Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-09-23
PEET TO REV. DR.. PADEN.
Editor Truth:

Wnen man WINS men s esteem
And thrives by their mistakes,
He makes himself a bigger fool
Than all the fools he. makes"
We have a class of men who claim |
they came to Utah as messengers of |
Christ; men who claimed they were |
called of God to go forth in all the |
world to preach the gospel men who
claim they came here in a spirit of
love to make men, women and chill
dren better; to heal bleeding wounds
and make the rough places smooth
to create harmony in the place of
discord. These preachers and mis-
sionaries were kindly received by the
people of Utah. These preachers
thought they would find the people of
Utah ignorant, debased, sensual,
heathenish, irreligious to such de-
gree that even 2x4 preacher could
shed a ray of light among them; but
on arriving here they saw their great
mistake; saw that Utah was up to
date and it would require highly ed
ucated, progressive preachers to cope
with the situation. They did not want
to go back east they wanted their
mission money, so instead of holding
revivals and trying to make people
better, they have hunted up the real
and imaginary mistakes of the Nor
mons and on these they are trying to
thrive. If they could not find any
Mormon mistakes bad enough they
invented what they needed. DR.. w.
M. Paden is great on magnifying Nor
mon mistakes. He also has a superior
faculty for inventing new and sensa-
tional falsehoods and getting them
printed in the eastern newspapers. /
have a few of his interviews before
me and it will be a surprise to most
of the Gentiles of this state to know
that DR.. Paden would cause to be pub
lished to the world the untruths he
has to injure this state and her peo-
pie. But the old saying is murder
will out and will finally get back to
the one who used the dagger"
In November, 1908, DR.. Paden went
to New York, Pennsylvania and other
states to help keep Senator Smoot out
of the senate. This was after John
l.. Leilich had sworn that Senator
Smoot was a polygamist. Dr. Paden
tried by innuendo to impress upon
the people that John l.. Leilich told
the truth. In the Philadelphia Press
of Nov. 81, 1908, DR.. Paden said (and
l give each paragraph in it's entirety
CONCERNING the charge IndC MI
Smoot was a polygamist-Dr Paden
said that he himself was an agnostic;
he has no proof that Mr.. Smoot is
polygamist and neither he nor the
Ministerial association is willing to
make or endorse such a charge. Utah
Gentiles, however, consider is remark
able If not incredible that a man
should be a member of the Mormon
apostolate and yet not live in polyga-
nous relations. The majority of the
other twelve apostles and President
Joseph F. Smith," says DR.. Paden,
''are known to be doing so.'
On November 20, in an interview
in the Press, the reporter asks: CDR.
Paden, is Apostle Smoot a polyga-
mist?"
Il have never said So" was the re-
ply. Il would not say so until have
had in my possession evidence which
would be accepted by the senate COM
mittee on elections and privileges.
have heard this and l have heard
that and some persons make the I'M
qualified assertion that he is, but the
Ministerial association refuses to en-
dorse any such statement. True we
cannot see how Apostle Smoot can live
his religion or go on to perfection as
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