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latest instalment, has convinced him That
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From st. Louis Globe Democrat "
eve love him for the enemies he has made
said Gem Bragg Of Grover Cleveland, in the
Chicago Convention. Mr.. Blaine has also
made enemies, and It is to his credit thai
among them is that organization SofF wicked
ness known as the Mormon Church til
strength lies mostely in Utah, which has no
electoral vote, SO that its opposition will be oi
little weight in the Presidential contest, and lie
noticeable mainly because 1t is per-
sonally against the candidates as well
as the party which he represents. Mr..
Blaine has been in accord with his party. in
insisting that Mormonism, like slavery,
must go, % belief emphasized in most republic
can platforms. The distingu gushing crime Of
that church, peculiarly abhorrent to mon who,
:mestc relations, and the keen perception Of
the republican candidate showed him early il
his career that in opposing organized po!gamJ
he would not only be performing o duty, but II
the highest degree would honor the better hall
of the American people. ,s25
Holding strong and earnest convictions on
the peculiar social problem presented in Utah,
Mr. Blai 10, when Speaker Of the House, found
an opportunity, in 1878, during q western tour,
to stop for several days at Salt Lake City
The etiquette of the situation required an in
terchange Of conrtesies between him and
had Mr.. Blaine been in enunciation Of the
church that ITS head left the city to avoid maks
ing call, while the Speaker would not pay
tribute to the man who was the head and front
of open iniquity, and the two were finally
brought together on neutral ground by the
strategy of prominent citizens. An hours earn
estinterview disclosed to each the other anal-
terable position. The high priest found Mr.
Blaine holding that the war had settled the
question of the right Of Congress to control
the Territories and their domestic institutions:
that whatever claims Utah might have to ad:
by the fact that the church upheld polygamy,
and that the other States would never accept
her as member of tho family under such cir
cumstancea The Mormon, leader had! meyer
before heard such frank statements from q
politician and had never been 80 daringly mel
on his own ground as by the rising statesman
from Maine The Church of Latter Day Saints
has had no use for Mr.. Blaine since that day.
The politics of the Mormon Church is die.
tated wholly by its interests. An isolated
community, jealousy guarding against all in
| tercourse with the world outside by its OWE
members, and discouraging Acquaintance by
the Gentiles, looking to It's spiritual head even
in secular affaire,i it is not affected by ordi-
nary political QUESTION: Since it started TO,
California to found an independent nation and
squatted by tho wayslde because the American
eagle had wrestcd the Pacific coast from
Spain before Brigham Young's wagon
trains could get there, it has been in
quiet but none the less actual rebellion
against the Government Utah has carried
out South Cardinals ideas of ,nullifcation Of
Federal laws, and for years the territory I'M
der control Of the United States in Utah was
only that covered BY the shadow Of tho national
flag, With the Mormon voting is merely car
rying out the command of his superior; with
the meaning and result Of his vote he does moi
concern himself. Mostly allied to the Domoc.
racy, because it is in opposition to the sRepub-
lican party which antagonizes the church,
the Momnons can easily pretend to be.
lieye with Elder Hart, who recently said:
ssWe are with the Democratic party
because Of the principles Of which it is the ex-
! ponent y = = a tendency to restorato in
dividuais individual rights in opposition to
centralizatio q conf PORTABLE idea to polyg-
annie ssnints y persecuted for righteousness
sake because of their exercise of certain sin.
dividual rights the practice Of which the resi-
Of the world calls crime. The church would
have opposed the Republican candidate because
Of his parY, but it finds peculiar satisfaction
in 80 doing because Of his personal stand
against their institution and his manly defiance
of their prophet IL ~