The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-24
ANOTHER MANIFESTO BUST. -

OF new polygamY. It is TO tell OF the
love affair OF the president of n stake
in Zion and the fair daughter of his
first counselor And incidentally it is
TO explain how an apostle may be in.
duccd TO Join together two beating
hearts in the celestial order OF mar
riage, including n plurality of wives
Examining the official church di-
rcctory issued by tho Dcserct News mp.
on the order Of the first presidency, we
find that San Juan stake comprises San
Juan and Grand counties, Utah. Monte
yuma county, Colorado, and San Juan
county, New Mexico-an admirable geo.
graphical arrangement to suit tho pur-
pose of the chief actor in this little re.
cital Of facts. BY the same booklet
We see that Walter G. Lyman is the
president Of this San Juan stake, The
Tribune happens TO know that Walter
c. is brother Of Francis NJ. Lyman.
president of tho twelve apostles
quorum. Walter c, Lyman 5 first coun.
sclor is William Halls-which is an
other arrangement of personal conf.
dence that must have lent itself con.
veniently to the wooing and wedding
herein described.
It was about four years aCo-and. as
you Will realize. about fifteen wears
after the issuance Of the Woodruff
manifesto-that APOSTLE Matthias +.
Cowley's ecclesiastical duties took him
down into San Juan stake His arrival
in that priucipality OF the church was
opportunc; for Walter c, Lyman had
cast a longing eve upon the charming
person Of Lucy Halls, daughter of his
first counselor. Carefully, but with all
the fire and ardor of the ancient
chevalier, Walter G. had made his ap.
proaches and avowals TO the fair Young
creature of his polygamous choice. OF
course, il was necessary TO find and
appoint the secret trysting place, and
TO woo where the eyes of the vulgar
and the Uugodly could not penetrate
But that was easily arranged. Mr.. Ly-
man lived at GraysoD, Utah, while the
object of his affection abided at Man.
COS, COlorado-iust over the State line
You see, il is easier TO avoid the un-
pleasant prying of the laws minions
when it is possible TO be in one State
or another within two hours. And so
this geographical convenience did not
come amiss TO Walter c. Nor did it ap-
pear 10 have intcrfcred with his plans
that George Halls, brother Of William,
and consequently uncle of Lucy, hap
pcncd to be bishop of Mancos Between
all these physical circumstances and
personal iuXtaposjtiouS, il appeared TO
Mr.. Lyman that he had found '.the due
time Of the Lord to practice anew
that principle that had been "rcveaIed
of God and whose inhibition had
merely come from ''our Government, -
10 use some words Of Joseph J.. Smith.
Therefore, We say that Apostle Cow.
ley appeared down there at a most op.
perfume moment. Besides. We have il
from good authority that Matthias was
not slow TO sec the utility of his pres.
cncc, for il required no amount of per.
suasiou by President Walter G. Lyman,
Of the San Juan stake of Zion. to induce
him to perform the ceremony which
added one more sin 10 mankind s Of
fcnscs and gavc The Tribune another
cause for doubling the honesty OF the
"mouthpicce of the Almighty Jt was
thus that at Mancos, Colorado, Walter
G. Lyman of Grayson, Utah, was uu.
lawfully married by Apostle Matthias L,
Cowlcy Of Salt Lake, Utah, TO Lucy
Halls cf MancoS, Colorado. Doubtless
the officials Of either State would be
better able TO. take official cognizauce
of this lawlcssness if il only remained
on one side or the other of the State
line long enough to permit either set
Of officers to lay hands on it,
But this marriage Of Lyman TO Miss
TIalls-who WAS % years Of age at the
time-had its natural effect There
was 4 second counselor to President T.y.
man. His name was and is w. H. Rcdd.
living at Bluff, Utah Noting the ease
with which his superior ecclesiastical
officer had taken on another flower
under the fpatriarchal order Of mar.
ragc," Brother Rcdd possessed him Of
Il bright idea If one. why not the
othcrl If Lyman, why not Redo? So
Wayne II. Rcdd made his OWE advances
toward the lady Of his choice, and as q
result he caught Apostle Cowley upon
"A subsequent visit and whispered the
sweet information into his car that he,
too, could love multitudinously. He
wanted TO marry Miss Jane Black,
aged - But by this time Apostle
Cowlcy had awakened the ire and the
watchfnlness Of the dreaded Gentle; he
had made some trouble for the church,
and had. therefore. encountered little
tribuation on mis- own account There
fore, he said 10 Brother Rcdd that IL
wouldn t do, that it ''might have been
all right a year ago, but we have to be
more careful now.' Miss Black S rela-
tives also appear 10 have gained knowl-
edge OF the plan in time TO persuade
the young lady that she could do much
better than marrying in new polygany
as against the law and the word of the
Lord.
And there was yet another effect Of