The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-29

eeived cannot be overlooked or forgot
ten. While it is, perhaps. funny 10
salt Lake people that J. ". Houston
was declared to be a Mormon elder. I
/ q Mormon bishop, a J. Davis a polyg-
amist child. john Dern president Of
/ a Mormon society and Professor J. 7.
Talmage 2 man with four wives, 1t was
not funny TO as. because il was mali
cious and done TO hurt US.
When the vote was taken. men who
/ had not paid their dues were allowed
10 vote and voted against Us. although
| they were not lawful voters. Men vot-
cd the names Of absent members. Mr.
Davis states that a man admitted TO
/ him that he voted four members for
Denver NEc were not present. III I'D
diiion- Denver bought lot OF member
ships just before the voting. for people
who voted for that CITY, and we were
beaten. We were not beaten on an
/ honest vote and we knew it. Never
theless, we moved 10 make the vote
unanimous because We felt that the
s0oIfer we could shake from our feet
the dust or q congress that permitted
q mud-slinEer TO falsify and malign our
state. the better for cur self-respect.
Women Endorse Filth Throwing.
"Ih tue afternoon OF Friday. the Rose
club Of Portland. a prominent organi-
cation Of leading ladies, placed the seal
of approval OF that city upon the filthy
assault which Pence had made upon Us
1 bN presenting him with magnificent
bouquet Of roses for his manly defense
OF the American home I was sur
prised that such q thing was done and
Yet had no reason % he surprised.
for il is notorious that whenever a man
does despicable deed there are womue
who, with a strange faulty, proceed
In. ~
half Of our delegates. / wrote card
to the Oregon Journal. referring to this
Rose club incident Among other things
! said; There are in Salt Lake City
just as good wives just as kind and
good mothers, just as gracious ladies
as there are anywhere in the world.
And, If the people of Portland were in
Salt Lake City. the MOrmous whom
they affect TO despise would not treat
them as we have been treated 1t is
manifest that we were not wanted.
We were in error when we supposed
that we were We Viii not again in
frude- 1t is manifest that our money is
not wanted. that our exhibits are not
wanted and that our people are not
wanted at the Lewis and Clark expo
sitiOa'
Il said that. because the action of the
Rose club Of Portland, club that its
citizens are proud OF, was so important
that in effect it was an official sane
ton by Portland of the ISLANDERS to
which we were subjected.
All sects United for Utah.
There is one gratifying fact to which
/ refer. our delegation was OveTwhelm-
ingly Gentle, but there was no division
of opinion when it came to resenting
the insults which we received. We are
all of the opinion that salt Lake City
should be just as unanimous upon this
subject as we are We ought to send
d delegation 10 the irrigation congress
and fight Portland as the next cOnven-
ton city We are vitality interested in
the subject Of irrigation and we must
insist that the convention be held at
some place where there is not such an
unreasonable prejudice. We should re-
fuse as a state TO have anything TO do
with the Lewis and Clark exposition
We should strike back hard. We can
fight out the questions arising out Of
the conditions in Utah at the proper
place and proper time. As a people we
should be broad-minded enough to
unite when our business interests and
our homes are assaulted
In conclusion. I win say that we in
Utah have no conception Of the intense
feeling that has been aroused in the
country against US by the agitation
arising from the SmOOt controversy,
and il hurts US all"