The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-11
CLEANSE THIS PLATTER,

When it became known within tho
inner circle Of the Mormon church that
Apostles John ". Taylor and Matthias
I. Cowley were to be ousted from their
places IN the quorum of apostles (that
matter being under discussion the day
before action was taken) President
Joseph F. Smith, pretended prophet,
seer and revelator, said: ''Well, if we
are going to start on this thing I will
clean the whole platter" OF words to
that effect. The utterance came from
the prophetic lips laden with all the
rage of defeated purpose--blind, ma
lignant, hateful, burning rage.
Americanism had asserted itself in
Utah TO such an extent that something
had to be done to relieve. the church
Of the great pressure that it was being
made to feel. So the prophets began
TO look about them for victims, and
they determined to sacrifice Taylor
and Cowley, they being absent from
the State and incapable of effective
resistance against the will of their
brethren, The removal Of these two
men from their places of authority was
a great victory for the American par
ty, but for all that il was a cowardly
act on the part Of Joseph T. Smith
He ruthlessly sacrificed two of his most
faithful adherepts for offensos kindred
to bis own and In less degree of vic.
louce. And be, the chief offender OF
them all, remained safe behind the
protecting host of befooled followers
If the platter is to be cleaned, then
why not clean it, Why should the
chief offensive mess on the platter be
permitted to remain there?
Joseph T. Smith owes it TO his own
people--he owes it to the State of
Utah, he owes it to the Nation, be
owes il to the whole world-to execute
shat frenzied threat and remove him.
self from his people s leadership.
IL Joseph F. Smith will not do this
thing for his people, then the people
owe it to themselves and to their
church to do it for him.
This man poses as the vicegerent Of
God Almighty TO the whole world,
Fancy the outrageous assumption in
the face of his own confessions Of
crimiuallty! He is the biggest fakm
alive today in any part of the world.
And if Joseph Z. Smith Will accept
the challenge which The Tribune made
TO him to publicly discuss his own case
The Tribune Will undertake to prove
that he is q false prophet and there
fo,a fakir. that ha IL Traitor fn
the United States of America; that he
is tyrant over his own people; that
he defautly breaks the laws Of this
State; that he brazenly violates the
laws of his own church; that he lies in
the face of God and mocks the face Of
mankind.
Joseph + Smith knows that The
Tribune can prove these things from
his own utterapces and that it viii
cheerfully undertake tbs task, even at
the risk Of being accused of uttering
nonsense" and twaddle. - But
Joseph F. Smith Will fee the discus
sion as be would the plague-he will
slInk into his polygamous lair and
force his faithful followers to stand
in mis- defense and take to themselves
all the scars of battle, while he fats
himself upon their substance in im-
moral seclusiop.
And yet the Mormon people will toll
crate and uphold him in his spurious
claims and worship him as their &C.
clesiastical king.