Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-05

/ states Is simply shameful"
Is charge that the real object Is "a
| destroy the Mormon creed Is simply
| C0ntempuble."
| Roberts was nominated by a sneak,
| nominated because he was a Church
| man and polygamist. The effort all the
| time has been TO establish that the
| church had nothing TO do with il. when
all the time II has been clear that some
hlgh officers OF the Church forced his
| nomination, aud that word from the
church would have arrested the busi-
| ness any time prior to his election The
audacity OF the proceedings was some
thing shameful"
These are enough for one day. Care.
ful readers Of the News" viii UNDER
sladd that It's remarks, so shamefuly
perverted In the foregoing utterances Of
the Tribune. were based upon the adj
MISSIONS and declarations Of leading
spirits In the present crusade. We
quoted from the speeches made in the
clutches at Washington, d. c., on
Sunday. The avowed purpose OF the
movement was then ana there pro-
claimed TO be "the crushing out Of
Momonism." The Atheist lawyer who
spoke with prominent doctors Of dlyin-
ity in the Congregational church, ex.
planned that this was a movement to
check Mormonsm." He said further, as
appears 10 published dispatches
This Is not merely a question OF
politics or religion but a movement to
check MOrmonism. While we act
against Mr.. Roberts personally. It Is
the Mormon Church we are after.
The Mormon Church has out In the
world about 1000 missionaries and the
greater part OF them are at work In the
| United States II was recently said that
their converts are Increasing 50 fast
| that statistics would not In the future
b. made public.
Therefore, this fight must be made
against the Mormon system and not
! particularly against Roberts"
We have before Us papers published in
all the large cities Of the country, edl-
torlally and otherwise announcing that
the crusade is waged against the Nor
mon" Church. one OF the pleas made
by Reverend preacher in Cleveland TO
obtain signatures against Roberts, IL
ihus reported in a Cleveland paper:
Two hundred and nifty thousand peo-
| pie In one mass, In our own land, un-
reached BY the Gospel saturated with
lasuhemous, immoral untruths for re-
lgous doctrines. and aggressively
Spreading the same throughout the
| Christian world by nearly 1000 elders
under the control Of a despotic polltlco-
religious priesthood these institute a
tremendous call upon our Christian
sympathy and activity"
The New York journal makes daily
boasts OF the numbers OF preachers and
church members who are signing the
enn- Roberts petition with view to
stamping out Mormonlsm.' It has de-
CARED that 10000 pastors OF different de-
nominations were preaching against
oMormonsim" so as to obtain sigma
lures, and also that three million
Neihodlsts had given their names to aid
IN the work.
Now let us take the testimony fur
slshed by the Salt Lake Tribune Itself;
After making a great parade OF a let
Ter which II intended to produce from
Miss Helen NJ. Gould. on Sunday 1t
printed long communication signed J..
D. Marshall. the whole tenor Of which
ls TRADE against "Mormonism,' con-
hinIng shameful perversIons OF Nor
mon doctrine. and Including letter
from Miss Gould 20 DR.. Josiah Strong,
who is at the head Of an anti-"Mormon'
EXAMINATION which Is sending out
tracts. copies OF which We have before
Us The acknowledged purpose OF those
publications Is to arouse public sentl-
nent against the Mormon" Church.
The Tribune at the same time displayed
A facsimile Of Miss Gould's handwriting
and his is what II says she wrote
THE Mormons use Christian terms
bu with an entirely different meaning,
which Is only explained TO their con-
verbs when they have gained considefa-
be lntiuence over them. They believe
In a nolygamous God, that Jesus Christ
Was n polygamlst. and that plural mar
risea IL a God-ordained law that must
BE- ohayei In order 10 gain celestial glo-
~. IL 10 indeed very necessary, thefe-
tors that our people should become bet
ter lnforned as 20 their peculiar tenets
and practices. Very truly,
HELEN MILLER GOULD.
Now what do these extracts We have
given from published remarks Of anti
Mormon" crusaders indicate? Is not
aNormonism" the objective point OF all
,hss. attacks? II IS therefore not the
Des,ret News which attempts to ally
the Roberts case with that of the Nor
mon Church" but It Is the preachers
ana others with whom the Tribune Is
allied who make this showing There
fore It's outpourings Of anger against
he Deseret News simply recoil upon
ls own fevered head II the charge
Il 10 a declares, contemplate the
cou,empt fails on the Tribune and IT,
own allies.
No,r as 10 the alleged charge against
he Congress Of the United States
There is no such charge or attempt at
a charge in the editorial columns Of the
Dtseret News. That Is an invention
Of our very reliable morning conlem-
porsry. So with It's endeavor, once
more TO make It appear that the Nor
mon Church" is responsible for Che
domination and election Of B. H. Rob
erts That is simply proving by It's
own words that which II denies and
once more establishing the fact that not
only does its editor forget one day
what ne wrote day or two before, but
also The point which he starts out to
make on the same day and In the same
article IN which he refu,ee himself
Tho peseret News does not propose