The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-03-10
MORMONISM SHOWN
UP IN CONGRESS,

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-Mr. Kearns.
being recognized. said he could not per-
NIT the occasion to pass without say
| ing what it seemed should be said by
a Senator, under such conditions, be-
| fore leaving public life. He then re-
viewed the history of Utah and recited
the conditions under which Statehood
| was granted. The pledges given by
| the people Of Utah. said the Senator,
L believe consisted of the following
propositions:
THAT the Mormon leaders would live
within the laws pertaining to plural
marriages and the continued plural
| marriage relation, and that they would
enforce this obligation upon all of their
followers, under penalty of disfellow-
ship.
That the leaders of the Mormon
Church would no longer exercise politi-
cal sway. and that their followers would
be free and would exercise their free
dom in politics, in business and in So
cial affairs
Continuing. he said: Utah secured
her Statehood by a solemn compact
made by the Mormon leaders in behalf
of themselves and their people.
THAT compact has been broken will
fully and frequently
NO apostle of the Mormon Church
has publicly protested against that VIC
latIon
Il know the gravity of the utterances
that 1 have just made. I know what
are the probable consequences to my
self But, 1 have pondered long and
earnestly upon this subject and have
come to the conclusion that duty to the
innocent people of my State and obliga-
ton TO the Senate of the country re-
quire that I shall clearly define my
attitude"
Mr.. Kearns said the question of re-
ligion is not involved. and he passed
from that question to the social aspect
with brief comment. The social autoc-
racy. he said. al present is at as high
a point as it has ever reached. He de-
scribed the surroundings and the pow
ers of President Smith. who, he said,
affects a regal state and has establish
ed himself with the dignity of mon
arch.
IN all this social system said Mr..
Kearns, leach apostle has his great
part He is inseparable from it. He
yields now such part of the power as
the monarch may permit him to enjoy
and it is hope and expectation that he
will outlive those who We're his seniors
in rank, in order that he become their
ruler
Taking up the business policy of the
church. Mr.. Kearns charged that it
amounts to a monopoly. He recited the
holdings of President Smith, by virtue
of his office. as we'll as his private hold
ings and said that when Smith be-
came president he boosted of his prop
cry. while he now is in receipt of an
income like unto that which a royal
family derives from a national treasury.
Oue-tenth of all the annual earnings
of all the Mormons in all the world
flows to him. These funds amount TO
one million six hundred thousand dol
lars annually.
Continuing. Mr.. Kearns said:
Parties are nothing TO these leaders.
except as parties may be used by them.
So long as this is q Republican admin
istration and Congress they viii lead
their followers to support Republican
tickets but if. by any chance. the
Democratic party should control this
government. with a prospect of contin-
nance in power, you would see a grad
nal veering around under the direction