Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-14
CHARLES ELLIS LECTURES.
,,,. Author Appeals to the People for
i"' Help.

To my Mormon friends
BY way ofintroducins my recently
.s;,.hei lectures, let me tell you how
came to prepare them
came to Utah with the common
rs.,cru conception Of the Mormon'
ard their system OF faith, but with no
.,,Iudices. simply took II for grauled
~, what had been said OF them Tor
so,,. was true. met none but anti
yo,mops here for long time and
s,sri no good word said Of tue hated
mic. But have always looked
,hrush my own eyes, and saw 20
much difference here between the
some facts ana the Eastern hctions
nat even before | had spoken TO
harmon. 1 was satisfied there had
h.on gross Misrepresentation.
The iltst Ave months Of my stay !
..sncIatod more or less with so.called
,uJbsrala,D / offended most OF them
NO nppo.jnR their continuous donuncia.
non of the MOrmons. Gradually they
W0IENu NUttlttlNfE INV " a''hhN -
hatred tow ards me that surpassed, "
possible, their hatred Of Mofmon-., AZ
lsrvth they boiled over and made u
public fight against me through their
naner, They shut every hall against
me where they had Influence, and
stood alone facing the wall OF pre-
iudlee. At that time hal never mad"
a Mormon acquaintance. There was
no pepcr 10 give me hearing save the
little sheet that Al. 5oronsen was run
ming. He knew my enemies aud gave
me space, NJ n sacrifice 10 himself
Men, seeing how tue anti Mormon
paper was fighting me, asked what
Intended 10 do. A wisdom greater
than IAN claim replied that should
stay right here and XIII tue whole
HLiberaln outfit. had no idea
/ presume, that anything Of the Kind
would happen. mud yet there N no
"Libersp party outside Of Salt Lake,
and n The people hnd done what they
might have done there would be none
here.
Up to the time Of the public attack
upon me, had gone no farther than 70
insist that the M1rmon1 were, TO say
the Least, just rs good Christians ~
any of thr other scots, and were en-
titled TO all the rights aud protection
guaranteed o. the otn,fs. | allowed
myself 10 rest upon the conviction that
probably what was said about Brigham
Young aud the early years OF the
Church Ia Utah was true. But the
venom OF the attack upon myself
set me TO thinking and working,
and the result was that | went into
a careful stuiy Of those early years
and cam. out Of Il rs sure that the
whole fight against the Mofmou-
was malicious as | knew the Hight
against myself To be. That Is how |
came TO Ike w "the Mormon queB-
ton" in Y ali. became 30 deeply In
terested In II that abandoned my own
work and for nearly tw0 years have
lived only 10 help fultl the prophecy
unwlltingly made IN the outse, OF my
struggle with the tyranny OF anti
MOrmOnism.
Az n result Of all this, my pure,
which was never heavy, has fallen In,
collapsed. find myself "busted,"
"dead broke" "baukTupt." make
this confession with no humiliation.
IL Ia poverty OF which | am proud.
IL Is the result OF work In cause ~
klOTlUuh ANhk " WIN tllut Nnth NY
land your enemies are dust. But
while | have trlumphei over my ops
pOnenis, now face one against which
! am owerless--Starvatiou
To keep that grim enemy OF life down,
have published four OF my recent
Theatre lectures aud now offer them 10
you. The four are only forty cents, or
including my "Utah," 1--WE lectures
for nfty cents. | am not begging.
oder you the worth OF your money. |
am taking steps TO procure names IN
the East. You can help me pecuni.
hFily and do permanent work 10.
wards creating u public opinion In the
East in favor OF the equal rights | have
been demanding M an uu-churched
man here.
have spent about $1,000 In Utah
and received less than $1,000. These
lectures, which offer you, cost mo
for printing, advertising anu commits,
slon not lees than i've cents each.
offer them Tor ten. You see, even II |
soll all, make but little. will Ia.
form you by-and-by Of the result VI
this appeal. Th0usands have said 10
me "Goi bless you" Here Ia au OPP
pOrtunity TO show how much they
want Him 10 "oless" me when am
In need. CHARLES ELLIS.