Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09

SIS.
Even that is not the worst. Tho
| whole address is moi about polygamv on
any other violation of the law The
| qntlre address concerns the Glstrbu.
! tlor OF Church funds. which the author~
tues mad been chargcd with spending
eorruptlS- Men IN the Church and out
or It had sought 10 create a schism
In the Church, to split it asunder and
they had dome SO by charging thai the
Church funds were being cn1ruptlv
used, SO as to destroy The peoples
confidence in The Church officers
That Is the subject Of the whole ad,
Dress and the purpose Of Senator Srnoot
IN addressing the congregation there
was merely 70 restore the confidence of
me great congregation hi the chief aut.
I thorues OF the Church. Yet notwith.
1 standing all of this. II was ACTUALLY
used on This floor to blacken this man.
| ana so effectively used that the sena-
to' from Arkansas based most of his
| speech upon IT. 1T is only fair to the
| senator from Arkansas to say that he
| quoted the extract entire exactly as
| siven In The speech OF the senator from
Michigan The senator from Arkansas
did not Know, any more than the sena-
tor from Michigan knew, that il had
| neen extracted from widely separated
| portions OF Senator Shoots speech. re-
changed,
But here, Mr.. President. is the clos
lns sentence OF Senator Shoots adj
dress~-and this sentence was NOT read:
We will continue to be good citizens
OF this nation, We win uphold and
| pray for it, We viii be true men and
true women 10 our Church. to our
country. and to our God.
Why was not that sentence read?
THE CHARGE OF TREASON.
What now of the charge OF treason
| which Is made before this courtP M
rs said that The senator which Utah
mas SEM here as her representative
sent py the members Of Utahs legisla.
lule VINO We're both gentlles and Nor
IHoNs ppth women and men, should be
expelled because he has taken an oath
tilcoi4slstent with his oath as senator;
because he owes higher allegiance to
hls Chutch than TO his country
thls charge ON which he Is being tried
before this court is second only In its
gravity 10 the charge OF polygatny up
On winch he has been tried before tho
peppse' II either charge We're true he
ought to be expelled, We have seen
thnt tae charge upon which he has been
Srieu before the people Is worse than
laIse. Now shah show that the charge
upon which he Is being tried before
'his court is also worse than false.
All Morm"ns take the same religious
| ODIlSatl ons--the same OATH II oath thern
be, Six witnesses who had taken The
oath sWore that IL contained the oblf
| satloh or vengeance upon the nation
tn0ugh none OF them agreed as to the
| exact language OF these six witnesses
All put one were impeached. and that
! one dld moi use the word nation at all
In addition to i'm peachment. three
We're SHOWN to be drunkarcs; one In
sane having the hallucinhtion that he
Hdd personal relations with the devil
aha one admitted on the stand that shs
fad pelJured herself. The Testimony OF
lleSe witnesses would not be received
IA any court of justice, and IL received
any Judge would direct any fury 10 dis
regard their evidence.
against this. witness after witness
OF perfect reputation. who had taken
the endowment ceremonies, testlie,t
tliat no such oath was administered.
and no attempt WIS made To impair or
lmpeaoh their testimony. Finally, SEN.
ator Sinoot himself, under oath, testi
ned that he had never taken or heard
OF such an oath. but that ON the com
irary he and his people were taught
ioEe OF country and devotion 10 the re.
public,
THESE TRAITORS DIED ON T1JE
BATTLEFIELD FOR THE FLAG
But this is NOT all. I was I'm the
Inluppines during the insurraction.
was WIN Gen. l-swton In the Aorons
Campaign ! took part In the advance
on TsStay. The day before that aS-
vance met many officers and men
| among them was a major of artillery
llHined klchard w. Young. In command
OF the Utah battery. After Gen. Law
Ton haq introduced me, / asked him as
we walked away. rs that man from,
Utah, and II so, Is he a Mormon" cen
LawtOn answered, He is from utah
and is Mormon ana the best volun,ear
artillery officer In the Philippines"
IN surprise | asked Gen. Lawton.
ana ihese Utah hatteries-are any OF
these men Mormons2" And Gen, Law
ton answered. Yes; a great many al
them and they are splendid soldiers. .
Then ] asked whether any Mor,nons
| had been killed or wounded I'm artion
ana Gem Lawton said 'MeD OF these
! batteries have been both killed and
! Weunded but OF COURSE / do not know
| WS,hether those Killed and wounded were
| Mornlons or not. But all of them are
brave men and splendid soldiers"
5ut many Of the Mormon members OF
these volunteer Utah batteries were
Killed ana wounded. ] VIII now read
to the senate the oflclal statement OF
tne war department giving the service
OF 1nsse Utah batteries showing the
men killed or dying from wounds
among them many Mornons-no Nor.
! mons died or dlsc0se-and telling the
service they performed and the en-.
g0sements IN which they participated
IN the war with Spain.
War Department tho Military socre-
ia1y's Ofiice Washington, Feb. 10,
1901
Hon Albert j. Beveridge, United States
senator the Portland, Washington
L. C.
Sir referring 10 your telephone re-
quest Of today for statement showing
the military record of Harry A. Young
and Richard w. Young. Utah artillery
the names OF those who were killed.
Who died Of disease. and who were
wounded as OF that Organization, and
the engagements IN which the batteries
participated IN the Morang Peninsula.
] have the honor 20 inform you as fol.
lows:
II Is shown by the official records that
Henry A. Young Was enrolled May 5.
1855. at Fort Douglas, Utah: that he
WAS mustered ingo service May 8. 1883
as Quurtermaster sergeant with battery
A. battalion, Utah artillery volunteers.
and that he was Killed In action Fob.
9, 1922 near Manila. Philippine Islands
HIS service IN recorded as honest and
faithful. ana no WAS specially men-
Toned by The commanding officer OF the
battery for meritOrOus service IN ar.
ton on the night OF July a. 1895, as one
Of the seven members OF the battery
Who we've selected from large number
OF volunteers ana who Went forward
as U lellcly Marty from Camp ne,vav