Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-15
AMAN FROM MoRMONDoNf.
He Tells Some Curious Facts About tho
Men and the System.
From the Ne,o York ReyaId.

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crowd around him in one of the parlors of
the Aston House yesterday morning by
his vigorous denunciation of the recent
pronunciamento of President Taylor, OF
the Mormon Church. He proved to be a
mine owner of local prominence, who evil
IDENTIFY thought he had grievances" to
complain OF at the very least as annoying
as those of the Latter Day Saints. eff l
had twenty men Of my own pick" said
he, "Pd find Jonn Taylor, George Q. Can
non, Charlie Penrose and the rest of the
gang in just no time q all. How would |
do it? Why, the first thing I'd make a
scout over every wire owned by the Des-
eret Telegraph Company. That's a Nor
mon concern, out and out. Tney lease
private wires 10 JOHN Taylor, but he can
command every line they own at pleas
ure. You may depe1d upon it, he's not
hiding n the mountains, but al some settle
ment in the Territory, or possibly in Salt
Lake City. ia send scouts out every night
and trace every bit OF Drseret wire from
the cOmpany's main office to the other
end Of the string. When YOU catch rav-
Tor you catch them all, for Cannon will be
with him, and PenrOse and the rest will
he only too proud to suffer what they call
| 'martyrdom' with their leader. The
/
/ I'm sure some devIlment is on foot. I'Ve
I lived too long in Utah to believe any
/ thing else than thai polyg9my will be
/ washed out only with Gentle blood
I There is next TO no available military
/ rejection. and the MOrmOns mum err at
least five to our one in fighting men. They
are In constant communication by cOu-
/ riers with Indian Tribes who have been
converted to their faith, and should Presi-
Ida. ~
tude they Will not postpone the massacre.
Fnen some of tue leaders and despcra-
does will fly TO Mexico, while the rest will
surrender and De forgiven. of the
Danites who are afterward captured,
Two or three may be executed or i'm
prls0ned, but the leaders and meters will
20 free. Their history is full Of blood
at0nemenr massacres, and they owe TOO
deep a grndge 10 the GentIles in Utah to
let their power slip away without work
ing vengeance. When :hev find that moth
inc is to be expected from the Federal adj
ministration there viii he lively times in
/ Utah. [ am something of a believer in
/ the sequence and grouping Of evenrs, and
| with that little war in the Northwest and
/ the Disturbances in Central America it
would only require an uprising in Utah
! to make 'three Of a klud'"
| AS the general epistle to the faithful
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been the cause of his remarks, the re-
porter questioned him further concerning
that rather remarkable production. "It's
Just such thing as you might expect
from that precious gang" replied he.
cannon is really the br1iniest Mormon
in the church, and has more weight with
Gaylor than all others combined. He
homes to be President some day himself
We call him Old SmOOthbore' on account
&t,o of b,
DISCUSSES the truth. Cannon inspires
most of the utterances of the head
of the church. Penrose, editor OF
the DeSeret NelcS, puts them in pre-
sentable literary condition, and Taylor
signs them or gives them speech. By the
time an address has pas ed through his
hands it can be read to mean anything.
TavlOr is an irascible old crank. brave
and hot-headed. He still carries NauVoo
lead in his body. Cannon is better known
in the East as a hard working, oily. pO-
little fellow, insinuating in manner and in
definite in utterance. Penrose is a mouth
piece Of the priesthood, despicable alike
for arrogance, malevolence and servility
as occasion may require.
"NOw, come over here ard sit down
while | show you what a patchwork Of
falsehood that epistle to the Logan Con-
ference is.
TO crea-2 public sympathy enough to eua-
BILE an administration to suspend the exc
cution of the laws against pOlygamy.
That is why his letter was published this
morning.
1T makes me mad to think how such
things influence the public mind in the
Eastern STATES, while the M0rmOns openly
gloat over tie contempt which they thus
bring on our efforts. feel tired when |
a. f. m hrsRal Of
lives 'citizens OF the highest type,' and
other such stuff. II prominent men are
selected for trial by jury 1t is for the sake
Oi reforming the evil by frightening the
Ignorant; il an accusation is practically
equal to a conviction, il is because these
apostles and bishops have laid themselves
open to punishment by rearing half a
dozen or more families. The MormOns
are the worst priest-ridden people IN the
world, and if Taylor, Cannon and Pen
rose get heavy sentences pOiygamy will
become very sick. 1t is not true that the
burden Of proof rests on the defendant;
if it had been so there would |
have been hundreds Of pOlygam.
lists in the penItendaries long /
before Brigham Young died. II the En- |
dUwment House books could be obtained /
thousands OF Mormons would 60 to jail. ! /
hear that they are surrounded with dyna-
mite, 50 that in the event Of their where /
abouts being discovered all the written /
evidence can at once be blown out Of eX-
istence. IL is this very lack OF proof that |
has made us despair Of convictions, /
although the pOlygamic relations OF /
TAYLOR, Cannon and Penrose are too /
notorious TO be denied by the great body /
OF Mormons. IL is because we have got /
some proof against them at last that thew |
are now hiding. or course, the jurors /
selected are opposed TO polygamists and /
the principles Of polygamy. A Mormon /
believing in the revelation commanding .
polygahy would be a fine juror, wouldn't /
heY We have tried those fellows and .
found that they regard an oath with COM
plete indifference.
ct is true that we do not always have (
a complete chain Of evidence when an in [
dictment is iOund-the circumstances are /
such That we are glad To- get any evidence /
at all, although morally certain that the
parties are guilty. The men Will not tes-
tlfy against themselves, the women dare /
not tell the truth the apostles, bishops .
ana elders will lie 10 save a brother po- .
lygamist. and the records are securely .
hidden. We are lucky 90 get any evidence /
at an. There IS no reign Of terror In Utah, /
pXcept the terror which the aroused ma I
ipsty of the law inspires IN the hearts Of .
poygamsts. The MormOns have several .
times tried 10 inaugurate reign OF ter /
ror over MS, but they found that we |
wouldn't scare. have repeatedly heard /
John Taylor urge bis congregations Ia the /