Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-12
rmr MINISTERS LATEST


The SAT- Lake Ministers association
rhfcwdly selected ur g " MrNia,s tn
fabfica their contemplated answer
10 Precedent Shows statement 10 thf
New York World The pr'H % repu-
tailon Tor ronhistrv and lodging tlia
truth. auotinE parts or rrut0ncef md
then cniarEing upon them coiunnf ihn
remarks ~ an opponent with tntf of
nj own manufacture ami uhen ocHq
sion required rrsufting boldly ~ nuie
uhtruth. recommended him for The tax
assigned. hut biz hand has lost somc
thing % lir cunning. and exhibits flgna
~ the wrnkncss that comes with ycau
and disappoinimenta.
The "perore; Ncwa" prints the docr-
mcnt In full In another part of tnir ir-
sue No given TO this mornings papers
II opens with faint pfnlra ~ ihe
plaunbliiiy Of President Shows niil-
Gle. AMI then attempts 10 dlsrroilt u
BY asserting that be- IL an "avnwad
polyRamisi." Considering tho purpose
and tenor ~ hls statement, II would
seem to a logical mind that H. value
would be- Increased by that alleged
fact. Hut the paragraph IN which this
slip n reasoning occurs closes with
the assertion that
THE Mormon people. nj the direct
result ~ N. polysamous teaching aud
example 81 President SNOW aud bis as
tociatea, In past years have recently
capped the climax ~ political defiance
Of the American people by clecting
notorious poiygamlat 10 office"
n Or. McNiecc and his confrcrca do
not know that neither polyEany nor
the Mormon" Church had anything
10 do with the recent election. they are
the most densciy ignorant people In
Utah. The fact that tho successful can
dida,c was OF whA not polyRamist cut
no hRurc In his nomination. and was
not the prompting cause of his election
Every non-M Mormon who has not been
carried away by the breeze proceeding
from opposing politicians and preach.
ers. win admit that this n true.
The returns Of the election from the
dlnsrcn, towns and districts prove this
beyond doubt. The mining precincts
rolled up big majorltiea In favor ~ that
candidate. They were not Mormon"
but miners votes Thousands Of Nor.
mons voted for his opponent.
Three years previously the same gen.
iiemnn was candidate aud was de-.
fea,ed. The question u his domestic
relations did not enter Into the cam.
pairn then. They would not have fE.
urcd now. but for the political and
prisrtly rancor which injected them In.
10 the contest. ana TO which In due all
the mirinformation which has aroused
the religious people ~ the country. and
made 20 many prominent persons and
papers ridiculous In the wrath.
In reply 10 the positive declaration ~
President Snow that the late election
was IAN entirely secular arnlr." that
"the Church had nothing la do with n"
and tina, church and state arr entire.
~ separate In Utah. the ministers say
~ may be- true that the First rr,si.
dency ANA the older officials took no
active part In the nomination and piec.
ton OF Elder Roberts Hut u ~ Curs
tninly true that other prominent
church officials ana not all belonging
10 the same party did take q very nfs
tive part IN securing his nomination"
The admission In the nrst part of that
paragraph should settle tho point In
favor ~ President snow. " the posi-.
ton usually taken by those ministers
n eorrrot' They claim and have EVER
claimed that The First Presidency IL
the church" or that The President
himself II the Church" Their policy IL
said 10 be- church policy aud their at.
tsrnncca church foundations. N "ths
Flint Presidency and nlder oHicinla
took no active part In the nomination
and election why ,lnim that the
Mormon church Is responsible for what
was done
Suppose Il is true that som, other
prominent church officials did take an /
actlve part in securing tho nomination.
What them irit tp b. understood that
a cltlr'n m tho limited State who b. nn .
official ~ iha Mormon" church hnu nn |
political rirhts' Must % br cnnrr.iri !
that a rrcrhyt,rinu priest or o. AIrth-
odiai preacher muy attend nominal.
inr convention, vote and putt wires f1r
an oiilro-Hrukrr seek 90 down l puut. !
cal opponent try Goo muusn,, Congress /
ana TN country iu rpurln. political ]
manner ANA that Mormon" who ia
an Elder ne other Church officer must /
be dumb ami pauly4edF
Hut tho assertion that "prnminont
Church officials ana not AN belonging
10 tho mmr PARTY aid take % VERY /
active part iu securing hIH nomination" /
Is positively untrue. or course our
"ChrlnIuu' friculs. ana Dr. MoNiecs |
In particular do not stick no "a little /
thing like TINT, when they wish ta In. |
ihcnce eastern opinion Docs MOI IN. |
poeunlury support for their futile ef- |
forts "a convert tho "Mormons" chiefly |
come from that quartprg We suspect I
The original source of their misinformn.
uon IL that 'clcar-hcaded EDITOR thoy .
speak Of and with whose self.coptrn. .
dictlons and reckless absurditles thoy .
nro In religious anu political sympathy |
We challenge Or. McNiece ana hls /
ministerial associates 90 give us tho |
names " those prominent Church ON. |
olala, not an belonging to the same
party, who took that active part In tho
nomination which was made m II Marty
convention openly, fairly, participated
In by non" Mormon as well az "Alor. |
mon" delegates.
One gentleman holding prominent