Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-24
Our POLITICAL ADVICE.


y During the present turmoil over the
approaching municipal election citi-
zeDs who are members of the Church
OF Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints,
should not suffer themselves TO be IN
volved In the whirlpool Of partiss'
politics At any rate they should pur'
sue calm and straightforward course,
and preserve their balance of mind,
aud refrain from excitement and the
practices that are common to certain
class Of political enthusiasts and wires
workers,
They should also exercise their pow
ers of discrimination between the true
and the false. and not be led away by
the canards and roorbacks and con-
temptible tricks resorted to by the de-
PRAYED and cunning deceiyers, who plot
and scheme for place or pelf All kinds
OF traps and tricks and subterfuges are
adopted by certain class Of heelers
and writers and their Tx, and they at
tempt to Justify their conduct by the
excuse "oh that is politics" The
adage, "All is fair In love and war"
Ia paraphrased into "All is right In
love and politics,
We do not believe in the doctrine.
Nothing is right or fair that IL false.
No one is justified in wllful decep-
tion In politics or anything Of the kind
Many OF our people are unsophisticated
They would not lie themselves, and are
apt to give credence TO the statements
Of others; but they will learn by ex-
perienoe that professional so-called
politicians" hesitate az nothing that
VIII help or seem 60 help the cause In
which they are engaged. The term
politics is msused when associated
with the ways that are dark that
are pursued by the bosses and their
henchmen to effect their purposes.
Politics in its true sense means the
science of government In it's false and
partisan sense II means often chicanery.
fraud, corruption, lying, bribery and
crime. Anything to get there is it's
motto. II Is az far below real politics
as the Shiny gutter Is beneath the clear
azure OF the heavenly armament No
Latter-day Saint can, with clear con-
science, ally himself with such per-
sons and policies az come under the
class herein denounced nor can he aid
or give countcnunce to anything that
is contrary to truth and righteousness
and pure government, ciyil or ecclcsi-
astlcal, The truth and the right are
above party and personality
DO what Is right, let the consequence
follow" is chorus that should echo In
our hearts and influence our lives in
every department Of human activity
Come out and be ye separate, and
touch not the unclean thing is a
divine command applicable IN an ages
and IN all conditions. II should influ-
ence every individual who aims at the
great exaltation, That which is wrong
cannot be excused on the score Of
politics or any other subterfuge, and
they who are wise will not be led
astray by the shoutngs, misreprcsenta-
lions, false promises, glitterlng decoys
or any of the decisions and snares Of
the political charlatan,
our people should also avoid the
spirit Of strife that leads to wrath
and anger and llwill which comes
from below and not from above, Con-
trnst the fruits Of the spirit which
comes from on high with those Of that
which comes from beneath! Follow
that which leads upward and eschew
the influences Of darkness, Support
men and measures that viii benefit
mankind, and promote order, virtue.
temperance, peace and progress: and
hold as Il sacred privilege the right Of
franchise which should never be exer-
clsed' except for the welfare Of the
community and the upbuildlng puriA-
cation and prosperity Of our city. state
and nation