The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-27
ARE MORMONS DISLOYAL?
MORE TESTIMONY AT SALT LAKE CITY
Priests of the Church Preached Treason
The American Flag Trailed in the
Dust-The Wife of the Murdered
Green Tells her Story.

SALT LAKE CRY, Utah, Nov. 22.-The
investigation being held to determine
whether alien mormons are eligible to
naturalization was resumed before Judge
Anderson this morning. Henry w. Law
renee, who was on the stand when the
court adjourned last evening, was re-
called for cross examination. He testified
that communication from the church
meant ostracism in every way by the NOR
mon people. He had heard many SER
mons preached which were disloyal, and
the general tendency of the teachings OF
the church during all the years he be-
longed to it was to ALLEVIATE the feelings OF
the people from the government. He re-
iterated the statement that the church was
the present literal kingdom OF God. Mr..
Lawrence stated that he believed the NOR
mon people would become loyal If their
leaders did not teach disloyal doctrines.
Extracts from the sermons delivered by
Brigham Young Heber c. Kimball and
other leaders were then read and show
conclusively that the priesthood claimed
the right 10 dictate to the people in all
things temporal as well as spiritual. A
number of witnessed testified that in May,
1879, there was a big demonstration in
this city in honor Of the release OF Daniel
NJ. Wells from the penitentiary, where he
had been committed for contempt OF court
in refusing to answer questions regarding
the endowment house ceremonies. At
the polygamy trial they testified that the
procession consisted OF many thousad NOR
mons, who went up the main street trail
ing the American flag in the dust, and in
passing the federal courthouse they saw
Judge Emerson, who committed Wells,
standing on the balcony and yelled and
hOOted at him.
In the afternoon many witnesses testl-
fed in regard to the mormons half-masting
the flags of this city on July 4, 1885. The
defense called Joseph FOllett to refute the
testimony given by Witness Wardwell in
regard to the killing of Green for apostasy
in 1862. The witness testified that he
never heard of the affair before. The
prosecution then offered in evidence
paper served on member of the mormon
church by Bishop Hisward, citing him to
appear in the bishops court tonight and
be tried for obtaining judgment in the
L. S. court against other members of the
church for the failure to perform contract.
This course fully demonstrates the charge
made that the church does dictate and
controlthe temporal affairs. The attorneys
for the prosecution read many revelations
alleged to have been received from Joseph
Smith in which God commanded certain
mormons to be burnt. They also read
from a sermon by John Taylor
which said if the government attempted
to cut out the mormon ulcer as had been
proposed in congress, then the United
States will be cut off from being a nation
and its star would set in a sea OF blood.
The question OF pOlygamv was then taken
up, and the recent editorials from the
church organ, announcing that it was
fixed and unaltefable Jaw OF God, was
offered in evidence and it was shown in
this connection that convictions for the
violation OF the Edmunds law had been
more numerous since January, 1889, than
for any similar period in the history OF the
territory. The attorneys Tor the church
denied that the polygamous marriages are
now being solemnized, but when Ques-
toned, admitted that no records of such
marriages were kept and that they had no
means of knowing ii they were being
solemnized or not.