The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-20
ORDER is COMING.


fifteen years ago, that II the church
o. Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
was not sincere in its pretensions and
promises, general decentralization
would ensue." Elaborating that par.
ticulsr expression along the line of his
well known thought and the teaching
Of the times. it is clear that the Nor.
mon church was confronted by the ne
eessity of making complete recession
from the things anita gonized by the
highest septimentalists OF the human
race, and that the recession must be
sincere. II, in later time. the church,
under It's then leadership or under any
new prophet who might arise, should
show itself recreant to the conditions
and the pledges Of that early day of
reconstruction in Utah, chaos would
come again in the political and social
affairs OF this community.
Was ever a more. serious prediction
more awfully fulflled7 Is there not
general demoralizs Jion IN the politics
Of Utah Is not toe choch perceptiblv
trembling upon the verge of a preci.
pice1 Ten times ten thousand times
within six months rast politicians of
the TWO church quorums have asked
themselves, "Where are we at?n The
answer comes from the words OF the
sagacious man who spoke fifteen years
ago; partisan politics in Utah is in
volved in general demoralization. Many
more times within six months men and
women, holding affiliations with the
Mormon church, have said fearsomely:
" What is to be the end of this situa-
tlou And the answer is drawn
from the words of that one of their
former wise leaders General demorali.
zation has epsued, and the only possible
good end must be a reconstruction upon
lines Of moralization
The men who stand in the leadership
Of the church today and who dominate
its political as we'll as all its other
temporal policies, have no Knowledge
or social poteptiality of the forces
which they CONTROL they have been
equipped neither by nature nor by ex.
perience TO wisely formulate and saga
ciously direct large policies; and they
have allotted individual inclina ton and
whim TO govern community proceedings
10 the point whereas The Tribune
remarks-to the politics and social pur-
poses and National relations of the
Mormon church chaos is come again.
Think of commonwealth possessing
three hundred and ffty thousand people
just entering upon its most splendid
possible period Of growth. where wis
dom and patriotism should h, the
great guides to IT'S policies; and itself
at the mercy Of and its destinies di.
rected during several years by two
men-Joseph L. Smith and Reed Snoct.
Joseph +. Smith has involved the
whole State in worldwide odium be-
cause his individual inclination was to
live with Eve wives He had no knowI.
edge of the evolution OF society. Per.
haps he cared nothing for progress or
retard1tior. He refused 10 De.
hcve or was unable to realize
that 10 throw mis- people into
the agony of polyganons battle on
their part with 4 homogeneous civi.
l!zation was cruelty quite equal TO an
armed conflict. And from that individ.
ual guidarce-thst selfish. insensste
guidance Of community affairs in chan.
ne!s OF po!ygamy. broken pledges. and
the world : dis,rust aad contempt. the
community life Of the Mormon people
and TO some extent the community life
Of the entire State, has passed into the
mGelstrom. Men make the State. And
what On awful calamity It is that dur
ing a period when Utah should have
been growing into glory il has been
the truth tor Joseph T. Smith TO say:
Il am the State'''
And when wisdom and courage in
politics or on the part of political
leaderS nigh, have warned this head