Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-08
P0LYGAMY STILL PRACTICED.
Extracts From the Speech Of Congress
man Lands of Indiana, Jan. "a, 1900.


| uce, according to his statements, had not
| cnly been abandoned as practice, but
eradicatod as Il belief and he pledged the
tnith and honor Of all his people, gentiles
and Motmuus. iuidtls and churchmcn, to
the solemn Keeping of that pledge.
MI Rawns could have slated truthful
" that Of the fifteen leaders who solcmn-
~ pledged their honor ana faith for fu-
ture Oh dience to tho law on the part Of
the members Of the church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints, three have probably
kept their pledge, namely Wilfrcd Wood
run. Franklin ID. Riohd.is, ana Anthem
H. Luna. rho first two named were at
tho time of the gins Of the petition for
amnesty over eighty years of age, ard
hence for all practical purposes barred
by the statute Of limitation.
Mr. RAWiius could have stated that of
the other mcmbers of the fist presidency
and twelve apostles eleven have been
guilty of tho violation Of the letter of enc
law and their pledges, while one other is
at least morally guilty, namely, George
g. Cannon. first counselor to the president
of the church. lie could nave stated that
on the death of EliZabe IA iIoaglaud can
non, his lawful wife, and after taking UNI
to- himself as additional wives Irah Jdrc
Cannon, Martha Tullcy Cannon, and Eliza
r Cannon, and after having plct''d guilty
and having been a fugitive from justice.
having forfeited his bail and served 3
term honorab,y in the ponitcntiarN' Nj.
Cannon now claims to be !, -aliy married
To- one Caroline Ctoxall, " fifth wife, by
whom he has had two children, ard -
and all his wives live in suburb near
salt Lake city having no noilhb"rs, ana
it Is known As CuununVillc
Mr. Rawlns might have said that Jo-
scph +. Smith. second counselor to IN"
presidency, has thr . women among whom
no distributes the title of wife JuiinH and
Edna, who are sisters. and Mary, all of
Gin D
1890 since The issuance of that manifesto;
that said children are ackuuwlo dyed by
Smith as his offspring. and shat at this
time both Mary and Edna have young
children of whom Smith is the recognized
father. Mr.. Rawlins could stand upon
solid ground in the open and bold dcclara-
ion that Joseph r. smith second crun-
sc,or 70 the presidency, is defiant poly
gamist
Mr. Rdwlins might have stated that
Lorenzo Snow, now president, prophet,
seer. and revclator called the literal
rnoUthpiece OF God" and by others OF the
church the "boas of Jehovah's buckler.
and at the time of the signing of the pc
tition for amnesty prcsiden. Of the quo
rum of apostles, is also trampling under
foot the solemn compact made with the
government. 1t will be remembered that
President Snow was one of those who
under oat interpreted the manifesto ana
declared that the manifesto Of $3.50 prohib-
tied unlawful cohahi alton with poly
gamous wives as we'll as the ceremony Of
taking additional wives. Snow had par
tiCipated in nine atrimonial ventures.
He was first married over forty years
ago, in Nauvoo, ILL.,, to two women, Ada
line and CarlCtta. He took these two
wives by one and the same cere mony-n
a block of two, as 1t were. 0LaughterD
The elder of tho two women has since
died, and he has since married, IN order
named, Sorln, Harriet. Elinor, Mary
Phoebe Minnie and Caroline Gaug h'erJ
Would you no, like to sit down To breaf
fast in tina. family?
Snow has five children, ac youngest
being born during the winter of 1N9d-HI.
three years after that petition foranlnosty
p.edginc the faith and honor of the church
had been issued sworn complaint
charging Prophet Snow with adultery with
his. ninth VIII" was made within the past
six months. The county attorney of salt
Lake county refused to prosecute hlm on
the ground that he was not satisfied with
the decision of the Supreme Court mat
Sarah was the legal wife. Here We have
,rEc inspiring spectacle of q "Jack-Mor-
mon" county attorney everything the SUI
prcme Court of Utah, doubtless to secure
some political favors from that pclySam-
GUS hiorarchy.
Mr.. Rawlins could have stated that
Moses Thatcher, at that time one OF
amnesty. had plural wives-Lydia That"h-
err Auu- Ctytpn Thatcher, and Anne
Snow Thatchar-tWo of whom had borne
him children, one of them on January =
1883. and the other on January H. 1893.
They lacked just three days OF h"lnS
twins Mr.. RawlinS could have made q,
great impression on the country ny cali
irC attention to the fact that Nirhin SIX
" DAYS after the birth of these children
ry these poygamous wives Moses Thatcn-
cr was. by majority of the members II
the Legislature of Utah. tcnderci 50 II
in the United States Senate, and that
Moses Thatcher. having more discretion
than Mr. Roberts or the people OF Ctah.
declined the honor. stating that he would
not add fuel TO the flames already kim
died by Mr.. Roberts election. So you
see we had a narrow escape from having
trouble in both ends of this Capitol.
Mr.. Rawlins could have also stated that
at the date of the signing of this petition
for amnesty Francis NJ. Lyman, an apps
tie whose name was affixed thereto, had
three wives, distributed as follows: one
ter ~ man, and Susan Ca,ister Lyman
In 1898 ona of those wives died, and now
Rhoda lives at Tooele and Susan at flll-
more. Utah: that Susan, the last poly
Famous wife. has SiVon birth TO two chill
drcn since 1896
Mr.. Raw.ins could also have stated that
in $500 Heber j. Grant, another apos' ie
who signed the petition Tor amnesty, nlH
three wives distributed as follows; one
I'm Salt Lake one in Colorado, and one IN
Idaho rhc apostle Heber was evidently
getting in shape to hold an interstate fam
ilv reunion In 1872 his legal wife. who
resided in Utah, died, and his then second
wife was promoted and became his rec
ognizcd lawful wife and made her home
with him in Salt Lake city. The apostle
'Iebcr evidently subscribed to the merit
system. and was adopting the clNil SER
vice rule in the matter of matrimonial
promotion.
I'm 1896 subsequent to statehood, the
lother wife Emily Wells, moved to the
city Of Salt Lake and in short time pre-
scented happy Heber with child; IN sep
tomber Of the year 1889 she pre- renied the
holy apostle Hcber with another child.
Mr.. Rawlins could also has stated that
George Teasdale for the past twenty years
Cr more has been known as the LAWFUL
husband OF Lillian Hook Teasdale; thGf,
in addition 10 Lillian Hook Teasdale, lac
married in days past two sisters, PlNton
bv name; that for this deft touch OF matt
rimonlal coquctry he was indicted ana
fled the country; that both of these wo-
men died leaving small children, and that
i'm 1893 "A young woman by the name OF
Mary T.. Scoles accompanied her mother
from ENGLAND to Utah as Mormon con-
vcrts; that in May. 1896 this second wo-
man went to Nephi, Utah, To take charge
of the children born to Tcasdale by the
PiXton sisters and then In charge of lAl-
liam Hook Teasdale that on the 10th of
II. no hns