Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-18

In lts isiue Of yesterday the NLwi
polnled out certain grave objections 4
the selection Of one a,pifant fof the seal
In the Uoiled States Senate, conoefninn
which there IL ~ much aDxlety among
Utah politicians just now. We tried tc
show that both good sense aud good
! politics were opposed TO the candidstti
and yet there was no politics In the
article Itself. neither was there sny
amnesty towards anyone. There
was no expression OF implloa'
ton Of any threat. Attention was
merely called to the fact tina, the
election VI The individual referred TO
would not be otherwise regarded than
40 an attack upon and an antoni TO the
body Of religious worshippcfs mo'l
numerous In the State; that In fact hi,
fecusant attitude was the chiei basis OF
excuse for his candidacy; and that
those who sought TO promote his boz m
ought to know tina, they were dslihef'
atsIy attempting to udefnine n vital
feature Of tho organic Law Ola Church,
which tho latter might naturally DO
expected 10 try to msintsin.
From the manner In which pair OF
msfliug contemporaries comment
upon the NEWS observations.
one would imsgino that stump.
ter had ju,i been fred upon, OF
some similar svent Of awful portent
had just occurred or was immlnenily
impending. one Of them talks inco.
herently OF "iytanny," ana "oponing
the old light" and with mock h.Ioism
shouts "Hands OIL" Another prattles
with its customary simplicity when
trying 10 say something without know.
Ing what 10 talk about
The zrotesque absurdity OF all this 10
a. difnsult TO account for reasonably
~ II 10 to describe adequately.
Here 10 one paper which, when a
prominent scelesiAstic " nfst namei
q, United States Senator from Ulab,
opposes him with a vigor which sx.
ceeds all discretion; declares his eau
didacy means an opening Of "lhe old
night" calls upon his tuperior' In the
Church 20 require hin TO Withdraw;
insists that his candidacy means
clash between Church aud Slate; aud
for weeks and mouths nlls lie columna
with editorials In this strain. When
the announcement 10 male that tho
Church, which has been thus
long aud frantioally appealed TO to
"call ofl" this candidates. affirmative.
ly opposed 10 his election, this same
paper, with yigof which far exceeds
its iormef excess Of diicTelior. calls
wildly upon the Church no. " inter.
fete with tbs candidacy Of the lndi.
vidual in question, on pain Of "open
log the old ighi," etc.
What svullliyi What qualification
aud hystcrhi What Inconsistency
aud rubbish May We venture
10 ask our oolemporArl's anu all
other critics to draw In the
SAndorings OF their minds long
enough TO conee lfRte them upon one
plain propositio. ? That proposition
10 thhi Tao candidacy OF the person to
whom all this mas reference, 10 Antagt.
nizsd by the NEWS because II IL an
assault upon the doctrines aud organic
existence Oi the Church Of which this
paper is the official organ. His a..
perranee Ia the political arena nj this
time lie nothing more nor less than THU,
aud every candid voter In the Gem.
moawsAllh will admit II. He him.
self announces that he stands upon
platform equivalent 10 this very
proposition. II 10 not pollti.
cal question, for tho candidate.
politics cuts no figure In H.. Iii 10.
ilglouS, pure aud simple, In that
II involves nothing more nor
lsst than questions relative 10
tho iuisgrlty Of religious or.
ganiEAllon, tho maintenance Of its
discipline, ami the peTpeluity Of Ito
doctrines Yet we note that young
Utah" Ia appealed 10 to support thu
candidate. Why? That they msy 10
prevailed upon TO oppose their Church
dicpliuo and doctrine; IA other
words, become anti.MOrmon. When
candidate, therefore, steps out upon a
disllnc, anu unequivocsl Antl.Chutoh
plAuoImi when It is expected by his
irlends that bic "vlndication" means
tue reeuks OF the Church, can any
,Ane man deny the right OF thp
Church to put forth efforts to preserve
l''eli, and tosaye the souls OF it, mem.
oefs from that condemnation which
IVA theology teaches viii DO visited
spon all who, having partsksn OF H.
o'ssslngs, become ils opposer9
The protest Of "hAnds onU NAV
properly come with force nm Justice
from The Church, on this occasion, but