Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-22
A RELIGIOUS "CHEiP JOHN

WE HAVE had occasion TO notice,
once or twice, 4 religious mounte-
bank who is making begging tour
in the interest, partly Of the Ogden
Methodist University and largely OF
Rev. ~ Sam Small-its nominal
presidsnt-himself. While in New
York he was interviewed by Nail
and Express reporter, and according
to that paper delivered himself of n
stream offalsehood and vituperaii0n
which, on the Savior's rule, denote
a heart in a most depraved condi-
ton.
He appears to be desperately saw
age over the Declaration Of Presi-
dent Woodruff. and its acceptance
by the Church, which he calls
tricks of word iugglery" and ga
political dodge" aud says:
THE DEsEREr EVENING News, the
| official organ of the Church comment
| ing ON the proclamation, says il is
simply issued TO test the good faith OF
the Americans who have said thar n
recognition of the laws Of Congress
Was all that would be required of the
Mormon authorities"
For this free advertisement, even
from so disreputable source, i. may
he thought we should be thankful.
But we DO not appreciate any
thing Of the kind that is based
on falsehood. This paper has not
said anything Of the sort. Small is
up TO his old tricks which are in
keeping with his name.
Following are few choice ex-
tracts from Small's utterances
through the MaI aud Express, a
fitting channel for theirexpression:
sonly the devil and the priests truly
know the widespread extent of the
polyeamous mongrelism exiant in the
Territory
| ANY one who will read that scan
ialous and rebellioUs sheet 1.-THE DES-
1 vii rR0l dl-fVhtT
| the Mormons are more rebellious in
spirit than the Anarchists of Chicago.
They only lack the courage and mum
oers to rise in open warfare and make
a new rebellion. Bus they hate the
Government with all their strength
'Thay look upon the Meihodis:s.
Presbyterians, Bapiists and all other
examinations Is interlopers and DO
litical enemies. They accuse US of
being the insiigators Of the persecu-
tons which they love 10 mouth over,
Ind lose no opportunity to denounce
us As spies and goddess bigois. While
hey thus heap upon Us all the vile
spitheis at their command, and threat
N with boycott and biudgeon our
missionaries, they are for ever harp
ing upon their own saiEflineSS and
suffsrings- Their Inconsistencies are
only paralleled by their infamies.n
"Becanse their system involves the
crimes Of polygamy, bastardv, indi.- |
.riminate harioiry, destruction OF 4
marital relations, mongrelization OF 4
domestic life and their nameless forms |
Il pollution, we submit that these |
1hings cannot be recognized as wor-
hip Of God and entitled to legal sane
ion and constitutional protection"
After this and more of the same
sort OF SANDER, Small goes on TO
tell what progress Methodism is
making in Ogien, and here he gets
in his fine work 10 draw in the dol.
lars. "rhe prospective endowment,
Of the University is the great de-
and that is to give the
decisive stroke against mormon
ISM" Then nothing will be need
ed, he says, but this:
we need the enlargement of the
authority OF the Uiah Commission 10
sift the loyal suffragsns from The
Dolygamous and perjured Mormon [
nasquers; the deyolving upon the
governor of the Territory Of the power
q appoint the subordinate Territorial /
'fii ials; the imposition OF the Idaho
n similar test oath; the perpetual
OF every Mormon I
Who does not under oath recognizes the
avs o! Congress aud rspudia-e all al s
egiance TO the revelation of polysamy
md the popish supremacy o. the L
in secular affairs. Tne-e G
cts ara needed; are warranted by chr
ystem of government, and are de-
handed in justice TO the loyal peopia ?
( Utah. We have been try-
ng to get these measures en-
tied for some time. but the v
iormon lobby and their lunch HOUSE q
a Washington City, with its stores of ,
ash champagne and corruption. have :
bus far th~aried US. We do hope. at Z
he next session, to get sucn n repre- Z,
entatien Of the truth as il is in Utsh
efore Congress and the country. as u
I'LL force these necessary safeguards
decent republican government c:
Ito the statutes" !,
Small pretends TO be terribly an W
~ over "Mormon'' influence In Il
olitical matters. But Methodist Is
lfluence in politics is all right, of a
,urse. I'VE need. this, that aud ="
le other. "He have been trying v
get these measures enac.ed.- =.
We hope at the next session, f" etc. =,
bis is very modest from a religious n,
lventurer, who is unable TO estab- II,
IN legitimate standing either in Ii