Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-26
NO "LAND GRAB"

has an editorial entilleh ATTEMPTED
Mormon Land Grab 90 course II
has reference TO The hun hbaloo that has
been raised here over u letter written
by ihroo gentlemen IN Wnsolch County
who dcelred 20 extend such aid ae IN
possible aud lawful 40 their friends
who contemplate rcgiterIug and draw,
ing for lands In the riniah Roscryn-
tlon on ia formal opding ljy u falae
Interpretation ~ the motives ana OFFERS
Of those gentlemen IL was made 70 op-
pear by nntl- Mormon" som.lunolcs,
that the "Mormon" church was about
90 mako a great steal Of the land TO
be placed upon ilsl market and the
whole nation was warned ngolne, the
"outragc' and stirred up TO anger
against this nurported grab" A NUN.
Der OF ladies' Of this city were In.
weighed into oQhing meeting ana
sending protest to the President Of
the United statW against this alleged
terrible wrong, thus placing them IN
the very unenvmble position OF exhibit.
ing entire ignorance Of the whole sub.
ject OF tho opening OF reservations ana
Of tho law, and OF the regulations OF
TIM United states land office,
Senator Reed smool Of Utah was
held up TO the public ~ being n party
10 this purporied Mormon" land grab,
ana M the city OF Provo, whore the
Senator rcaidcs, was selected az one of
tho places whore the drawing under
the law should take place Il was
charged that he wAa instrumental In
having Provo chosen for this purpose
instead Of Salt Lake city. which II was
claimed would be more suitable for the
purpose and tho senator was de-.
bounced from the same source whence
the entire mircUroeentptIo originated,
with having planned 90 accomplish tho
desire OF the 'hicrarohy' 90 commit
frauds IN the uIntah Reservation, thus
Showing hla ntst allegiance TO the
Mormon Church insUad OF TO the
country
An thla nonsense has been adopted
by the Northwestern Christian Adyo.
cate, which raves N the usual anti.
Mormon style over "the balance OF
political power In the several statcs
mud the ownership Of the most valuable
lands aimed ut by the Mormon
Church, and Il " stated by that paper
that "tho continued presence Of Reed
smoot IN the United Sla,os Senate Ia
not only nm Insult TO the womnnhood
~ tho nation, but perpctuatcs the pow
cr Of the hierarchy Of the Mormon"
Church, etc, etc, There Ia more Of II
In the anne strain, which I, IL only q
waste OF time either TO reproduce or
touch upon,
For the information u the Advocate
we draw attention TO the published
statement Of United states Land Com.
missioner Richards on this subject
"salt Lake Clly was purposely omit.
ted ~ n registration point myself
made up tho list OF places whore req
latrationa should be made without con-
Hlting SNnaior Smoot or anyone else
In the Utah delegation, Having had
considerable experience with the open.
Ing Of indian lands ! knew that II We
established u registration ONCE IN salt
Lake we would have TO have one IN
Denver And T. moreover knew that
II we established registration olilcoa III
those biz cities we would have gam'
blers boggarH, servant girls ana pros
litutca rushing IN and nlling up IN,
llstn, not because th0y really wnntet
land but because they would want tC
take q chance and sell out n they hap
pened 10 draw n prize, That was why
other points were selected,
IAN this hubbub about Mormon dom
nation OF the uintah opening aud tn,
Mormons going TO get all the best lane
h pure rot ana II W getting tlresomo
There IN nothing In t."
n the editor OF the Christian Adyo
cato doubts the accuracy Of the forogo
ing, he oan md out rs truth by april
cation 10 the Commissioner or TO IN,
Land Department NJ Washington, u, G
nut we are inclined 10 think that N,
facts In thie case arc not particularly
desired by the "chrlston" CD assault
mt OF the Mormon people, no |
eagerly accepts any folNehood, howeyc
absurd, about the Mormon" religion
or tho Mormon people and Join
without reflection In any huo.and.cr!
that IL raised, no matter how vile, dis
reputable and unreliable may DO IN
orlginators Of the hubhub, lf the Ad
yocatc had used common Intelligence
or had sought 20 obtain correct nfor
nation as TO the manner Of acqulrln
lands on reservations throyn open 70
settlement Il might have spared itsel
the exhibition Of Ignorance and mtol
erancc TO which we have called attcn
ton,
IN another part VI this issue " N
News" win be found the proolamOtio
~ President Roosevelt on the openln
OF the reservation, also some furthC
explanations from Commissioner Rich
ards These Will answer the numorou
questions that come from yarlov
oources, and should silence the cayl
ana quibbloa of people and papers Tia
are halfrorogy because Of rumow tina