Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-14
CHURCH DICTATION, "
An Investigation Of the Alleged
Revolution" In Logan.
THERE Is NOTHING IN IT.


" " lthklul lNNttlt lift~thAtu WI AiN
editorial page with strong indorsement
au1 commentator " the writer, who
signs his name WIN. X, Campbell, u
Mcndon, Cache county, aud who "a u
| Presbyterian minister living at that
place, some four or five miles from
Logan. As thi. letter furnishes the
most substantial charges that / have
noticed against the Mormon priest.
| hood for cxoIting ma Improper Church
Influence over political aiiairs during
the recent campaign, and a. the ND
uEC has frequently referred TO this let
/ ter as confirmation uf IT, standing In.
dictnent against the Mormon Church
| for bad fiitl ani covert designs In re-.
cent political movements. ! concluded,
/ iuasmuch as | was coming 20 Logan
/ for business purposes, TO remain pr0ua-
/ bly, fora week, to investigate the sub
| Ject matter about which Mr. Campbell
/ writes. ~ determine for myself how
far his statements Of fact aud accuse.
lions should be- regarded as tuistwor-
thy.
II II worthy OF notice that whereas
the TTiJuHC now speaks Ia most com.
mcniatOry terms OF Mr. Campbell, II
their filcs Of some four years back be
searched they viii be- found to contain
some very severe reflections ON this
same divine, a circumstance that leads
ug 10 wonder why II should occur ust
now that Iierod aud PLATE should all
at once become good friends.
70 get Mt the animuH aud makeup
OF Mr.. Campbell little take tlris scu-
tcbcc Of his letter; "rhe campaign In
Cache valley has been sad dlsappoint.
ment 10 all true Americans WIN are
| a I.s..-a....fH..Ns az han.
pens, the lsv. Mr.. Green Of Logan,
tho Presbyterian pastor OF reasonably
prosperous church here, was "A candi.
dhto on the Democratic ticket, aud
Mt. Campbell was Mr. Green's guest
ut the time TO which he refers M his
letter, AMI MT. Campbell was under
obligation Ia Mr.. Green for substantial
favOr at the time and at previous
times, and 70 far M I can learn, Mr..
Green stands well In this community;
hence the acrimonious ding Ia tue
sentence above quoted looks 10 mo not
only unjust and uucallcd for, hut n
somewhat trcacher1us rtquital % tho
fflcndlinus- and generosity VI n brur'
factor.
but TO come nj once 10 the most ma
tefial charge ~ Mr.. Campbell, that ON
the Saturday evening pre, eding tho
elections tho Republicans And Demo-
cfats both hello meetings, aud the he.
publican meeting closing hfst, many
went over 10 tho Democratic meeting.
aud that when Apostle Thatcher spoke
they tore oil their Republican badges
NJ a Sign that they rcnounccd their
party. His language Is, 80 eiioctu'
ally DID hs use apostolic Influence In
favor OF Democracy that the Republi-
caus began TO take or their Republican
badges and indicate that they were no
longer Republicans" Now In re-.
sponso to this, will say that | have
made very extensive inquiry Of all
PARTIES anu classes, aud have found not
one single confirmation OF this state
ment. All pronounce II false 20 far NJ
they have any knowledge OF iniorma-
tlon. I have asked single individuals,
and on three separate occasions
iutcrrUgated crowds u men ON the
streets ranging la number from i've
10 fifteen, bu. on no occasion received
any confirmation whatever. The cir
Cumstanccu were very uuiavOrablc for
Mt. Campbell to learn by observation
what no aflirmr, ~ ho was during the
/ speaking standing about the middle Of
, an enclosure about sixty feet square,
plank tio0r surrounded with "A bOard
fence all around, about four feet high,
the enclosure having hut one opening,
which was near thu stand at one side.
The enclosure was iillOd with people,
mainly Democrats, many Of whom
were ladies. In the procession which
had not previously filled the enclos-
uTo there were one hundred aud seven
ty-flye ladies marching. When thr
Republican meeting closed u number
! Of them came over the square 10 hear
the Democrats, aud the enclosure being
, full they stood outside the fence
4 some rods away from where Mr..
Campbell stoed One lady, thorough
Liberal, whose testimony | consider
! unimpenchablo, TOLD me that ehe was
. Standing ut the fence when the Repub.
. Leans came up and that she saw them
I distinctly at the time and after the
Thatcher speech, and that not one OF
, them took or their badges, nor was
! there any thought or talk OF IT, can
only suppose that Mr.. Campbell, In
D some way, was mislnformod. lie can
scarcely claim 10 have been nm eye
, witness to what he tcstifles.
As TO Mr.. Thatoher's speech, most
people say that he spoke from two to
three minutes. Here Ia report VI
I lust what he said published Ia the
$ Logan JOurHai the day after the cleo
r tion. IL was written by n democratic
lawyer and was designed 10 he an abb
soluiu verbatim report As will bo
uerceived, Il would require about three
4 minutes Ia the delivery:
AZ have takon no part whatever In this
\ campalun, ns YOU nilewcll know. No
l man can say that have used the slight
/ osl influence 10 change Ills political con-
| ylctlona. | have told you that you were
| ffoo, absolutely FREQ and that / trusted
tho people. Though the people were To
! vote mo into everlasting oblivion, yut
, | would trust thom. ! shall not discuss
tho question OF the hour. | shall not tell
YOU which party has been our friend In
> Tho past Read, read, and you will soon
: see. lut | would not know where Ia
1 turn 10 md, In this territory, fuuy.twO
A mon who would stand up In the Taco u
contempt and abuse In defense ~ did the
forty.two who voted against tho Ed-
D munds-ruckpr act, The people do know
b who havO been thof friends, am done,
saying that the man who would advise
you 10 knife "A Gentle ON any tickut DO.
0 cause he was GENTLE IL no friend OF
{ the people,
t II should be noted In this conncc.
ton, In order 10 appreciate the hast son
i. luncr, that there We're some Guntilti
, ON both tickets and that some pattie,
were trying TO cOnc0Ct AN arrangement
whereby the MOTmons would be In
duced TO scratch the Gontilos on then
own ticket aud substitute the Mormon
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