The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-10

The authorities Of the church. the first
presidency and the twelve apostles have
not shown Misrepresentation even in no
CannOn's plural wife. Lillian Hamlin 10
whom he was married in 1895. was. after
ms death. elected to prOfesSOrshlD Il
the Brigham Young academy of Provo.
OF which Apostle SmOot IS leading trustee.
Tbs president OF that academy is living
IN polyga-ny- Apostle George ". Teas
dale. n spite OF MS new plural marriage
to Marion z Scholes. and in spite of his
outrageous divorce from his legal vie,
Lillian Hook Teasdale. and his marriage
almost irnms diateiy thereafter to a young
woman aged 3. by Apostle Mariner W.
Aerril. holds al his honors as an apostle
Apostle Heber J. Grant who was forced
TO plead guilty of pOlygamOuS cohabita-
ton in the Salt Lake courts in 1893. and
PresiderS Ansus NJ. Cannon and Counsel
or Joseph E Taylor. who pl5aded guilty
and paid small fines in the same year on
similar indictments. have not been called
TO account Tor their criminal conduct.
Tanners Case Cited.
J. NJ. Tanner. a pIacticing polygamist.
who was obliged by the government TO
resign his position as president Of the
Agricultural college at Logan, has been
appointed and is now acting as super
intendent OF Sunday schools for the Nor
mon church throughout the world.
Charles Kelly of Brigham City. Utah,
Wnsn convicted about the same tiTns Tor
polygamous coha bitation. was almost i'm
mediately promoted by the church from
the position of stake counselor to the Of
fiee OF stake president, an office which
he still holds though continuing his
polygamOus life.
We give below the complaint sworn to
by c. NJ Owen against President Angus
NJ, Cannon as a fair sample of some sixty
informations made by Mr.. Owen during
the year 1899:
&c. NJ. owen. being first duly sworn. de-
poses and says:
That he is citizen of the United
States and a resident and taxpayer of the
city and county OF Salt Lake; that ne
is informed and verify believes that on
or about the 18TH day of April. 1893. one
Martha Hughes Cannon state senator or
an Legitimate child; that the aforesaid
Martha Hughes Cannon is by common
habit and repute in the community the
plural wife of Angus NJ Cannon. DreSl-
dent of the Salt Lake stake of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. and
the aforesaid Angus NJ. Cannon is the
father of the said child, contrary to the
provisions of section 4209 and 1910 OF the
compiled laws of the state of Utah. 1898
That he cites as witnesses In support
of the above charges, T. s BaScOn,
Sarah J. Cannon. wife of Angus M Can
non; Martha T. Hughes Cannon. LorSnZo
Snow. president of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints: Heber ii
Wells, governor of Utah. George O. Can
non, counselor of the first presidency; Jo-
seph T. Smith. Heber, J. Grant, John w
Taylor, and John Henry Smith. apostles;
Charles PenroSe- editor of the DeSer6t
News; John NJ. Cannon. Wilheimina, Can
non, William p Preston. John X: WIN
der Aquila Nebeker. president of state
senate; James T. Hammond, secretary CE
state; Joseph 8. RawlinS, county COM
missioner; Mrs. Anna Cannon. Clara G.
Cannon. Mary f. Cannon and Mary NJ
Subscribed and sworn to before me
e. W. TAYLOR.