Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-20
THE Liberal, CANDIDATES.
CHEAP EVASION.

THE Liberal, CANDIDATES,
CHEAP EVASION.
TIE editor Of the "Liberai'' organ
ami candidate FOR the Office OF Dele
gate in Congress, affects to believe
that every ''MOr-lon" has yielded
up his conscience 10 the dictatioa OF
"priestly leaders" and that ne
Mormon" votes except as directed
by those leaders. He demands that
this "Gictation'' shall be given up
and that the "Mormons'' shall cease
this submission.
We have shown many times that
the ''chiefs Of the Church, . who, he
says, claim this power to direct
people how they shall vote, rs "a
divine right" make no such claim,
pretend to no such right, and exer-
else ne such authority. Also, that
81 is impossible for them to give up
something they do not hold, and
absurd to require people TO recede
from a position they DO not occupy.
As he persisted IN his assertions
that all the "Niormons" are serfs.
who have placed themselves under
obligations TO vote as they are told,
and in his argument that there
fore they ought 10 be deprived alto
gether Of the voting power, we
asked him 10 name some '.NIo-mon',
who had taken ssch an obligation.
To dodge this issue he mentions the
editor Of the DEsEREr NEWS as
one whom he higEs he can name.
He says he "5elieUes the editor Of
the NEWS has taken the most
solemn obligations to obey the
priesthood in ali things" And he
proceeds to tell n number OF things
which he 5sliecss about the same
person.
All Of this goes TO show that the
candidate for the delcgateship
knows As little OF the personal char
acter and history Of the editor Of the
News, a he appears to know Of the
creed, and spirit, aud purposes Of the
mormon" Church, its leaders and
it. people.
But this evasion OF his will not
answer. Why does he not meet
the issue like a man? Bring forth
his proofs Of what he asserts. or adj
NIT that lie is mistaken. or that all
lac has asserted is simply what he
"thinks" and what he ''believes?''
The fact is, that is all there is Of
his "argumcnt.'' He believes the
''AiormOns" are all under obligations
to vote As they are told. He thinks
that is why they vote with so much
unRnimity. Because he 5cEsres
this, therefore, heargues. the whole
body Of the "NIormon'' pe9ple
should be deprived Of the right Of
suffrage. He has no other ground
for this but what he othinks.2
On the same reasoning all the
members Of the "Iiberal'' party
should be disfr1nchissI. They vote
As unit. Democrats and RepubM-
cans join issues and 90 solid, for 4
the "Libsral' candidates. There |
fore they are dictated by somebody. |
Many "M0rmOns" believe that |
numbers Of these "LiberaIs'' are
under obligations to secret societies. |
and ali to their political bosses; and
that they are vertabIe slaves to the
clique that rules them in politics.
eNtOrts money from them for polit!-
cal purposes, and abuses them
through the "Liberal'' organ if
they DO not jump into line when the
party whip is cracked. Ergo. they
are not fit to vote at all.
Ifthe fact that a 'AIormou,, has
always voted his party ticket proves
that ne Is under obligations to vote
As he is told, tlen the fact that a
"Liberal'' has always voted for hi,
party ticket proves that he has voted
g he was told. And by this STYLE
Of "loEic, 3" for which the ''Liberal,,
organ has become n1:ei, the editor
Ot that paper proves, on his own
reasoning, that he Is a veritabIe
''serf," a "LiberaI'' slave. aud i,
not fit to be entrusted with the
ballot, 10 say nothing Of his clnIid. |
azure for the on ,e-lnd emoIu-
msnts Of Delegate in Congress.
But seriously, viii he OJlise the
public by proving that the "chief, |
% the Mormon Church" claim the
right to tell the people whom 10 vote
for, aud that no mormon votes ex
cept as he is thus Dictated, As I.
the eiit0rofthe News. he has taken
no such obligation As alleged. an,
has never been "caIlei uu7n Z
vote' for anybody, but has cast his
ballot as he chose, and neither thu
'Liberal' candidate nor any one
Else has the right to say how he
has or has not voted.
We again repeat emphatically. the
chiefs make no such claim, the
'eoPle yield no such homage. Ifthe
Liberal" candidate believes the
.tutf hepublishss, he must be aflIict-
ii with softeniug Of the brain; ifhe
.oes not-well he may apply TO him
elf some ef his choicest epithets :
Ich As he deals out 10 those who {
pPOse his views either on the silver
uestion or the Mormon" question: ,
.e Is fully entitled 70 them all.