Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18
Mr.. Nuttines Version OF University Incident

called the elder to stop, ana Closed ll'e
meeting, There was some talk AFTER
wards, during which Mr.. Peet LETT. l
and others shouted to him to come
back. and ! told him | wanted that
$1,000 for the association, and asked
where | could meet him. finally saying
he could find me ut certain time ana
place there the next day. de came,
and showed from his article just what
he had done In making up his state
ment; and as the booklet itself could
not be present for day or two, l
asked whore could find him Wednes-
day.
BY consent of the elder with him, he
gave me the latter's address saying
he would show me his (Peets) address
and mail would be sure TO reach HIM
there. What was my surprise on
calling with my booklet, to find that he
did not even know where Peet lived,
and that Peet never, or very seldom,
called for mail there! Instead of MIR.
Peet proving his own statement against
me, as he had offered to do or forfeit
$1,000 he had apparently ned
falslty. which was complete as
acknowledged by the elder. Clear
~ Mr. =. had taken FIVE words
out OF one sentence on page g. skipped
l2 pages TO No. IA and thence had tax
en- another clip; then took la words
llVlll ellNlFl'l udll way JtNNNFlAf -
ferrlng 10 Judson In India 100 years
ago. and by multiplying the gist OF
these together he got his astoundingly
false statement which is fatty contra
dicted by the very sentences and para
graphs whence he garbled his clip
pings / have written him these facts
at the address given; and he must
either pay. get release, or acknowledge
his utter error Of statement, or show
up as in character all that the above
and other facts imply.
The report" OF Mr.. Woodruff is in
great error also IN its closing para
graph. What l said about higher edu-
cation ] distinctly said was quoted
from the News" and OF course II was
not anything like what he gives as
from me. Nor was II IN the least dis
proved by the presence of nine, or
would It be by 900 Mormon students I'm
Philadelphia For practically all of
them are taking medical, dental or 9th
er studies which are not taught In
any Utah school at all. And they seem
TO have another purpose, there, indi-
Gated by their statement TO me that
they were pushing Mormonism among
the gtudents Just as hard as they
could" ! have known for years that
there were Mormon students in sew
eral eastern schools and l have known,
also, Just about what they We're doing
lneIe. Inc statement bl lNc itibll
that will give Philadelphia a wide
berth IN future is too funny, indeed!
A man whose ancestors We're In the
battles Of freedom on Bunker Hin and
Lexington, who has never himself been
known TO finch thus far, who has dis
cussed these matters hundreds of times
with elders IN Utah--for such an one
to be scared forever out Of a great city
by this little affair ] have spoken
every year for somo time i'm that city.
aud l expect 10 speak there every year
IN future; even the next week another
appointment was met. And all we'll
behaved Mormons are welcome now.
as always before; only let them tell tho
truth If they write reports.
one more point-the last. Mr.. w.
makes much of my graduating class
picture, and yet says my lecture was
full OF concealed venom" Why then
was / at the expense of getting tho
picture, as well as many others, which
| said squarely j had been at pains to
get to correct false impressions as TO
the appearance of the Mormon people?
Why did he not say that in comment
ing on this very picture | said that no
one could tell them from the faces in
graduating pictures in the east? He
knew ! said this l will leave the read
er to draw his own conclusions from
these facts. But perhaps 1t will now
be IN order for me TO quote the open
ing lines of Mr.. WIS piece again:
20. what tangled web We weave
When first we practise to deceive"
The unconcealed purpose of the writ
er Of the report" Is to stir up all the
prejudice possible against the unsec-
tartan, unsalarled. self-denying, Bible
work we are doing ia Utah. That there
is a great Issue. raised by Mormonism
itself, between its doctrines and those
OF the Bible and the whole Christian
world, IS too sadly true. But what Is
the way to settle Il? BY mlsrepresen
tation and abuse on either side? ] al
ways freely admit. for my part that
levc their doctrines just as sincerely
as ! do those which 1. and millions be-
fore me for 1900 years and more, have
found In the Bible; and ] certainly
hold my beliefs as sincerely and ear
nestly as any one well could. Tho
only course which Is either reasonable.
manly or Christian In such case is to
sit down calmly and study the whole
matter over together, as often as may
be necessary, praycrfully seeking Gods
help IN finding out just what His Bible
teaches. This Is my course; and the
work God has called me TO do h To
help all i can TO do the same-always
in love; as the instant applause OF the
audience indicated that | had spoken
In Philadelphia. | entreat all 10 do So
The editorial comments on the report
We're even more untrue than the ar
ticlc itself An honorable man is al
ways ready to make wrong right
Tho statements above are exactly true,
as can be proven under oath,
JOHN d. NUTrlNG.