Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-03
THE RYOMAN
MEETING HELD.
Much Speaking and Long Petition
To the First Presidency
NORDBERG WAS VEHEMENT.
Made Plea for "Pure swedish" but
Uses Had swedish in Ills Argu'
ments-The 0lber Speakers.

Ant bitnu tISHNfI wac ~ VI hiiNN y N'
terday afternoon on the occasion Of the
holding of the much advertised meeting
called IN the interest Of Editor otto
Rydman. Who IS seeking to override
the action Of the Twelfth ward Bishop
rio and the High Council of the salt
Lake STAKE OF Zion in deciding against
him III the controversy be has been
waging OF late The meeting was de-
cidedly mixed as 10 It's personnel.
Among those present were Swedes Fins
from the Murray smelters, English ana
Americans. Not a few If the swedish
were Lutherans, while some had been
members OF the Church but had lost
their membership. 1t Is fact also
that some good Latter-day Saints we're
at the meeting though most OF them adj
mitted tina, their Interest did not eN-
tend beyond the point of curiosity II
transpired that very many Of those who
signed the petition 20 the First Presl-
deney did 80 under a misrepresentation,
There was considerable amusement at
the expense OF II. X. Nordberg, who has
been clam0ring vociferously for pure
Swedish when that language IL spoken.
He spoke Swedish himself yesterday.
but il was notable fact that It was
not pure on the contrary II was
bad-decidedly bad, both as to gram
mar and manner of expression, Pure
swedish In doubtless q good thing but
Mr., Nordberg Is not good advocate OF
It.
THE PROCEEDINGS,
Present on fhe stage were, among
others O. Rydman. X. II. Nordbers.
Hedman. Jr., Edwin Hedman, A. Nor
tenson Llljeblad, John Larson, Victor
Anderson. y. Monson Martin Nordberg,
j, X. Edhom. Nils Nilsson, Rlenhold
Sandherg, Mr. Skonberg Theodor jan
son. Aug Carlson. G. Cederstrom, j. +,
Hallbom JalSob Broman. Mr.. Linde-
berg. o. Hlilstrom oskar Larson, o. NJ.
Resell, c. s. Baker and John Is. Sells
train.
X. Fl. Nordberg called the meeting to
order mad presented Mr.. Hedman. Jr.,
as chairman, Mr.. Nordberg said re
am an apostate how or why was 1t
that was accused or taken notice of In
the Twelfth ward Bishops courtY And
how could the High Council Of Cache
Stake excommunicate me In 1897 when
] have been a member Of the Twenty
second ward OF Salt Lake Stake since
1902" These questions were asked
with great yehemence.
A song was sung and prayer was Of
fered by j. r. Edholm. He asked for
the Holy Spirit to guide the proceed
ings.
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wie'os me authorl'y AGAINST OUT risnls'
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apout noerV, We nave peeh roppeu,
ne saw ., our ,isnts, ilsh, ALONG nlu
particularly III 'he closing OF the four.
teen'n Ward ineetihs mouse, ne feau
from ! corintn'ahs. ~, ABOUT language
He denied mat he had broken any law
ne referred again IN very inslnuatng
tsrms 70 the same person before de-
houhced hs low criminal Rydman
must not hang Tor the swedes, because
we an stand by MN. lie said that ae-
cording TO Mathew b: Y. Brother +.
,. Fernstrom was liable to hell fire."
Tor his utterances about the Swedish
Saints Then he read u statement by
the temporary Waterman OF the Tab
ernacle, that Brother l.. Dal-
quist was thrown out from
said building. In each case two or
three persons stood up as alleged Eye
witnesses. He again called upon good
and bad 10 assist In denouncing the
decision Of Bishop Clawson lie crlt.
cised the proceedings as Illegal and
related the story Of Susanna as an H.
lpstration, and said the same shall hap
pen TO the false accusers In this case.
and I'VE shall see TO It. that Rydman
shall not have to bow to this ungodly
Judgment" IL should feel insulted, he
added, ~ you did not choose me to
Sency" he fsr,ber cers,, y u ~ ,,n,an,
terms the proceedings OF the High
Council, but found some excuse In the
fact that that body had nothing but
the imperfect minutes from the
Bishops trial to go by good shep-
'F'H 80 'lNNN'if VIZ F'0Ah ANt
the lost sheep, but Brother Cannon had
ngurativeiy Kicked at and actually in
suited Brother Rydman before the
4 Council. He affirmed that he wrote
the letter published In the News TO
the High Council Of Cache Stake, and
that he stood for It's contents yet. He
read from Apostle Cowley's work Pres
ident Lorenzo Shows defence before the
court In Ogden and said that that was
t,nuance Of polveamy Ie h ui1 S S,se1d
Ell that principle before the world for
seven years, ana would never admit
that us practice should cease.
That, ne SAID, was the reason for his
strained relations WIN the authorities
IN. 'ache- bnt az ne, IN 1870. was re-
ceiVed IN the Iwenty-kecond ward upon
Iecommend ron cache he did not
tnlnk ~ possible that ne could be eN-
comhuhlcdieu III 'he lal'er place IN
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SOLUTION OF DIFFICULTY
Aueus, larson OF ogden said that