The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-18
WAKING UP.

! speaking of the activity of the MOI
mon church in Idaho s political affairs
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says tha
Cohesion Of the Democrats and indie
pendent Republicans is going on stead
ily. aud in the recent fight, which wa
decided by a solid Mormon vote, tn
detection in the old Republican strong
holds was the most significant inciden
of the campaign. The Intelligence
also predicts final triumph for th'
straight GENTLE element when the It'd,
of immigration shall give to them ;
prepondernting influence Throughout
the State.
| It may be that the hierarchs imagine
| that their fragrant political mal5gnity
| against the best interests of this inter
mountain country will 90 unnoticed OF
the "outsidc world;' but to draw con
clusion from the increased and uncom.
plimentary attention which newspapers
all over the country are devoting TO
this matter, their surmise would be a
mistaken one. However, people at
home here. who are familiar with the
characteristics of the chief of the
world 3 polygamistic cult, some time
ago concluded that this particular law.
breaker is making his final criminal
stand against the United States. and
that in order to make that stand ms
effective as possible in his own dis
loyal behalf he is availng himself of
every immoral, political and commercial
nd IN ~
open and brazenly reckless manner.
Notwithstanding the pledge made TO
this country that the Mormon people
should be politically frce-enlisting
themselves with either of the National
political parties at their own choice
Joseph F. Smith is dragging his ad-
herents together under one Mormon
banner for the perpetuation of his
political power, TO the end that this
strength will protect him and his fa-
vorites in the practice of crime. De-
pending upon the particular locality,
and the pliancy to hierarchical control
of either party in that locality, he ar
rays his church forces on the side of
or of Democracy. In
the November election in Idaho it WAS
miscalled Rcpubicanism. In
the same election in Utah it vas
Smith -Smootism, mlsnamed Repubh
canism In the December school cleo
ton in Salt Lake it was ecclesi
asticism under the name of nonparti
sanism. Three year ago in Salt Lake
and one year ago 1T was Democracy,
In each case the Mormon voters Of all
shades of political belief were driven
% the support of the Smith evil pur-
BOSE
This man Smith creates lawless
of polygamous living for
himself and his favorites; he permits
lew plural marriages in defiance of
aw and pledge; he dominates politics
II spite of the Constitution; he invades
with the funds Of his church.
The real American citizens object to
hese practices; their objection is of
10 avail; they organize politically to
Icfeat his unlawful purposes Smith
aises the howl that the Mormons are
icing attacked because of their reli- |
ion, and he drives them into protec-
ion of his crimes. Having established |
he dividing line between his people |
nd the rest of the citizenship, he !
whines that this is a |
ght upon religion. While behind it
II stands the fact that his only OBJ |
ect is to impose his treason and dis.
oyalty upon this Nation and TO inter.
ose his innocent adherents between his !
wn crininality and the Just punish,
nent which is due from an outraged |
ommunity.
This pledge breaking, God-denying, |
awdefying Joseph +. Smith is now
oing so far rs TO print notice of his
olitical desires in the publications of
is church, and to afterward thank
is adherents for their craven obedi-
nee to himself and for their conse-
ucnt political perfdy
1t should he remembered by the peo-
lie of this country that these things
re perpctrated by monster who pre-
ends TO be n prophet of God and si-
confesscs in court that
G is continuous law-breaker And
should be remembered by the peo-
lie of Utah. the Mormons particularly,
hat the Nation is waking up to the
acts-that the States surrounding
tah are accepting the line drawn by
NTH and are opposing majority
lass Of Gentiles in opposition TO his
hurch-directed forces
The end is not far to see. and within
very brief period the Mormon power
Ill be overthrowu BY preponderance
GENTLE votes in every State of the
Itermountain region, including Utah
The sorrow Of it is that the innocent
Iormon mass is being made to suffer
an 'uuavailing attempt TO protect
,e guilty class.