The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-29
THE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 2o 1912

lnolsed upon as 5nGh I'M this. nHd sanBe
af the wopi-
Whsn Sir EttwHrd carzrn amd Frud-
arDri B. Smith arrtwed, howHxen the
puuplB. turHst6ni OF this aQ9EM thpu had
bHen made, aGHin hEulp iuto G1sssrn,
whinh GouMnnsd as tlH tmu lAarisrs DIDO.
oesdsd hD the phItfurm hui1ind tina.
dranGs flag OF tina bHhtfs of TIM EsI8ne
prssanuBd no Sir Ndw1PI Ghnson IN
aunh 3 dramatic manner lAsH sweuinua
Ths ssrvlns opensd with tina hTmn,.
"O God Our Help IN Agas Fast. -
after which short prGyuT w3B dfrausd
and an appeal marb to tire ALMIGHTY
to ''atreteh forth tiry GrmH and heIp
ms In this time of uatinual danger ~
The first Lesson WIS taken from Isaiah
Hvl, 1-9. "Wc have a strong CITY,.
etc. The Rev. William McLsnn = sar>
mon ronsed the congregation to an
other burst Of cheerng. which was
suppressed froD, the pulpit MY. Me-
Lean declared that the question at bot
and an attempt to establish Roman
Catholic aseendancy IA Ireland, and to
begin the disintegTssiou Of the British
ment in Dublin. Ulster % mem were were
ready, he said. to ACCEPT almost any
program of social and political reform,
but they would not have home rule.
Sing National Anthem
The service concluded with the singing
or the national anthem.
The scene around Ulster bah when EF
EDWARD Carson proceeded to sign the
coVenaNf w4a remarkable one The ap-
proach TO the Ean was lined hJ a body
guard OF men wearing eaxhes and arm
lets aud carrying wooden stavsA Othey
men vere posted zhou tf-e xrumda Of
the hsn much as though they expected
an attack from ths Netonanssa. who,
however. thus far stood By, as much
pleased with the sernfntntzry display an
the Ulster men Themselves
In the center Of the marble pillared
vestlbuie OF the hall stood table COW
cred with crimson and draped with the
union jack, while In the corridors were
long lines OF wooden desks where copies
OF the covenant had been plaeed for Sig
nature.
Unbounded enthusiasm was shown
when, after Sir Edward Carson, came
Lord Londonderry. the moderator Of the
PRESBYTERIAN church. the bishops OF the
nations, intermlngled with Unionist mem
bers OF parliament, Many women signed
a declaration associating Themselves with
the men Of Ulster IN "unconpronisins
After the leaders had signed the hall
was temporarily closed, to be opened
later on for the rank and file. Some Of
these marched to the hall in body, while
Pathetic Incident.
pathetic incident was the arrival of
Sir William Ewart. who took part In the
convention of 1892. AS he is blind he
was led up to the table 10 sign.
Each man who signed was given a aou-
venir OF the occasion In the form Of
miniature copy Of the covenant, to which
also his signature was attached
In the course Of the day Sir Edward
Carson received many messages conveyed
by dispatch riders and the signaling
corps from all parts or Ulster inforrnine
him Of the progress that was being made
a message from the lord primate was
received and publicly read. 1t said:
May God give you strength and wis
sons in trying to save OUT beloved national
land from degradation, disaster, religious
strife and civil war"
Signed in London.
LONDON, Sept. 2s,-The league and
covenant against home rule, as we'll as
ehe women's declaration. was signed sx-
tensiVely today in London and other
cities of the United Kingdom.