Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-13
THE wIRE.FlEND AGAIN

The Rocky Mountain News OF sun
dav las contains the following dis"
patch. 1t Is not from the Associated
Press bot is one Of those specials
manufactured here (by whom Is wen
known f@ the purpose of decel'lhs
the public and msrcpreseniing aIlills
IN Utah. rs maleyoenco wIll be read
ily perceived By people residing here
salt Lake Sept lO-J s. Clarksoon
the Iowa DlitiCiau. who Was given the
nlum of surveyor OF the port OF New
York h nere ln the interest OF Presl-
dent Roosevelt and Us said TO nave
made a deal with the Mounons OF IAN
and Idaho Ia suppor, the president
providing the Smoot case Us aloppcu
1T Ia well known that the Chuicn "u-
thortles are most anxious 10 hAFe
smoot retain his seat ana oa lne
members Of The Church expect 10 ke'
their political instructions from lne
1,lders. Clarkson Is likely TO obtain me
electoral vote Tor hi8 chief il Us sara
Clarkson has promised TO remove red
einl oficeholdcrs who are Genllles
The reason why we notice the tele-
gram sent from this point by the lying
alspatrh -hend whose vorl, Is obviously
IN The interest Of umbs dcfamcrs Is
ns publication 500 respectable and Boz.
nuentiaI newspaper General clmlwon
win probably pay no attention TO the
irresponsible llbeller who concocted the
mlsinformaton sent over the wires
and Their again be may trace the mat
Ter up--but we win state ln behalf Of
the "Momous" Of Utah and Idaho
that none OF them knows anything
about the alleged bargain or dear
said to have been made and we most
emphaticaIly deny that any compact
agreement or understanding whatever
was entered into between that gentle
man and any person authorized TO
speak or acn for the Mormon people
le is NOR well known that the
Church authorities are most anxious
about any OF these matters; that Is one
Of the stock gucsses Of political spccu-
lators. And the assertion that the
Church members expect 10 gct their
political instruction from the Elders. 81
"weli known to be utterly false and
absurd. IN the first place they have
no reason 20 expect any such mstuc-
tion. IN the second place II amy OK them
do expect Il, which We do not believe
for a moment they win be doomed TO
dlsappointment;in the third place no in-
stance Of any such expectation or n-
structlon has been cited and the whole
ntimaton ls miserable fake,
which has become so stale that Il Is
regarded with disgust. by sensible ueo-
pie or all political prollIylucs
The Mormon voters OF Utah and
OF Idaho and elsewhere are under mo-
church obligation of any kind os TO
political matters. The candidates of
either party are before them for their
free unrages. The Church has no part
IN the present political contest Every
member or IL is at perfect liberty TO
vote according TO personal choice. The
"Mormous know thIs. and therefore
resent amy implication or insiuatiop
to the contrary Those who harp upouthc
one old. diapidated discordant suins
twanged in the dispatch Wp have
copied. are the enemies OF this state
and they haven't sense enough 90 see
how SHY they appear 10 the rational
citizens. No member OF the church,
whatever his position therein claims
exercises or has any authority to tell
the people how or for whom 10 vote
by virtue Of his ecclesiastical status.
All assertions 10 the contrary are myths
or wilful falsehoods
The idea that General Charleston, who
IS surveyor Of the port OF New York
and Is engaged officially in customs
duties only, could remove Federal Of
fceholders here who are either "Gcn-
tllesp or Mormons,' "a as preposterous
as the rest Of the whole story ltdecent
public journals desire To- maintain a
reputation for reliability, 60 say moth
ing Of consistency they win hshi shy
OF specials sent by the VIGOROUSLY men-
daclous dlspatch-dtud in salt Lake
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