The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-15

- 1s@<A III 4l1I4GAlLOs
two signal instances which infIamed
Utah and Idaho. John Henry Smith. an
apostle Of the Mormon church from Utah,
went 70 the Idaho legislature ami surrep-
that body for a constitutional amendment
70 take the oath out of our constitution.
Why people who had come into the state
during the last years didn't know there
was a test oath IN It. Il Was dormant, i
was doing no one any harm. II WASN'T
operative. But IL can be operative by
three lines IN Idaho, Those three lines
say, mo Mormon shall vote We'll.
now. the people Of Idaho do net intend 10
disfranchise the Mormcns- They haven't
any such intention. But [ wish you had a
test oath in Utah snd about a three
fourths majority of Gentiles. (Cneers)
Shoots Case Discussed.
Tho Inon,ent that the attention of tho
people of Idaho WAS called TO the tact
that this attempt was 10 be made 10 taAc
the test oath out of the constitution.
they were sufficiently aroused, ana now
the fight is on I'm Idaho. The fight Is
on in Utah. The fight is on I'm the Unit
ed States and il will be fought out. We
were confronted with that In Idaho
was confronted with IL in Washington as
"a member of the committee on privileges
end elections. with Apostle Reed SmOot
as senator or the United States.
0.aughter) I suppose You people have a
great many reasons 10 give why ne IS
senator Of the United States Well. L
found out in the committee on privileges
and elections. ! think. why he was sem
atOr of the United States. and | FOUND
out something else which you all know.
probably If not, / will tell you. The
president or the church was asked n
Mr.. SmOot had requested his consent 20
run for the United States senate, and nc
said Yes "Did you give your consent
70 Mr.. Smoot to run for the United
States senate Il did" Did you give
YOUR consent to anybody else 70 run for
the United States senate y mo. ] did
not" You gave your consent then: TO
one man to be a candidate for the United
States senate. but to no other man
why. I didn't give my consent 70 but
one man. because there was only one
man asked me. and that was Mr.. Smoot.
1nat is all in the testimony. printed there
plain. | was reading IL today, 10 refresn
NY memory-very interesting reading. /
read ii once in awhile. Someone said
suppose that YOU had refused 10 give
Your consent to Mr.. Snoot 20 run for the
United States senate. and notwithsIand-
ing that. he had persisted in running Tor
the United States senate, what would
have happened to Mr.. Smoot?' well,
he said. "he would have been out of har-
mony with his Quorum 0aughter)
Senators Know About Harmony.
Wen. now. of course you can readily
understand. taking the senate committee
but only one of whom. myself. is from
this section of the country, that they
would not have fully understood what
being out of harmony with his quorum
meant. But after a pretty full and thor
Cugh airing and VentiidttnG or what nap
pened TO Moses Thatcher when he got
out Of harmony with his quorum, think,
they understood pretty well. Now. IN ad-
dition 10 that this testimony before the
senate committee shows by this authority
i'm this church that no one, from a bishop
To na oil of1f nr 10 -
take the bishops. presidents of stakes,
the seven presidents Of seventies, the
patriarch and the three presiding bishops
and the twelve apostles-take them all;
not a single. solitary one Of them can be
candidate for an office without first
getting the consent of this hierarchy
That is their testimony. American ciu
zens will not stand II. They Will not
this more than the young ambitious
Marmons. Cries Of "Good!) I know.
and YOU know, because they talk to You
and they talk to me, that they resent IL
men. these gentlemen who want 70 be
county attorney. or sheriff and have the
small jobs. they resent il, too. And they
cannot stand up against an audience like
this-they cannot stand up against true
manhood and true womanhood demanding
| for this rocky mountain country the
highest type OF citizenship
Following the speech of Senator Du-
bois the report of the committee of ten
was read by the secretary, George L.
Nye, as follows:
1.-THE American Party"
! First-We recommend the adoption Of
the name of The American Party OF
| Utah" for the new party,
! Second-We recommend the ADOPTION OF
! the American flag. unfurled from a staff.
as the party emblem.
! Third-We recommend the adoption OF
| the following platform:
The American Party Of Utah to the Peo-
pie. Greeting:
! We rejoice with you in the great field
American manhood, American enterprise
and American institutions.
We recall with satisfaction the pledges
made by the leaders OF the dominant
church here in the statehood movement
] that the people should be released from
all churchly control or interference IN
/ their political affairs, and should be ab-
sOlutely free and Independent in all mat
( tiers pertaining thereto.
/ Rejoicing In that pledge OF release foI
/ the people. hope was bright in itch, but
\ this was short-lived and it was with
sorrow and indignation that repeated vio-
! lations of that pledge OF release were
! seen. as in the provocation for the recon-
vening of the Democratic state conyen-
ton of 1895: the voting by Democratic leg
! islators for President George q. cannon
I a gold-bug Republican. for United states
! senator: the foisting of Brigham II. Rob-
berts a self-confessed polygamist. upon
/ the people as their representative in con.
| gress; the forcing upon the state OF
| Apostle Reed Smoot as one Of its United
States senators. thus directly challenging
/ the proposition that the church and the
state must be kept separas: and finally
] the apostolic dominance in taking up q
man unknown to the politics and public
/ life of this state. and apparently mercy
/ to show the apostolic power, making MN
! the nominee of one of the leading parties
I for governor: a man who has no following
] who has no political strength. and who de-
ponds wholly upon church influence IOi
/ his political preferment.
Apostles Support Smoot.
! This apostolic activity, unrebuked by
| the church proves that Apostle Smoot Is
! in harmony with his quorum. that the
( twelve apostles sustain him in his usur-
/ ration and control IN politics. II tnes
were not with him in this tand their bong
with him involves the great governing
BODY Of the church direct, Apostle Smoo'
would he dealt with as Apostle Moses
I Thatcher Was dealt with when be
/ became active in politics. trusting thai
! political affairs meant what 1t seems e
mean. Apostle Thatcher was deposeu
I Apostle Smoot is sustained. In the firs'
] case the twelve disapproved, In the pres
: emf thev approve and so bring the church
directly and triumphantly into mis- cam
| paign- -
are enough They show not only that tne
evil of church interference and control Al
political affairs has never peeu gwen up
but that Il is growing year by year more
direct and positive. until itS domination Is