The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-22
DAMAGING ADMISSIONS.

Our republican neighbOr is making
some damaging admissions in its ef-
forts TO parry the force of our indict-
ment of republican methods of win
ming votes by church influence and
which appeared in last Saturdays
DISPATCH. The Enquirer says:
Our neighbor is very solicitous about
Apostle John Henry, and wants to
know why he has not leen publicly
disciplined. President Cannon said in
the pulpit at the general conference
two years ago that apostle Smith had
talk politics. We do not suppose that
Apostle Smith has since, as it seems
postle Thatcher and President Rob-
erts have done, gone off on politics. to
the neglect of church duties, without
word to any member of his quoi um
about the ACCESSIBILITY Of such thing.
When men are paid for their services,
and their calling is, as Apostle Lyman
Said Sunday an apostles duty was to
give his life's service 10 the minis
try, we do not believe in arbitrary
and independent action. They should
either recognize the authority that
employs them, or give up their calling.
Our neighbours entire answer ia
given above. and we ask the readers
of The DISPATCH to compare our in
dictment with the answer and judge
whether or not our structures were en-
tirely just and righteous.
Our friend does not refer to the sim
cidenH of President Smiths use of q
bishops recommend to help elect
Frank j. Cannon. 1t ignores the Gibbs
letter, the Nuggets of Truth and Presi-
dent Smiths Third precinct speech, as
also his letter rejecting on the intelli-
gence of democrats In fact, it lodges
everything in sight, and meekly
crawls through very small hole by
excusing Apostle John Henry Smith
for his unholy zeal for republican sue
cess ON the grounds that he ''had the
consent of his superiors then to talk
politics."
The innocence of our friend is con
spicious when it "supposes" that
Apostle Smith. has since gone off on poll
tics, to the neglect of church duties
"WithOut a wordn etc., and then in the
next paragraph to quote Apostle LY'
man as saying San apostles duty was
to give his life's service to the minis
try" We agree perfectly with Apostle
LYMAN. and that that is not being
done, forms the subject matter of dem.
ocratic remonstrance.
VIII our republican neighbor NOT
answer our inquiry as to how it Is
that Apostle Smith is even DOW per
mitted TO neglect his duties" and
spend almost his entire time in sbus.
ing the political faith of more than
half of those who are paying his sal.
airy? Also, if the Enquirer's admis.
sion that Apostle Smith has the con.
sent of his superiors" is not strong
ciIcumstantial evidence that ''bis
superIoIs" desire the people to beco
republicans If they did not, accord.
ing to the Enquirer's logic, they would
call him in and if necessary, muZzle
him. We gather the idea from the
Enquirer, that If any time in the fu-
ture, those same supporters" wanted
Utah to go democratic because OF the
good influence" ETC., they could call il
the republican apostle and president,
and "give their consent" to demo-
cratic apostle and president if the lat
ter could be found, to "go off on poll
lics;" to use bishops recommends and
Gibbs" letters in order to swing the
political pendulum to the other side?
Is that what our neighbor means?
Another question. Is not the remon-
STRANGE of $1,000 Mormon democrats
equal in force and power to pair OF
republican high churchmen? If not,
then 'tbe yoice of the people" IS not The
coice of God. F"