Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-23


return from prison. Would Mr..
Dickson have had them burn him?
Court-They were hohoring q
man for disoteyiBg the law.
leGrand Young-Is it an evil
dcnce Of disloyalty because they
welcomed man whom they loved?
The court said it was an unusual
thing to welcome a man from the
Penitentiary,
Dickson read from the case Of o.
p, Arnold, in April, 1855, when he
promised to obey the law. He said
he read it to show that those who
agreed to obey the law were treated
with contempt and disfavor by the
! people. Dickson said that Mr.
Arnold was afterwards convicted
and imprisoned for violating the law
a second time.
Dickson read two editorials from
the DEsERET News Of October :.
1880, relative TO the cases of Bishop
ii. b. ClawsOu and :. w. Sears.
The one on the position Of the for.
mer is entitled 'dmprisonment and
Honor" and the latter "I.iberty
and Dishonor." In the same papcr
the course Of t. o. Angel is mer-
toned.
lie Grand Young insisted that the
remarks Of those who had been dis
iranchised should not lie accepted as
evidence, I'm view of the fact that a
large Biaiority-of the Church were
moi pOlygamists.
Baskin said TIE statement that
polySamy is less prevalent or firmly
rooted today than heretofore he be-
heved 10 be Incorrect, PDlyeamists
were not allowed 10 vote but they
TOOK part IN public meetings and
were teachers Of the people.
Dickson said that for nearly thirty
years the government had striven
to suppress pOlygamy, but it was
just as prevalent as ever. He
thought it a disgrace 10 aimit a
Mormon to citizenship, aud the
practice could not be stopped too
soon,
lie Grand Young said that he
knew pOlygamy was on the decrease,
This Is q matter that is well known
as history. Compare it with The
condition in 1851 and 1862, when
nearly every man was n pOlygamist. |
Now ii IS entirely different, and
most of the cases now prosecuted |
were for unlawful cohabitation.
Baszin said the people have been /
drilled better in playing 'Iossum.
LeGrand Young said that re-
mark was unworthy Of even Bas- /
kin. One reason for the great num- /
Der Of convictions was on n techni- |
cal construction Of the law, and the /
last years had produced a greater /
number because they had kept out 4
of the way to avoid Dickson's segre-
CATION scheme which would send a .
man 10 prison for life, and was set |
aside by the courts. There WAS also !
the unusual severity ofthc courts at !
first.
Dickson said that in the carly his
tory Of the prosecutions the Church
leaders urged the people to go into
polygamy. One polygamous mar
rage had been celebrated this wear.
Every case had been fought where
there was a chance of escape.
The Court said that while the
was not responsible for
the utteEInces Of the DESERET
News, yet it was the organ Of the
Church which he belonged to. For
belonging TO it he is partly RESPONSE
BILE. It's a case Of being in bad
and that is the basis of
the objection to him.
r. w. Young said these utter
ances were to pOlygamists, and not
to mOnogamists.
The Court said the editorials en-
breaking the law. i
Dickson read an editorial from
the News OF October 81, 1SS5, COM
menting on the opposition to Gel
eStial marriage.
Baskin read from a discourse by
F. ID. Richards, July Is, 1855.
B3skin's manner to the attorneys
on the other size was at times ex-
ceedingly insolent.
Baskin then took up the Book OF
Mormon, and with an insulting re-
mark To the attorneys for the de-
Ierse, read from the book relative to
he prohibition Of polygamy among .
he Nephites.
Baskin also read n revelation given
IN lSil, directing the family of l..
Robinson TO be charitable TO a family
hat needed comfort and assistance.
He also read from an old edition of
he Doctrine and Covenants, saving
hat the same revelation was not in
he new edition. statement that is
IN error.
In the revelation about the Maui
zoo House, the Court interrupted by ,
aging, "The rates per Gay are not !
;iven are they?"
Mr. Thurman said he protested !
Igainst this reading if il was done ,
.Olely to make mirth.
T. w. GOung-I will say in reply !
o the Courts remark about the !
ates, that il was understood that
trangers were to bc entertained free
f charge at the NauvOO House.
BaSkin was allowed 10 go on with :
lis reading. T
When he got through court took !
eccss till 7:3O pm.
At the evening session
MARK M'Kr,iMINs 5
know Charles Gilmor: l !
link his reputation for truth and }
eracity is good. l never heard :
nything against him. \
To LeGnnde YOung-I am ac- r
tainted with one person who re- 4
dies near Gilmor; never cunvensed },
18th any Of his Deighbors about 4
i'm. sold him some horses six OF K
wen years ago; we speak when we +
lcet; that is all our intimacy. I
DEPUTY ARTHUR PRATT k
d. H. Wells was y
LEASED from the penitentiary l was !.
deputy marshal. Judge Emerson i
)mmitted Mr.. Wells. The pro- :,
,ssion was very large one, made Il
p of vehicles. horsemen and chill l,
zen. The police were ahead. ID. Il
!. Wells was in carriage near the n
ead Of the procession.
LeGrand Young-Is n procession II
; the people unlawful? N
Dlckson-l want 10 show Its mag m
tude. II
LeGrand YCung-People may adj "
ire a man without committing m
eason. p.
b askin-When a man was COM HI
e from prison is it proper to give al
m an ovation? =;
Iceland 1oung-It is not unlaw- e
Pratt-One of the banners had the 81
ords, "We believe in polygamy.'' in
ne procession was cheering, and "a
III. Wells acknowledged the to
leers- In 1874 or 1875, / had a OF
bpDna from the Third District st
'urt for Brigham Young; went to dc
e latter's office and saw ID. o. la
llder to whom told my business. IA.
e said | could not see the Presi- in
mt, and said they would serve it re