Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-03
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"Alt Lake Nity' Otah, oct J, 1925.
To this Editor;
The New York Herald Of Sunday.
Sept 20. contains communication
from REV" Arthur T. Hankln. Of
brigham city In which among other
Misrepresentation the following APP
pears;
'Straws tell the direction OF the wind.
q. a. Ivrrnpu, a lawyer and a Mormon.
addressed the preahyteriaul upon tho
situation In Utah. lie Haid OF poiyga-
my. Every honest, Intelligent Mor-
mon Will admit there Is q general re-
turn 10 old relations In Utah.
Mr. q. -. iverson IL Mormon" bu,
u not a lawyer and does not make any
claim 60 such a profcsrlon. That In
accuracy however. Is but slight conn
pared with the untruth concerning his
alleged remarks at tho meeting IN
Manh. Desiring to know the exact
truth OF this matter. wrote TO Mr.
Iveraon, Sept. s0,h and this morning
received the following reply. for which
l respectfully request space In tho
'Deasrcs Evening News;"
Man,l. Utah. Oct. 1. 1864
Elder Q. W. Pcnrosci
Dear Iirother-Your kind favor Of the
20 ult at hand. | assure you u IN
with genuine pleasure that / make this
reply. particularly ~ II gives me an
opportunity Of defending myHalf
against the unwarranted. untruthfui
accusations % certain members of the
Utah Prcabytcry. You refer 10 an ar
tlcle In the New YORK Herald OF Sept
% from the pen Of Arthur n. Rankin.
u brigham city. stating that I made
this remark In the Prtibytcrlan as
sembly at Mantl;
Every honest, Intelligent, Mormon
/ viii admit there Il a general return ~
old relations all over the state"
That statement contains not .
shadow ~ truth. II IA Rbaolu,oly
false In every particular. No refer
once was made In my remarks 70 an
subject whatever. such a. Is lntiudel
90 be displayed la the above.
attended the last session ~ tn
| prenhytery here a. newspaper fr,
porter when I came In Uhe meeting
had probably gone on an hour or morel
there was In progress a rather animated
discussion u the resolutions about 20 b.
adopted, Church Influence" ana -
polyEhmy question coming In Tor tns
| Ercatvnt solicitation. While the heat
was yet on, u was moved and carried
Unanimously that aH there was n MON.
Dor % the Mormon Church present. n,
Do asked TO speak. 1 explained 10 III,
| reverend gentlemen that 4 was MI
there rupfeaentlng tho Mormon Church
but simply Ia tho capacity OF "A news.
paper reporter. As 10 what / ala say
the following statement made M
signed by a prominent member OF In,
Presbyterian church OF Manu. m,
superintendent o. the Sabbath school ~
that denomination, viii probably throw
inc necessary Hghi upon the situation
Mant, Utah, Sept. 4. lsss.
A. Il appears that la the rrmnrk
made by Mt. O.. \. lyornon al tho mest
ms " the nrcshyiery on Monday. Aug
%. 1895, he has been mlHqu0tod, In ius
tlce ! make this statement;
1 was n the meeting and hoard al
that was said. Mr.. tversun did not ''nc
knowledge that many OF the charge
made against the Mormon Church wen
! true A. l remember 10. hg only 10
le.red 10 two OF the charges one Us 4
the church control IN politics. which n
! rmphaticnlly denied, and IN
other on the question OF polyglmy
As % the lattcr the speaker noted witl
pleasure that tho resolutions ala no
) claim that any new marital connection
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manifesto ng1inN that principle. but b
did not deny that the practice " p1iyg
Z amy was maintained among people WI
} had entered the pnlygamous relation
ship before the ISSUING OF the manifest,
The speaker further stated that whlli
perhaps, the resolutions We're perfect
, consistent from Presbyterian polu
OF view, they were not from his
GEO II. DRAtrHWAITE
Very truly, your brother,
, q. A. INVERSION.
To every one WAC u acquainted wit
, q, A. lyerson his own statement wi
De sufficient. d Is supported, howevo
) by ths testimony u Mr., George Hral,h
waite, q Presbyterian sunday seha,
4 superintendent, Who was prescn, whe
, brother lyerson was said 90 have mad
, the remark published IN The New Nor
Herald ana ghelr uul,td evidence pro
claims me tAaracter Of yhe prfiende
, quotation and % che Individual wh
, fabricated H.
Ny attention has been called 20 le'
ger. also from Arthur r. Rankin. IN "a
I nrisham cl.y Bugl,r of sep,emb'
10 2i,h. In whioh he says:
. u wrote 20 c. W. Psnross rsquol,ln
r sa5 copies OF h.s Reply 10 Pren1ytolan