The Arizona sentinel., 1905-08-09
Tom Fitch On
 MOfmOniSm.

Los Angeles, July II, 1905.- To the Editor of The Times: You have given your readers about thirty columns of illuStrat-
 ed assault on the Mormons; will you find room for this commuhi
 cation?
 It may be that there is as much adultery committed per capita in
 Boston, or New York, or Chica- go, or St. Louis, or New Orleans, or San Francisco, or even in Los Angeles, as in Salt Lake City.
 It may be that in years gone, prior to the manifesto, the differ ence between Mormons and Gen. tiles was, that while unlawful COha bitatiOn waS-under the name of plural marriage and the plea of religious liberty pfac- ticed openly by the Mormons in Utah. it was, without any theo- Illogical sanction, practiced openly by the MormOns in Utah, it was, without'any theological sanction, practiced openly by the members of the Four Hundred in New York.
 It may be that another differ ence was that while the Mormons in Utah supported their plural wives whether they grew tired Of them or not, the non -MormOns in New York or California aban- dOned their mistresses to starva- tion when they grew weary of their meretriciOus alliances.
 1t may be that the Mormons still continue their unlawful CO., habitation, but now copy the ezs ample of their Gentile friends and conceal their transgressions.
 It may be that the American homeh is in danger of Mormon invasion, and 1t may be that re- search has failed to disclose 8 single instance in fifty years of st wife of Gentle forsaking her husband and finding shelter in a Mormon ''harem.
 It may be true that the head of the Mormon church controls the votes of the Mormon majori< ty in Utah, and it may also be true that the Grand Sachem of Tammany controls the votes of the democratic majority in New York City.
 It may be that Joseph F. Smith is not obliged to account to anybody for the $2, 1000, cooper annum Ire receives as tithing; but where did Richard CfOker get the S10, 100000 which he car ried to London as the result of 8 few years tithing from Fam many? And what account have the bosses of every great city in the United States rendered of the millions upon millions of 'tithing" they have gathered?
 It may be that social and busi- ness ostracism in Utah awaits the Mormon who votes the tick ct of the new party organized by ex Senator Kearns and ex Sona- tor Cannon, but is it not also true that like fate will befall the white voter in the cotton states who casts his ballot for the republican ticket?
 It may be that the golden tab lets of M0rmonism never existed. It may be that 5000 Jews never satisfied their hanger on few loaves and fishes. It may be that Jonah never found commo- dious apartments in the interior of a whale. 1t may be that Ma homet's epileptic fits were not revelations. It may be that | Buddah was not born of a virgin It may be that Orpheus never wandered through Hades, sing ing, "Oh, Fell Me Where in He'll IS My Wife!" Yet in all religions there is some truth, and any re- tigion is Letter than no religion.
 It may be that it was wrong For the Jews to stone Hnfafthfuk wives to death; wrong for the Romans to throw the Christians ,o the lions; wrong for Tor9ue- nada to torture Protestants or 'acks: wrong for Calvin to roast