Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-11-03
PEET KEEPS UP THE WORK.

The following is from the Wilkes.
Barre, Pa, News of October 81
Evidently unwilling to face the rep
representative of the business men of
Salt Lake City and other places in |
Utah, T. G. Tiff, well-known clergy
man, who lectured at the Central M. |
e. church last night, took precautions
to have V. S. Peet, the representative
in question, denied the right to ask
questions or to be heard in any form.
DR.. Tiff has been lecturing in various
sections of the country on Utah and
Mormonism. He declares that the
state is the Black Hole of the Moral
Calcutta and that the fact of Nor
mons being allowed to live there
makes it plague spot and a menace
to the United States government. To
such an extent has this been spread
throughout the country by DR.. Tiff and
others that the business men of Utah
were compelled to take action in the
matter and send representative
throughout the country to correct the
impressions he made.
Mr.. Peet, the representative, is a
Methodist. He never was a member
of the Mormon church and has moth
ing in common whatever with Nor
mOnism. He is native of Pennsylva.
mia and has been in business in this
city and a married daughter resides
here now. The men he represents in
the main are not Mormons as the ma
jority of business men in Salt Lake
City are not of that faith. The same
condition prevails with respect to the
railroad officials. The pastors of the
Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Ro
man Catholic, Unitarian and Christian
Science churches and members of the
Y. M. c. A. and Salvation Army in
Salt Lake City do not countenance any
anti-Mormon agitation which will in
jure the state of Utah.
Mr.. Peet went to the Central NJ E.
church last night for the purpose OF
making certain offers to DR.. Tiff re.
: specting the truth of his statements
concerning the state of Utah. The Of
|, fers in question submitted are:
If DR.. Tiff, or any one else can
prove by testimony that would be ac-
cepted in Wilkes-Barre court of JUS
: tice, or any other court of justice in
the United States, that there has been
one plural marriage performed or
sanctioned by the Mormon church
since September 80, 1890, l will donate
$1,000 to the Sons of Veterans of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Or if DR.. T. G. Tiff, or any one else,
can show by the same proof that Jo-
seph F. Smith, or the Mormon church,
as church, has dominated, or inter
fered with in any way, the political
actions of any individual or party, /
will donate $1,000 to the Grand Army
of the Republic of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
If DR.. T. G. Tiff, or any one else, can
show that polygamy is increasing in
Utah and spearding to the adjacent
states and territories, l will donate
$1,000 to the Women's Relief Corps of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
If DR.. T. G. Tiff, or any one else, can
show that the Mountain Meadow Mas
sacre was ordered, sanctioned or con-
doned by Brigham Young, the Mormon
church, or the head officers of the Nor
mon church, | will donate $1,000 to the
United Order of Junior Mechanics of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
If DR.. Tiff or any one else can show
that Utah or the Mormon church has
broken its covenant with the United
States government to obtain statehood
] will donate $1,000 to the Sons of Vet
Grams of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
These rewards are guaranteed by