Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-06

In last evenings issue OF the NEWS
the following singular dispatch, trans.
mite from Washington by the Asso-
claied Press, was given publicity:
wAsHINorov, Jan. .. Mr.. Cockroll OF
Missouri presented a petition IN tie Som
ate thi. morning. outside tho usual run
OF petitions. Mrs. Ello q. snow OF Shell!
cay. Mo-, represents that her daughter,
Laura snow, aged ~ years, wont 10 Rich
field. SEWER county, Utah, and became n
teacher In a Presbyterian mission school.
She died October 4, issg,in circumstances
that cast grave doubt ~ to tho cause Of
death. Mrs Snow say. SHE has been
hnmperod aud delayed m getting tho facts
relative to the death aud Ia recovering tho
body. II was claimed tho death was
caused from typhoid foyer aud before she
could return 10 Missouri aud secure proof
that typhoid fever was not contagious,
she says, tho body OF her daughter had
reached such condition that u medical
examination conld not be- made 70 de-
tcrnine tho cause and manner ~ hcr
death. Mira Snow says this iH MOI the
only young woman teacher whose body
has been disposed OF In such "a way ~ TO
loavo suspicion u foul play. For this
reason Mrs. Snow says that au inyesiiga.
ton should be made as 10 tho manner
this mission IN carried ON. u request Ia
which citizens oi Shell City JOIN.
The above came too late to receive
editorial comment, or TO give opportu.
nifty for investigation last evening into
the charges 4, contains. In fact IL
Indifference seemed to preclude any
very serious consideration Of the suit.
ject n, all until tho full text OF the pc.
tltion should be Mt hand, unless, indeed,
the Presbyterian mission in Southern
Utah, which appears 10 be the party
assaulted, should volunteer information
on tho subject.
The courtesy OF Governor Thomas,
however, enables Us TO throw somc ad-
dltionsl light on the matter. Late IN
November last he received the follow.
ing letter.
scHEIL Cuy, NO., Nov. 10, 1872.
10 the Honorable Governor OF Utah;
Dcir slr--About the las. OF june, l,o2,
or frs, OF July, mailed to caru OF Mr..
kcppler, tho county clork ~ Richnold,
SEWER county, uiah, q judicial petition
signed Dy myself: with u clti2ons' annex
from this place, addressed To the Honor.
able President aud United States Senate.
The same and, also. personal loitor to
U. ;. senator +. n. COclSrell OF Missouri,
had Just returned to me from Washing
ton, ID. c., - 1t was thcn too late In tho
season to secure any action whatever Of
Congress. Senator Cockrcll has promised
To present the petition aud instructed me
to prepare by December, now ut hand
statement from my own standpoint aud
signed hy myself, to bo addressed 10 tho
Honorable hoard of Education aud Labor
IN tho United States Senate.
No acknowledgment Of that petition
has boon rocolvod from Richiielh. Nor
has II been returned 10 mo although
recently and urgently written Tor.
President Harrison, at tho Executive
Mansion, has Just been notified bv mo
OF the petition presumably died at Rich
iiold court house. Oar chief mlgs ratio
promptly aud couricously directed 'ri-
vhto Secretary Haltord To acknowledge
letter OF notification and officially referred
tho last to the Attorney -General
My own bitter loss and experience
from Territorial conditions during the
summer OF ~, and later fall OF M, has
not inspired confidence IN representatives
OF local, judicial practice or moral, civil
or religious codes-whother ortho-
dos or non-or,hodoN among ~
called Exceptional populations" On
my part, the direct issue must
be- with the Assembly Board Home
Mission) Pros. CHI, United safes VI
America, because or tho human slaughter
pcnS dnd dcHs Of Micucs ant liars cs,nb-
iished and supper ed ia the namc Of ''tho
work In southern Utah. The petition
calls for an invesigatiOn OF crminm
a. u la Inn
This case mus, DO considered a. a wo-
mans cause nom sacred ma,ornil rola-
tion-too sacred to be identified with any
political faction or sectionnlism. ID NAV,
however. serve to Illustrate tho fatal OF.
iect OF orthodox "Chufch aud Sin'er
principles In practice aud procopt, with
restrictive sway over seculur aud public
and private intoros,sOf American people,
iree.born. Nox populi, vON Dol, It's
also designed to make manifest the truth.
the whole truth, aud nothing but tho
truth, ns approhended by private iudg.
ineni, IN reference to gross abuses OF
| sccinrihti organization. The errors, II
not crimes, OF orkOiDr bOliry and dis.
reputable character. hould have visited
upon such mlsdOmegnors and mlsdo.
inaannnlA tue same pona'tlO, allndged 10
Hon.orlhOd0r fd1d'iolsm and fanatics.
Prejudice against the latter appears TO
tho former, and creaiua distinction
without difference In rank, ollense aud
ofiondants.
want my petition To be recovered and
returned "a me for Immediate use Ia IL.
Judicial form, Q. T., under tho Circum.
stances, feel constrained TO mako this IA
formal requisilion, trusting that In your
nigh capacity az u government official,
you Will either order my own TO loo son.
back TO inc, or yourself, recover aud
restore the same by sulf-oyilent means
and authority OF proper exercise.
thought OF making this application first,
TO Governor Francis and the attorney
general OF Missouri, but prctcr TO urge
the matter In advance. upon your cogui-
znnce OF territorial al',ts and popular
rights throughout the whole country.
Very respectfully,
Mus. ErrlE q. Snow,
Upon the margin Of this en- NUM-.
cation appeared the words; IN ia
--our county seat, IL the home of Col.
William stone, governor. elect"
The Governor could not but be
amazed at the rambling and Irrational
tone OF the letter; nevertheless he sent
1t to SEWER county with tho follow Ing
Endorsement "Resgectiuily referred
to Mr. Keppler for his Information
after which 10 ba rc,urGoi to me.
Arthur l.. Thomas
Early In December 1t was returned
20 him, and with II the accompanying
letter.