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church, to sever tie ties which bind
him to all his kindred and the
associations. teachings and trainings
Of lifetime, lie we'll nigh appalling.
II means social ostracism. The pretty
fiction IL given to the Mormon people
and the world that all these officers
Of the Mormon church, including the
president himself, must be selected
BY the people at their various con
ferences. This they attempt 10 prove
from the fact that at these confer.
ences the names Of the first president
and the apostles, the seven presidents
Of seventies. the presidents Of stakes
and the bishops are submitted to the
people, and they are asked 70 "sus-
tain" them, by holding up their
hands. The list includes a great
many, Of course, and doubt IL q
case has ever been known where any
one Of the 10000 people gathered 10
their semi -snnual conference has risen
! in his place and objected to sustain
ing" any officer submitted 10 the
conference by the authorities Of the
church / doubt II any provision is
made In case such dissent or protest
should come. Ii never was contem !
plated that any member Of the church
would question the divine right Of
the authorities to select these officers.
imagine that If any one should have
the temerity 10 object to sustaining
an officer to the conference for their
approval that such a member would
have TO withdraw his objection or
else be disfellowshippAd.
DOMINATION rs COMPLETE.
You can imagine shat complete
domination the church has over fol-
lowers, through this power Of the
president to appoint all the officers
Of the church, by rejecting on the
effect on the appointees their selee-
tion by the president Of the United
States has on them As a rale, the
president selects men to al the
federal offices who have demonstrated
their acceptance Of the principles IL
the party. o. which the president l.
The head, aud have been jealous ia
the advocacy of those principles.
Whenever a policy for the party lie
announced by the president of the
United States and his close party
associates, high ia authority, these
officeholdes Immediately become I'D
yocates Of that policy. When you
contemplate that these appointees of
the president Of the Mormon church
are not las lie the case with the presi-
dent Of the United States) confined
10 one party, but embrace members
OF all parties, you can have some
faint idea Of their subserviency.
When you take into account, In
addition, that not only political pre-.
termeDt is involved in their acanies.
enee, but that every opportunity for
advancement in ali walks Of life are
dependent on their accepting the de
crees Of their leaders. You can begin
to comprehend the tremendous power.
politically, which this hierarhey
Yields.
The president Of the Mormon
church, Joseph f. Smith, and The
president Of the II apostles, who IL
next in line for the presidency Of the
church, both testified before the
senate committee that they we're liv-
ing in open polygsmy, in defiance of
Law, aud of the compact which they
made with the government when they
secured statehood for Utah. More
than half Of the u apostles are nd.
mittedly defying the law and the
government, in that they are openly
living in polygamous relations.
NOT ONE HAND WAS LIFTED.
On the 9th day Of April, 1904.
there was a semi-annual conference
OF the Mormon church at Salt Lake
City, There was present In their
great tabernacle from 10, 600 to To-
600 Mormons, gathered from Colo.
RADIO, Arizona, New Mexico, wyom.
ing, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho aud other
places. Every enc Of these from
10, 900 to Is, 600 people know, as
we'll as the people Of the United
States do, that the leaders Of the
church are living openly, defiantly
aud In violation of the laws Of the
land.
The names Of the president Of the
church aud six apostles and hundreds
Of others, who are living in open
Of the law, were presented
10 this conference of Mormons, and
they we're asked TO sustain" them
in their high offices, which gives
them complete control over the Nor