Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-04
FOR NON.MoRMoN CITIZENS.

The struggle 10 grasp this municipal
ity In which few soured and ambitious
individuals are engaged, and with which
they have induced some otherwise ra-
tioual people to unite, proceeds from
alleged opposition to condition OF af-
fairs that has no existence. IL afiirms
that IAN ecclesiastical hlerarch rules in
commerce destroying whom Il viii and
permitting success only to such as have
its favor Also that the Priesthood
rules In politics, naming both Repuhli-
can aud Democratic candidates. and
olecting either or neither at It's Whim.'
on these charges unsupported by any
proof the projectors Of the faction
ground their appeal to the voters Of
this city to turn over municipal control
into their hands or to those which they
can manipulate according to their WILL
We ask the nou- Mormon" business
people OF this city to decide how much
excuse there Is for the statements that
have thus been made Who among
slrous stories that have been published,
and sent abroad from this city, about
a "hierarch" or hierarchy" ruling
IN Salt Lake commerce How many
Of YOU merchants, storekeepers. bank
ers. dealers and other traders have
been in any way controlled, directed
or hmdered IN Your affairs by an &c
clesiast Of any denomination Has
the Mormon" President ever told any
OF you what to do or not to do I'm bus
iness? Have you been asked by him
10 do anything in restraint Of youy
occupation or calling, or threatened
with consequences il you did not cons
ply? Have you not been as free to
conduct your own AFFAIRS here RS you
could have been In any other part Of
these United States2 Have not the
people of this city done business viii
you freely, whether they be Mormon
or "Genules?" Why then should any
OF YOU endorse movement that Is
founded on folsehood and likely to In
Jure the city and prevent the influx o
capital and population
Where is there an individual who can
truthfuuy say mat he or she has beef
required to vote FOR any person or par
~ by Church dictauou2 Has amy ON
the hardwood to step forward and de
clare that ne has been told how q
d. af DAD
political liberty i'm any manner what
aver? Does not the fact that the Aus
tralian ballot Ia provided by luw fo
ell voting citizens secure that proteo
ton and secrecy Tor "Mormons' am
"Gcntnes' alike. that iusurcs perfeC
freedom OF action az the polls? no,
absurd, then, Is the assertion that
'hierarch' controls citizens In ,hcj
right of suffrage
what evidence can Doe adduced Z
show that any ccclesiast or body q
priesthood in this city names the can
dldatcs for either OF the political pan
ties? Is lt NOT evident to every u
vesteotor that the nominations fo
municipal officers are made by me gogu
larry called primaries and convention
and that they orc frequently of a char
Bcler that men experienced iu publ
affairs, oivll or religious, would uatul
ally object tor n the authorities of IN
mormon" church were directing thes
matters a very different class ~ nom
nccs would probably be selected To a
the offices iu the city government TN
charge that they take amy hand n IN
naming NJ those political candidate
sassilly as Il IS untrue
An that IL wen known 20 the vtupel
otlvc assailans OF the Mormon
Church and ought TO be thoroughly ur
derstood by che people whom they an
cndoayoriug 10 lead into their snare
Every Republican who endorses the
assertions, and every Democrat wh
supports their cause,yirtually proclaim
his own abasement. tie Acknowledge
that instead Of his party having chose