The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-26
BILL OF PARTICULARS.

i I appears UbelcSH 10 Itly tI' SNollNc
that are set anoat about Mormon,
church domination I'm business and poll
ties. but 1t should be noticed that tnose
charges are never sustained oy nlsi OF
particulars. They are without proof rs
they are without reason.
The foregoing is the concluding part
of an editorial article running we'll into
two columns Of the Descret News. In
pretended answer to the remarks OF the
Butte Miner on the subject OF The
Mormon Church and Business"
Coming from the News. which always
covers the numerous specific details of
Indictment with a general denial and
no proof, that particular observation Is
more than particularly grotesque. Day
after day during the whole Of this con-
troversy the American party and the
newspapers which represent It In Utah.
and the American and Christian news
papers of the land. have entered bills
OF particulars against the Mormon HE
rarchy Names, dates. and circum-
stances have been placed on record.
The Salt Lake Tribune has, during the
time, repeatedly challenged the Deseret
News to make specific denial of mat
ters appearing in these columns, and
this paper has offered to print such
denial The Deseret News has con-
tented itself with a certiflcation that
"denunclations against the Mormon
church are vain; persecution falls to
overpower It; ridlcule and misrepresen-
tation have no deterring force upon 1t,
the creeds and notions of sectaries who
attack 1t are shown TO be but clouds
of error by the shining light of its gos
pel'' The pulpiteers Of the hierarchy
content themselves with the declaration
that they are the best people In the
world, and criticism Of the holy proph-
cts Is but the raging of the heather
against the holy ones OF God.
Now as to specific details Of domina-
une will content itself with the presen-
tation of two. which are but types OF
scores.
In business: The Mormon hierarchy
controls the Utah Light, Heat and
Power company. 1t is no answer to
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the stock; in fact, that circumstance
only gives additional point to the case,
Holding a minority of stock, they are
permitted TO dominate the company be-
cause OF their known power in politics
For years they were able to shut out
all competition. while the service which
they gave was TO the last degree costly
and inefficient. No one could be found
who would enter into rivalry with
them. Their final act under an admin
istration which was their creature was
to procure franchise upon such iniqui-
tous terms and coupled with such re-
Iinquishments by Salt Lake City as to
give to them during the perpetuity OF
the franchise the most extravagant ad-
vantages over any possible competitor
and over the municipality in the mat
ter of electric lighting and electric rail-
way operation.
In politics: Antecedcnt to Reed
Smoots appearance as an active can
didate for the Senate OF the United
States before the voters OF Utah. he
presented his case TO the hierarchy in
solemn conclave In the Salt Lake Tenn
pie There and then II was decided
that he was 10 go to the Senate. The
question of whether he could be elected
or not did not enter seriously into con-
sideration. The only point for their de-
termination was whether Reed Smoot
should transfer his apostolic duties
from the center stake of Zion at Salt
Lake City and vicinity to the Senate
chamber al the capitol. When that
question was decided in the Affirmative
by the council OF the first presidency
and the apostles. Reed Smoot was
thereby dedicated consecrated. and set
apart to be n Senator of the United
States. Where there had Heretofore
been many candidates. within his party
for this great place. all vanished AS
soon as the news was circulated that
Apostle Reed Smoot had permission"
Chat being the Mormon word for ap-
pointmenU to be a Senator. his rivals
hung their diminished heads and
marched In his victorious procession.
The faithful Normons believed that ne
was appointed to the place from before
the world was-that when the morning