The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-03-18

} and the ruin of the kingdom Of God
over which you rule with bigotry
with gluttony of power, with insen
safe self esteemY"
In lengthy analysis of the Nor
mon church he says:
| 'The Mormon leaders are Xix,
Other men. Some of them have beer
magnetic, hypnotic; some O.
them have persuaded themselves ant
Others that they were inspired; some
of them have been brave, simple
souls, willing to live and die for
chosen faith some Of them have been
large minded men, natural founders Of
empires, natural social leaders and
philosophers; some of them have
been cruel, arrogant, bigoted; some
of them have been narrow, avaricious.
lustful of power. In the main, all
OF the leaders have been men of strict
character; sober, honest, and-with
the exception Of the peculiar offensee
associated with polygamy- careful In
their relations With the other sex.
OF the mass of the Mormon people it
can trnthfully be said that no more
thrifty, Industrious and useful lot of
people ever came into any one COM
munity; they have practiced all the
virtues as they understood them; and
with THE exception noted above with
regard to the leaders-the teaching
and living of plural marriages, polyg-
amous Capitalization and their inevita-
BILE Observation-Disclosures lives have been
pure"
And after mastery exemplifcation
OF how the church has become an
alien kingdom, ruled over by mer-
cenary ecclesiastical potentates and
princes, he concludes:
Taking the foregoing as a basis.
1t is easy TO discern how an avaric-
ious bigot, not governed by high in
tellectualities, not controlled by
delicacies, having several wives and
many children, and holding an old
grudge against the government of the
United States, could, with the power
of state at his command, set up and
maintain an alien government within
and against this Republic of the
United States.
And that is exactly what Joseph
Smith, prophet of the Mormon church.
has done and is DOING.
Relative to church interference and
domination in business, Mr.. Smurth-
waite, in his letter to the bishop. saws
Permit me to remind you that.
last summer sometime, l related to
you the substance of an interview had
by Richard j. Taylor and myself with
President Joseph Smith lat his re-
quest) in relation to the salt business.
wherein, lii substance, he expressed
his astonishment that, being breth-
rem, we would go into business in on
position to them 1.-THE churcb). and |
that they would "ruin'' us by cutting
prices OF salt or by other method. if
we persisted We we're thus between
two certain disasters: First. ruin
by the church If we tried TO com
pete; second, ruin of that business IL
We closed down. On that occasion
as detailed to you'll believe IL was
the morning after the interview
the remarks and spirit of President
smith were such as to convince me
OF TWO things, 1. g., that be is not a
good man. and consequently cannot
DC prophet OF God. and that the
ehurch should not be engaged ia bus.
'ness at all, a proposition 10 which
you gave your sequiescence A"
This shows the subtle way Of the
church In business oppression Of
nose who oppose its imperlous will. II
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