Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-07

| and OatmnIsai socially until thOy leave
Yours for God nui truth,
>fDNrY ALLuN.
PISA pros.donns counselor proach-
Ing hero said, "rha bib'o was ali right
for tho time 90 was written bus uo,s we
hhvo 'the everlasting g1sp'l'' Prrsi-
! dom George @. Cannon also saili "B8
/ .nuhiul, pay your titl1s aud sustiln the
! ff.es hood. Hud thF people ut tho MA O4
/ will soon como bowling down % yol Tor
/ hvoHa."
Naturally tho receipt Of thls letter
stirred up things In south Carolina In
the vicinity where i,s adifeslec lived,
ami the two Mormon Elders, whose
labos had been tho Gauss Of the be.
ginnlug Of the olrrespon ionce, were
promptly confronted with the oler cal
reply. Bui the couiIcman wn3 wfot e.
the fret let,or was nlr-ninied enough
10 say hn ga MOI believe an of AIlen's
statements, and he suggested, inas-
much ss one OF tho EIdau--g. l..
Braiey ~ Franklin know AiE Allen
personally, that copies Of h1th letters
be taken aud the venoity Of the
answers which hal been given him be-
inquired into; he himtoli being very
anxious 90 know the result. A copy Of
the hrsi letter was accordingly taken,
tho original OF the second was kindly
loaned Tor the purposes Of the invcatIga.
ilon, and the two, with the necessary
explanations, we're sent by Elder
Bailey aud his travelling companion,
Elder Cowboy, OF Unh, 70 the proper
authorities 10 franklin.
Thofo IL waa At hu, decided
TO take the statements " al
number Of non.Morm,ns iu feiuiatlon
OF Allpn's sl,ndcrs, aud 40 least one
such nnliavit by a prominent aud
thoroughly responsible nou.Mofmon
resident, was freely givon. Win
THE, and Others like it, 10 was deter
mined to face Mr. Allen, aud give him
nn opportunity either % ropuIiato hia
own siaicmcn's, OF 10 place himself On
record at home ~ be had already done
abroad, through refusing % sign a
similar declaration. Finally g. was
decided 10 ask him Tor a statement on
his own part, without intlmation that
his previous ialarhoods we're known, OF
references 10 the statements from other
Mormon; and aitcreomr little her-
iiatlon-uniil no could oonault with bic
vic about 1.-The consented 20 do
Whatever ho could ia this way 10
remove rrtiulico against thu Nor
none. On tue oveuiag OF thn 7,h Of
January, be accordingly called al the
resldencc of Mr.. George G. Parkinson,
a notary Iublic, aud there voiuu,arily
Hubsrrlbul 10 the following.
To Whom Il aiay Concerns
no.ug solicited boy o. fr,cud b. give o.
statement ul my experience while among
tlu Mormon pu1pln, 1 cheoflIily do sl
lOca 90 ln Franklin, Idaho, in tho wear !
1872, aud have boon constantly Engaged |
lee tnu ministry us a missionary OF mo /
Presbyterian church iu ihis sot Iomuni |
sud surrounding ucighhurhuud ever /
since, aud hero luku pleasure in cori- /
lying that / have found tho Mormon peo- |
pic tu bo honest. frugal aud Industrious
They urn strictly temperate and moral I
and stand ahuau intellectually with
most progressive class of ct'lsus OF tha
Union, iunniiusung oyOry evidence uf
patriotism and loyalty 10 tnu lusltutiuns !
of our gfca government.
They regard tho marriage covenant ns
an q Normal compact aud show tho hug host |
regard and igndorrst feelings for their |
wiVos aud children.
A. Tulc they own their own homes /
und scem 10 DO tree, prosperous aud in. !
depondun.
ihoy have prult regard Tor tho sacred. |
moss % the blhlu aud mako constant usn /
~ DO us a toAt book from which their |
Elders proach.
Personally, hAyo boon treated with |
the gtCa rst cuur Usy and hospitality |
while among the Mormon people aui |
have experienced nl uuduo opposition or |
i.'luOuco against my efforts tu prumul- !
gAio tho luuuiH Of my HiIh.
SinNY AluEN
Subscribed 20 before me. George q. |
Parkinson, % notary public 100 aud Tor i
unoida County. state OF Idaho, tha ..h |
dly ut January, lsNL
l,rALI Gao. G. PAuHls.os.
Notary Public.
My commission expires FOB. o. $50.
For the completion Of the chain of |
circumstances connected with the
incident IL only remains to DO said |
that Elders Bradley aud C1wley, writ. |
iug from Camden, krphaw county,
South Caroliuu, under date Of Feb. ~, |
acknowledge the return Of the letters
ana the receipt OF the testimony, all.
iaylt oIc., which they took TO local
newspaper editor tor publication. He
rohted 10 use the matter aJ all IN his
columns, saying lie had "made nn
contact 10 defend Mormouism"
through his papor.AiEAllon's previous
statements had teon made generally
known, however and being denied
tho opportunity VI publicly meeting
thcm Ia that section, the Elders ami
their ldclds have desired the NEWS to
print The story in fun, We have com.
piiei, emitting only the accompany.
ing AFFIDAVIT OF % Mormon Of
Franklin, because hundreds aud doubt
less thousands Of the same kind could
be- mad for the asking, aud would
Therefore be- no novelty.
As 90 the Row MI Allen, the light |
thus thrown upon bile character ant |
methods will bo sufficient, we thlnE, IL !