to be
unjust enactmentS but they have not resisted.
and viii not resist, any Judgments OF the
Courts. They maintain, however, that they
ought not to be made the victims of special leg
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general law applying alike 10 al tne nhabl-
tants of the Territory, over which the United
StateS ciaiin "a G eNGGi1SiYe JURISDICTION. IL must
NV ?ecA Ili'eLIuTi ~ suppress vice ana IN
morality, as well as to punish the Nor
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IN every age "t thc "ofid Ihey pehcYe II as
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makes tneil @ cohnpene OF the ultimate triumph
ol @ @tneiI taust lBey Ieel anu know tlat their
leIslU1u on i ol you anu tnat tne wicked and
VIII str!Fe against II IN
' am. we arc noI mere, Mt. PRESIDENT,
10 10 ASK laVoIs nj Your hands.
lhose VINO sent us but ask for
sHIpIG Jusl zee, 1heS 90 not ask You 10
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