Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-16
l9riousIy and ShamelessIy
FIaunts a New SANDER in
Its Biggest Type.
WAS WRITTEN IN TRlB OFFICE
Whole story T. Tissue Of FalshOod, De-
libcratcly Conceived aud Printed
In Desperation.

The Tribune this morning contained
La lara, Colo. special" faxed in
It's own Office, under date Of yesterday.
The article is printed IN boldest Trl-
bune falsehood and SANDER type and
bears the mark OF It's own illegitimacy
in the hrst paragraph, which is as fol-
| lows
The Mormons can dictate their own
terms IN Idaho this fall and that can
declare 70 you officially" said Senator
| Sm0ot Of Utah at secret meeting Of
| the Mormon Church leaders held a few
nights ago at the stakehouse al Manas-
| sa.
NEVER UTTERED A WORD OF IT.
The journalistic scandalmonger then
| devotes Itself to the effort OF establish
| ing that Mormon religious meetings
and political meetings are IDENTICAL and
I that Senator Smoot went TO Colorado on
4 political mission, after which II quotes
him as saying,
"Our colonization Of certain coun-
ties is full and complete TO assure the
right returns. / have personally made
tue AdiNdrci lll Aht hNAA NhlrieNeAS
in that state The balance Of power VIII
be held by the Mormons, and the Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike viii find
utlity OF effort without Mormon
support
personally. care not what hap
pens 10 myself, but the Lord VIII thwart
the election and the purposes OF that
arch-enemy Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
81 In IllhA
Our organization IS invunerabe
We know that there have been few in
stances where a Mormon has turned a
deaf ear TO the instructions from the
stakehouse
And who can be better political adj
ylsers than our spiritual guides-our
bishops?
DO not be carried away by the
ante.election praises and promises of
a glib-tongued Gentle, but vote &C.
cording TO your conscience aud the IN.
terests OF freedom OF our church and
belief.
I'VE are great power, and our pow
err will grow and our enemies must
reckon with us"
ISLANDER CONTINUED.
After the above balderdash and spe-
cially manufactured falsehoods. the pa
per continues by saying that Senator
Smoot held secret meetings with prom
inent Mormons from various parts OF
Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, and
that all sorts OF schemes were con-
cocted for the overthrow Of everything |
but the Russian government II holds |
out that these were priesthood meet |
ings. and continues
senator Smoot and the elders met !
In e,ecutiye session and OF course, |
no member would divulge n rom 49k |
bishop, 7noas,Aly wife, Renator Smoot
Is on a visiting tour 10 all Mormon 4
settlements 10 arouse secretly with /
the elders and publicly with the people |
their llVeliesl interest IN the next /
political campaign. Mormouasm Will /
be checked back fifty years or given |
great impetus with the fate OF Smoot
and. II this should prove to be the /
worst II can be tempered and ameli-
GRATED to the Mormon people and pro-
spectiVe converts only by the defeat Of
Dubois"
ALL MALICIOUS FICTION.
For the information Of the public, the
Descret News Is able TO say-it having
talked direct with a person. and that
person an honorable man and not Sen.
aior Sm00t, who ATTENDED the confer
ence in uestion that no SECRET
MEETIAi OR MEETINGS WE'RE |
HELD, THAT NOT EVEN A PRIEST. /
HOOD MEETING WAS HELD AT
THIS CONFERENCE, AND THAT
THE SUBJECT OF POLITICS WAS
NEVER MENTIONED PRIVATELY
OR PUBLICLY, DIRECTLY OR INDT.
RECTLY, AT ANY TINE OR IN ANY
MANNER, BEFORE. AT. OR AFTER
THE CONFERENCE; NOR WAS Dr..
BOls MENTIONED ~ EVEN THE |
REMOTEST WAY.
The Visit was simply for the purpose
Of attending TO business OF a strictly
church character, and the effort Ia
make anything else OF Il shows The
reckless and desperate plight to which
the Tribune and Us slanderous scribe
who faxed the story are driven IN the
hope Of bolsterlng up rs Shameless
course by appealing TO the prejudice.
" people living on the outside