Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06

chief Justice James u. Mexican. for
alleged contempt Of court In falling to
pay aiimony 10 Ann Eliza Webb Young.
one " the presidents plural wives TO
whom the Judge In his Mormon
zeal had given the status OF n legal
wife. and who was suing for
divorce with aiimony pcndente
lite. The imprisonment. witch was
only for twenty-four hours, crcrted
n great sensation, and brought about
the downfall Of Judge Mexican. 40
The meeting Of President brigham
Young and President Ulysses $. Grant
the first executive Of the nation to
visit Itnh-at ogden. October Q. 1916.
90 The dedication " the 1t. George
Temple-the FIRST temple erected by
the Saints since they left Nauvoo--
Januafy LIST and April 9Th. 1871. u0
President Young. died at Salt Lake
city August 10Th. 1871.
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR
John Taylor president u the Twelve
Apostles. was brigham Young's sue.
ceSror " prcHldcnt VI the church "
Jesus Christ Or i.atter-day Saints. AZ
such he took the rclnH OF government
on October 10th 1850. Hr the 70
gulnr seIni-annuai conference ~ the
church. He chose ~ his cpunsclofa
Apostles George q. Cannon and Jo.cph
y. Smith. who We're destined To huld
the same relative positions In the two
succeeding administrations. John
Taylor was virtually the head u the
church from the day ~ brigham
N0unga death. and II was during the
interim between that event and the
reorganization " the First Presidency
that some VI Nhc most Important events
u his period took place. Among them
may BE- monti ed the trial 81 Elder
George Reynolds for polyEamy. a test
case IN which the supreme Court OF the
United StateE--to which the defendant
after his conviction IN the lower courts
had appealed decided. January G. 1873.
the constitutionality N the anu.polyg-
amy act. which since 1869 had been a
dead letter. The Miles polygamy case
the spark that klndlcd the great anti
Mormon agitation that led to the en-
nctmcnt 81 the EdmundH law--also
had IT, inception at that time. Then
came the Mormon Jubilee, In which the
Church celebrated It's nftleth an
In the Tabernacle July -. 1850.
twenty-five nationailtica were re-
presented. namely. the United
States. American Indians. Canada.
Hawaii. Holland. Germany. France.
spain. Switzerland. Italy. South Africa.
Sweden. Denmark. Norway. Iceland.
SchleswiE- Holstcin. Russia. Ancient
hNANNNWH NHNhNANIH AfNMNAls FaNNAAINi
Waiea. Isle ~ Man. British India. and
Australia. Ranged under a banner
bearing the Inscription, Il VIII gather
you out from an nations" these
nationalitlea g. each represented by
man and a woman-rtood In
line facing the vast conEre-
cation. while the owy-haircd prcsl-
said. '"rhc Lord commanded Ills SER
wants 60 Ko forth 10 MI the world To
preach the Gospel 20 every creature.
We have not yet been 20 all the world,
hut here are twenty-five nations repre-
scented today, and thus FAR We have full
allied our mission" lie expressed the
determination 81 the servants ~ God
20 continue preaching the Gospel until
oil the world had heard u and the mis-
sion entrusted To- them had been COM
pletely fulfilled. The outside missions ~
the church. exclusive Of the stakes Of
Zion. now number fourteen. comprising
most ~ the countries Of the world. the
personnel % the Council ~ the
Apostles under President Tnyior'a nd
ministrntlon was a. follows; MILFORD
Woodruff. President; Charles q. Rich.
LORENZO Snow. ErantuH Snow. Franklin
n. Richards, brigham Young. Albert
carringt0n. Moses Thatcher. Francis
N. Lyman. John Henry Smith. George
Tcasdnlc. ilehsr 7. Grant william
NJ Presiding iiiahop ~ the Church. n
was during President Tayior'H time
that the Logan and Manti Temples
were completed and dedicated.
The crowninR event ~ his ch fekered
career was the great anti urmyn
crusade under the t.dmunas
act OF isss and the Edmunds-racker
law 81 1881. which from ~ "a 1880 flilci
an Utah with gloom and caused the
church 10 weep bitter and even bloody
tears. During that period the Territory
was raked from one end 10 the other aa
with "a rharp.toothed harrow. nnd mrn
and women were tortured. mentally N
not physically, 10 an extent almost un-
bearablc. The cXchequer of the FEEDER
nj courts was swollen 10 repetition from
fines collected In polyEafnOun cases,
ana the penltentinfy was crowded with
conNiciH f0r conscience sake. In Utah.
Idaho and Arizona nearly six hun.
drcd convictions under the nnti-pOlyg-
amy statutes testified 10 the riEor "
the crusade and the sincerity Of the
Mormon people--about two per cent
OF whom practiced polygamy-ln this
crucial tcat Of their integrity. Scarcely
n mnn, and not one woman-for women
ana children were imprisoned also
Weakened under the terrible strain
brought TO bear by the iron hand
~ the Federal government through
ltr local Representatives, and purchased
immunity from persecution by "a
went To prison rather than be- false "a
his convictions and pledge obedience
TO a law aimed directly at "A principle
~ his religion. was Apostle IorcnEa
SNOW. Apostle George q, Cannon
,whoa. scat In Congress had been de.
clnrcd vacant upon the enactment II
the Edmunds law and Apostle Francis
NJ. Lyman We're also Imprisoned fof
like cause. Scores Of other Eldeff
among tho most reputable men In the
communlty-werc likewise inoarcorat.
ed. and nearly all the Church leaders