The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-09
POLYGAMY CASES. SURE.

offense must be passed. for the reason
that TO rob the minor church organ of
its privilege would be to leave it little
upon which 10 stand, But in its
houndcring endeavor 10 contradict the
facts concerning the existence of new
| polygamy in the Mormon church, which
/ have been presented by The Tribune.
1T commits hara-kar in the assertion
that things that happen can be
| proved. The assumption is, then,
that If proved they did happen.
Mr. Smoot, TO whom is largely due the
magnifying of the Mouth. testified in
Washington that he personally OBJ
jected to sustaining John w, Taylor
and Matthias L. Cowley as apostles IN
the Mormon church because they were
charged with being new polygamists
or had performed new polygamous
ceremonies for others, since the mani
festo, Joseph +. Smith, than whom
the Mouth can not know better in this
matter, also stated at the National
capital that Smoot had presented this
very same subject to him. The presi-
dent of the church also said that he
informed Smoot that Taylor and Cow
ley could not be removed from their
apostolic positions until fair investiga.
tion of the charges were had. Joseph
f. Smith gave the additional informa-
tion to the Senate committee that
Apostle Francis Marion Lyman, prcsi~
dent Of the quorum of apostles, had the
eases of Taylor and Cowley under his
personal eye, and that his discoveries
would fix the nature of the subsequent
action as to their official status, Tay-
lor and Cowlcy were removed from
the apostolic quorum. Were they un-
frockcd because it had been dis.
covered that they had neither mar
ncd new wives themselves nor united
other people in plural wedlockg Ii
was ambisuously given out by the
church at the time that Taylor and
Cowiey had resigned because they
were "out of harmony with their
quorum. These men believe in every
principle taught in the Mormon doe
trinc. The twelve apostles do not
accuse them of refusing to pay tithes;
of breaking the word of wisdom, of
neglccting their prayers; of profanity:
of failure to live their religion in any
sense. In what, then, were they "out
of harmony with their quorum?
Taking the word of the Mouth for
1T, the twelve apostles of the Mormon
church are opposed to new polygamy.
Therefore, there being no other offensc
charged, it was in this very matter
that the lack of harmony existed.
lt was on account Of the fact that
Taylor and Cowley had themselves
married new wives, and had per-
formed similar ceremonies for others,
according TO Reed Smoot IS informa-
tion, that the apostolic Senator made
his protest against them while they
still held Office It was because of this
offending that he objected to counte-
nancing them rs fellow apostles. It
was Tor their misdecds in this di-
rection that President Lyman made
his investigation 1t was on account |
of their law breaking that Joseph |
f. Smith was forced TO take action in |
the cases of the delinquent apostles 1t |
was because of new polygamy that
Taylor and Cowley were removed from
the apostolic quorum.
The Mouth calls for even one case
of new polygamy since the manifesto
There arc two well known cases. The
Tribune prints the circumstances which
point uncrringly to guilt. The Tribune
gives the names, definitely and plainly.
But have these two men been the objects
II dellberation on the part Of "Mor~
non juries, which the Mouth boasts
would convict them? Have they re-
'elvcd the punishment TO which ga
Mormon Judge would sentence them.
.ccording TO the minor church orcan9
lave Taylor and Cowlcy been ''tallen
o prison by Mormon sheriff." as
by the Mouth?
But the special pleader in be.
laIf of new polygamy wants dates
pom which these men offended the
commonwealth, 1t demands thnt The
'ribunc furnish these, when il knows
hat they are held in the sacred mr..
hives OF the hierarc chs-accessibl NOT
ven to their special pleader. Bounc.
ngly arrogant as Is the Mouth, LEFT IL
lscover its own hypocrisy in the
cstlmony of the father of a polypam.
us wife: ,
Mr. Tayler,,liave yon any daughters
larried In polysamy?
George Reynolds believe ] have ono
Mr. Tayler-To whom is she married9
Georgc Reynolds--If married. she is
'"EEried TO Benjamin clun. Jr.
Mr.. Tayler-Has she children? :
George Reynolds-She has two children.
believe,
And II sou failed To inquire as to that
the marriage Of The womanI was IL nor
molly on account Of the fact that Won be- 1
eyed that she was q plural wife and ! :
lat You did not care to know about such =
fact2 1
George Reynolds-It was largely that.
r.
This was in 1904, when Mr., Reynolds