Mormon Church, being of a liberal and tolerant mind, and having acquaintances with the
section of the Mormon Church located in Iowa, made up of as good people as we had in
that State, of course I never knew or had opportunity to know fully and distinctly all
the facts in regard to the career of your Church and people in Utah and the contiguous
western States. It was some ten years ago that in connection with Mr. Blaine, when we
were studying the elements of voters in the United States to try to secure a majority
for the political principles in which we believed, I first learned of the magnitude of
the Mormon people, the greatness of their development in many States besides Utah, and
the large part that they were sure to bear for good or evil in the destiny of this re-
public. Mr. Blaine and I were both surprised to see with what far-seeing wisdom the
pioneers of your people had looked into the future and had laid the lines along which
your descendants were to play a large part in the affairs of this country. Ever after
that both of us realized both how unjustly you had been dealt with in the past and what
a strong call there was upon the conscience of every lover of his country to endeavor
to see that you were dealt with more justly in the future. It was in this way, led by
my natural sense of justice and by my knowledge and by my realization of the wisdom
necessary to deal with all the composite elements making up the people of our country,
and my early recognition of the industry, patience, and good purpose of your people,
that I came to take so much interest in your welfare and became so willing to aid in
relieving you as much as possible of the wrongs inflicted on you in the past and to
secure to you a full share of rights as American citizens in the future.

It was in 1889 that the matter was projected before me so prominently, and at
a time when I was in such position as to have some official power in addition to my
personal influence, and fortunate enough to be near Mr. Blaine with his almost omni-
potent influence, that I took up in zealous manner the effort to serve you to the extent
of my ability. It was in this time that Colonel Trumbo, who has proved such a friend
to your people as I have never known any people to have, came upon the scene, and gave
to Mr. Blaine and to me such a practical and accurate knowledge of your exact situation
as to wrongs in the past and rights in the future, that we were enabled thereafter to

Mormon Church, being of a liberal and tolerant mind, and having acquaintances with the section of the Mormon Church located in Iowa, made up of as good people as we had in that State, of course I never knew or had opportunity to know fully and distinctly all the facts in regard to the career of your Church and people in Utah and the contiguous western States. It was some ten years ago that in connection with Mr. Blaine, when we were studying the elements of voters in the United States to try to secure a majority for the political principles in which we believed, I first learned of the magnitude of the Mormon people, the greatness of their development in many States besides Utah, and the large part that they were sure to bear for good or evil in the destiny of this republic. Mr. Blaine and I were both surprised to see with what far-seeing wisdom the pioneers of your people had looked into the future and had laid the lines along which your descendants were to play a large part in the affairs of this country. Ever after that both of us realized both how unjustly you had been dealt with in the past and what a strong call there was upon the conscience of every lover of his country to endeavor to see that you were dealt with more justly in the future. It was in this way, led by my natural sense of justice and by my knowledge and by my realization of the wisdom necessary to deal with all the composite elements making up the people of our country, and my early recognition of the industry, patience, and good purpose of your people, that I came to take so much interest in your welfare and became so willing to aid in relieving you as much as possible of the wrongs inflicted on you in the past and to secure to you a full share of rights as American citizens in the future.

It was in 1889 that the matter was projected before me so prominently, and at a time when I was in such position as to have some official power in addition to my personal influence, and fortunate enough to be near Mr. Blaine with his almost omnipotent influence, that I took up in zealous manner the effort to serve you to the extent of my ability. It was in this time that Colonel Trumbo, who has proved such a friend to your people as I have never known any people to have, came upon the scene, and gave to Mr. Blaine and to me such a practical and accurate knowledge of your exact situation as to wrongs in the past and rights in the future, that we were enabled thereafter to