The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-14
THEIR POOR ANSWERS.

|
Senate of the United States. We pass
by the insult of the Deseret News
which spoke of Senator Burrows as fill
ing the role of a paid agent for ths
prosecution; for that was no argument
it was merely infamy-an infamy char
acteristic Of the prophets, sccrs, aud
revelators of the Mormon God.
One of the claims, which by the
most favorable construction can be
called an argument, is thnt of the Smoot
agency edited by Jack Mormons who
call themselves Gcntilcs, and yet more
abicct devotees of Smootism and Smith.
ism and the crimes OF both than the
Deseret News itself. That argument
consists of contradiction, with pre-.
tended substantial facts as basis,
of the citations Of Senator Burrows con-
cerning the monopolization of the Off
ces in Utah by the Mormon church and
the use of public school funds for tho
promulgation of the Mormon religion.
Rather a weak denial, taken at its
| best, Of the resistless historical march
| which appears in the speech of the
great Senator from Michigan; rather a
| weak defense for his arraignment of the
treason and the polygamy which are the
essential foundation stones Of the HE
rarchical edifce. But the contradiction
may not be taken at its best, for it is
n falsehood Merely because Gentiles
have occupied and do occupy Offices in
Utah is no reason why Senator Bur.
rows shall not say with truth that the
Mormon church monopolizes the poll
tical power and the political place. The
chief hIerarch dominates the legislative
and the executive branches of the gov
crnment completely-it is even feared
that he has an undue influence upon
the judiciary through his Gentle and
Mormon emissaries, as witnessed in the
case Of the insolent contempt of court
perpetrated at Ogden by the United
States Marshal Mormon, and by the
Attorney General. A Gentle, but an
equally plant tool Of the bogus and
dishonored prophet.
Certain offices are accorded to the
Gentiles in this community who consent
to be n subordinate part of the Smoot
machine, but wherever the church de-
sires TO have a Mormon on guard there
a Mormon is placed. No Gentle has
been permitted TO be elected nor even
to he a candidate rs Governor or Sec
retary of State. The church can trust
It's JackMormon servants where it can
have control over them; but ii does not
allow them to hold any Independent au-
thorlty in the executive branch of the
government. The Tribune has demon
strated and has challenged denial of the
statement that since Statehood no Gov
ernor has vetoed a bill which the hie-
rarchy desired to have signed nor has
signed bill which they desired to have
vetoed No Legislature has passed an
net which they directed the Legislature
TO kill, and no Legislature has failed to
pass an act which they desired to be-
come a law The control is absolute,
complete in every detail.
The monopoly is all-sufficient That
they permit few Gentilcs to hold a
few Offices is no disproof; for when a
Gentle offcnds them they wrest the
Office from him at the next election.
Take the case OF the Congressional dele
cation cited by the Smoot agency: 1t
was composed of three non Mormons-
Senator Thomas kearns, Gentle;
Senator Joseph l.. Rawlins, an apostate;
and Congressman George Sutherland, an
apostate. OF these three, Senator
kearns opposed the church and the
church directed his defeat for re.elec-
ton: Senator Rawlins was unsatisfac-
tory, also antagonistic, and as his place
was desired for Reed Smoot, an apos~
tie, he was defeated; George Suther-
land made his peace with the hierarchs
and he was advanced to the place of
Senator formerly occupied by Hon
Thomas Kearns, who refused TO do
their bidding.
So far as the attempted refutaton
of the charge, that the public schools
were used for the promulgation of the
Mormon doctrine, is concerned, the
church journalistic agency deliberately |
falsifies when it contrsdicts Senator
Burrows. = Mormon State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction testified be-
fore the committee in Washington that
in three hundred and sixty public |
schools of the State Of Utah Mormon
religion classes were conducted.
The other argument is that adCluced |
by the Deseret News itself which com
plains that the awful array Of histori- |
cal fact and the frightful showing !
from the testimony. as well as the ar. |
Zuments deduced therefrom by Sena.
tor Burrows in his mastery address
are all old-that they have been heard |
times and that they have |
grown wearisome to the leaders, This,
except for the insolent charge that |
Senator Burrows was paid attorney, |
IS the only answer which the News can
make. The charges are true as pre-.
'ented by Senator Burrows, therefore !
there is no reason why they should not
be repeated. Did the News desire him
TO discover new infamies or invent new /
crimes TO CHARGE apainst tbe hierarcbv7 |