The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-23
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| lygamists, as that has been revised
and augmented to date. 1t Is not only
interesting, but it ought TO prove TO be
I instructive TO those who softly believe
! the assurance Of the church leaders and
the Dcscrct News that 'polygamy is
dying OUT
Up to the present time we have
thirty.two of these newer lawbreakcrs;
! but. and as we have said before, the
list is not vet by any means complete.
| Different circumstances operate 20 eX-
pose different cases. Sometimes II IS
even necessary for death 70 intervene
! before any knowledge Of any definite
form can be secured with respect to
case, especially as 20 its details This
was especially true with respect 10 the
late Apostle Owen Woodruff. Those
who are disposed TO condone such
crimes-wc speak now of Mormons-
are today merely saving that 1t was
too bad that his obedience TO the new
and everlasting covenant" led him TO
select a foreign cline for his residence,
otherwise he might have lived to be-
come still more useful Gin the work. y
AS to the case Of the late Apostle
George Teasdale, we have only to say
that the less said about it the better,
because even the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections saw fit to hear
its details behind closed doors.
With respect to the particular case
Of the late Apostle Abraham II. Can
on. we desire to make some remarks
which ought to hold special interest for
Elder Joseph T.. Taylor (now invested
with the Office of patriarch in the Nor
mon church to protect him in pltiahle
unuscfulness). Since The Tribune has
been exposing the men who have seen
it to break the anti-polygamy law Of
the State of Utah. and the pretended
ant. .polygamy rule of the Mormon
church. Elder Joseph E. Taylor has
worked himself up to an abnormal pitch
Of polygamous anger. And so he has
dared The Tribune TO do certain things
meantime Offering reward, or sew
! eral rewards, if it shall accomplish the
things required by him. OF course, we
know that it was not the brain of Elder
Joseph L. Taylor that constructed the
challenge. which we shall prove by pro
ducing one paragraph therefrom, as
follows:
For any one or more cases that you
! can prove beyond question, without any
quibbling or discrimination, but TO fur-
nish the names. dates and places where
any and by whom the ceremony OF plural
marriage has been performed since the
! manifesto I'm $50. with the knowledge:
sanction and approval OF the president OF
| one who can give such sanction, and
| against whom your darts are nred; ! VIII
guarantee to pay you ONE THOUSAND
| 10000 DOLLARS.
This is part of a communication ad-
dressed to the editor Of The Tribune
by Elder Joseph z. Taylor, under city
date of July 80, 1909.
Mr. Taylor ought to be willing to
grant to others what he demands for
himself. So we ask him to consider
the case of the late Apostle Abraham
n. Cannon, "withouf any quibbling or
DISSEMINATION. He Will agree with us
| that this was case Of new polygamy
since the manifesto. He will accept
| T.
ties quorum during all of his life after
| his illegal marriage. The fact Of the
marriage being officially confessed, and
the fact that he was sustained in high
| Office after its consummation, go TO
show both the occurrence and It's ap-
proval by the presidency. AS to the
time and place, we refer to the tcstl-
monv in the Smoot case, AS TO whom
il was that performed the ceremony,
let Elder Taylor study the denial of
Joseph +. Smith that he offciated.
elder Taylor viii he perfectly able
70 read between the lines of that denial
unite as readily rs does The Tribune }
OF course, Joseph +. was not president
of the church ut the time he performed
the ceremony uniting Abraham II. Can
non and Lillian Hamlin in polygamous
marriage since the manifesto; but
if Elder TAYLOR raises that point, he
will doubtless understand that he will
be merely quibbling and disseminating.
AT any rate, the fact that there are
so many of these new polygamists who
remain in their high ecclesiastical of
fees, Notwithstanding their olfenses,
signifies sanction and approval-be-
cause Joseph +. could remove any one
as easily as he could snap his fingers.
Incidentally, if Elder Joseph 4. Taylor
nrefers TO enter denial in the cases of
the thirty-two given elsewhere in this
ISSUE specifying reasons why he dis
believes our charges, without any
quibbling or dissimulation, he is per
fectlv welcome to do so, and this paper
will guarantee to make such answer as
we think shall even convince Mr..
Taylor.
The Tribune thinks that, under the
circumstances, Elder Taylor should pay
over TO this paper one thousand dollars
for at least each of the cases of Abra-
ham II Cannon, George Teasdale and
Owen Woodruff-unless he wants to
bubble and dissimulate again. This
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