The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-12
MORMON MONEY.

LISA startling piece Of Information
that the National Republican commit
tee have received from source they
consider trustworthy" The discovery
viii be found duly chronicled in our
Geographic columns. 1t is to the effect
that at a council of the Mormon
Church." whatever that may be, it was
voted to give 10 the National Demo
cratic committee one-tenth of the church
tithing to be used to aid in the election
of Cleveland and Hendricks, and ma
iority in both houses Of Congress; III
return for their generosity the " Mormon
Council" have been. promised that in
the event OF success Utah shall be ad-
mitted to the Union; however, the Nor
mons have further agreed that in case
of the Territory's admission, they viii
send two Democrats to the United
States Senate.
This startling discovery, or rather the
announcement of the alleged discovery,
may have the effect in the east to
change q few votes from the Democratic
to the Republican side, but here in Utah
it wiH onlyeexcite the merriment OF all
classes. tits SO ridiculous in its incep-
ton and publication that Gentiles as
well as Mormons cannot refrain from
laughter at the idea of the latter con-
t-ibuting about 500, 600 to fund to aid
in the election of man of wnom and
whose policy they know nothing, and
for the success of q party that has ever
been their pursuer and prosecutor, The
suggestions that the church tithes would
be devoted to any such unholy purpose
is decidedly refreshing in itself,
as is also the proposition that
the church "council," whoever it
may be, would assume to thus venture
50 large a sum, provided the money
was available. The Republican com
mittee's reliable source Conformation is
probably the imaginative brain of q
shrew6 member who in the desperation
of theparty deVises this scandal with the
view to aiding his master.
THE HERALD will venture the asser
tion, and its source of information i;
quite as reliable and trustworthy a:
that-eE the National Republican com
naittee's in respect to the matter in ques
ton, that neither the Mormon churcl
council, "nor anybody has appropriated
or given q dollar of the church money
to the National Democratic committee
,ahat nobody in church author
ity has ever been approached o
consulted concerning the matte
by.any member of the Democratic com
mittee; that neither the Democrat
committee nor any. Democrat has pro
missed Utah viii be admitted to theUniol
in the event of Cleveland's election
that Mormons in authority or out hav
never promised to send two Democrat
to the United States Senate in case tn
Territory should become q State; an,
finally, that the alleged information Q
the Republican committee is a cold
klsoded. wicked fabrication
THE HERALD could go sun 1urthe
and yet keep within the bounds OF truth
BY declaring that not dozen-and "
doubt If one-Mormons have con
tribated to the National Demo
critic campaign fund. 1t is possibl
some Mormons have added to the Re
publican fund. There are few Nor
mon postmasters at minor offices il
this and adjacent Territories, and it !
presumed that they, whatever may b
their politics, have, like the hundre,
thousand federal officials elsewhere
been forced to send "Voluntar
contributions" to the Republican com
mittee's treasurer, in order that the
may retain their Offices.