Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-22
President Cleveland and The Chairman
I &' Delegation. ss!-i ~

| Congressional Delegate John T. Game Of
Utah, John Taylor, son of the president Of the
Mormon church, and John @ Cannon, son Of
ex- Congressional Delegate Cannon, who CON-
pose the delegation thy the Mormon church
! to lay before the president a statement Of the
grievances OF the Mormons and present pro-
against tie action of the federal officials, called
4 by appointment at the executive mansion
and were received by the president IN
the library. The president shook hands with
Mr.. Game and was then introduced to Mr.. lay
Tor and Mr. Cannon. Mr.. Game then read the
address to the president It states that the adj
! dress adopted BY tho Mor1nons on the I'd inst,
which has already been published, was not is
sued at the dictaton OF the church authorities,
but was . voluntarily popular expression.
Game 9 address says: u ", 81 ~ fsgE .5t& /.
In the exercise Of q right guaranteed to them
| by the constitution Of the United States, nearly
2OO, 600 citizens appeal to their fellow citizens
for fair hearing and petition you for a. redress
Of their grievances. The Mormon people have
been patient, forbearing and long suffer-
ing They have not, will not be disloyal or law
| defying, They have steadfastly resisted what
J they believed to be unjust enactments, but
they have not resisted, and will not resist, the
! judgments Of the courts. 4 They maintain, how
ever, that they ought not to be made the
victims OF special legislation, enacted under
! u q
/ d The administration Of the Edmunds law is
complained of. in that it operates against Nor
mons only. The courts have held that Nor
mons who have maintained the offspring Of
their plural marriages and recognized as their
wives the women they ospoused before the
violation, and upon this ruling men have been
/ condemned and sentenced and are now under
going punishment, although they. we're ready
and offered to prove that they had not ecoha,
Norman, who confessed Is having 90
a duesd his wife's sister, was arrested upon the
charge of unlawful coha bitatiOn," but was,
\ upon ahabeas corpus proceeding, released, set
Z free by the chief lnskce Of the territory, who
such cases The Mormon people will endure
vastly more than the public conscience would
expect OF any people. but they insist that the
laws should no impartially administered by
fair and impartial men, who win not become the
allies OF an unscrnpulous coterie whose sole OBJ
ject is toplunder the Mormons Of their property
and liberty The women believe that the merci-
+ less crusade which has been waged against
D them is directed at their religion. They know
Il that the faith is unpopular, but in this respect
Y common lot Of true believers in every age Of
4 the world Their abiding faith il an oyerrul-
I Ing providence makes them confident Of the
1 ultimate triumph Of their cause They ask
4 but for justice. They recognize the fact that
i congress- are faithfully executed. Therefore
y we, in their behalf. respectfully ask that
you will hear their protest and give
s heed til 81 their request for q 81 fair
and inpsrtial q the Utah stl1a-
I ngainst unfair treatment 81 the part 81 the
genera gover1ine nt for the GO dement, Of this
8ycxed un0etion, s8s
10 pTss;dent xho rernainea sanding during