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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
THE DEFENSE.

1t would not be fair TO quote the ut
terances Of newspapers antagonistic to
Joseph F. Smlth-concerning his recent
trial and conviction and sentence for
unlawful habitation-without also
giving 10 our readers an opportunity
to know what his adherents have to say
in public on this matter.
a fair sample is the following. which
is part of an article signed by one ,Jo-
scph Irwin, dated at Laketown, Bear
Lake county. Idaho. and published in
the Paris Post. which has been known
in the past as the personal organ of
William Budge, the chief Mormon of
Idaho, and therefore newspaper
strongly reflective of tine wishes of the
chief hierarch at Salt Lake City:
What an unchris,ian act It appears 10
this writer 10 fine an honorable man 5000
because he lived with and would not cast
off wife he Covenanted to love and pro-
vide for, as a husband should twenty
two years ago. And Yet many Will ap-
shin the God OF Abraham. Isaac and ia
cob, and sing with sanctimonious JUNCTION
Of entering the new Jerusalem, the pillars
Of whose walls viii etcrnally peTpetunte
the names OF the twelve sons OF a pa
iTiarch who had at least four wives Mod
ern So-called Christians would doubtless
send those ancient men Of God TO jail
Ito the limit" were they living TODAY
oh. consistency. should We seek thee. We
would not hunt among the professed
morality regulators of Utah. II does GER
tainly appear TO this writer that when
the Mormon people discontinued contract
Ing plural marriages. II was all that could
or should be asked OF them. But when
the pound OF flesh is demanded in the
casting off of wives and families, as dear
10 the polygamist as the single wife Is
10 the best Of monogamists, l say,
heaven forbid.
That is characteristic cry. 1t is
evident that in the minds Of the fol-
lowers Of Joseph f. Smith there is not
the slightest regard for law or public
pledge or Constitution. The personal
desire of the hierarch rises above all
these things. II has n sanctity higher
than public welfare and higher than
pretended revelation from God.
Can Mormons wonder that the world
calls them ignorant dupes when they
entertain opinions such as are expressed
through the columns of the Paris Post,
n minor organ of the church? The
special plea in behalf of a sacred privi.
lege TO defy decency is a demonstration
that not one thought of civic duty, of
patriotism to country and 10 State, of
gratitude TO the Republic, is permitted
to enter into the consideration of these
r,opIn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
THE HEAVENS SHOOK.

The Descret News, at the conclusion
of a long article of correspondence re-
lating TO the Langton. Smith fist
fight in Logan, SAYS: More publicity
has been given TO the matter than the
circumstances warranted
That is one Of the most entertaining
and characteristic utterances of tho
church organ IN recent times. Isaac
Smith is president of the Cache
stake of Zion, a prominent man and n
reputed poIygamist, He represents in
his stake the hierarchy of the Mormon
church; and the hierarchy of the Nor
mon church represents God. Prcs-
dent Isaac Smith is the 6le leader of
all his people, and his nolygamous
and priestly person is assumed to be
divinely sacred Seth Langton is an
elder in the Mormon church, bound
by its dogma and discipline to pay his
duty To God by alteration of the
hierarchy by servile respect and rever.
encc To the president of mis- stake,
These two men slugged each other
in Logan the other day; mangled and
mashed each the others sanity face,
the face of fhe higher ecclesiast-and
therefore the more sacred countenance
of the two-getting the more severe
pummeling of the two. If there is
anything in the claim of the Mormon
creed, then the Mormon heavens were
Jared by this untoward event-the
Mormon angels bent down and wept.
the majesty of the Mormon Al
mighty was set atremble, and in
the council of the many gods mormon
gods. of course), there was weeping,
wailiag and gnashing of teeth.
And the Deseret News saws that
moro publicity on this poor little earth
has been given TO this tragedy in God s
kingdom than the puny little circum.
stances warrant,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
Observer s Observations

| observe that ''the hand that rocks
the cradle is not the hand that is
raised at the ''club,
That while not "all liars are
lawyers, some of them are.
That some good people get into
trouble by being over Jealous,
That some people s sympathy is
measured by dollars and cents.
That some Eastern newspapers ex-
pose the ignorance of their editors as
TO the real situation in Utah,
That the fellow who writes his own
obituary doesn't find as many things
to commend as he would like TO find
That if we were all as blind to our
neighbor's faults before he dies as
we pretend TO be after his death there
would be less trouble in the world.
That Misunderstanding are often
the foundation for a person s false
standing.
That ''life Insurance is not a
guarantee against accidents nor the
doctors mistakes.
That the weather is as fckle as a
young woman, and as uncertain as
Salt Lake City's street car service.
That the "wind that blows nobody
any good is of the hot-air variety.
That according TO one Judge $500 is
about the right price for "swarm -
from the old BcelIive.
That the street crossings in Salt
Lake City are fright when the
streets are muddy.
That the American party is covering
itself with glory and receiving the
hearty commentator of all right
minded people for its faithful and i'm
partial enforcement of law and the
protection secured for the hfe and the
property of the citizens Of Salt Lake.
That there is one more thing for the
American administration 10 do-close
up on Sundays the Mormon church g
who esale and retail liquor store on
south Main street.
That under the, heading, "'Anti-
Mormon Rot the editor of the
Deseret News says "the leaders of
the Mormon church. as well as the
members, can point with n great deal
of satisfaction TO the fruits of Nor.
monism. And he ought 10 have
said (which are the children born
out of wedlock to tbe president of the
church and numerous other leaders -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
JAPANESE HOT WEATHER.

Sabbath Recorder
Mr.. Sato, OF the Japanese peace
commission, praised the cool and slim,
ulating weather at Portsmouth, and
was told that in st. Louis the summer
weather was quite unbearable.
"We have hot summers in Japan,
said Mr.. Sato. ''We have hot wealth
er stories there, too For instance:
GA pbilanthropic Japanese rode
through the streets one scorching day,
when beggar woman accosted him,
holding a baby in her arms.
Kind sir, she said, will You not
give a copper coin to your servant,
who is in sore ncedf'
- Yes. gladly said the gentleman,
and he took out handful of small
change.
'But Just as he was about to give
this TO the woman, he chanced TO look
closely at her baby, and, behold, it
was only a great doll.
Why he cried, that baby is a
fraud, n sham.
'' Yes, your honor, said the wom-
an humbly. : it was so hot ] left the
real one home today. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
ACROSS A TABLE FOR TWO.

II / were but country lass
And you a country lad
wonder if the looking glass
Would serve to make lis sad?
wonder II Id he alright
And If your Sunday trousers might
BE bsggy at the knees.
wonder II you'd say them there,
And come with hayseeds in your hair
Make mine au gratin. please
wonder what they'd say who had
The chance TO sec us pass,
II you were but country lad
And | a country ]ass2
II YOU were but country lass
And | country lad.
You'd have no claret In your glass
To help to make you glad
Upon your plate no bird would lie
And people might think you and l
Were not worth looking ut;
But there would be no check for me;
No waiter to he tipped. YOU see.
You had not thought OF that.
I'll be S6 To the bad
For what has come to pass.
] wish ] were country lad
And YOU "A country lass.
$. T.. klser. In Chicago Record Her.
aid,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING

did not intend to commit n crime. That
plea. if accepted, would acquit every
murderer, every burglar and every law
breaker in the country, except the po
lygamist-and he does not even need
TO make that plea, in view of the tender
regard for his rights which is enter
tanned by the courts. But the whole
people Of Cache had not spoken at that
time. and IT was question whether
the citizenship of that locality would
indorse the imbccile proceedings of the
court However, now comes ono Of the
Smoot religious and political agencies
with n special dispatch from Logan,
stating that the termination of the
Parkinson lsraelson ballot case seems to
have "met the almost universal scnti
ment.
Then. unless the Smoot agency is
traduclnC the people of Cache, they
have condemned themselves. If they
approve the dismissal Of criminal pro-
ceedines against these confessed law
breakers simply because the men claim
to have no criminal intent in commit
ting crime. they have demonstrated that
they are either of a low order of morals
or intellect The Tribune prefers to
believe that the Smoot agency is libel.
ing the good people Of Cache county.
II is preferable TO still hold to the view
that they reprehend violation of cleo
tiou laws 1t is still desirable to main
tain the essential faith in human nature
under which we hold the view that the
committing magistrate was directed by
the ccclesiasts md that the citizenship
of Cache were the victims and not the
co.partners in the crime and the def
ance Of law and the decencies. The
people of Cache should prosecute the
Smoot agency for libel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
Short Stories
DIDN 'T THINK ANY MORb or Him
Cleveland Plain Dealer,

DIDN 'T THINK ANY MORE or Him
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
An English cxcursionist who was up
near BaImoral on a certain OCCASION
went into a cottage 10 get drink Oh
water. .f
$50 the Queen is n ncighbor OF
yours?'' he said to the housewife, whllc
she was serving him.
Z" Yes.
"And she is quite neighborly, ism 7
she, and comes TO visit you IN your
cottagclH
,'She's wccl cncuch''
"Look here. ma am. YOU don seem
satisfied with her majesty. May ASK
YOU why?' ,.
''Weel, ! n tell ye If We wish. The
fact is we don't eik the gangln on
mt the castle. We don't leik the way
they keep or don keep the sa"bath
-goin out in boats on the sawoath
day.
The cxcursionist tried to appease her
and said: "'Oh well, after all ma am,
you know there is precedent for
that. You remember our Lord, too,
went out on the sabbath She
interrupted him.
"Ooh, ayel I kin il weel eneuch.
You Gamma tell me aught aboot hem
that ! dinna ken a ready, An | can
tecl We this; We don { think any
moor o hem for it, either
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
FROM THE JOKEMAKERS.

dear. | wish you would lay down
your novel and come and button my
shirt for me.
'Dear me- / never saw such a help.
less man. | d like to know how you
buttoned your shirts before YOU were
married!'
"My shirts had buttons on them in
those days. indianapolis Star.
Whereabouts was Sam Simpson g
son hurt, doctor9' ''He was injured
in the lumbar region. - ~ want to
know! Tree fell on i'm, s'posel -
Judge.
The Bu,ler-The house is on fire,
Madam. Here are all the hand
grenadcs.
Mrs. PacelSill-You should have
brought them on a tray, William
Life,
"Whv in the world did SniCesley
want TO marry his divorced wife
again?' cit seems that she ID saved
up all the alimony he paid her dur
ing the years they lived apart. -
Chicago Record Herald.
''It would be great pleasure to me,
Miss Stout said Mr. Dudley. "to
have you 90 TO the thcater with me
this evening ''Have YOU secured
the seatsl'' asked Miss Vera Stout,
"Oh! come now, really You re not so
heavy as all that. '-Philadelph
Press.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
INSTALLING THE RING.

Answers.
"Much as it. pains me to have to
tell YOU. Mr.. Simkins. said the far
Miss Robinson in tremuous tones,
do not love YOU and so cannot accept
the ring YOU gave me, Please, will
YOU take it back?'
"Oh, I could not dream Of doing
such thing said Simklns grave
"; "pray keep it in remembrance Of
me and my broken heart. y
"Thank you. a thousand thanks.
murmured the girl chow good, how
generous you are! shall never,
never part with it,
ooh, that's all right answered
Simkins. with his hand on the door
knob 81 III tell the man YOU re solely
responsible. You see, there are FIVE
monthly installments TO pay on il yet,
pood-sye,' And before the aston
ished Miss Robinson could reply Sim
kins was running down the front door
steps.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

that the statute forbids, and he defics
the statute. He comedies that rcye
lation from God condemns his living
in open, Hagrant sexual relation with
five women, and yet he declares his
intention to continue.
This is monstrous egotism and sin
run mad-for Smith and his kind to
demand sinlessness on the part of an
other before he shall Judge them or
condemn their boosted crimes against
humanity.
The Mormon church, from the day of
its founding until today, has stood with
its accusing hands pointed TO all the
rest of the world, affirming that hu-
manity had hccn apostate from truth
for eighteen hundred years, that all the
churches other than itself were SER
wants Of the devil, that the rest of
adulterous generation, that the union
of men and women in monogamy with
out the sanction of the Mormon priest
craft was sinful in the eyes Of Cod
and that no one would be saved except
by obedience TO the polygamous proph-
ct of the cult, And 1T is the represent.
ativo of this church, teaching polyg
amy and blood atonement rs the roads
to salvation. who protests that before
he shall he Judged of men they shall
wash their robes in some spring of
purity!
What a rotten mess these Mormon
priests would make Of the world if
they could have their WAY,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
SOME COMPARATIVE FIGURES.

At the general election of November
the total vote Of this city was 2l,2N,
on Representative in Congress: the vote
of the county districts was 1909; total
for county and city, 29ls6.
The vote Of the city for County Com
missioner. long term, was 21.77S; of the
county districts, 1913; total for city
and county on this office. 29,721, or 535
more than the vote for Representative.
On the latter office, many Labor party
voters appear not TO have voted, as
they had no candidate Of their own.
The excess vote for Commissioner over
that for Representative was mostly cast
in the city.
An instructive feature of the returns
is the view of the ''Democratic vote
which they present. The perfect view
OF that votes appearance, disappear
auce. and temperance, and practical
obliteration is an interesting study,
In 1909 the aggregate vote in this
city. on Mayor, was 1881 for Knox, the
Republican candidate, and 10,20l for
Morris. the Democratic candidate.
though this was notoriously and con
stantly a Republican city; the Repub
lican candidate two years before had
been elected by upwards of 1900. The
change was effected by counsel in
the Mormon election districts, as The
Tribune conclusively demonstrated at
the time.
In 1904, on the other hand, the
counsel was in favor of the ere
publican ticket. and the Democrat
ic' party was practically wiped out in
Salt Lake The vote on President was
1926 Republican, to 5s07 Democratic.
That is TO say, the Republican vote had
practically doubled in year, and the
Democratic vote had shrunk fifty per
cent.
In 1905, the pendulum swung the
other way again; the Republican vote
had practically disappeared, and the
Democratic vote had passed it. The
Republican candidate for Mayor re-
ceived but 1870 votes. or less than one
third of the Republican vote of the
year before; the Democratic vote for
NaNOT WIS fSou, ~ gam Ol nedIlN MY
per cent.
These violent fluctuations in the re-
spective party votes, from one side to
the other. are no mere casual f1uctua
tions, such as one may naturally ex
pect from year to year; they are pc
litica earthquakes; they have no ele
ments of mere partisan loss and gain in
them. They demonstrate conclusivelv
the claim that the church influence is
the power at work, and that the ecclesi
astical power is what sways the vote
back and forth at will
The figures are an object lesson TO
the people of Utah. They show clearly,
In concrete form, the working of an
undue force IN the political arena of
the State which is at once maligp,
secret, unwarranted, and not amenabe
To any real political considerations. it
is an evil, insolcnt influence. Every
one knows where it comes from; every
one deplores il, denounces it, and fer
vently hopes for its disappearance, But
the American party alone has the cour-
age to oppose it. And, in spite of the
promising organizations "within the
party To warn the ecclesiasts TO keep
their hands of from political affairs,
it is through the American party alone
that redemption can come.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
ALL THE SAME.

Chicago News.
Three Americans travelling in the
French provinces thought at a dinner
they would go little higher than the
swim ordinaire' included in their g.
franc table d 'hote, and accordingly one
ordered bottle of Margaux. The sec
ond ordered Pontet Canet. The third
ordered Haut Brion. The waiter. suit
ably impressed with these orders, re-
tired But he incautiously. as he re-
tired. left the door open and thus IL
was that the three guests heard him
give their order in these terms: "Bnp-
tiste, three bottles of the red. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
THRUSHES GUARDED

THRUSHES GUARDED I
Country Life. "a
The first spell or sever
seems to arouse in certain
stincts akin TO hooliganIiI
ness. We had n very few
in the first week IN Octobe'
mediately the mlssel thru
possession of the hawthorn y
AS long as the cold weat
every hawthorn was pole
proper .missel thrush, who
birds away from the bcrr1|
Observation-Disclosures, hedge sos
tits-could visit the bushez
as they pleased, but the
blackbird or a thrush appr(
storehouse the guardian fiun
at the intruder The Who'll
side rang with the cries
thrushes chasing other birds.
Then came the return o.
weather, and they promptll
interest in the hawthorn ber
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
COLONIES OF THE {.

Queen Carmen Sylvia OF
has been trying the experif
segregation of the blind
Her benevolent plan, howev'
criticised as one that cam
full to the blind, but that
in injury TO them.
Those who have given q
careful study to the 'condit
blind insist that persons SUI
this most pathetic of misfor
to associate as much as 90
persons who see. Through
citation the blind have col
to them many thoughts q
sions which. unaided, they
ceive: and their intellect
is thereby widened. they 4
into touch with the world
cannot see, and they are ,
brighter and more competel
themselves, II,
Segregation is opposed
strongly on the ground thai
the intermarriage of the 6i
dition which is attended
danger that the offspring W
less,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
ANIMALS THAT
Harper's Weekly.

ria rpsI > w ecNlS-
Travellers through the 81
have seen horses weep fro
mule has been seen TO CT
pain of an injured foot.
il is said. shed tears in
cow sold by its mistresl
tended il from calfhood w
A Young soko ape used
vexation If Livingstone 4
il in his arms when it.
to. Wounded apes have
and apes have wept over
slain by hunters. A
trained TO carry water
one and fell a-crying. VI
sorrow, though it wouldn't
Jug. Rats. discovering q
drowned. have been moved
giraffe which a huntsman
injured began TO cry when
Sea lions often weep over
their young. Gordon Gu
served tears trickling don
of a dying elephant AT
orau-outang. when depri1
mango. was so vexed that
weeping. There is little d
fore. that animals do crv'
or weep from pain or anno'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Those seven Democrats elected 10
the Legislature will in the matter of
securing appropriations be on the ma
jority side. the Alfalfa side.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Few .Sundayschool teachers arc will
ing TO 90 50 far in entertaining their
pupils as TO fight. in their presence.
like the Soda Springs churchmen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Why should war with Japan be
expected, when it mas shown that it is
bright enough TO know what kind of a
country 10 pick for war purposes?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

If the President had read what the
minority report in the Smoot case SAYS
of the apostle s fight against polygamy,
could he have thought constitutional
amendment necessary?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Iowa regrets to see that the Presi-
dent is becoming less particular about
his cabinet timber as he is taking a
good deal Of it from New York
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

It will be Just like those Los An.
geles real estate men to come up here
and find some property that others
have overlooked.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Some liberty was given the church
voters cf seven counties, but il appears
that they proved unworthy OF il by
electing Democrats 10 the Legislature.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08
Saturday, December s, 1905.

Japan NAV some time feel that il
would enjoy another war, but not one
with the United States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

You may have noticed that the spell
ing Of the message in the newspapers
was entirely correct, but that was not
the President s fault
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Even at this time of year, with the
foliage gone from the trees, and the
landscape looking its worst, Salt Lake
lots are extremely attractive.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Much as home people like Salt Lake
property, no one need think they could
be so rude as TO refuse to let outsiders
have some Of il.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

During the coming four years, Broth
CT Newman viii undoubtedly do his
best to disprove the charge that he is
too progressive in school affairs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Possibly, Senator Warren had the
good reason for writing in that way to
Myendorff. that he had the impression
that lie owned Wyoming
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Governor Cutler, undoubtedly, will
want to frame that portion of his mes
sage relating TO the Adiutant General s
office, himself.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Now that the Christmas problem is
up again, merchants would advise the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-08

Each stay-at.home voter on Wednes.
day knew, however. that IL was the
duty of other voters to go 10 the polls.