Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-18
49, Observation-Disclosures

win an churches or societies tnere IL
but a little difference IN the form or
plan,
When wandcrer goes into church
(non-' MOrmOn'D anywhere, a dish rs
put under his nose for tip That
Is the plan Of the church. It Is their
buslness' II YOU don't like It, be stingy,
don't tip" | really like the Mormon
plan best but | am not kicking at any
OF our ministers for passing the plate.
The "Mormons" say come and hear
our sermons, listen to our music and
TO our great organ, We VIII pay the
bills" ore Is always made welcome
This, because salvation Is free, and
there ought not to be any Kick coming
from anybody. Then Just think Of those
Iecitals at the Tabepacle; no plate Is
ever passed there.
| am member OF several societies
and II become indebted TO the amount
of Sc, the door keeper won't let me M
] can't even go to a meeting. My lodge
franchise Is not IN running order tu-
ture work or sacrifices for the instltu-
ton cuts no figure It's pay up or shut
up.
| have walked the streets stranger
I'm strange land, In large cities,
have looked up 10 a beautifully lighted
hall where laughter and song were go
Ing on, but, ! was like John Howard
PAYNE, ! could look through the win
dow and hear the inmates sing HOME
sweet Home" but / couldn't go in, be-
cause | hadn't paid my tithing (dueQ
In fact didn't have anything To pay
with. therefore | was banlshed.
Each man must be subject 10 the
laws, rules and regulations of the 80.
ciety, If he cannot be then he should
pay up and quit.
"Why fret that human minds should
be 30 narrow.
Prepare the yielding soil with wisdoms
harrow.
Then sow good seed from knowledge
you can borrow.
And see a better state Of things to-
morrow
Why should press, pulpit and people
make fuss about the "MormonS,' ana
say, "why don't you know In Utah they
make the Mormons pay tithing,' Isn't
that awful.
The Mormon" church Is a good in
stltution, kind and charitable to lbs
members, like any other institution 1t
makes mistakes, / suppose. The mis-
takes OF the past are being righted.
Its creed Is as good as any other II
not an Improvement on many.
It's leaders are kindly and earnest
men, Friends stop your Kicking be
Americans. Accord to every man the
same right you claim for yourself. Your
neighbor has as much right to be
Mormon as you have not 10 be one.
The fuss being made by the klckers
Of Utah reminds me of Lincoln story
When Mr. Lincoln was running Tor
Congress on the Whig ticket I'm 1874, IN
the old sangammon Illinois district
There were a few kickers in his party.
In the course Of a speech he Illus
trated the state of his mind on this sub
ject by telling the story OF iackass
he owned when a young man He sald
"The case Of that jackass was most
singular. When everything was pleas
ant all around he would Kick the worst
When his rack was fullest and his
stall fixed with new straw and every
thing real comfortable, that jackass
would start In on the almightiest spell
Of kicking that was ever seen. All the
veterinary surgeons In the neighbor-
hood came around and tried TO find out
just what made the crltter kick SO,
They never could agree about It. one
thing we all noticed was that he al
ways brayed and kicked at the same
time.
Sometimes he would bray first and
then kick, but other times he would
kick first and then bray, so that con-
fused us, and nobody I'm that whole
country was ever able to find out
whether that jackass was braying at
his own kick or kicking at his own
brays"
What alls this town."
The fight has been on the "Mormons"
now for about 20 years still they live
Now. "kickers," come off, get a new
deal; let the "Mormons" alone. Tackle
somebody else II you must kick but
for heavens sake-have change and
realize, II you can, what has allied
this town"
The last Outrage" which OF course
Is another "crime, laid at the door of
"Mormons' is the cutting of OF Mr.
Frank j. Cannon from the Church. For
this action the suppression of free
speech, free press and all the well
known high sounding phrases win, Of
course, be brought out against the
Church The matter, though, is a pri-
vate one between Mr.. Cannon and his
Church but as so many are interested
In the story and are chatterlng about
It, It may well be asked, would II not
have meen the manly thing for MIR
Cannon to have taken withdrawal
card from his Church years ago. The
Mormon" Church only did what other
churches or societies would have done,
without waiting half so long.
IL strikes me that the Church has
been very generous in keeping Franks
name on It's books up TO this time.
Because the people OF the east are
uniformed as to the Mormon" ques-
ton and as TO the lives OF the people
Of Utah, because OF the continuous
growing and kicking of disgruntled
politicians because Of the public clam
or now going on AGAINST the Church
and Senator Smoot because many of
the people OF Salt Lake are knock
ers' to their own city, rather than
boosters is
WHAT AGLs THIS TOWN"
20 God, that men would see a little
clearer
Or Judge less harshly when they can
not see;
o God, that men might draw a little
nearer
To one another; they'd be nearer
Thee
And understood"
JOHN =. MEAKIN.