The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-08

writer. Those who had the very strong !
est neutrality-suspicious. the reverse OF
aattering to Colonel Breckinridge-did ,
not care to see them expressed in print. {
All thought he had gone too far in !
what they termed his revengetul testl-
mony on the stand 1 failed to find
of the statement OF
'Knickerbocker' in yesterdays Herald,
who said he was a member Oh DIG clUos
of the city, that there was great
DEAF of sympathy for Mr.. breckenridge.
There certainly was some sympathy, as
[ ascertained, but it was evoked appaf-
entity under the impression that MISS
Pollard was mere adventures: some
club men said Colonel Breckenridge was
justified in revealing her character, put
none eulogized him.
Ex-District Attorney De Lancey Mic
oil crystallized the views OF many When
he said
I'm my judgment, he defendant
ought never to have gone on the VIII
ness stand. [ believe that the jury,
notwithstanding the testimony in refer
ence to her character, will return YER
dict in favor of the plaintiff in order 10 /
punish the defendant for his Scandalous
and hypocrftical conduct"
His UnmanIy Act.
The Rev. Madison c. Peters, of the |
Bloomingdale Reformed Church, said: i
'T have not thought much about the
matter, but it seems to me that Colonel
Breckinridge's reputa ton in that. line
has not been most excellent. L think !
the unfortunate point in the whole at
fair is the duplicity the man practiced
all these years. The main thing that
has Disguised me with Colonel Breck-
inridge is his unmanly confession, put
ting all the blame upon the woman. If
I,A aplSnOJVl edged his
guilt, 1 think the American people
would have forgiven him.
IF Mr.. Brecinridge had sinned merely
because of his love for the woman, and
made a manly confession of it or re-
paired the wrong by marriage when
that was in his power, the nation
would have forgiven him. The worst
! feature in this case is the defense, the
woman did it, If school girls can lead
OR old men aStray, we had better orga-
nize an Old Mems Protective associa-
ton. The worst thing about Adam was
not eating the forbidden fruit, but put
ting the blame on Eve. But Adam re-
deemed himself in my estimation when
hew alked with Eve out of Eden, arm
in arm. AT the last he stuck TO her
and shared her guilt.
mol the American people believe in
fair play, and this old cry. the woman
did it, has filled Americans with loath
. lllS lOI lIle SllNGI lOHSlICQ VI IOl, anu
tenderness for the wounded sister. His
zeal to stone her who was no more
guilty than he is a sin greater than his
ten years of DR.. JekyI and Mr..
Hyde
All Must Pay the Penalty.
1t was not surprising that the Rev.
Thomas Dixon should lash the Ken
lucky colonel. Previous to his regular
sermon in Association hall he spoke
of this case in scathing terms. AS an
object lesson in purity in public life,
he said it was worthy of. notice. The
fact was, he said, that, waving all
possible questions of law that might be
raised, the revelations which Colonel
Breckenridge made were his own con-
, domination.
HE stands convicted said Mr..
Dixon, before the bar of nation S
conscience.
Then the preacher went on to say
that, while God would forgive a man
who publicly violates the moral law.
the public would not forgive
: This opinion, it will be seen, is iden-
: teal with that expressed by the Rev.
Mr. Peters, and 1 found that it was
Endorsed by other ministers who said
, they did not wish to be quoted until
l all the evidence was in.
J. But so far the colonel had made out
1 a bad case for himself. Why would
: he not be forgiven? asked Mr.. Doxey
4 Because, he continued, he struck
: through his public office at the home
S life itself. The state in which he was
born he had also Inundated, as wei
L as the nation. Mr.. Dixon then empha.
e sized the fact that the standard OF
e public morality today is brighter thar
y it ever was before and that was the
:, reason the nation would not forgive
j.COlonel Breckenridge. Christian senti
y ment was the power that ground thu
g civilization of the nineteenth century
S No nation could make war without
casus belli.
r when John j. Ingalls," said Mr.
S Dixon, ''in his former interview sneeret
N at the Mosaic law and the Ten Com
II mandments he sealed his politica
is death warrant The preacher laid i
IS down as rule that no man, even tn
greatest statesman can violate publi
morals without suffering the Just pen
atty. In support of this proposition h
instanced the fall of Charles Stewar
ID Parnell, the leader of the Irish part
in the English parliament, who. h
If asserted, was one of the grea ties
d. statesmen in the history of the world
ly No man in this century could violat
d. publicly the moral law and surviv,
p "Parnell, who was called the ur
Ill crowned king of Ireland" he saiC
broke that law and fell from his hig
I'd estate"
~ Ward McAIIister Has No Opinion.
r. 81 found Mr.. Ward McAllister at h
ch home, No. Is West Thirty-sixth stree
ne last evening, and asked him for h
ut views.
a aSS Il prefer not to discuss it, he said.
he ut is still on trial. and L think thu
do until the trial is ended, at least, judi
he .ment should be suspended.
nc Yes, [ have read the letter in t
u. days Herald saying that a great de
he of genuine sympathy for Congressms
~ Breckenridge exists among New Yol
clubmen. Tt is a fact that there h;
ce been much discussion of the case in Il
lis clubs generally Sympathy has be,
en- expressed for both sides, but I am u
;h- willing to say which side, if either /
mis- ceived the most sympathy. Neither
at l care to say who the gentlemen we
an who expressed their opinions, nor
rk what clubs the subject was discusse
1t would be improper for me to do s
NV Il must decline to publicly expire
any personal opinion about the case
nd do not wish to become mixed up in
The and I think that the majority of eli
men take the same view of the subje
:. that 1 do
led I met Chauncey NJ. Depew in Fiji
the avenue during the afternoon. When
the Herald stating that club men h
expressed sympathy for BreclzinridI
Dor he said, with a. meaning smile:
yas II have failed to meet those club ms
That is all I care to say on the ST
ject."
The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst spo