Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-29


cause. we did not receive more than
ten votes from the biz oregon delega-
ton.
ION Tuesday morning the Oregonlan
In review OF the claims Of Denver and
Salt Lake, very unfairly presented our
cause and declared that the Mormon
question would be factor In the con-
test saying. Salt Lake city r. a slab
OF the Mormon Church. AZ the same
time we did not believe that IN a bust
ness organization the question would
be permitted to play part We no.
ticed, however that there was GOODNESS
toward us. Not one Oregon delegate,
so far as / know, called &C our head
quarters. We continued a good ma i.
tured, earnest fight and on Wednesday
we had every reason TO believe that
we would be successful We did not
know OF the underhanded means that
were being used,
sLANDEROUS AND FALSE,
1--WE have since learned that a Den.
Yer man went among the delegates and
the guests at the Portland hotel and
pointed out several OF our delegates as
"Mormons" and polygamsts. Delegates
were told that " the headquarters were
be erected, as the Mormons were now
In complete control. It was alleged
that eastern capital was stunning Salt
Lake az II II were plague spot Wo-
men OF Portland buttonholed delegates
and urged them to vote against us in
the interest OF good morals All this
we were unaware OF at the time, as IL
was a whispered campaign, the mean
est kind Of campaign that can be
waged, We simply knew that some
influence was at work that was nulli-
flying our efforts. We decorated the
convention hall with banners and APP
propriate notices and continued our
work
ION the day set apart for the seec-
ton OF headquarters, with our ladies'
we rode 10 the convention hall In IL
four-horse tally-ho, headed by band,
and serenaded the delegates at the con-
Yention hail. During the week LATE
Pence Of Idaho had been I'm the city.
apparently taking no interest In the
congress. on Monday when the head
quarters fight was 20 be pulled off he,
or some one for him. put up ST. which
made him a member Of the congress,
and his subsequent assault upon Utah
has already been printed. But It's vir-
ulence has not been and cannot be de.
scribed. lie made no invldious distlnt-
tion, but Included every man. woman
and child In Utah In his denunciatlon.
our ladies were I'm the hall as specta-
tors and he so far departed from the
course OF a gentleman as to address
them personally during his TRADE and
TO place them I'm an embarrassing POSI-
ton His disgusting harangue seemed
to meet with great favor, the oregon
delegation being especially conspicu-
Gus IN the applause. We made answer
to him and he got what he deserved
from Prof Talmage. IL we could nave
had vote that night, we would nave
been victorious. But an adjournment
yas taken until morning Many Of our
friends left the city In disgust ana an
effective anti-Mormon campaign was
carried on during the night
MORMON ELDER HOUSTON"
Friday forenoon the debate was con-
tinued. we did what we could TO stem
the adverse tide and presented our
claims In a conciliatory manner But
there is no truth IN the Associated
Press report that we extended the owe
branch TO Pence and the others who had
insulted us. On the contrary, al
meeting OF our delegation we expressed
our feelings In formal resolutions Which
we unanimously adopted, and we are
each and all OF us Of the opinion that
the outrageous treatment that we re-
oelyed cannot be overlooked or forgot
ten. While It is. perhaps, funny TO
Salt Lake people that j, W. Houston
was declared TO be a Mormon Elders,
a Mormon Bishop, a. j. Davis a poiy.
gamist child, John Dern president OF
a Mormon society and Prof j. E' Ial-
mage man with four wives, II was
not funny to us, because II was mani
cleus and done 20 hurt US.
"When the vote was taken, men VINO
had not naid their dues were allowed
IN vote and voted against US, although
they were not lawful voters Men Vot-
ed the names Of absent members. Mr.
Davis states that a man admitted to
him that he voted four members Tor
Denver who were not present In adj
duion, Denver bought lot OF member
ships lust before the voting, for people
who voted for that city and we we're
beaten. We were not beaten on an
honest vote and we knew IL. Never
thcless. we moved to make the vote
unanimous because we felt that the
sooner we could shake from our ieet
the dust Of n congress that permitted
a mud singer to falsely and malign our
state. the better for our self-respect
FLOWERS FOR FILTH THRoWER.
an the afternoon OF Friday, the Rose
club OF Portland, q prominent organlSa-
ton OF leading ladies, placed the seal
of approval Of that city upon the hlthy
assault which Pence had made upon US
by presenting him with magnificent
bouquet OF roses, for his manly defense
of the American home was sur
prlsed that such thing was done ana
yet / had no reason to DC surprlseui
for II Is notorious that whenever man
does despicable deed there are women
who. with a strange tatulty' proceed
to smother him with flowers. on be-
half OF our delegates, / wrote a card
to the Oregon Journal referring TO this
Rose club Incident. Among other things
| said: There are in Salt Lake city
lust as good wives, just as kind and
good mothers Just "a gracious ladies
as there are anywhere IN the world.
And. II the people Of Portland were in
Salt Lake city the Mormons whom
they affect Ia despise, would not treat
them as we have been treated. IL Is
manifest that we were not wanted,
We were In error when we supposed
that We we're. We win not again in
trude II is manifest that our money Is
not wanted, that our exhibits are not
wanted and that our people are not
wanted az the Lewis and Clark expo
sition.'
~ said that because the action OF the
Rose club OF Portland, club that IT'S
citizens are proud Of was SO important
that I'm effect II was nm official sane
ton by Portland OF the ISLANDERS TO
which we were subjected,
ALL WERE UNITED,
There is one gratifying fact to which
] refer our delegation was oyerwhelm-
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
a delegation 10 the irrigation congress
and fight Portland as the next conyen-
tIon city, We are vitality Interested IN
the subject OF irrigation and we must