Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-24
WILL THEY ZEE run POINT

WILL THEY fII ihf
Tho Dcser,, News docs not Som 10
please the local organs of the ?''''i'a
PARTIES In Utah That may De because
ii does not try to gmufy them OF llo-
cote them. u 81 not published Tor 'h.it
,.pc,lai dolecn'i0n. it Is independent
Of Them and the parties they repic''ni'
tn. Democratic orrnn. % % may p' 20
deslrpat.d thinks the "Ncws has
nopuhiican tendency when 10 touches
on somc currcnt question and the Re-
publican organ. u Il may b. thus re-
gardod. claims that the Views mas
Dpmocmuc leaning when q prinia any
thing In reference to the crusade
nuainat Roberts and the Church. The
latter asks III Roberts IL not a church
candidate. what has Il to do with biz
defense" II also draws the Inference
that from reading the News the
church has more Interest In Roberts
than has ~ own party and wants TO
know n the News" "sccs tho point
The trouble with our contemporaries
~ that they confuse matters that aneet
the church aud those that nfiect their
respective parties. The "Chutch or
gnn" h. also a newspaper II publishes
the viows u other papers on subjects
81 general interest, and also ils own
opinions without reference to the man
ner In which thcy may b. received BY
politicians. In reference 20 Tho pres
ent crusade. In which the attack on the
Congressman from Utah IL involved.
the Church ~ well o. the general pub
lie Il particularly interested. II Is
therefore proper subject Tor the
Dcserct News 90 discuss. II that does
not please the morning pnpem pub
ilshcd IN this city We cannot help H.
however sorry We may feel at their
disglensunc.
The preachers Of this State have OBJ
tanned the aid Of hundreds u pastors
Of different denominations throughout
the country IN their warfare against
Mr. Roberts. on tho ground that be- IL
the special representative Of the Nor
mon" church. II Is asserted that he was
nominated BY tho Church. elected By
the Church. and sent to Congress Tor
the purpose Of testing tho disposition
Of this government ~ to polyEamy,
which IL represented TO BE- SIN taught
and permitted by the church. They
make OF the whole crusade religious
movement They deny that II IL politi-
cal In It's character. II It l. In any
sense proper Tor the cicrgy of the coun-
try TO engage In this warfare which
they admit IL against the Mormon"
Church. why IL II Improper for the Dos-
crct News TO take a stand against them
ON those points which relate to the
church,
Some OF the religious people OF the
country who do not understand the sit
uation oppose the seating Of tho Com
gresham FROM Utah simply ON the
ground that ho Is Mormon others
mako tho excuse that there are many
hundreds Of Mormon missionaries
In the ncld seeking 10 obtain converts.
and they imagine that the unscatlng Of
Mr. Roberts will aid IN the suppression
OF Mormon" pr1Helytiam. And even
the Salt Lake ally and organ OF the
ministerial cohorts of tho crusade. has
peralsicntly sought to impress upon the
country ia, untruth that the Congress
man was nominated and elected by
church Influence and Tor Church pur-
poses.
The Salt Lake Herald. while trying
20 make IL appear that the pcscrct
News is partisan In its controversy
ON this question, inadvertently admits
and asserts that the whole aubJpct af-
fects the dominant Church. and l.
Therefore u proper subject Tor Discus
sion In this paper, Here Is ana extract
or two from tho Herald OF this morn
ing
II Is an IDEA that II gaining ground
Ia uttth, that the nght which rlaa ln
partisan oppusitlun to Mr.. Roberts haa
'A"hded IT, scope until every member
~ tnr so-cnlled Asihtlc organization
~ Included
Tho Governor and the secretary ana
"W'is lu the same huAtcluuut sss that
the nght ou Roberts has WldUuai until
y includes tho entire church uf which
lhty arp members, For thH IlUil l.p-
publican organ hnH told us frequently
mat the Church ana tho Church au-
thntttioH arc 90 blame. and that th4
majority Of the people ur. lnWI.a br.
cause they deliberately rlo,isd ID d,.
lAht lawhmlker tn Congress la M,
iayr nt repeated WunIurH
ana ~ another question Hslsl d,
my Nephl Republic becomes r..ff
n'ht; Ia " NOT really "a Hrht uI fhH
nn.lnneia VI thr dominant roIi.l0us af.
ehis",nauo,.,. looking to their d.siun.