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

is llbelous IN its character, ana Is abb
solutely untrue, During the 10 minutes
that occupied Sunday Jan. 20, 1905,
/ made no reference whatever 20
polygamy, but referred TO something
that | had read regarding women IN
the east who wanted Congress and the
Legislature TO pass a law prohibiting
poor families from having large num-
bers OF children, and 90 introduce In It's
place race suicide. Women I'm the east
want Congress to stop this thing (haV-
Ing many children and | said; Com
gress VIII have quite q time In trying to
prevent poor people having large num-
bers OF children | did say that these
women wanted TO put this practise
down and legalize race suicide, / made
mention OF the large numbers Of chill
dren found In our outlying districts, and
that the woods were full Of them,
then bore my testimony that Mormon
ism IL true that II had found It's way
into my bones and into my blood, and
that / felt 1t In every fiber OF my be-
ing, and that 'Mormonlsm could not be
destroyed and the more they try TO
destroy II the more It will grow, When
we are prosecuted we viii live II the
better. ! believe In IT and | Will live
t.
The Ibbune reporter put the follow
ing words into my mouths
THE Congress and country know all
we have done and can't md out any
thing more, II is In that book Of 700
pages II you have done anything you
are ashamed Of hide. ] am not ashaln-
ed.
/ made no such statement as the fol-
lowing, III you have done anything
you are ashamed OF, hide The Tri-
bune reporter also charges me with
having poured his hot anathemas up
on the heads OF those who have brought
on the Smoot Investigation, and the
enemies who had gone 10 the witness
stand against the Church" / positive
ly deny having made any such state
ment They further state that the
effect on the audience was tremendous
stirring the deepest possible enthusiasm
and religious patriotism, there being
shouts Of approval and merriment and
moments,of most Intense interest, when
the deeper feelings were brought into
full play by the stirring words OF the
speaker and his dramatic action"
But not all We're on his side, There
were some protestants in that audience
who felt that the spirit Of o. the
reformation spirit, had broken loose
and who seriously denounced such bold,
openfaoed fanaticlsm and rebellion
against the clyll authority" which |
again brand as a falsehOod.
/ am preparing myself 10 dlsprOve
beyond disputaton the charges made
against me- 1t Is needless for me to
80 into details, further than TO deny
that | referred to polygamy or defed
Congress These reports are written
by people who have been treated kind
~ by the Mormon" people, They have
been Invited TO social gatherings and
have fawned and battered some OF the
Latter-day Saints, finding their way in
20 their good graces simply TO secure
information to hurt the Mormon" peo-
pie and mlsrepresent them. II was an
orp7rtune occaSi fer these desplca-
Bile people, who were seen to take notes
during the whole conference, and while
] may not be able TO prove that they
made the special report TO the Tribune,
they furnished the information, and Il
was given the Tribune. In my iudg-
ment, to be sent into the east to innu-
ence the senate committee on privileges
and elections.
Personally / have reached the place
that | do not propose to remain quiet
and to be misrepreseuted ms / have
been, | have been a resident OF Logan
city for number OF years, and my life
and character are well known, and ] re-
fuse to remain quiet and be stgmatlzed
by men and by people that are not
worthy TO unlatch the shoe strings Of
those they are vlifying. / make an
open appeal 20 my friends Of Logan
city to carefully follow this matter up
and ascertain who those unworthy ueo-
pie are that VIII frequent our churches
ana wllfuly misrepresent and put words
into the mouth Of the speaker that
were never uttered or referred to or
thought or j. @, KTNIBAIL.