Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-27
"THE UTAH SITUATION"

The San Francisco Call has been
handling the Mormon" question lately
IN a manner that called forth some
comments from Utah paper. that the
California editor describes as having
Mormon proclvltles" in which II Is as
mistaken as In its utterances on the
main subject The Call has, evidently,
anti-"Mormon" procliyities aud there
fore Goes not take up the question 1t
discusses fairly and dlspassionately.
Here Is a paragraph from It's latest edl-
torial on "The Utah Situation"
"rhe United states does not propose to
permit the resumption of polygamy In
Utah, II is useless to plead that resist
ence TO 1t viii disturb the industrial
peace Of the state. II 1t do, the re-
sponsibility is with those who provoke
that resistance by violation OF the law
and breach of faith. why Is the church
In politics. What IL the purpose OF its
persistent control OF politics. If 1t
propose 10 keep faith and observe the
law It has nothing to fear from poll
ties
Observe the manner In which those
questions are put, Each one embodies
falsehood. so expressed as TO convey
the idea that II Is an admitted fact
Does anyone here propose to attempt
'the resumption of polygamy In Utah."
II so, viii the Can please TO name the
person or body that makes the PROPOSE
ton? Who pleads that resistance to 1t
viii disturb Industrial peace?" WHY
does the Cali assume that the Church
is n politics" and talk Of It's per.
sistent control of politics." Has that
paper not learned yet that this stupid
assumption is nothing but 'cry" Of
defeated politicians of either party thar
loses In an election in Utah2
At the late municipal election in thii
city, when the returns showed the aec-
ton Of Democratic mayor and some
city officials, the hackneyed excama-
ton, 1T was the Church was heard
once more. And when news Of the
sweeping Democratic victory in New
York arrived and the query was put,
what was the cause2' the reply was
given, why the Mormon Church, of
coursc' which was as sensible as the
first answer The Can simply echoes
the baseless charges Of disgruntled or
ignorant sectaries and partisaus who
must And some object on which to vent
their spleen, and the "Momons or
their Church will answer most easily.
But no proof Is ever offered that the
conclusion is justified. Even the Gail
does not attempt anything In the way
of evidence.
That paper dilates too, on the stereo-
typed insinuatiop about the pledges o.,
the Mormon church upon which State
hood was secured" Does the Can mean
TO say that the United states entered
into compact with the Mormon
church, and that Statehood was cone
ditiong Nonsense. The Enabling Act
was the only compact between Utah
and the Nation, and It has beel carr d
out to the letter and according to It's
spirit,hy both parties TO A. We chal-
lenge the can to show TO the contrary.
our San Francisco contemporary
asks the Deseret News TO promise that
"a Mormon Legislature" win mtify
certain propositions. made by fanaucal
and uniformed people ia reference to
dead issue, what would that have
to do with the main question? The
request is put In the same assumptIve
and sophistIcul manner as the queries
we noticed at the beginning Of this
article
what has the Deseret News TO do
with the action OF the Legislature OF
Utah3 How could we make any
promise" as to It's course? And why
does the Call talk about "a Mormon
legislature There is no such thing
The Legislature OF Utah is a body COM
posed Of Senator's and Representatives
Of differing faiths and politics elected
10y the votes of "a free people and all
the talk about the union OF Church and
State Is mere moonshine faded fenec-
tions OF a vanished past, A live paper
like the Cali ought to know that, and
should not indulge in such badinage
that merely conveys the assumptions
and busterings OF suspicion or malice
AS TO the constitutional amendment
that the Call appears 10 favor W,
would like that paper to tell Us wher,