The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-16
ROW OVER PEACE MEETING,
Logan People Divided On Local Pro-
lSpecial Correspondence.

Especial OOTreSpOn0ence.l
Logan, May 1.-THE peace meeting ar
ranged for this evening bids fair to de-
velop into a bitter controversy, and bad
feeling will be engendered between the
Mormon and non-Mormon elements in
this city over the refusal of the Mormon
members of the committee in charge Of
the affair to allow DR.. II. G. lift to speak
at the meeting after having been invited
to do SO. Rev. j. d. WATSON, pastor OF
the NJ. T. church here. refused 10 par
ticipate in the meeting because Of the
lnt incident The nOn-MOrmoR members
of the community took deep offense and
today circulated a petition asking Dr.
HIN to speak at another rally which they
desired TO arrange for this evening The
petition was signed by some of the most
prominent residents of the city.
DIR. 1lif declined TO do so, and urged
all to unite in one meeting.
Mr.. Watson gave out this statement OF
the difficulty:
1 have been asked why will not take
my place on the programme at the peace
Lucy $. Carbon, Mrs c. l. Goodwin and
Mrs. NJ. ID. Hendricksen, had the matter
in charge. Mrs. c. /. Goodwin being a
non-Mormon was chosen by the commit
tee to select such non-MormonS as she
thought best to assist in the programme.
Mrs. Goodwin came to me and asked me-
to speak l kindly consented to do so.
being heartily in favor of the movement
AT the same time L told her that DR..
IlH WOuIQ SpeLQ SUNDAY IN In5 city, ana
perhaps if the committee so desired he
might be persuaded TO remain over and
speak on that occasion Mrs. Goodwin
thanked me for the suggestion and said:
I'VE will be delighted to have DR.. Tiff
on the programme" She authorized me
TO write DIR. Tiff to that effect, which I
did at once. Two days afterwards, Miss
Lucy Hoving came 10 my house and told
me that the committee had refused DR.
Tiff the privilege of speaking, on the
ground that he had maliciously misrep-
resented the Mormon people over the
east and that they felt they could not
honor him with the privilege of speaking
in their tabernacle. The next day re-
ceiyed reply from Dr. lin, as follows:
Replying TO yours of May $. beg to
assure the committee in charge OF the
peace commission rally that / appreciate
their kind invitation and that L will re-
main over and take part in so worthy
S-' o''eo'- iO'-' 7-''-0' 1T. C. ILIFF.
salt Lake City"
This throwing myself and Mrs. Good
win in an embarrassing position. i'm
mediately went to Mrs. HendrickSen and
planning to her the position in which
was placed whereupOn she repeated ths
above statement made by Miss lowering.
and added that no doubt DIR. Lifts
what we believe. Yet. because of the
fact that he has put himself out to mis-
represent the Mormon people. 1 find our
people are opposed 10 hOnortng him with
the privilege of speaking"
Now inasmuch as this meeting was
supposed TO be an international and not
a UNCONVENTIONAL affair, and that L acted
in good faith concerning DR.. lifts invi-
tation and in view of the position taken
by the Mormon members Of the commit
tee concerning him, I could not con-
scientiouSly take part in the exercises.
Therefore / asked to be excused