The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-28
WORRIED Man
IS SECRETARY
HIS TRAMPING UP AND DOWN
DIsTURBs ALFRED HENRY
LEWIS REST-sEES THE
SIGHTS OF THE CITY.

4 AAt0ABM hG WGIG GAlDu Will AEAus
might as well have gone to bed in q
drum and some one beating the long
roll call. Thinks /, that poor man has
trouble on his mind. Perhaps he's
some unhappy fugitive, possibly his
wife Ia suffragette.
This morning, more in a spirit OF
commiseration than condemnation, /
asked the clerk. The uneasy one was
Mr.. Tafts secretary.
1t may have been the Mormon cues
ton that caused him to walk the car
pet. There are subordinates who take
the muddles of their principals ex
ceedingly to heart. While Mr.. Taft
held forth In the tabernacle to an aud
fence which. so far as the body OF the
hall was concerned, was strictly Nor
mon, 1 rode about the town. Also ]
wrecked my mind with many things.
My driver born in Salt Lake, was a
Mormon, but had backslid His folks
came into the camp with Brigham
Young. He was wise. learned, flowing
and spoke English like a Harvard pro-
lessor.
With him as guide, philosopher, a
friend, / saw the Mormon theatre,
built by Brigham. It is the fourth old
est playhouse In the country and in
full theatric blast today. 1t seats 1900.
What Brigham Left Behind.
In the old Mormon part of the town
lives Amelia, Brigham's favorite wife.
She was No. II and is now 80 years OF
age. The house looked gray and old,
but by no means poverty bitten. Brig
ham, dying at the age of rs, left TWEEN
ty-one wives and a herd of children.
To each he gave $21, 900. To the lot en-
bunche, as say the French of st. Louis,
he, in addition, bequeathed a huge un-
divided estate which is now being run
by a trust company for the general
good OF all
Amelia had also the Amelia palace"
which she sold to the church for $685.
600. It isn't commonly known, but
Amelia is Mrs. Grover Cleveland's
aunt, being full sister to Mrs. Folsom.
One block further on stands the
modest birthplace of Maude Adams.
1t is a small wren -colored cottage,
Miss Adams mother was a leading
member of the Mormon stock company
and, per incident, belonged to the
church.
On temple block the hub and heart
of the town as Brigham-who, let me
say in passing, was a whale of a man
laid 1t out, is the temple, the taber-
nacle and the assembly house. There
is all about It a high wall OF stone.
The wall was meant as a setback to
aboriginal enthusiasm in any tomahawk
case of trouble. 1t would make good
breastworlxs today should the ebul-
lient gentiles go on the warpath.
Built Without Nail.
The temple is kept for secret work
of the church The commonality does
not enter. 1t took forty years to build
it. The cost was s4,5OO,0O0 On the
topmost pinnacle, 226 feet from the
ground. is a twelve-foot figure Of Mo-
roni, the angel who showed Joseph
Smith the plates. Moroni is twelve
feet tall, copper, and covered with a
thick layer of hammered Utah gold.
The tabernacle, also the work OF
Brigham. is ESQ fet long. It's acoustic
properties make folk wonder Given
perfect stiffness, should a pin be
dropped on the floor at one end OF the
hall man standing at the other end
would hear 1t. This is on the word of
my driver. He didn't say what sort of
a pin; perhaps he had the variety
known as a coupling pin In mind. The
tabernacle was built without a nail.
The fastenings were wooden pins and
rawhide The assembly hall is merely
meant to catch the overflow from the
tabernacle.
One block away are the Lion houses
and Beehive, where Brigham dwelt in
the unbounded bosom OF his family.
They are now the official residences OF
the heads of the church, and go with
the position of the prophet like the
White House with the presidency. Be-
tween these stood a dwelling house
looking structure where Brigham had
his business Offices.
Prophet Safe From GhouIs.
Across the street stands the Amelia
palace, handsome and domestic, where
she whom Brigham loved best on
earth was housed. An underground
passage supposed to be the work of
either Brigham or the Eentiles, con-
meets the LION house with the secret
endowment house or temple.
Up the street bit farther, just past
the Eagle gate, you come to the Brig
ham burying ground. It is the size
OF an ordinary city lot and Brigham
Young lies IN one corner under a g.
00-pound stone, which leaves no
hope for the ghouls or resurrection
men.
The Taft visit has torn the town in
two he has gone his presidential way,
but he has left behind him the two
factions, Gentle against Mormon. fac
ing one another with knife in hand.
There will be strenuous doings here
as the outcome Of the presidents visit
Not that II should hurt Mr.. TaSt'e
nominational chances for 1912. If he
has Offended. the Gentilea. or American
party" he has pleased the polygamites
or Mormon party" and the latter con-
troll the republican machinery and will
select the delegates for the national
conventions from Utah, Nevada, Idaho
Montana, Wyoming and possibly Colo
RADIO, besides the territories of Arizona
and New Mexico
! Gentle Papers Wrathy.
Mr. Dubois ex senator from Idaho
told me his tale Of Mormon power also
4 have heard OF Mr. Newlands of Ne.
vada give the same roll call of states
and make the same statement OF Nor.
mon control on the floor Of the senate
No one thought OF contradicting hin
/ except Senator Warren Of wyoming
and Senator Warren succeeds today bs
Mormon aid
1t may be taken for granted tina
/ the Mormons linking church and
state In the teeth OF both the spirit ant
the letters OF American institutions