Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-04
CITIZENS MAKE PROTEST.
Logan Business Man Dsclaim Against
The Tribune SANDER

Editor News:
Logan, Utah, Feb. S--ln the interest
OF fairness, we the undersigned citizens
of Logan Utah, who were present at
the services held In the Logan taber-
nacle Sunday, Jan. %, at p m. pre-
sent the following as a correct synop-
sis OF remarks made upon that oeoa-
sion by Elder j. Golden Kimball.
This Church is well organized the
form Of the organization came from the
Lord. II Is a combination Of spiritual
with the temporal, which the world
cannot understand, and neither do they
like It.
There are difficulties confronting US
today which must be met Taking up
the Smoot case he said he had read iOO
pages of the evidence given at WASH
ington and from the reading he had
learned more OF "Mormonism' than ne
ever knew before. There are things told
In that record which have transpired
from the beginning of the Church to
the present time they know more about
W than we do ourselves.
The witness stand has not been de-
sirable position to occupy, the witnesses
get confused. | was a witness once
and got so mixed that gave the birth
OF my first child one year ahead OF my
marriage.
lie had talked with Apostle Smoot
about the records OF the investigation,
and he learned that applications from
all parts OF the world had been made
for them, and that they have been sent
broadcast. This had amazed him.
But what are we going to do are we
going to face Il? He proposed to stay
by the Church and by his father and
mother, who gave him birth. A love
for his religion was born in his very
bones.
lie read from predictions made by his
father, Heber G, Kimball, In 1856 That
the time would come when the Presi-
dency OF the Church and the Apostles
also other leading men would have to
flee before their enemies or go into hid
ing" He stated this had been fulfilled
When "Mormonism" cannot stand the
light Of day there is something wrong
Shall we apologize and spend our time
explaining things, or shall we stand by
our record and improve upon It as
much as we cam
II some OF those people were examin.
cd, who are so anxious TO get those
700 pages OF evidence, they could not
stand It, and the curtain would drop
before 700 pages were filled.
Some righteous women In the east
think laws should be passed against
raising large families. ! should IKE to
see them do II, they will have q Job on
their hands II they do. They want to
legalize race suicide, but they cannot
do IT, The Latter-day Saints do not
believe IN race suicide | see the evil.
dence q II when ! 30 into the country
the woods are full Of children, you can
see them behind nearly every tree and
rock.
The word polygamy was not used by
the speaker during his remarks. Nor
did we take the spirit OF what was said
TO be a defiance OF the government or
any Of It's laws.
MELVIN j. BALLARD,
JOSEPH r., CARBON
JOHN IT, ANDERSON,
HEPH THOMAS
WARREN x. BuRNHANI,
j s. CAMPBELL,
NJ. G, EVERTON,
FRED TURNER
ANDREAs PETERSON,
q w. LlNDQUTST.
GEORGE DUNBAR.
ROBERT MURDOCH,
g. NJ. HARRIS,
II, g. sMURTHwAITE,
ORsON SMITH.
J. A, HENDRICKSON,
]. c. THORESEN.
IT. G. HAYBALL..
The above are prominent business
men OF Logan, Utah.