The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-12

ter-day Saints In his manifesto Of the 24th
of September last, that he would In tn
/ future obey the law Of the land in prohibitl
ing poIygany, and his advice therein to the
members Of the church Of which he is the
head likewise to observe that law; and also
of the resolution Of the general conferences
of the same denomination, in which it 10
declared that such advice by its presidents
was by authority and 10 binding upon its
believers, and that such president is the
only earthly fundamentally through which
! that advice can authoritatively come to
them. This alleged revelation / regard an
an authoritative expression of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
against the practice OF polygamy. II this
action is in good faith, the officers and men,
! bers of the Mormon church hereafter must
regard plural or polygamous marriages as
violations of the creed and doctrines Of
their church; and IN these administrations
shall hereafter act upon this conclusion
unless something further occurs to suffici-
emily change my mind. BY their works
hereafter shall endeavor to understand
their motive and their purpose OF the mani
| festo and resolution referred to. My con-
fdence in human nature, and charity for
nv fellow men, lead me to accept such q
solemn declaration, and the expression OF
such good purpose, as being honest and
sincere Hereafter 1 will not make the
simple fact that an applicant Is . member
of the Mormon church bar to his sdmis
sion."
| Extract from Arthur Browns speech at
the Republican rally held November 10,
1855:
Before the end of the eight years OF
| Harrison's administration We will present
Utah with her free schools, her education,
and finally we may hope that Utah will be
admitted as Republican state"
Tribune editorial November 3, 1890:
1.-The saints deny with great clatter and
clamor that they are controlled in their pol
itics by the ruling priesthood. What then
is the meaning OF the Peoples partys
Having solemnly announced that there
shall be no more polygsmous marriages, IL
it is true that the priesthood do not rule in
politics, let the church renounce In good
faith and in formal manner its attempt
as an ecclesiastical organization to found q
state within state-let 1t disoand the
church or Peoples prrty, and permit its
sdherents to affiliate, politically, and to act
IN politics freely, as citizens, without in
jury to their standing in the church.
when the Mormon church shall have
done this, when it shall have conformed
the legislation OF the territory to that OF the
United States and created q public sen til
ment amongst its adherents that OF itself
will assure the enforcement OF such legis-
lation, then there will no longer be any OBJ
lection to the entrance OF Titan to the
Union.
party, so long will there be palpable and
undeniable proof that the ruling priesthood
bushes itself more with the honor OF power
and emoluments OF political Office than IL
does with the proper functions Of a church
- So long there will be a Liberal party
confronting this church party, and no
longer"
Extract from an address made by Rev J.
T. ThralI before the New West Educa-
tional Commission, Monday evening, Nov
ember 81, 1899:
THE wisest politicians are unable to tell
how long i, will take before the spirit OF
American institutions will so lesven the
Mormon church government that it will
cease to strive to set itself up against the
United States government"
Tribune editorial November IS, 1890:
1.-THE American people will not permit
the turning aside OF American institutions
at the dictation of any priesthood on earth.
The helplessness OF the Mormon people
heretofore has caused their immunity. We
wish they could realize the facts, and il
their priests are so heartless as to refuse
to dc them justice, that they would assert
themselves and compel justice in their own
behalf"
Tribune editorial, November 80, 1890:
This contemporary THE HERALD) says
we are warning our friends not to meet :.
the Mormon church half way. This is a
deliberate falsehood, of course. What out
ward sign is there that the Mormons have
any desire to come half way. What sign
is there that they have relaxed one iota Of
their original claim to establish a govern
ment, as they say, of God on earth TO be
conducted by His priesthoodF We are
searching for that sign, we are looking
sryiously for one indication OF a disposl-
ton to come half way, o. to any change in
the slightest in the old rule that has always
governed here. No one is half so anxious
as we 10 see eliminated from discussion
the Mormon question as much so as Is
eliminated the Methodist question or that
of any other creed . 1t pretends( the
Mormon church) to have put away its
nastiness. that is to have put it in way
TO be eliminated eventually from the creed
When the same is done by the disloyal
part the Mormons will have no more
trouble. neither from US or any other
source"