Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-09

bles, sometimes called Celia Roberts.
| That between Feb. n. isg1. and ApHl
20. iSse said Brigham " Roberts WIS
n fugitive from Justice. That on Nph
I 20. 1859. he appeared before the court
| and pleaded guilty to the above mon-
/ TONED indictment. aud that on May o.
| issp. he was sentenced tu pay I'm" az
| two hundred l200i dollars aud costs uuH
/ to serve four months IN the Utah poni-
| tontlnry
"Thnt. since his release from the pen-
] itcntary. he. to- all outward appear
nurcE. has lived and associated with
| the said ls0tian Roberts. believed tu he
| hia lawful wife. aud the said Celia Obj
/ hles. called Roberts, believed Go BE- hie
] piufnl wife In tho habit and rpputo NJ
mnrtinro aud that within the lust
| eighteen months aug. II. 1890. ih"
| said Cola nlhhlts, called Roberts, mas
/ become the mother % twin children.
said Brigham n. Roberts holng th"ir
| rcputrd father.
/ with said Louisa Roberts and HHid
| rDiia uihhiHH. called Roberts. The said
l brigham n. Roberts 60 an outward up-
/ pourauccs. also. lives and associates
/ with IN. MagHlc e.. shipr IN the hnhlt
/ and ronuto NJ marriage rnld Dr. Mag
/ rlu g.. shiup. having since 1880, fcEle-
| tered herself In the salt Lake city de
/ rcctory aud announced herself on boz
/ professional cards as pr. Margaret g..
/ Roberts.
"Tonth-That tho said brigham ~.
/ Roberts. IN am article written and
/ signed hy hiti and published w the lui-
/ provement Era. Of which he ~ the cii-
| tor. defends the righteousness ~ poly
/ Hamy and asserts that it is positively
/ good. pure aud holy, ar iH more fully
/ shown by the following statement made
| In tho said article 1Aiay. isgslt
/ Therefore I conclude that since God
/ did approve ~ the plural marriage Gus
| tom of the ancient pntrinrthr, prophets
/ and kings Of Israel. u ~ not NJ all 60
/ be- wondered ut that. IN the diHpensn-
ton of the fuilncss NJ time, In which
be- has promised "a restitution Of All
| things. that God should again establish
! that system ~ marriage. And the fact
OF Gods approval ~ plural mnrriaE" IN
/ ancient times II u complete defense OF
the righteousness ~ the marriage Hys-
/ tenn introduced by revelation through
| tho Prophet Joseph Smith.
! Joseph Smith received a command.
/ ment from tho Lord 60 introduce that
order ~ marriage into the church. aud
/ ou the strength ~ that revelation. and
not By reason " anything that Il writ
| ten In tho Jewish scriptures. the Lat
| ter-dny Saints pracuccd plural mar
"'poiygnmy II not adultery. Tor were
| IL - considered. then Abraham, jacob
] aud tho prophets who prncticcd u would
not be- allowed an Inheritance In the
| kingdom ~ heaven. and " polyramy "
| not adultery. then II cannot be- clhhsed
''ft npoenrs To- the writer that mod
| ern Chrlrtipna must either learn 10
| tolerate polypnmy or give up forever
the Elorioua hope 81 resting In Abra-
hams bosom.
10 ftrihingly approves. must he not
/ oniy not had. hut positively good. pure
aud holy. '--lmprov.m Era, May lNi,,
pages az. 40, ~ a..
THAT the said brigham n. Roberts
Inns publicly iustined his puiyganour
cohnbltntion In signed interview.
| written ON the eve 81 hin election, Tor
The Salt Lake city Herald. and also
published IN the Salt Lake city Trib-
uno N Nov. :. 1898. In this signed IN
tcrvicw he says.
Governor Wells ~ acquainted with
the system or plural marriages that OBJ
/ tanned In Utah for nfty years Ito
| knows that II WINS accepted by the pure
women who entered Into "a obliga-
! lions ns u sncred rite. sanctioned by
| the ceremony Of q holy church.
"'ilr knows that the settlement ~
] that question. after years of strife aud
] heartnche. left upon men moral ohll-
| cations from which no decree ~ the
/ church could release them and no act
/ Of the state nhFolyc them.
"'lIc knows that while technically a
! law which crept into our statute book
| by what may be- called an lnadVortnnce,
/ viz: that the code commission put into
the code what WIS considered before
] statehood an unconstitutional law, aud
! then the code was adopted by the Leg
islnture. "a number OF whose members
] have said 10 me personally that thpy
] were not aware that such a law was ~
/ the codo. lie knows that that law has
] Hasf 80 l.afHrt
! no public sentiment that, demanded is
! execution and that like some ~ the
] blue laws 81 Connecticut. which exist
ON the statute books under similar cir
! cumStancca, II has not been enforced.
Governor Wells knows nil this and
| yet h. II craven enough In his soul "a
! Join hands with lifelong enemies ~ his
/ father and his people ana attack me for
/ doing " the charges aru trut, what, as
| "a private citizen and q member ~ tho
/ Mormon Church. he dare not lift Ills
/ voice against. For dischnrging those
moral obligations which u hls ehhrfrs
are true. under all tho circumstances,
would be- an act ~ honur.'-Snlt Lake
| Tribune. Nov. :. isss,
your professionals further show that
| they entirely and absolutely disrlaim
/ any intention upon the part nf thcm-
I selves, 10 question; or any RANT upgn
! the part NJ Congress to Inquire into tho
religious belief of any citizen. that the
only purpose Of your protostantH IN
Z setting forth tho public declarations ~
said Roberts aud his ecclesiastical SUI
J perorH. Is to Indicate the grounds upon
which they affirm, with confidence, that
l tho said Roberts, having never accept
I ed tho conditions ~ amnesty for past
I oranscs. win continue In the future,
l as In the past, his course % criminal
| conduct. that no consideration ~ time,
| place or official station will bring about
| repentance or Information ana that he,
| ns "a law breaker H. aud ever VIII De-,
| an unit and Improper person To 81 ns
] d inw-mnkcr In the Congress OF the
] United statea,
Unexpectedly submitted,
THOMAS g., lLlFF.
Nv. N. pADEN' .