Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14
A SUITABLE MEDIUM.
The Present Tactics Of u "Rc,crcnd-
Dcfnmcr the same as Ills Past
An Instance In Proof

1t Is necessary for them to use a suit
able ilumc. For the same reason. when
body Of gio-politico conspiratorn
propose to deluEc the country with
faisohood. they should select an APP
pfopriatc conduit for that class Of ma
tcrini. The members " the Ministers
association nfc entitled TO credit for
sagaoity In securing the services, In
this capacity, OF the Rev. DR. II. q.
McNcicc. Through him they pour
upon the nation a stream Of mlsrcpre-
scntation In an alleged reply" to n
document published by President LOO
rcnzo Snow. Az proof Of Dr. Me-
Ncicc'a fitness nA chief manufacturer
and convcyanCcr Of inucudO. and falsi-
flcntiOn. I append extracts from "a lee
turc delivered In the Salt Lake
Thoator on the 22nd Of Sept. 1884. II
was entitled THE Tennessee Massacre
ana its Causes. or the Utah CnnHpifa-
cy." The tragedy referred TO occurred
on the 10th OF Aug. Of the same year.
when John II. Gibbs and W. s. Berry.
Elders from Utah. and Martin Condor
ana james Hudson. were murdered aud
Mrs. Condor severely wounded by
mob Infatuated by siandcrous reports
sent out from Utah by rcligionists and
politicians TO create an anti Mormon
sentiment In the country.
Speaking OF a charge published by
DR. McNlccc to the effect that the Nor
mons had attempted 10 Hct fire to the
Presbyterian church nj Logan. the lee
tufcr said;
When his attention was drawn to his
pcrfidy through public Journal ~ This
city. he cited a number Of alleged In
stances TO sustain the statements which
h. had made. Hut before I proceed
any further. I wish to say now that his
statements In the Independent were en-
dorscd by some OF the political com
Hplratotr, Judge Hosborough Judge
Jacob :. Foreman and one of the edit
orr Of the Salt Lake Tribune-thc chief
editor was mt that time In Washington.
supposedly for the purpose. under cover
of the prejudice already created against
the "MormonH." Of procuring legislation
TO rob the "MormonH" 81 their political
rights. ! think that any statement
made by the Rev. McNlecc certainly
needs endorsing. NJ I propose 10 show.
lie cited aH an Instance ~ his truthful
ness that about eighteen months pro-
vious, In the city Of Logan. an attempt
had been made To- burn the prcabyte-
rian church OF that town. The facts
IN regard TO that Circumstance were
these.
ON the s0th day Of November. isSs. n
church Hociablc was held In that build
10
there broke In upon the harmony ~ the
occasion an individual by the maine of
william Budcr, non."Mormun. ana
presumably a member ~ the Liberal"
party. lie was IN state ~ bonstly
intoNication. lie desired Co be- admit
ted into this church soclabic. ana
forced his way into the building Tho
Rev. Mr. Parks. who seems 10 believe
little In muscular Christinnity-and
do not blame him-tnok him neck and
crop and bundled him out, Just na he
should have done. Hut william Huder,
a non-"Mormon." said 10 the Rev.
PARKS. "fu get even with YOU ON
that same night. nt late hour. an at
tempt was made 20 set the building ON
IRE. and the Hubscluant investigation.
according 10 all the circumstances dis
coVcrabl" after close scrutiny, point
ed TO William budcr nA the would.bc
lnccndiary. Mr.. Parks believed IL was
William Buder. n non-"Mormon." who
had sought In that way to get oven
with him. and 50 did everybody else
familiar with the facts. and I do not
know but what Mr.. McNicce was lust
as familiar with the details hr anybody
else presumably 10. FOR no honorable
gentleman viii attempt 10 give pubiicl-
~ 20 any important circumstance In.
Nolving the good character ~ his fel-
luwmcn, unless he IN FIRST satisfied Of
the truthfulnesa OF his position by n
cnndld invcstiration. hut don't YOU
see that 60 have stated that william
ludcr, a nom" Mormon" was the incen.
diary would have spoiled the object.
for the crime must be placed upon the
broad shoulders Of the Lattcr-dny
arr iawlesr, and that they threatened
and endangered the lives OF those lambs
In wolvpH' clothing"
Here are the verified facts ~ tic al
legged case OF Mormon incendiarisms
Logan, Utah. June q, 1854.
Editor Dcscret News;
II send herewith sheriff Crookntons
affidavit REGARDING the attempt 20
burn the Presbyterian church. Rev. G.
NJ Parks. the pastor. has made TO me
personally similar statement. SIR.
Parks SAYS he VIII call on YOU IN Mon.
day next and repeat 4:
~. H. CUMMINGS Ji.."
Territory ~ Utah. County II cache.
Logan Precinct, ON this 2lat day ~
june. a. Il. 1884. personally appeared
before me. II. y. Cummings ir, a ,tf-
tlrr of the peace In AMI fot said l'tr-
cinct, at my office In said precinct,
Nicholas ". crookston. who. being
duly sworn, deposcs ana says that he II
now and has been ever since before No-
vembcr A. D. less. shern OF Cache
county
rhld ~ W. 'fonkHtOn further de-
poses ana says. 'On the morning OF De-
ccmber LIST, \. II. 1859. was notified
that an attempt To burn the Preaby-
terrain church In Logan had been made
during the previous night. | went TO
the church with County Attorney
Maughan. Found "A quantity OF kind.
ling wood saturated with coai-oll ON
the floor OF the bell-tower. The wood
had evidently been thrown there
through window and the coal.oll.
afterwards found on IL. from the win.
dow, and lighted match dropped In
ON IT, A bench used as a seat was
charrcd, the carpet covering ON Il was
burned ana some OF the kindilng wood
was also chaTrcd. Rev. &. 81. Parks,
pastor OF the church, told me that on
the previous evening there had been an
entertainment IN the church, being
Thanksgiving evening; that one, Vim.
Buder, came To the entertainment
drunk, ana that hF parks) asked him
TO leave. but he niuIcr) would not, and
that he u'arks) then put him out by
force. and that Huder then threatened
10 get even with him Gnrks)
1.-THE klndlinF wood had been spllt
on from round blocks sawed from a log.
l took three pieces OF tho klndllng and
fitted two OF them into block which |
found In Buder'S yard. The way the
pieces fitted, the curve OF the grain, the
lcpgth ana the kind OF wood, All proved
positively that the two pieces l fitted
had been split on from tho log In Bu-
der'a yard. While I was fitting the
piece on the block Buder came TO me,
took hold OF me and told me 10 let that