The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-02

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duty. and thus met his fate.
VIZ. HExRY SMITH,
General Manager Associated Press.
MoRM0Ns CANNOT BE CITIZENS.
They Cannot serve Beth. the Church
and the state.
sALT LAKE. Dec. LIN his decision
denying the application IF Mormons
for citizenship. Judge Anderson states
the ground. o. his opposition TO the admis-
sion Of applicants TO citizenship 70 be that
the Mormon church is and always has
been a reasonable organization in its
teachings and practices, hostile 70 the gov
eminent OF the United Sta IS, disohedient
to its laws and seeking its overthrow;
that the oath administered 20
is members in the endowment house
binds them under penalty otdeath to inn
plicit obeaiSues in ali things temporal as
well as spirisnal TO the priesthood and to
avange the death Of the prophets, Joseph
and Hiram Smith. upon the government
and people of the United States.
The judge reviewed at length the evil
dence submitted by the government re-
gafding the endowment house ceremonies,
the teachings OF the church, etc. Referring
10 the testimony of witnesses for the Nor
mons. he said that all OF hem testified con-
corning the endowment ceremonies, but
declined 10 state what oaths were taken or
Obligations or covenants entered into or
what penalties attached TO their violation,
while some stated that they had forgotten
what was said about ayeEging the blood OF
the prophets. This evasion, the Judge says.
rendered the testimony Of little value and
tended 10 confrm the evidence offered by
the directors 70 the applicants. The eyi-
dence established beyond any reasonable
doubt that the endowment ceremonies
are inconsistent with the oaths OF the wit
nesses. The application OF John Moore
and Walter Edgar. both Of whom went
through the endowment house, is denied
as TO the admission Of either applicants,
upoa the ground of their being solely
members of the Mormon church. s.
large mass Of evidence was intro
duced. consisting mostly OF sermons
and writings of Mormon rulers and
leaders published under the direction of the
church. The judge continues; Il think
there can be no question but that the
church claims and exercises the right to
control lts members in temporal as well
as spiritual affairs. The evidence also
shows that blood afonement is one of
the doctrines of the church.
The judge quotes Brigham Young at con-
siderable length, and refers especially 10
his eieuunciatlon Of the government when,
In 1867, United STATES troops were sent 10
Salt Lake City. la summing up
he says: ssMhether the language
OF Brigham Young, Heber kimball.
orson, Hyde and others inssigafed the
Mountain Meadow massacre. or whether
that horrible butchery WAS done by direct
command OF brigham Yoang, viii prob
ably never be known The evidence, Judge
Anderson says, does not sustain the claim
Of the counsel mat the feelings OF the people
toward the government has undergone a
change aud that In later years
the feeling OF hostility has dis
appeared or become greatly modified.
The evidence shows that the church has
in NEST determined manner. and with all
means al its coamand. opposed the en-
loseenent OF the laws OF the United STATES
against poly gamy aud unlawful eohahisa-
ten.
Not q word az evidence was intro
/ dacsa showing thai any preacher OF
/ thai church bad ever, IN q singse-
/ instance eonnselea obedience 90 the laws
1 against poly gamy. ON the contrary, the
4 evidence showed that Il has Professionally re-
fused obeslenee 60 at least portion al she
/ laws 81 this governH.eni. hAs insulted and
driven United States officers from the terri
I tory. and has densed the authority of the
TnlsRd states 80 pass laws prohibiting
/ psig gamy as an understandable inleTfereace
4 with tAe Masnaen Es 3gioa. Undoubtedly
there are many msnhers 81 this church
who feel fgaenaty - the government and
/ woala gladly hFeAk the sh4ekles that bind
/ sbesa i they dared, oas With al organ.
isass0u the EaeSs thorough thai can be
/ Imagined which can be sissdesi ss=szss
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than faks ghe risk 81 financial ruin and
soesal asIFaotssn.
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