The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-21

lottery tickets, and it certainly has a
right to stop the crime of polygamy at its
source and to compel all citizens to obey
the statute of the land. Utah as a state
pledged herself to such obedience, but
she violated her solemn pledge. The gov
eminent has a right, therefore, to enforce
the laws and prevent our land from being
overrun with the crime of polygamy and
! with illegitimate offspring. The super
stitious teachings of Mormonism are re-
sponslble for these conditions. The degre-
dation of women is Its object, by fair
means or by foul. by the door of sin or
by the narrow gate of blinded supersti-
ton.
But these are not the only objects aimed
at by the Mormon hierarchy. They aim
to scatter their evil doctrines and evil
teachings over all the west and over all
the east and over all the north and over
all the south and over all the United
States Their object is not only to cap
ture Utah for their church, but all this
western hemisphere
Brigham Young's Prophecy.
Many years ago Brigham Young was
asked this question: Mr. President, do
you believe Mormonism will ever elect
president of the United StatesY' IT do
not know" said he, whether the Mormon
church will ever elect a president during
my lifetime, but I do feel that before /
die the Mormon church will be so power
full that 1t will hold the balance Of power
at the ballot box. Then the two dominant
parties will have to make terms with us
before either one of them will be able to
elect president" Is not his boast. made
many years ago, in danger of coming true
today? Mormonism politically dead? Why
Mormonism was never SO much alive as
today. The danger of menacing Mormon
ism Is not that of galvanized corpse 1t
is actively virulent destroyer, which
threatens to carry its germs through this
| land as the smallpox patient nearly ami
| hilated the people of the Mexican king
dom of the Montezumas. Today, with its
vast followers, the Mormon church prac-
tically owns Utah. 1t has scattered its
people throughout many of the neghbor-
ing states. 1t has its missionary workers
In almost every great city of the world.
F, And today its representative comes knock
Ing at the door of the United States Sem
ate, crying: Let me in. Let me have my
voice heard in the deliberations of the
! highest legislative tribunal of the United
States. Let me in. Let me in" Now,
my friends, comes the practical question:
Shall we let Reed Smoot in? BY his al
legiance to the hierarchy he stands as adj
vocate for all the sins of which these men
are guilty AS such a representative he
should be cast out. A great memorial on
this subject has been circulated by the
women of America, calling upon the Sem
ate to exclude Reed Smoot. They have
done their part nobly and well. Shall
the men be silent? Shall not we too,
importune our national representatives?
Shall we not lift our voices until at last
great chorus of protests shall thunder
In the Senate chamber of our national
capitol which shall say. "Mormonism and
all those who advocate its evils must have
no part in our governmental life"
Representatives of Mormonism should
be forever debarred from entering our