The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-25

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mine children. (Lauehtsr.) Tho pred
dent IL Innocent and We are Innocent, No.
cause We put faith In the pledge and
pttmina OF the pious covennnt-b breakers"
(AppIkuse and iaughter.l
The Leaders Are PS3ye xhAists.
He further assertsd that e4ASeS. OF tnA
msmbers Of the FIRST presidency and ten
Of the twelve apostles WHO signed the petit
fion for amnesty were rolygamists.
sof these fifteen leadeEA who soisinply
pledged their honor and faith for the future
obedience to the law by the church OF
Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saiuts.- three
have probably kept their pledges namely
Wilfred woodruff. Franklin d. Richards
ana Anthony II. Lunn. The two ,nrst nam
ed 1t the time of the signing Of thN-petita6n
for amnesty were over eighty years old
and for all practical purposes barrsds by
the statute of limitation. U.aughter.) 3
George O. Cannon first councillor to the
presiaent Of the church., Is ALSO morally
guilty. On the death Of Elizabeth Hoag-
lin Cannon. his lawful wife, and after TAX
ing unto himself three additional wives. Mr..
Cannon now claims to be legally married
to one Caroline Croxall, fifth wife, by
whom he has had two children, and he
and all his wives live IN suburb near
Salt Lake City. having no neighbors and
81 is known as Cannonville. Qaughter)
Records of Some of Them.
''Mr. Rawlins might have said that
Joseph f. Smith, second councillor to the
presidency, has three women among whom
he distributes the title of wife. Mr. Raw
Inns might have asked that Lorenzo Snow,
now prophet. president seer and revelator
and at the time Of the signing Of the petit
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Of the apostles. is also trampling under
foot the solemn compact. made by the gov
eminent
He took his first two wives in Nauvoo,
Ill. over forty years ago by one and the
same ceremony. in a block of two. as II
were. Q4Sughter) The elder of the two
women has since died and he has since
married, In the order named. Sarah. Har-
rfet, Elinor, Mary, Phoebe. Minnie and
would not you like to sit down to
breakfast in that family! Uaushter)
Snow is now living with the youngest and
last wife by whom he had his youngest
child during the winter of 1867, six years
after the manifesto pledging the faith and
honor Of the church had been issued.
''Moses Thatcher, one of the apostles
who signed the petition Of amnesty. has
three plural wives, two Of whom bore him
children, one on January s. 1892 ana the
other on January II, 1889 They just lacked
three days Of being twins. Great laugh
teri
Thatcher Could Have Been Senator.
'sMr. Roberts truly said yesterday that
Moses Thatcher was by majority of the
members Of the Utah legislature rendered a
seat in the United States senate and that
Moses Thatcher having more discretion
than Mr., Roberts or the people of Utah,
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add fuel to the flames already kindled by
Mr.. Roberts So you see we had narrow
escape from having trouble in both ends
Of this capitol daughter and applause,)
Utah Admitted BY Fraud.
Pages must be written" continued Ian
dis, "of the violation OF the compact by
which Utah was given a star. All. Mr..
Speaker, that star Is fallen star; 1t does
not shine with the briliancy and luster
of her sister stars. 1t shines by cunning
and by deceit, by treachery, by fraud. 1t
speaks OF, crime and of violation of the
most solemn covenant ever made between
territory and the Union. (Applause)
I'VE have as representative from itch
y man with three wives, the last one taken,
the report says, as near as We can ascer-
tain, before 1897. 1t Is in evidence that
he did not hold her out as his wife, nor
she him as her husband, until 1897. Up to
1895 she lived under the name Of Shipp and
under the roof Of Shipp Il don't believe
II any marriage ceremony was ever SOL
emnixed that It was solemnized prior to 1885.
believe. and no did not deny, that that
woman became his plural wife after Utah
came in as the result of a deliberate con-
spiracy to free that people from the heavy
hand of tho Federal authority and then
enable them to lige their religion -unhin-
dered.
How Roberts Was Elected.
'Ih 1896 Mr.. Roberts was a candidate for
congress and the church disciplined and
defeated him because the time was not
then ripe for a polygamist to come to the
American congress. He became a candi-
date in 1898, and the man who placed him
before the convention said he ran by per-
mission Of the church. In 1898 we were
engaged in a war with a foreign foe.
American manhood was away from home
or all absorbed in country. Valor was at
war and virtue was at prayer. The North
and the South under one flag. They hoped
in this general condition of magnanimity
TO come back and it was then this perjured
cheat attempted to crawl in. Sir, it came
by itself, but it will be hurled back boldly
and in the open day by the outraged In
dignation Of the American people ZAP
plaise) And across Won threshold will be
written in letters large enough to be road
from the national capitol to the Mormon
temple:
"'No pelygamist shall ever sit as .
member of the American congress- ZAP
plause.)
The Missionaries Defended.
1.-THE gentleman from Utah (Mr. Rob-
krts) has been particularly severe on the
missionaries. 1 do not wonder at 1t. The
missionary has given attention to the
polygamist has stood in his path, has
scattered thorns along his way, and for
this he is branded as a spotter, an in
former and a spy. History will bear out
SI.tu -. &kok aIf =.