Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-25
TUE rnuRcn AND POLITICS.

The following cotfssponder will
need no further introduction orexJ Ian.
alton tusn that the cause Of II nil W b
bflvf discourse drllvuro by Peel
lent Woodruff IN Provo on SUNDAY
'ast, the 23fd lust; tho SAT- Like Frb
uHc Of Mouday m rniug contained n
synopsis Of those remarks md
later Ia the DAY addressed Pfrsi.
dent Woodruff letter containing
three queries regarding the meaning
" cer,aiu passages IN IT, repent, anu
he tie zane eve Tug Forwarded hiisi
reply. Il tn letters sppeari. tie ND
uie oi THIS (rutsJ0!l morning, AMI
the NLws Introduces them Tor tue
r,aiou mat ID. LIttri.diy Saints gen.
orally Will he much inier,st d IA auu
ought 10 be informed OF the inciicpt
mi TIE correspondence. Tho 7gbmps
letter was a. follow;
SALT LAKE cry, Sent e, is0L
Niliofd Muuttun, Pos dHut ~ the
Church " Jusu, Chfist 0i Lnt,or-day
SaiuiHi
uuu sui-ilefe oforo tho TsibuHs has
reported you aud Others IA uu,uuriiy
Ia YOUR On rem ~ giving ut,otanro tu
thO sHuIitncn. tnns tue Mormon PEOPLE
Ought 10 divide UpUu national Patty
limos, urcu ding tu thr political souu.
mtut- which utuu man might GA ouan,
without Interference In ANY way fruu
uihclhls ui your Church iu that mat
tuI Frequently has that u iurauvu
been gwen, uui tho public has
come CO. rely upon 10 ~ nxUd aud
nnN, Sow, however, hit, feeling NJ
sAIoiy irum ia uoh interference iu poll.
tu- has utvu disturbed, ami ftush
suIfCu OF unrUs. tu reduced nv a report
which appeared la tuu TtiluHc this
morning ui your remarks Yesterday a.
Provo, The rupnr, va, maiu by a nan
100 complete sympathy with tuursoli M
ihr as Churcl affairs 90, aud wnn, Il is
uur'hln, would refuse tu mlsrupuu you iu
ANY way. SUB uIuuut inquiry develops
thAt ho b. cuuulrut ~ tie accuracy OF
his TupIr OF your remarks Ms no under
uud hem. The pardon ~ that report
which causes uurasluo Il the fulluWiugi
"lt u generally thought the firat Pregnancy
should have nothing " sly about uu.iuCa hr
eco tuuud - picked W. paper tnis morning.
puuuGs. We hatnh rirht a. lead the people IN
spiritual ami temporal aI tfat Ne hhNu tho
sauu rights 81 iyalrrshp that president
Young mad, aud mat ihu Prophet joseph
smiui had, ln tump1rN nnausf lys Do
poliucN nnairsf Ncs' We have q right 10 az.
wee uuln uuu orrats and Ncpuu leans 10 eat
puft camuaigu, We have auEht o. ray tD Che
people that luyy must lo pure 100 uuitra Hs
well uH Boo temporal UnAra We have thou.
.nud, 90 chuuryn gtoens 70 manhood lu ki1a
l am Interested iu uoir welfare, and would
lao tu HUH tuum brought up under proper lb,
nu,uUya. aud uu. un lut tuu tunururu u sugl
a,ampliEu we had tNu ycars ago
Tho purpose uf this Inquiry IL 10 asc0r.
tain with rNtcinus-,
fir-t, whether your remarks we're PRO.
ci-uly as reported, aud, 4 not, wherein
thHy depart from precision.
Second, " tue remarks were ~ report.
cd, hen VA what suusn 10 you wish Them
To be- understood: Nholhrr u- a clnim .0
control Tue political hcuuus ~ your pruple
absolutely, or ouly asa clifton 10 advise
the right.
rniri, Jho claim ia apparently made In
your rpmagA' ,hat the Church authorities
claim tho right tU direct the people iu
thIr business and polite. aud, IN gem
Crtl, ihvlr temporal aualrs, ~ well a.
spiritual IL iH desirable 60 know
whether Tits claim 0. really made nud
Insisted upon nt ibis tine, aud is 90 bD In
90 future, white tho publ has been led
tu believe that olalm thing VI tho paaL
Mos. Tuspog fully,
INuuNE PuULIsuNu Co.
uHEIDENg wuuDHuFF's REPLY.
President wo4dun replied u the
above querio, as follow!
SAT- Lutc Tribune
GonJtmon-Au Answering the nrst qucs.
uuu In your no,o, / have 10 say that
bo.icyU tno extract you quote from your
report of my remarks at Provo is sub.
stnnutlly correct,
10 lh0 second, my roply Is thA' "the
courol " tho poll icai actions OF our
people absoutely''is not 10 up asa CLAIM
iumy tomark,, and certainly would ma.
wish them Co bo 40 understood. ! hold
that 10 Is tho right OF tho Priesthood
Co adyisca any aud all times aud under
any circumstances those who pro-
Toss % respect rs powers, ia all
matters pertaining to their tenn
poml welfare aud their spiritual snl.
yAuon' % lu tho matter ~ poll ics,
that the LNtor,dly Saints should be
governed By DuTo principles, aud la 20.