Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-29
PRESIDENT ELlOrs VISIT



The follow iug appeared In the San
Francisco CuUof March 28lh.
A Dispatch iftm Cambridge, Mass,
was published IN the C0N ytstsruy
ntAting thnt Harvard aud neatly AL
Cambridge were amazed NJ certain
statements said 10 have bee n made by
President Eliot In Salt lake a week
ago. IL wis reported that be bad
compared the Utah Saints Ia the
Pilgrim Fathers IN their fidelity TO
religious liberty, and had SAID that
there 10 Mormon colony among the
niudonia nj Harvard.
lie 10 said to have used the following
words In the couno Of HE address;
as cumo over tie plain. thought
OF that early journey when the nrt
colouists marched nurGs- them undor tho
guidance ola Christian church, and this
reminded mo OF nnlth0r pilgrimage,
though across the water. ! refer Go tho
Pilgrim Fathers. They, too. suffered
hnfdshins for q principle. They, Too,
were tiiod with religious enthusiasm aud
sought freedom also to Worship God. Ia
planting o colony % is tho women who
have the harder par. They died iAslor
than the men In Massachusetts.
The gr01i successful colonies Of the
world arc founded ou religious cuthusi-
asm. Here YOU founded a colony tlui
SOU might Worship God according 10 tho
dictates OF YOUR auuscioucU. Here lu this
Wiley 10. risen ihc question " religious
liberty. In Massachusetts, nll churches
are c1ual before the law. Ihutc j. no
reason why thia religion. lihonv may
not be enjoyed by all olher states aud
| TorrituriDs us NUll ns Ia Massachusetts.
Il 90. fH
ciyil and religious, for associations OF
every SORT and for the individual also. II
I could do something To unto the cie-
ment- iu this Territory and bring Them
TO seek religious liberty, ~ n X known IN
other parts OF the country, IL would be to
mo a great reward.
TiiE pREsIDESTis EXPLANATION.
When President Eliot was Inter.
viewed yesterday regarding tie dit'
patch anu the statements referred To, lac
/ remarked that tie account NJ hls speech
was composed Of u number Of di.con-
| nectcd sentences, many OF which
were entirely erroneous.
"Mn. Eliot and -" continued
| Haryntd'A president, were gucAt Of
the Mormon Board Of Education In
salt Lake City. Aiter I hnd been
about seven hours In the city ! attend
ed u meeting In the Temple aud de-
hvered nm address upon Religious
Liberty before 1000 people.
~ described the religious liberty
given to all denominations In Mass
nchusetts, and said that these religious
| liberties should Ice Just aA precious and
~ much respected IN other States aud
| Territories ~ Ia Massachusetts.
"rhc only comparison made be-
tween the early MOrmons and the
Pilgrim Fathers was IN relation 10 the
dauntle.s spirit displayed by the latter
In crossing the Atlantic to found n
colony where their religious ordinan
ccs would be unmolcstcd, AMI tn,
hardshirs endured ny the Mnrmons IN
crossing the plains fOT similar pur'
pose.
at would be absurd to tslh OF re-
llgious liberty In connection with Tia,
early settlement Of the Pilgrim Father
because religious liberty was not per
mittud, and neither Quhkers nor hap
tlat. were tolerated nor were allowed e
reside In the colony. would mol
have bneu permitted to exist IN New
England In those days, because au
Unitarian.
"And 10 not sec, " continued Pres
ldeut Eliot, "why religious liberty
should be denied 70 the MOrmoDs.
understand that not one In eleven wa
polygamoup, and now they have mol
only prohibited polyEnmy, but hnyi
mndc u crime. believe lhnt TIE
| Mormon Church was siucuie ln M
abandonment Of pplygamy, Hnd tina
ita menbefs will make good citizens
] % . al nas Mo-
mona stand In precisely the same pusi
ton under the law Us those WHO wor
ship according 10 amy other isith. The
only article Of their creed which con
atitulvd violation OF the law was th'
doctrine Ofpolygnmy, aud as they hav'
renowned IL they should 10 places
upon the6n footing AZ the member
OF any other denomination.
''rhey were pioneers IN the dovelor
! ment Of Utah, and started onterprisr
which Eastern capital has since nc
quired ana developed. They are sohr
: aud industrious, and are anxious 1
! give their children the benefits OF
, higher education"
els there Mormon colony al hal
: vArd?" DR.. Eliot was asked.
. "There are In tho university, tn
> law college and In preparatory school
altogether ten Mormon Students" wa
! the reply.
. "rhey live together, hut they NJ
7 not culOuis,s In tile sense OF pIopaga
, ing Mormon doctrines or endtavorin
I 10 secure proselytes. They are roo
} students, but do not differ greatly ifOi
d. other young men In their habits au
{ customs. Tho students have no n
ligious obfervances at the university.
now m Is VIEWED AT HARVARD.
| The following IL an Associated Pre-
. dispatch gent out from Boston;
: IosroS, March 2j,-S1mo New En-
lander. are making q great ado ov'
: President Iliot's recent speech nc Sa
Lake CIV, whcrain no praised the Mo
mons and tho small colony ~ them
Harvard. Secretary TOlio, said toda
! that President Hliuts remarks arc onl
< consistent with good opportunity
4 iudro. As far ~ The Mormon people a
1 concerned, ho paftaltog ~ the fooling III
4. Is growing all Tie tlmo that there 4 reasc
4 Tor much hope for tho mluro 81 tho Mo
a mons no people, without reference
a thor religion, with whose oblocuunah
= loatutc. no one should BIO ~ absurd Vs.
! believe President Eliot Ia DO In syn
I pathy. AZ any rate, II he has not boe
~ outrigcousy misquotod, the report of h
?, spocch has he0u distorted from tho meat
inu II was designed 10 convey,
]. l.. Tanner, who came here fro
Utah to attend the law school, sgidi
~ "Tho truth h H., President Eliot "a
= kind word for the Murmons and u
= GontiIcs misconslIuOd his moaning. n
u Nofmons went out IN a Wilderness an
"a founded u colony, and President Eli
y should be- allowed to give them credit f