Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-02
LIBELoUs PRESS REPORT


on Sunday and Monday last, Elders
Rudger Clawson and Jonathan @. kim
ball attended the conference OF the
Cache stake, held at Logan, and each
Of them addressed the congregation
thereat assembled. Tho subject Of Ell
der Clawson's discourse was revelation,
more particularly IN regard to the es-
tablshmont Of the Church Of Jesus
Christ OF Tatter-day Saints through the
Prophet Joseph Smith lie referred to
revelations that had been fulfilled, and
showed that the prophets Of old and Of
latter times were tho friends Of the hui
man family and also Of the Lord lie
spoke OF Abraham particularly ne "the
father Of the faithful and the friend
OF God" as he is recognized by the
Christian world
Elder Kimball followed with remarks
also upon the subject Of revelation, IL
Illustrating them with instances in which
prophecies uttered In modern times had
been fulfilled and others that would
surely come TO pass. A synopsis Of these
remarks will be found IN the report OF
the conference in another part Of this
paper.
Tho Salt Lake Tribune on Monday
published on It's first page pretended
report OF the remarks Of those Elders,
which, as is common In It's accounts OF
the sayings and doing OF prominent
l,atter-day Saints was misleading, gar
bled and IN many respects positively
false. This communication was headed
IN big, bold type as follows "Polyg-
amy 10 IN our Bonesl Declared Secre-
tary Klmbal Said he would like to
see Congress try to stop It. Treason
able Utterances stirred audience to
high fever at Cache stake Conference"
A column or more OF manufactured
sentences were placed IN the mouths Of
the speakers, conveying ideas they did
not entertain and words they did not
utter. The following was placed IN
large type ana attributed to Elder
Kimball
"Poiygamy then coming into the cur
rent OF his thought, he strongly defend
ed Il, saying some women In the East
wanted Congress ana the Legislature to
wipe II out stop 1t, and Introduce IN itB
stead race suicide, He said III Nor
monism cannot stand the light OF tho
fuss there IL something wrong. Those
good women IN the East want Congress
10 stop this thing polygamy, | would
like TO see Congress try H. They VIII
have something on their hands II they
do. They want 10 put this thing down
and cgaize race suicide, They can't
do Il, In the maine of lsraePs God you
have got TO see this through, The more
they try II. the more It win grow. We
do not believe IN race suicide.
"'Whcn | 80 into the country | see
the facts. ! have the demonstration,
The woods are full of evidence, There
Is child looking out from behind each
tree and each rock Think OF the chill
drenl why II Ii I'm our blood, In our
bonesl When we are persecut-
ed. we viii i've II the more.
II is An my blood and bone, ! believe
IN It and win live II.
"The Congress and country know all
we have done and can't dnd out any.
thing more. II Is IN that book OF seven
hundred pages. II you have done any
thing you are ashamed or hide
ann not ashamed,
The foregoing furnishes a sample Of
the TRADE alleged TO be report Of
the remarks made by Elders Cawson
and Klmball Neither Of them touched
ON the subject of polygamy We are
insured by persons present at the con-
ference that no such words were spok-
en- as many OF those attributed TO the
brethren, and that bits OF sentences
uttered by them have been detached,
and Joined together to suit the pur-
pose Of the paper that published them,
Among others who protest against the
false report aro the gentlemen who
signed the card chat appeared in the
News on Tuesday evening as fol-
lows;
To the Public:
The undersigned were seated within
IA feet Of Elder D. Golden Kimball when
he was speaking from the stand at the
Stake conference az Logan last Sunday
We heard every word clearly that wax
uttered, and we denouncc as unquall-
fiedly and malciously false the report
OF his remarks dS puhUShDd I'M the salt
Lake Tribune Elder Klmbau never
once referred 10 poygamy or polyga-
nous practices. either by remarks, In
ference or otherwise.
RUDGER CLAWSON,
G., W. NlBLEH,
Readers Of that paper acquainted
with It's tactics would recognize the
fact so frequently palpable that the
naring headlines conveyed assertions
nor borne out by any means IN the ar
ticle following them, That tx fire.
quent trick OF the Tribune, the reports
and specials In which are utterly
unreliable and frequently false IN lang
uage and intent lts paroyysms II
spite, and ebulIitions OF hate, and per-
sonal defamatlons OF character are too
vile and impotent TO provoke anything
but pity mingled with contempt But
when worthy gentlemen whose only
purpose Is 70 instruct, enllghten and
promote faith In God ana good conduct
in man are libeed IN the manner in fire.
quent use by that paper, and IFS per-
versions and falschoods are copied by