The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-20
UTAH IN STATE
OF AN UPHEAvAL
Reed Shoots Power in Mormon
Church is Broken
is CAUSE OF TROUBLE
UTAH is NOW CONSIDERED WITH
IN CONTROL OF GENTiLES-
DENOUNCED IN
PUBLIC.


Salt Lake City. Utah, No. 19.-Reed
Smoot Is totter,ng on the brink. Utah
Is in state OF upheayal The Mormon
church Is divided into factions. The
Gentle party has assumed control of
Salt Lake City, and there is every
raeson to believe 1t will capture Salt
Lake county next fall, with strong
prospect that it will take the state
at the next opportunity. The church
Is losing its grip. Whether the Gen
tiles carry the state politically there is
no question as to the industrial VIC
tory, for enterprises now under way
will give employment to enough men
to change the balance Of power in
Utah. Salt Lake has for years been
Gentle city. Within the next few
years Utah will be a Gentle state.
Nothing except financial panic which
will-paralyze every industry win pre-
vent ii. Even then, it is generally ad-
mitted in Utah that panic can only
delay.
The progressive Mormons are rejo,c-
ing The church politicians are hold.
ing frequent conferences. They are
at sea. but they are trying hard to
agree on a policy that will save aome-
thing from the tidal wave of Genties
1t locks now as if the policy of the
church as an organization will be TO
smile and stretch out the hand of
greeting to the Gentlles who are flock
ing to the state
An industrial revolution is in pro
gress which cannot help throw the
Gentiles into clear actual majority
in the entire state.
- About Reed Smoot, apostle and Sen
atcr, the storm cloud centers. In the
past his political opponents in Utah
have blamed him while the country
has reyiled him. Now members of his
own church have defied him to his
face, while President Joseph f. Smith,
angered at his course, said to him
since the election, in the presence
of Witnesses;
Brother Smoot, you have caused
the church more trouble than any
body else since its organization"
This Is what he said in public With
in the recesses of the solid granite
walls of the Salt Lake Temple is a
room where the quorum of Twelve
Apostles holds its meetings No sound
can issue from the secret chamber
All who enter are sworn to secrecy.
But 50 bitter is the feeling between
the different factions of the apostles
and the members of the church that
echoes of the proceedings in that
room have come out II is stated that
President Smiths public rebuke was
made more bitterly inside the temple.
and that the quarrel between Apostles
Charles w. Penrose and Reed Smoot
became so intense that there was an
exchange of blows.
The general opinion is that Reed |
Smoot will be given the option of re.
signing as senator or quitting his po
sition as apostle. On all sides he is
censured for his part in the recent
election in Salt Lake City.
Smoot is a resident of Provo. Never.
the less, he has sought to dictate local
politics all over the state. using the
Of the Mormon church for
his purpose.
His attempt to dictate in Salt Lake
iroused a resentment which cannot be
luelled.
The party nominated ticket in
904, but the apathy to Kearns among
certain Republicans and Democrats.
ogether with the fact that national
ssues were involved, prevented it hav-
ng large vote The same influences
against the city ticket this
all. But Smoot turned the tide. With
many Gentiles it was a case of mot
hat they hated Keans less, but they
lated Smoot more" Smoot had gained
'ontrol of the Republican machine in
ne city and state He nominated for
iayor William J. Lynch, admitted to
'e his personal representative. The /
'emocrats nominated Richard 2. Nor I
Is present Mayor. Morris is a Nor
non Of the progressive type. He had
lVen an admittedly good admins
ration and Gentle as well as Mormon
democrats rallied to his support. He
Fas the only Mormon on the Demo.
ratio city ticket The Americans {
ominated Ezra Thompson. a wealthy I
inning man
Ten days before the election if was
onceded by all parties that Morris J
al practically a "cinch" because OF 4
Is sircng Independent Gentle snp- a
ort, in addition 20 his Mormon follow r
y. The anti-Kearns Gentle Rep1b- p
cans were preparing 10 vote for him
addition TO the independents ana \
le reguia- party voters. Then came s
moot from Provo He called togeth n
Bishops and elders. stake presidents v
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