The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-10-28
MISS KATE FIELD,

Miss Kate Field, whose crusade against |
the Mormon iniquity has received the warm
Endorsement Of the Commander-in-C Chief and
so large portion of the GAR, is one ofthe
most rarely-gifted women of this or any
other country. Born of brilliant parents,
who were the intimate friends and assOci-
ates of men and women whose names adOrn
history, she breathed from her birth the air
of high culture and achievement. With
highly organized brain and ardent aspira-
tions, she thriyed in this atmosphere and
grew to an intellectual stature very rare
among either men or women. Before she
had fairly entered her teens she attracted
attention rs a writer, and theneeforward her
reputation steadily enhanced. She became
distinguished rs writer of successful
books as an accomplished critic and essayist,
and talented artist. She was casually in
duced to try the lecture platform, and her
success was immediate and great Anna
Dickinson wrote of her, after meeting her
the first time:
Witty, pungeni. concise OF speech, hating shams
with royal hatred. With beautiful brown eyes
that penetrate deep while they reveal depths, and
firm mouth that dominates the delicate face and
seems to say TO IL and 10 any wearying that lies be-
yond il, Advance You have your work to do,
your plan 20 accomplish; doand them"
Three years ago she took a sightseeing
| tour through the West. Cold weather drove
her to Salt Lake City, and she became in
terested in the Mormon question. The
more she looked into il the more intensely
interested she became, and the more neces-
sity she saw of awakening the world to q
full knowledge of what Mormonism means.
Instead of leaving within week, as she
proposed, she staid in salt Lake City eight
months, eagerly studying up every phase of
the matter. The Salt Lake City Tribune
says:
Miss Field is probably the best-posted person
outside the high Mormon Church officials and 9TH
ers who have been i'm the Church, on this institu-
tion in the world and its effects upon men, women
aud Governments With fxedness of purpose
which nothing could sweTye, and with an energy
which neither Storm mud. SNOW, cold looks, the
persuasions or even the loss of friends could for
moment dumpen she has held on her course In
the tabernacle in the ward meeting house, in the
| homes of high MoTmons, and, when they wer,
closed 10 her. in the homes Of the poor, she Ina,
worked upon the theme while every scrap of his
tory which appeared 20 give any light upon tn,
/ lTtaH a .Hstn
: ism has been TO her like fever. Ii has it
course and now she is going away. II she propose
10 lecture she ought 90 be able to prepare bette
lecture on Mormonsm than she has ever yet dc
livered; il book Is la process of incubation
ought to be of more value than any former boOl
r on this subject. Lecture or book will be ntens
enough To satisfy all demands. The Tribune give
the world notice in advance that Miss Field has
most intimate knowledge of the Mormon kingdom
| At regular meeting of ]. b. McKeal
Post, No. /, GAR, Department of Utah
. held Sept. q, the following preamble ant
r resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas James b. Mexican Post, No. ], has bee
on outpost duty for years and during all that tim
; las been surrounded by people Of "A communit
. ! opposed TO our Government, at enmity with Amer
lean institutions. hostile to our flag, and in a
> human probability the unequal contest betwee
the minority Of the citizens Of Utah who are loyi
+, and the majority of the Mormon Church will, with
out outside assistance, be protracted until no so
x der Of 1865 will be alive; and
Whereas the careful, long continued and INTEL
gent study by Kate Field OF the issues between Ill
a Government OF the United States and the Aformo
9 power in Utah is we'll known TO us as coInradC
and citizens; and
f Whereas her able and faithful work In the eau: