Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-25

do not believe II any marriage ceremony Was
ever solnmnized that II was solemnlzcd prior
~ 1898. l believe, and he did not DENY thai
that woman became his plural wife after Utah
was taken irso tho American uuion. And
rhargo hero tset Utah came In as tho result OF
deliberate conspiracy to FREQ that people
from the heavy hand OF tho federal authority
aud then enable them TO live their religion uil.
hindered.
In h93 Mr.. Roberts was candidate for con.
gress and tho church disciplined and defeat, a
him because tho time was not then ripe for q
poiygamlst to come 70 the American con gress
no became candidate IN 1906, and the IN al,
who placed him before the convention stated
That he ran by permission OF the church. Il,
lpvs We were engaged In u war with u foreign
f0e' American manhood was away from home
or all absorbed In country, Valor wns at war
aud virtue WINS ut prayer The north and tn.
south under one flag, they hoped In this gen.
eral mugnanimity TO come back. and IL was
then this periured cheat attempted to crawl
IN. air, IL came by itself. but 1t will be hurled
back boldly and In the open day by the ont
| ragged Indignation OF the American people.
| lApplause,l And across yon threshold will be
| written In letters large enough to be read
| from the national capitol TO the Mormon TEN.
| pie. mo polyganist shall over sit Us u mem
| bor OF tho American congress-" Applause |
The gentleman from Utah tMrs Roberts) has
been particularly severe on the missionaries.
do not wonder Mt It. The missionary has
| given attention to the polyeamist, has stood
| Ia hts path, has scattered thorns along his
path. and for this he Is branded as a spotter,
nm informer and sBpy. History viii hoar Out
shis statement, that, although these fanaticai
rFirits and their deluded followers put l,UO
miles Of tractless wilderness, 100 miles Of
aesert waste, infested with savages. between
civilization, between thur camp OF bigotry
and crime. yet the distance was not TOO great,
hue were the hardships too severe TO daunt
| lhe spirit OF the missionary Of tho Christian
ihurch. He tracked poiygamy and faced it In
its lair. Thu Danites, IN cruel aud pitiiess y
Dnnd of cut thronts M ever handled this glit'
tering steel carried on this murderous work
Of the church.
htill tho missionary tolicd on. The blood
ntoners silnnced forever In death the voice OF
,postaoy, but that hindered not ths mission.
'ry' The government practically abandoned
mo Held, considering that u wus ppweriess to
hlnlpr that monster, fortified In those noun
tain fastnrsse-; but the American christian
missionary, with courage that now seems
sublime, with fidelity TO purpose that IL now
M inspiration, battlod ON IN the fear Of God
and for the love OF humanity. IApplause.l
- But" the gentleman says "wo took those
women n good faith, AMI we should not aban-
don them" There are 400 polyganlous fami'
licS In Utah. Provide for your plural wives,
.nNc care OF your plural children, but refrain,
illesitimates In the new state Of Utah Ar
plausc,
Continuing, MIR, Lands said;
Mr., Roborts has sneorod nj u good and nobl
woman (Mlss Helen dould) who helped t
| orannlao this movement agninit him, Whe.
our boys fell from disease or In battle, he
millions wept, And who knows bit that I,
iay tho same name that was spokeneD rcvcI
emily ut Santiago md Moniauh Point, by Ane
IA Utah by those women, doomed by bruta
hs9ts To the belief that their celestial ox,lta
tiun Will bu In proportion as they ministurn,
20 the rotten and lustful notions of a cnrrup
priesthood. Applause
say that the puoplo VI this country OSpeo;
us % turn him back. | protest against H.,
coming IN, prutrht on behalf OF the constitu
epoy that hua read the Ten Commandment
and the sermon on tho Mount. protest Oh
behalf OF the American homes, made bcauti
lul ny love and dovotipa, and holy by the vir
tue OF ou' womnnhood, protest on behalf oi
thv American mother and her child and TN,
American father who VIII never consent to til,
enthtonenicnt and doifcation of human pas.
slons,
protest On behalf VI those doomed to lille.
gtiInncy. protest on behalf OF the honest
Mormons, those who believe IN keeping invio
lnto the condition upon which Utah was nd
mitted to the American union. The country
Is waiting for vs. 10 not, Thn people are wait
ing on In Nav ENGLAND whoao homes have
been made pattern for this continent, They
are waiting In the broad sweep OF tho Missis.
aippi valley, u section of this country purged
OF this very infamy u half century ago,
They are waiting In tho new states of the
west, atntes whose territory has becn invaded
and whose atmosphere has been poisoned by
this worry plague. And away down south in
Dixie, where honor ~ religion, where gal
lantry Is law, and virtue Ia tho high ideal OF
beautiful womanhood, states are waiting 10.
day, waiting for American chivairy TO speak.
loud applause,