The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-18

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tfty men, each under captain. as were
hc 1sroelites We were well organized,
Brigham Young did 1t. Brigham Young
was fine man, rae WaS any man a,'vs nT ms
EJo wns a leader and kindly toward ms
people He would not starve morse 10
death, rs some OF the leanGts III ,,ife tSe Tnid
and then turn the horse out III the he'u
10 try to pick his living;
We came into this valley and did NOT
know where we were going, suPposeu'y 10
California for such were our orders. But
those orders were never carried out.
There was plenty OF grass ana water, So
We made our camp and established quar-
ters here, and put in our GardehS LoF ou'
families who were to follow
Grass and Water in Plenty,
Bear you In mind, now, saw. no In
spiration-ev just natural every
day affairs. We had n fine time we
were well provided for. Now, II IS saia
that the land was dry and barren, but
that The Lord made 1t bloom and prepared
II for the coming OF our band, J never
say anything of the kind. There was
plenty Of grass and water when we ar
rived on the 2lth OF July The beautliul
valley. green and restful. lay before us.
/ had heard of IL before We arrived we
sent out explorers TO look over the ccun-
try to the north and east. To the south
the valley stretched one large hcld OF
green grass. Bunch grass ~ was IL
was dry when we got here. though nke
some hay 1t retained It's color of green
There was no timber. SO Brigham houhS
started out the explorers ! have men
toned, He sent three men up Red Eutte
and three men up City creek. They
came back and said there was imper
| enough In the hills TO last FOR years
While the men were gone into the mus
we were lying around Idle. having put
in our gardens. 1t was very warm
weather
Ensign Peak Flag Incident.
Brigham Young, Heber G. Kimbali and
his associates went up on the hin ana
toward Ensign peak, which was me name am,
they gave ii. as kimball said, we VIII
some day hoist an ensign here When
they got to the top they looked out over
the country and saw stream TO the
west and called II Jordan. WINE , ,nsy
were up there looking around they went
through some motions that we could not
see from where we were, nor know What
they meant. They formed a circle: seven
or eight or ten OF them, But l could not
tell what they We're doing. Finally they
| came down in the evening.
The president decided that we would
not go on, as we had heard Of the tate
of the Bonner train year before. in ,4G.
| They hoisted sort OF a flag on Ensign
peak. Not flag. but handkerehle[[
those yellow bandana kind. This ex-
| planned the actions OF the party when
they first went up on the peak and which
we could not understand.
Now. we were not told Ia hate the nag.
| We were not taught 20 hate the gov
| ernment of the United States for which
| our forefathers fought and died. III /
| could go back and tell some things,
could tell things that would hurt. There
| fore | won't do H.
As 1 said before. I am an American
and a Democrat, and | believe and l
know that the Mormon people who were
Democrats have been run out OF the old
ranks and into the American party, They
| were all Democrats at first. out In my
ward we had Il Democratic bishop the
leaders sent him note to the effect that
| he was TO work for the Republican party.
and he did. When he and ] were bishops
We could run the whole thing Democratic.
| went Republican.
! am with you, gentlemen, TO build
Salt Lake City, l have a pride in Salt
Lake City. | have reason to have a
pride. l have lived here sixty years.
since there was nothing here in the val
ley but grass. There was not even any
on the bench around the city was not
| there when / first came here, 1t has
taken root and grown there since we
came to the valley.
Taught to Despise Gentiles
l like the people that live in Salt
born and raised poor man, l never
cheated nor took advantage of man
and | hate men that Will do dirty tricks
Our Mormon people are more TO be pitied
than you think. For years they have
been taught TO hate and despIse a man
| who was a Gentle. They vote as they
|
cratic ticket Then they turned TO the
Republicans. And II the Democratic
come into power again. the Mormon peo-
pie would be to Vote the Democratic
| ticket now as a matter of policy. They
will help u.s.
remember when General Connor
marched down Main street. l heard some
one say, The soldiers are coming in"
looked up and | have never seen an
American flag In my life but what my
heart fluttered with joy, And when
|
heart fiuttered with Joy General Con-
nor camped east Of the city and estab-
lished what was called Camp Douglas
The Mormons were scared when they sa W
the patrol of fifty or perhaps hundred
men parade along the hill. The people
| thought they were after Brigham and
they would yell; They're after Brigham
| They re after Brigham
What Utah Owes Gen. Connor.
Every citizen of Utah owes TO Cen
eral Connor more than any one else in
| the building UP OF Utah. He opened the
way for mining in this country, and IL
it had not been for the opening Of mines
here. where would this city have been
| today? l believe that If the mines stop
Salt Lake City will stop. The Mormons
dared not go out to mine. Opening
up the mines, il was known. would bring
Gentiles here, and their coming would
corrupt the Saints But It was General
| Connor who opened the way. He has
done more TO build up the American par
ty than any one else, because he opened
the way for outsiders to come in. That's
why l am American party man, be-
cause il is against the party that wants
| TO rule or ruin. | thank you.
| When Mr.. Smoot concluded, J. +.
Barker Of the city engineer office
gave an exhibition of sleight- of hand
and showed how easy it was to gather
tithlng and then make it disappear
in the mysterious way that the high
church officials did.
Love Feast Is Concluded.
George M, Sullivan read a paper pre-
pared by William Nelson on the Gen
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