Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-08
1.-THE CALL" ON A RAMPAGE.

The San Francisco Call until recent
~ has been quite rational IN relation
TO Utah and the "Mormons," but for
some reason that does not appear on
the surface, II has dropped into the
Same channels OF folly and fiction In
which a number OF American journals
run that are not posted on the subject,
hut simply echo and re-echo the stupid
stories that are manufactured here and
sent out to do their dirty duty at dis
tant places. The present editorial writ
er for the Can. on matters pertaining
20 the Mormon" Church, Is either ut
terly ignorant OF affairs here, or he is
possessed OF malicious spirit OF prevar-
icatlon His latest effort in that dlrec-
tlon was published on Sunday, March
g. from which we extract the suhioined
peculiar paragraphs
"The church controls courts and iu-
rles. The endowment oath OF loyalty
90 the Church rs paramount TO all clyil
oaths and obligations This makes
Gentle personal and property rights in
secure, aud II another part of the
Church program To- force Gentiles out
OF the state and keep moro from COM
Ing In.
"some parts of this policy seem fam
tastc The Church has recently adopt
cd q policy OF owning all ~ the opera
houses and theatora IN the state This
permits II to act MS censor OF the
drama, and such plays Bs the Dan
ties and other dramas that are unfa-
V0rahle 10 the Church are not permit
ted, In like manner the Gentle press
II discouraged. IN public printing Il Is
Disseminated AGAINST and as the Gnp-
tile fortunes and population decline the
free press is being gradually crowded
out. The Mormon community ~ bv
these means kent from a knowledge of
what religious liberty means"
What object the writer OF that non
sense, or the paper which publishes Il.
can have in circulating statements OF
that kind we fail TO understand The
Mormon" Church does not control and
has no means of controlling either
courts or iures There is no such thing
as IAN endowment oath" Gentle
personal and property rights" are not
Insecure" but far more secure than
they are IN san Francisco, There Is no
movement or effort or intention to
force Gentilcs out Of the State" All
the assertions OF the Call concerning
these matters are without foundation
and really without excuse, II the CAN
desires Information ana not merely 10
illuminate ridiculous Trades against the
Mormon Church, let Il inquire o.
some respectable Gentle" firm doing
business here, and Il win learn that
there Is no complaint by respectable
nom" MormQns,' except against that
Mormon hating influence which is
preventing the immigration which
the Call thinks Is hindcred by the
Church.
The policy which the Cali pic
lures as that Of the Church
without citing a single fact to substan-
tlaie rs assertion Is indeed fantastic"
The Church does not own any Opera
house or theater In the state OF Utah.
There Is no determination" against
the Gentle press" 1t Is not being
gradually or in any way Crowded
OUT II that press is to be believed,
II Is hourishlng with greater prosper
ity than ever before, The rawlings OF
the CAN IN these matters are "fantas-
tle' IN the widest manner and high
ess degree. Il IL the same with its
monstrous allegation that the Church