Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-11
THE .LIBERAL, CANDIDATE
CONFESSES.

Office Of Delegate 10 Congress nc
knowIedces, IS editor Of the Lib
eraI,' organ, that the charges mad'
against him are true. That is, h'
has used his talents ana energies
and would Use them II elected, b
procure the disfsanchisement o
every Mormon in Utah. lie says
further, he would, If he could
..prevent any Mormon voting in
the United States, ora Mormon be.
coming naturRlized in the United
S:ates.'' And he intimates his de-
sire 10 push this assault on the
"Mormons7 10 the verge q civil
war aai "ths destruction Of the
lives and property Of thousands Of
people.''
Its true that these limitations o.
the candidate in regard TO possible
violence and bloOdshei are pat in
the way Of warnings. But they in
dictate the wish that was father to
;he thought, and are only repeti-
tons Of his previously uttered san
culinary predictions and desires.
As to his advocacy II the disfran-
chisement OF every "AIormon, - he
makes no uncertain sound. He says,
That il Is a true count That in
our judgment, is the night thing to
dO.1
The support OF either "Young
.Uiak'7 or Old Utah for such a candi-
dste is not likely to be even formid-
able A Mormon, vote for so
bitter an enemy TO freedom would
be conclusive proof Of the iuuacy OF
the voter.
Now what IS the alleged reason
for this vindictive pursuit Of the
Mormon" people? It is the men,
bers Of toe Mormon Church OF
Utah who had broken no lawln the
Vss5 who had taken an oath that they
would not violate the law in the
future, nor 10 aid, abet or advise
anyone else TO violate the law
whose Acknowledgement he openly
says he advocated and viii advocate.
So it is not on account Of any overt
act on their part that he wishes to
wrest from them every political
right Let him speak for himself as
10 his pretended reason for reducing
law-abiding American citizens to
the condition Of political serEs. He
says:
''The other and prominent evil was
the claim Of these [Mormonl chiefs to
hold il a divine right TO order the rank
and file to vote IS they decreed. That
TOO will have 20 be given.up; tina; will
have 70 be given up pssceabiy or it
will have to be done in the smoke aud |
FIRE and death Of great war"
''Tfthey continue in the fnture As in |
the past; II they give their blind al |
lesisace to the priesthood Of their
Church; il they vote as they are dir |
eoted, it wiz cost them more sorrow
than they have ever yet suffered be-
FORE II l. over
This Is the cry on which the
"Isibsrai'' cluiidate has been ring
ing the ehsuges-mere verbal varia-
tons, Tor several years. 1t is diff
cult, in view Of the facts, to believe
in his sanity. or conceding that, to
credit him with common honesty.
The chiefs Of the Church DO not
tsake any such claim. they
dc not exercise any such
coercion. The divine right to
oricr any maH to vote as they
<seeree' is not claimed by the Presi-
deat OF other leader Of the Church,
nor believed in by the frank aad
file or any one else in the Church.
50 far a. We sre aware. II there
IS sE7h = person he does not un-
deUstand the genius o his religion
or the authority OF the s-chiefs Of
tie Church
How eau "Ioung Utah'' or Old
Utah giveup something they never
Possessed or entertained9 Not even
TO avoid the s-smoke and fire and
dea;h'' with which the s-I.iberal"t
cSldiia5e threatens them, can they
formally uenounce something they
Eeever believed and never claimed
~ part OF their creed, or part Of |
their authority. or Ta,t Of their |
duty.
1t viii nc: 10 70 clip out isolated |
passages without the explanatory |
context from the remarks Of some |
Mormon" writer OF speaker. as |
70 his own theory Of divine
government, sud foist them. |
with VuTarrauted differences.
Epon the whole Mormon Church
rs lis established docsriae. That &. |.
the styir OF his paper and OF some
Of his blsec associates, but the
''Liheral" candidate ought 10 be
above sgch tricks and subterfuges.
There Is nothing in the mormon,
faith o. in the Mormon" practice
which jIstifies 3 leader in claiming
the right to oriar zny one TO vote as
he dccrecs, o. places it, devotees
under obligation u ''give blind
allegiance to the priesthood or
to @voJe D. they are directed.
It Is, then, on his osEn surmise or
that ''ATormons'' vote as
som, one directs. that the Liberal,
candidate bases his demand and
Itters his bloo1tbirsty threats and
representations. Tnere are no
words in the English language too
.trong y express our denial OF his
'harge, our contemp. for his method
Z worry warfare AMI our scorn OF
lis bomb lstic menlces. But we
viil MT 3. down {, the level of his
,lpsr to utter them aui use invec-
i've for Argument.
Tire Is not a member cf the
;hurch who eau faithfully say he
iaS been orlerel to vote for any ]
fO- office. There is not
delegate To any Of the con- ,
'en.i9ns recently held for munich
"a, county orterritorial politics who
an tuthfGily say that he has been
rdered to nominate or oppose any
'srson, or tosupPOrt or reject any
lcket or policy. We repeat what !
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