Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-03
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Several gentlemen OF different faiths
and parties have called at this office
and expressed their Indignation at the
deliberate falsehoods Of the Salt Lake
7fi5uno In It's issue OF Monday last AMI
desired something said In the DEsERET
News In relation 10 II. We prefer TO
let others speak. The following letters
have been sen, TO US with the request
that they appear In this paper, as they
were sent TO the Tribune and wete
treated with worse than contempt;
Editor Deserct NepG
The suhjoined was sent 10 the Daily
Tribune last Monday. The only notice
taken Of II was an emphatic reassertion
by the Tribune Of the original un,ruth.
w. II. SHEAHNiAN.
SALT LAKE CuY. IVAN,
June -, ls9l.
Editor Daily Tribtmss
Dear Sir-in the report Of the Taber-
naclo Sunday services published IN your
issue Of this morning. under the hoad ~
"Elder pontUse on Polygamy," you state
that "his talk was ~ open a plea for
polysainy a. he dare make it,
happened TO DO present aud heard tho
entire discourse. Not word WAS said
about polygamy. directly or indirectly.
Not word that could. by tho greatest
stretch oi the Imagination. be made IN
refer TO polygnmy any more than had no
beon Roman Catholic or EpiScopalian
minister urging bis fellow believers 10
marry only within the pale Of their own
church and according 10 H. ritual AMI
ceremonies. Kospeclmlly,
". II. SnEAHNAN.
Here ia another from n Catholic
"Gentilo" treated In the same manner;
SALT L.KH CRY, June -, 1891.
Editor salt LAKE TfibHaci
In glancing over this mornings Issue
ofyour paper. noticed brief report OF
tho proceedings NJ the Mormon Tabor
nacle yesterday. In that report tho gun.
tloman who delivered tho sermon IL tcp'
resented a. making plea for polNHnny.
Now, I am not Mormon, nor am | In.
torusted on either side, except ~ | am
prompted by spirit Of fiirplay and u
Justice 10 my frllowmcn. listened at
tentiyely IN that sermon. aud must say
that could not, directly or indirectly,
infer that u touched On polygatny even
In the rcmntost manner.
might add that paid special alton
ton ~ that part of the discourse touching
ON marriage I have been educated In tho
Roman Catholic religion. Ia that church
marriage il regarded as a sacrament,
aud tho alliance. contracted by persons
not baptized In that faith arc regarded
by Roman pricAts, Ia measure, ~ ctimis
nal. The discourse Of lat sunday dwell
on the sacreduoss II marriage, aud Of It's
institution ~ an ordnance In tho Nor
mon Church, and 81 It, prrpotuaiiun In
eternity. Marriage among the scciarianS
was simply contract for He, aud IN
many instances no, lasting cNon until
death.
There were nnily 1000 strangers In salt
visited tho Tabernacle aud heard the dis
course referred TO. I nm snro that not
one Of those went away " ith the belief
that he or she had heard sermon
preached In support VI polynamy.
Fam PLAY.
And the following Is on. more also
from nOn.Mormon.
SALT LAKE. CRY, UrAu,
June ~, ispl.
O. @ 0oo'iirR, M, Efiior Sat- LAKE
TribHHss
Dear slr-in tho Tribune ~ this morn
Ing appears what purpOTts 10 DO u hynop.
vi. Of the remarks made by Mr.. q. w.
InhfhNN w NNAFluhN AhfflNANAN sur
Vices Your report concludes thus;
"rho address Wa. a. open plea for
Tplygamy ~ he dar. make u, and NJ the
close he was congratulated by momber-
Of tho Priesthood, who were ON tho
stand"
Aaa GENTLE cannot refrain from "N-
pressing my nstonishmont NJ such a
statement. Throughout tho entire Dis
course not q word wis said which by tho
wildr-, stretch NJ the Imagination could
have boon Interpreted NJ u has been by
the Tribune reporter, tho only reference
hcing a. to marriage In the Mormon
church for iliuo aud eternity, which l.
very different from nn advocacy Ofpulyg-
amy, | myself took d verbatim short.
hand motto " the sermon, and am there.
forp woll able To give this denial.
My only reason for thus writing you IL
q loyc Of hpplsy Tor all religious scots.
am, dear sir,
SourH faithfully,
a, a. nHNNIrr,
"a nom Mormon.