The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-02
THURSDAY Il, MARCH ? 1905 1905 4
The Real Danger Of Morrnllto' fais n:
n scnnt or Kentns, Of Utah, has ruised

i Senator Kehfns, oL y ~ A.'Nf' I'm f.s573
"a question + concerning tho Mormon l,7l ~
church, Which has often occurred y Q. us
ana az witch soonertor later this govern
: ,,,,,ant I,,,st take note. In the course OF
his late speech in the sen'ate,shf'o Ade-
clared that the present troubles les. were
not because of any assault upon Jon any
4 ,nan,s religious faith but because acct l
fdenta, lenders have sought to make Gtne
Mormon, movement "a system + Of socclais
religion system Of finance, system o.
commerce and a system Of poll cs g Y
( declared that President Joseph smith
lived In regal estate; that in theaname OF
TIC church lie was at the head Q y great
sluslness monopoly. He conducts rail-;
ways, street car lines, power a and li 81 I
companies, coal mines. salt works. sugar a.
factories, 81 shoe Z factories mercantile
houses drug stores n cwspape1rs maya 'I
zines. theatres ana almost every concet ely
able kind Of business, and in all Q these
inasmuch as he is the dominant factor,
liz virtue Of his being the y prophet OF
God, lie asserts indisputnble sway.
49,
&E.1tl Is considered an evidence OF defer
.s3rncc to3fhinl, and I good standing in the
church, for his hundreds Of thousands g O.
followers to patronlze excluslvely the N
%stitutions which he controls. 55 q ntl q tll's
fact alone, without any business ability
Z Oh his part but with capable subordinate
guidance for his enterprises llsures their
success. ana danger and possible RUIN
TOR every competitive enterprise: NJ III Z,
Later on he added: ut Will astound
YOU to know that every dollar OF United
States money paid to any servant 81 me
q government who Is "a Mormon IS IS tlthcu
4 fort he benefit of this monarch. Outa q
every Isl 600 thus paid he gets 500 to swell
his grandeur. This is also true OF money
paid out Of the public treasury Of the
y State Of Utah to Mormon. officials. But
what is worst Of all, the monarch dips
into the sacred public school fund and
extracts from every Mormon teacher
sone-tenth of his or her earnings sand uses
it for his sunaccountcd purposes
According to this Joseph Smith is po-
ltical, as we'll as an ecclesiastical dicta-
tor and in the eyes OF Mormons he Is
s a; man Of greater authority than the Pres
Eident Of the United States.
The separation OF church and State is
: 5 10 j ~ 3
Il two-sded question. It means not only
that government shall not Interfere with
\ the religious affairs OF the church, but
also that the,AcrurcA shall not Interfere
with The Gffaii's OF the government. a
mans first allegiance is to his country
and he cannot as loyal subject enter
into relation with mis- church or$any
Organization whatsoever which binds HIN,
under oath or obligation to make his al
lcgiance to tho organization first and his
allegiance to his country a econdary
consideration
There is abundant evidence to show that
the members OF the Mormon church arc
\ more loyal to it's DEGREES than to the
Constitution of the United States, and
there is good reason to believe that they
4 are taught from their childhood that thell
/ obligations to the church are more ga
cred and binding than their oblga tons
10 government. and that wherever there
is conflict between the laws of the churol
and the laws OF tile land, they are ii
duty bound TO obey the former in dc
fiance OF the latter, There is in sucl
& obligations. II they exist, strong tain
Yof treason and sooner or later the GOV
crnment must reckon with II.