Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-16
SUGGESTION FOR
MORE WITNESSES
VS. Peet Of Salt Lake City Sends
A Communication to SEN
atOr Burrows
WILD SATIRE ON MINISTERS.
Wants Some of the Libel Mongers Of
Utah and Her People 10
Testify.


V s. Peet, land and immigration
,.ont Of this city and mon Mormon"
y,sterday mailed the following sugges-
,,o, for more witnesses In the smoot
casa 10 senator Burrows, chairman
United states senate committee on
nrly,leges and elections, Washington,
D. c. ,n.
II il not believed, however that the
.,egestlons VIII be acted upon for OBJ
ylous reasons
The communication in full follows'
uonorable slr-Noticing by the daily
aors mat the subpoenas are out Tor
anal witnesses for the prosecution
Wv, the Hon. Reed Sm0ot OF utah,
sS belleylng that as nothing has been
aroved against him the Hon. Reed
enoot viii make no defense, ] pray
az hebalf OF the State of Utah, ana us
iaw.ebldIng citizens and the people OF
,b" nation at large, that you summon
The Rev s. ~ Wishard, superintendent
~ ihe Presbyterian mission OF Utah
and Idaho, to testify before your COM
mlttee, a., ..,,,.h
oyer hrs signature In the Herald ana
presbyter. a Presbyterian paper. pub
nsbed al Cincinnati and ST. Louis, on
Nav II. 1903, on page 6, column q that
IA had recently catalogued the names
-, "a "Mormons" who had taken polyga-
,,ons wives since the manifesto Again
an Nov. Is, 1908. In the same paper, page
column 3, THAT blood atonlng, Kill
Inc Of apostates to save their SOUS
was practIsed as long as the priests
Mad dared to execute their muderOus
Soetrue. Apostle Reed Smoot belongs
10 this same Priesthood that sun
claims authority over individual con-
sciences and the state" Again, on
Dec 9, 1908, in the same paper page
column 2, that all Mormon" wonen
are subjugated and compelled to ac-
ctpt polygamy.
/ believe that the testimony OF the
Rev. Wishard and the catalogue OF
names from man holding the exalted
position that he does, that he had I'M
ouallhedly published to the world, Will
be more powerful than any witness
that has been before your committee.
also pray that you summon before
YOU to testify, the Rev. George Bailey,
president Of the Westminster college,
Salt Lake city who said In a lecture
IN the Classen Avenue Presbyterian
church Brooklyn, N. y and published
IN the salt Lake City Herald, Nov. ii,
1909, that Senator smoot was guilty OF
treason or worse, and that he has sworn
10 overthrow this government of ours.
also pray you TO summon before you
to testify, the Rev. Duncan j. Nc
MILAN, pastor Of the one Hundred and
Twenty-eghth street Presbyterian
church, New York City, who said, In a
lecture at Delm0nicas, a portion OF
which was published In the New York
mi Weekly World on Nov. II, 1908, that
he spoke from personal knowledge
gained during an experience OF years
as Gentle missionary In Utah. lie
said that Senator Smoot was polyga-
mist and that he is pledged by his
Mormon" oath TO work for the over
throw OF the United States government
also pray you to summon before
you Mrs. Maria Weed, Chicago, ILL.,, one
Of the official lecturers Of The w. G. T.
u, who said IN a lecture before the
W. c. T. U. in Cincinnati, o., and pub
shed IN the Salt Lake Herald, Nov. 49,
1903, that Senator smoot at one time
had FIVE wives and now he has three
Her address was very earnest and elo-
quent and was received with marked
demonstrations.
also pray you 10 summon before you
Rev. Frank Barnett, who as president
Of the Ministerial association OF Salt
Lake City Utah, did send on or about
Jan. !, 1902, a memorial to different re-
lgous organizations Of the United
states which said In part "the crime
poygamy) is spreading In the adjacent
states and territories, corrupting public
morals and dlshonoring American
homes; that the loyal people OF Utah
one helpless In the hands Of unscrupu-
lous polygamlsts,"
Believing that the Ministerial associ-
alton Of salt Lake City is trying TO
dominate politics there, a resolution
was introduced in this assocla ton, con.
sldered fayorably and published In the
say Lake Herald, Sept. 20, 1908, which
said.
Resolved, that It is the sense Of the
Ministerial association that the time
has come Tor the election Of an out-and-
out GENTLE mayor and city council, the
majority OF the members Of which viii
not be tools In the hands Of Mormon
hierarchy"
pray you to summon before you the
secretary OF the association and cause
hlm TO bring the records OF that meet
Ug' also copy Of the Devil Fish map.
OF me United States, which the assoc
cation ls distributing through the
V9uhtty by It's corresponding secretary,
we Rev. Richard Wake OF Salt Lake
wy This map represents Utah as a
os black blot on the map OF the United
states, IN the shape Of a hIdeous look
ihg Devil Fish.
Also mat YOU summon before you TO
usulN the Rev, John l.. Leillch to sub
santlate the sworn protest which he
paced before you on Feb, %. 1903. The
rev Leilch, on the above date was SUI
Ffntendent OF the Methodist mission
uiah (the highest office they could
ufstoW on minister there) and a rep
esehtative Of the Ministerial associa-
ion Of Salt Lake City. believe that
,ae above reports OF conditions In
elah caused over 90 per cent Of the Sig
natures to petitions against Senator
ccmoot that they have greatly retarded
Sentle immigration to Utah and
sIooked the wheels Of progress and I'M
gIoVement there and caused enmiS
Wv bitter Feelings Of the people OF the
Haer states Of the Union AGAINST Utah.
believe that II the above reports are
gue that Senator smoot should he In
se penltentiary instead OF the United
TiN,es senate, and that the State OF
.wn should be placed under military
we u they are not true, the peo-
W OF the United States should kno~
W ana Utah should be placed IN har-
Union. wy ''''0 say q 9 prtSr
a resident OF Salt Lake CITY, tax.
sssger IN Utah and Wisconsin, and a
'I nen OF the United States.