Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

Il
HYDE about thirty years before 40
| The organization of the United Order.
| Nith brigham Young ~ Its president.
May :. 1874, followed IN few years.
after portion Of the Saints had prac-
tleed u. by another discontinuance. ssj
The imprisonment Of President Young
In the Utah penitcntiary. by order OF
chief Justice James u. Mexican. for
| alleged contempt % court In falling TO
pay nllmony 10 Ann Eliza Webb Young.
one u the presidents plural wives 70
whom the judge m his antl-Mormon
zeal had given the status " a legal
VIE. and who was suing for
| divcrcc with nilmony pendenfe
lite The imprisonment. which was
only for twcnty-four hours created
great ssnsatien. ard brought about
The meeting Of President BRIGHAM
Young and President Ulysses =. Grant
the flrat executive of the nation 10
WISH Utah-nt Ogden. october 4. 1876.
10 The dedication 81 the -. Ocorre
Temple the first temple erected by
January 1T and April 9Th. iss. CO
PRESIDENT YOUNG died at Salt Lake
city August 2eth. 1871.
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR.
John TAYLOR. president o. the Twelve
Apostles. was brigham Young's sue
cefsor 81 President 81 the church u
Jesus Christ % fatfer.dny Saints. IA
such he took The rcin- Il roscrrinent
on October ioih. isst. az the ~.
ruiar seml.annual conference % the
'hurrh. lie choss ~ his counaciora.
Apostles George y. Cannon and Jolrpy
y. smith. who were destined 90 hglt
the same relative positions In the two,
Taylor was virtually the head Of the
church from the day OF HrighamJ
NounEs death. and u was during NJ
Interim between that event and ~
reorganization u the Firrt presldcn{y
that some ~ the most Important ovcnla
Of his period took place. Among theA
may BE- mentioned the trial Of Eldf
George Reynolds for poiygamy. a tcaA
case IN which the Supreme Court Of thel
United Staies-to which the defendant
after his conviction In the lower courts
had appealed decided. January G. isso.l
the constitutionnilty 81 the anti polyay
amy act. which since 1899 had been 4
dead letter. The Nilce poiyramy caa<
the spark that kindlcd the great anti
Mormon agitation that led TO the Il.
actment of the Edmunds iaw--ait
had IT, Inception ut that time. Tht
came the Mormon Jubilee. IN which H.
church celebrated Its nftleth All
niNcrsary. ~ great Fatherlne
IN the Tabernacle July q. iss1i
twenty-five natlonnlltles were re1
e e,s,,n'ed, nam namely, tho unitsdl
Hawaii. Molisna' ds nn rr nr
spain, Switzerland. Italy. South Africa.
Sweden. Denmark. Norway. fceiandl
h',aicsTiE.I fols,ein. Russia. Ancicnd
niiialn. ENGLAND. ireland. scotiani4
Wales. Isle 81 Man. british India. and
bearing the Inscription. u VIII rathcs
you out from all nations" thest
nationslitler = each represented ~
a man and a voman-stooi ID
lins facing the vast c0nrrel
Eaiisn. Y 'iiic The pnovy-halrci Prcsy
dent % the church. arising in his plact
said; The Lord commanded Ills sc,f
wants 10 no forth 10 all the world b
preach the Gospel TO every crcafurt.
We have not yet been 10 all the worn,
but here are twenty-five. nations repfr-
senisd today, and thus far We have fhi.
niicd our mission" He expressed ne
10 continue preaching tho Gospel untli
all the world had heard Il and tho mis-
sion entrusted 10 them had been com.
pletely fuinilci. The outside missions Of
the Church. exclusive OF the stakes OF
Zion. now number fourteen. comprising
personnel OF the Council OF the
Apostles under President Tnyior's nd.
mlnistration was as follows. wliford
Woodruff. PRESIDENT Charles g. Rich.
Lorenzo fnow. Erastur Snow. Franklin
y. Richards. hrirhain Young. Albert
carrinEton. Moses Thatcher. Francis
~. Lyman. John Henry smith. George
H. Preston succeeded Edward Hunter
~ Presiding bishop % the Church. n
was during President Tayiorr time
that the togan and Manti Temples
were completed and dedicated.
The GROWING event q his chrckcred
~.
crusade under the Edmunds I
act Of iss3 aud the Edmunds-Tacker
law Of 1887. which from 1884 TO 1850 filed
AL tiah with gloom and caused the
Church 20 weep butter and even bloody
tears. puring that period the Territory
was rakcd from ons end 10 the other az
with a nharp-toothei harrow. and men
and women were tortured. mentally "
not physically. 10 an extent almost un-
hearable. The exchequer % tho FEEDER
al courts was swollen 10 rcpletion from
nnea collected In polygamous eases.
ana the penitrntiary was crowded with
conyiets for conscience sake. In Utah,
Idaho ana Arizona nearly six hum
drcd convictions under tho nti-polyg.
amy statutes tsstined 90 the riRor OF
the crusade and the sincerity OF the
Mormon pcople--abouf two per cent
OF whom practlced polygamy--ln this
crucial test Of their INTEGRITY. Scarcely
a man. ana not one woman-for women
and children we're imprlsoned also
weakened under tho terrible strain
brought 20 bear by the Iron hand
% the Federal government through
IT, local representatives. and purchased
Immunity from persecution by "a
promise 10 obey" Among those who
went 20 prihoa rather than be false to
HIS convictions and pledge obedience
10 n law aimed directly at n principle
81 his religion, was Apostle Lorenzo
Snow. Apostle George y. Cannon
twhose seat IN Congress had been de-
ciared vacant upon the enactment %
the Edmunds iaw) and Apostle Francis
81, Lyman were also imprisoned for
like cause. Scores OF other Eldera
among the most reputable men In the
community--worc likewise incarccrat-
ed. and nearly all the Church leaders
were driven into exile. The settlements
of the Saints IN Mexico and Canada
were greatly strengthened by enigra-
lions from Utah and Arizona during
this troubled period. President John
Taylor died IN exile. July 70. 1857. a
martyr 20 his religious convictions.
which he would not and could not sur
render.
PRESIDENT wffFoRp WOODRUFF
With President woodrufrs advent In
20 power came. In September. 1880, the
Manifesto. dincontlnninE the practise
VI plural marriage. Times had changed
ana the Lord now dir,ctcd His people.
who had made - many sacrifices. 20
submit 10 the law Of the land and leave
the Issue with Him. They obeyei. An
efu OF rood feeling enFued. MOrmOua