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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-31
A BLATHERsKITE FALsEHooD.

We note in the Deseret. News of Sat-
day last, An editorial envelope to a
quotation from George w. Gibbs, who
was an officer in Battery a. Utah vol
unteers, who went to tho Philippines.
In this quotation, Gibbs is represented
as saying:
In 1895 when volunteers were called
upon for the war with Spain, l rendered
my services and was commissioned a
first lieutenant by Gov. Heber NJ. Wells.
l was assigned as recruiting officer at
Salt Lake City, and passed on to the Of
flcers at Fort Douglas 300 Mormon boys.
From among these boys the Utah bat
teries were selected, and history shows
that they followed the flag with honor
and the zeal OF true patriots
That is, according to Gibbs the Utah
batteries were made UP of Mormon
boys. - And yet he knows that this is
not So He knows that those batteries
were made up almost exactly of two
non Mormon members to one Mormon,
He knows this. first, because he knows
this fact, from seeing the men and his
acquaintance with them. He knows it,,
also, because The Tribune in its New
Year issue of 1900 printed n full list
of every member of those batteries,
giving their classification as "Mor-
mon' and "non Mormon. This list
had been carefully made up. 1t was
printed three months before, expert
mentally and invitation was extended
to every member of the batteries, and
to all who knew Of the facts, to correct
wherever correction was needed. A
number of corrections were received,
and made as received. These were ap-
piled to the list and as so revised it
was published IN the above-named is
sue of The Tribune. Its entire accuracy
has never been questioned.
Gibbs knew Of this list. He knew
that he could be easily called TO ac-
count, and his statement proved from
the record to be false in fact and in
tent. And yet he has the stupid fat
uousness to rush into print with his
false statement. Why he does it, God
only knows. What he expects TO ac
complish by it, an impulse from the
devil might disclose, could the fact be
dug out
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A GOOD WARNING.

The Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle never loses the point in the
Smoot case. No matter from what
angle that peculiar matter is viewed,
the Rochester paper sees the essential
center and reveals il 10 the public.
Perhaps no closer analysis of the
situation has been made by any East.
ern paper than the one which is re-
printed from the Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle this morning under the
title, "Smoot Should Be Unseated -
The editorial is not reproduced in full,
but the concluding paragra pins which
appear are sufficient to demonstrate the
force and clearness with which that
paper presents this celebrated cause 10
its readers. The attitude of this great
journal on the question in demonstra-
tion that no newspaper OF the East has
had need 10 err. The sources of in
formation from which the Democrat
and Chronicle draws its facts have been
open to other publicists; and the crux
of the question, so easily found and
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THE JOKE AT LAW.

Once in a great while and sometimes
twice IN short while-and even often.
er-the Deseret News furnishes the
most delightfully."- convincing evidence
of the amity which exists between the
chief Mormon law-breakers and the
laws which they break. On frequent
occasion that naive newspaper tells
something which indicates how sereuely
conscious the criminals are that stat,
utes were made to be violated, that
courts were made to protect the evil
doer, and that the whole business of
legislation against their particular
crimes is jocund game in which they
always win the stakes.
More often than otherwise the utter
ance of the church organ is 80 anus,
ing in its childish betrayal of the facts
which it denies, that (cxcept for the
undertonc of tragedy ever present in
Utah) that paper might he welcomed
In all the homes of the State as the
best laugh-makcr of the generation.
About three years ago Apostle Heber
j. Grant, returning from his japanese
mission in behalf Of the Mormon
church, with one of his favored wives,
stopped over in Salt Lake long enough
10 gather up another favored wife and
take her TO his European mission in be,
half of his church. During the brief
instant occupied in the exchange, be
addressed the student body Of the State
University, consisting of young women
there we're also some young men pres,
eDt. but presumably Apostle Graut was
not aware Of their presence. Upon that
occasion he contributed TO the Univer.
sIty either fifty or one hundred dollars
for each Of two Of his wives named
and he Indicated, while he looked al
the charming girls ranged before him,
his extreme regret that be did not have
another wife in order that ne might
contribute fifty or one hundred dollars
more in her name TO his alma mater.
The public declined to be entirely
amused. Some supersensitive people
were terribly shocked by this sultanic
(sultanic, not satanic) method of
throwing the handkerchief and a COM
plant was sworn against Apostle Heber
j. Grant charging him with unlawful
cohabitation. BY the means Of reve!a-
ton, for he is a prophet. seer, and reye-
lator, Apostle Grant knew of the issu.
aDce of the warrant, knew in whose
hands 1t was placed, knew when it
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in the way of furnishing real winter
Wcafhar
A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW.

Nineteen Hundred Six, Esar., has
been a jolly good fellow to Salt Lake.
He goes out without limp and looks
the prosperous chap that he is. In
the twelve months Of his stay he has
brought to Us progress in population,
commerce, politics. industry, and art;
and during all of that time he has
showered upon us the spirit Of Joy and
laughter.
Looking back at the performance of
Mr.. Nineteen Hundred Six, it will be
seen that "the old man. simply
handed over his purse to Miss Salt
Lake and told her to help herself
and if that was not enough he would
honor future drafts without limit. 1t
has seemed as If Miss Salt Lake was
the principal fovorite of the wealthy
old codger, by the way his gifts have
been piled into her lap.
Here we are with new railway lines
i'll course of construction; improve
ments of the old lines at millions of
outlay; two magnificent union passen-
ger railway stations Just beginning; an
entire reconstruction of our street rail.
way system on the tspis; new gas
plant just about completed; a big
Public Service installation just now
taking physical shape; new office build
ings beginning to rise; SO much work
for the tradesmen and the laborers that
they scarcely know at which end to
start; and so much money in the banks
that their vaults are almost bursting
with treasure, and more and more
coming in from the mines.
And besides having brought all Of
these things to US, Nineteen Hun
dred Six, Esqr., financier, capitalist,
industriaGst, and gen
eral all-round good fellow, is leaving
with us an order on Mr. Nineteen Hun
dred Seven for doubling OF all his
and to see to it that Miss
Salt Lake is TO have another twelve
months of progress and health and
happiness. with fat bank account to
tho good.
Wherever you are going, Mr.. Nine
teen Hundred Six, we shall always re"
member YOU in thankfulness as our gen
erous and happy bcnefactor
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so we'll illuminated by the Democrat
and Chronicle, has surely not escaped
the attention Of any one of the
journalistic commentators on this mat
ter.
1t is quite evident that no partisan
feeling, no vepality. no cowardice, no
influence which the Mormon church has
been able to move has reached the
Rochester paper That Journal speaks
from disinterested viewpoint, it's
sole regard being for the Constitution.
the law. and the civilization of this
country; and its utterance is ono Of
the most important which the people
of Utah can consider. It's view cx-
pressed is Mt once encouraging to the
American party and warning Of fate
to the law breaking hierarchs who rule
the State and the church.
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An Open Letter

To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that |. the under.
signed member of the Mormon church
of Utah, wish to let all my friends and
neighbors know that 7 herewith sever
my connection and renounce all my
right to membership in the aforesaid
church. AS consider polygamy, blood
atoDement and the like as tho worst
features of religion ever taught, / can
no longer conscieptiously apologize for
my religious superiors. L consider
these practices arbarous-home-d
stroying, .soulpolluting and disgusting
to all civilization. Men who confess
that they break the laws of God and
man admit that they have fallen as
low as the worst criminal: and I will
no longer follow them nor pray for nor
acknowledge them as God IS mouth
pieces.
1 have been told bv those who know,
and [ must confess that circumstances
prove. to me, that person cannot be
in good standing and not believe in
polygamy. Now, therefore, think
that n person cannot be good Nor
mon and still be good citizen Of this
grand Republic; and / believe in being
subject to rulers, presidents and all
officers Of our country, and in honor
ing, obeying and sustaining the law.
To my thinking the temple ceremonies
are the most sacrilegious and revolving
practices ever imposed upon an inno-
cent and credulous people. The leaders
of the church are so lost to conscience
that they are willing that ninety five
per cent Of the community should be
disfranchised and dishonored in order
that they might satisfy their own lust
and keep to their unholy practices
They even nullify and discount their
own revelations. And by their exam
Piles and teachings have caused this
people to mourn and turn infdel by
the hundreds-and no wonder-for they
heather blush with shame, in fact, they
teach doctrine not contained in Holy
Writ. And / consider that Brigham
Young and his successors have changed
the ordinances and broken the ever
lasting covenant.
Now. if anyone thinks | do not mean
what l say let him come TO me and ]
will make myself understood. This is
to notify the. officers of the church
who have had jurisdiction over me that
j will not sustain them in that capa-
city. But 7 hope to live by the Golden
Rule. and 7 want to live to see more
of the people of this commonwealth
declare their independence and speak
in favor of law and order in no uncer-
tain terms.
When some one shall say that / have
said more than necessary, Just cite
them to a speech by Apostle John w.
Taylor few days ago, about the lewd-
ness Of the sisters Of Utah, and those
in the tabernacle choir in particular
that nine"tenths of the women of Utah
were loose. Now, that is fine endorse
ment of their nice teaching. But there
is nothing strange about that when
YOU hear tales like one I heard an elder
tell in confidence. He was courting a
second wife and he wanted n virtuous
woman. So he found a girl that con-
sented to have him, but he also found
her to be not virtuous so he tried an
other I am his confding auditor, but
this is enough already.
EDWARD NAZER
Monroe, Utah. December 90, 1906.
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A TECHNICALITY.

It is quite task for The Tribune
to keep track Of the political and his
torical inaccuracies of President Brig
ham H. Roberts.
The distinguished junior hierarch is
on a missionary tour through the South
err States Being interviewed at Co
lumbia, South Carolina, he presents to
social and religious life of the Nor
mon people. Universal temperance
characterizes the practice of the Lat
ter-day Saints, is his conclusion. This
is true, maybe; and it is more to their
credit, since the church offers to sell
to them whisky and All other kinds of
Intoxicating beverages under the motto
"Holiness to the Lord - and under the
emblem OF 1.-The AllSeeing Eye"
Letting that anomaly go without
question, although it is a tempting sub
ject for an essayist, we come to that
part Of his interview in which Presi
dent Roberts discourses on his own
election to Congress and subsequent
events, He tells the Charleston Week
" News and Courier, with laugh,
that he was "the last of The Demo
crats' sent from Utah to the House
of Representatives. Was William II.
King nothing, in the estimation of Mr.,
Roberts9 Did the end Of all things
become visible when Mr.. Roberts was
fred from the Halls of Legislatioul
The Congressional Record records, and
the history Of this State agrees, that
at the special election following the
expulsion Of Brigham II. Roberts, Hon.
William H. King was triumphantly
elected to the House and that he served
the remainder of the term for which
Mr.. Roberts WAS elected. Ia Mr.. Rob-
erts a willful, continuous falsi6er (for
he persistently repeats this statement
in the face of frequent correction), or
is he such a complete egotist that he
can only remember himself when speak.
ing of the political history of the
State?
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TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 81 1906

of the authority Of heaven. They are
ordained and set apart, so they say, to
rule over the race as kings and princes
in the kingdom of God on this earth ::
and they assume that in the progress
and growth Of their authority their
sway in the next world is to be ex-
panded into the dominion Of gods. I'm.
der that pretense il would be difficult
to contrivs a situation wherein such
claimants could assume a humble sta
tion Of service to the people, The whole
fabric of the hierarchicol disposition
must first be reconstructed before the
relationship between the leaders and
the followers could be modified to con.
form to the ideas of the correspondent.
1t is one of the distinctive features Of
the Mormon belief-it is one of the
things which prompt Mormons TO say
that they are ga peculiar people, as
apart from the rest of the world
that their leaders are endowed from
On High with an unbounded dictator.
ship Of all human affairs, To question
their ipse dixit is TO quarrel with God,
Can such An attitude contain any ele.
ment of service7 The conduct Of the
hicrarchs of the Mormon church is that
of despotic absolutism-and "the king
can do no wrong.
Our correspondent would destroy the
cementing element of the whole polyG
amous cult if he would establish mere
service of the people as the station Of
the chiefs
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CHIEFS, NOT SERVANTS.

Editor Tribune:-In your comment on
the difference between the rank and file
and the leaders CT the Mormon people. you
should say that one of the oldest situa-
tons known since medieval days Is here.
Look at IT. Here are men supported by
the people, and yet these men arrogate TO
themselves the role Of bosses. In place
OF being servants and doing what their
employers want. they are Authorities"
This Will have TO be reformed. In other
churches Of America the preacher or pas
tor does not boss; he concilates and does
what his people practically desire
MAR%-MORMoN.
Salt Lake City, Utah December rs. 1906
Our correspondent s view of this mat.
ter is apparently taken without regard
to the very spirit of the Mormon belief,
and his conclusion would rob the lead =
ers Of that church Of the basis Of their
authority. While it is true that the
demands of civilization require an at.
titudc such as ne suggests, ne must re-.
member that the claims os the bic.
rarchs do not take into account any
advance of public sentiment or public
need. In fact, total disregard of the
demands Of other mankind is a basic
principle of their rulership.
The priestcraft Of the Mormon church
teaches that the chiefs have been Sc
lected by the Almighty from among
all the rest of humanity as repositories
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THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED,
American Home MONTHLY.

One Of his grandma s maids Of honor
tells the following story of Prince Ed
die. when he was a few years younger.
Just after King Edwards coronation,
when he underwent an operation for APP
pendieitis and was lying convalescent,
he sent for his grandchildren. The lit
tie ones trooped into the room, eau
toned by their nurse that they must
keep very quiet, and stood about their
grandfather bed. Ho talked to them
for few minutes and they replied in
awed whispers. Then, when the nurse
told them to go. Prince Eddie said:
But, grandpapa, can't we see the
baby!'
a cute and curious story is told of
the little Princess Mary Of Wales. II
is said that one of her aunts. wishing
to test her knowledge when she was be-
ginning to talk fiueutly, pointed TO her
feet and asked what she called them.
"Ven I has shoes on veY is feet was
the answer. sven vey is bare vey is
Trilbies.'
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BORE THE TEST WELL.

World Work.
The late Norwegian dramatist, lbsen,
was the hero of one of the most anus"
ing marriage proposal experiences on
record, as told by the London Globe.
When as a young man, be fell in love
with the pretty daughter of Pastor
Thoresen he was afraid to face the lady
and so wrote her letter, He was told
to call the next afternoon and receive
his answer. On reaching the house he
was shown in TO a room and given
seat on n sofa. The servant said that
the lady would soon appear, He sat
and hung around in that room for full
two hours. often tempted TO leave the
house or make break for further in.
formation, but not having the courage
to do either At last he could stand it
no longer, and rushed into the corridor,
making for the door out Of the house.
Then he heard a shout Of clear. silvery
laughter in the room he had left, He
hastened back and saw the face of his
sweetheart peeping out from under the
sofa convulsed with mrth. "Do for
give me. she ejaculated: 81 simply
wanted to find out how long You would
wait for me. You have borne the test
we'll. Now help me to my feet. -
World g Work
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IN LINE OF DUTY.

Champ Clark relates the experience
of a Western politician who was max
ing house -to-house canvass some
wears ago. SAYS the Rochester Herald.
This politician had come TO a pros
porous looking farmhouse at cross
road, when he observed comely young
woman standing the gate. Pulling up
his horse. the candidate for the people 8
favor gracefully lifted his hat in sa.
lutte 10 the young woman. and politely
asked:
{" No doubt, madam. your estimable
husband is at home'" inquired the
politician.
"'Yes,' responded the woman.
Might I have the pleasure Of see
ing him?' suavely inquired the poll
tician,
E'He's down in the pasture a'bury-.
in the dog came from the individual
at the gate.
''I am very sorry. indeed, to learn
of the death of your dog came in
sympathizing tone from the candi'
date. what killed him2'
"He wore hisself out a-barkin at
candidates. said the woman
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-31
THE CRIME, NOT THE NAME.

We sympathize with the sensitive"
ness of Attorney General Breeden in
regard to the stigma which fpolyg
amy" atiixes to this State. But we do
not in the least come into accord with
his notion that it is the word that
hurts. On the contrary, the word
would not in the least be cause of
worry if it were not for the scandal
Gus fact which it represents. 1t is
the open, notorious fact of polygamy,
and that Utah is the nursing ground,
the headquarters Of the bestial polyg-
amous cult, that hurts. And we sug-
gest to him in all candor that a change
in the word will not in the least change
the brutal fact.
His suggestion is that the word
"polygamy in the statutes be changed
to "bigamy." But this change, be-
sides being impotent in eliminating
the crime. is insufficient as defni
ton. Etymologicaly, bigamy means
a doubling up of husbands or wives il
legally. Therefore, it would not fit the
case, for instance, Of Joseph F. Smith,
who is living lawlessly and lecherously
with FIVE wives; his case would have to
be Quintigamy. To amend the statutes
as the Attorney-General suggests would
fall short in his case, and in the case
of Elder Brigham II. Roberts, for ex-
ample, among many others; though it
might fit the case of Apostle Heber J.
Grant The statute, if it should go
into this sort of exactitude in philology,
would necessarily have TO use the terms
bigamy, trigamy, quatigamy, quintig-
amy, sextigamy, septigamy, octigamy,
nonigamy, decigamy, and so on to the
end Of the chapter.
Besides, If the nomenclature of the
criminal law is to be softened, why stop
at the one word, polygamy'" Why
not change "adultery' TO "free love"
seduction to "invitation, "bas-
tardy" to "accident," and so on!
What is the use of nibbling at the
cakef Why not swallow the whole
chunk'
If the Legislature is to do anything
about this matter, it should not confne
its action to mere attempt to disguise
an ugly fact under change of words,
1t should enact drastic laws that would
stop the crime then no one would have
need to feel humiliation ut the word,
Let the Legislature enact that the
proper officials shall be Jealous in the
enforcement of the law; that any Judge
or District or County Attorney who
does not succeed in eliminating this
bestiality in his jurisdiction shall be
ineligible to any Office of honor, trust,
or emolument in this State; that grand
iuries for inquiry into this and other
crimes must be empaneled at least
twice a year in every judicial district,
and that persons living in 6agrant vio~
lation OF the law shall not be entitled
TO vote at any election.
There is a great and aching void in
the way Of legislation to extrpate this
reasonable crime-treasonable because
allegiance to this bestial cult is held
by its lecherous devotees to be higher
than the allegiance they owe to the
State or the Nation A mere change of
name amounts to nothing; the crime by
any other name is Just as odious. IT
is the offensc that needs cure, not the
name; and especially is there no need
of a change of name TO word which
does not 6t the crime.
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ESTIMATING THE DAMAGE

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
That spirit Of thrift popularity sup
posed 10 pervade New England is anus.
ingly illustrated by the observation Of a
Connecticut farmer
The good man had been seriously
i'll in midsummer. but by reason Of his
strong constitution he quickly rallied.
On being asked in the autumn how he
was feeling he replied in cheerful
tone:
Pretty fair, now thanks. ANYWAY.
il don Z make much difference, seein
that the farm Is we'll fixed up. If ii
died in hayin' or harvestiu' time.
calSilate it d been $50 damage to ME. -
Then, after pause, he added:
'Come TO think OF it, that s too low
figure-S65 would be nearerH
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would not be served, and during the pc
riod Of its nonservice he took a Pull
man palace car for New York and
thence an ocean liner for Liverpool.
The warrant has remained in exist
ence. Apostle Grant returned some
time ago to Utah. He visited around
as pleased his mightiness, The news.
reminded the public officials OF their
relation, or lack of relation, with Mr..
Grant, But the days passed on, and
then again more days passed on, FL
nally it appears that Mr. Grant himself
has passed on, once more.
And the whole story is told and the
kind Of joculerity that we may enjoy
in Utah is betrayed to the whole world
by an article which appears in the
Deseret News and which is reprinted
with its head lines on the fifth page in
today s issue of The Tribune.
About the time of the next confer
ence Of the Mormon church we expect
to hear the apostles-and it may as
we'll be Apostle Grant as any other
declaim to the listening congregation
and to all the world that no people on
earth are so law abiding, that no per
sons on earth arc so reverent in their
regard for the dignity of government
as the Mormon apostles. And that will
be the best joke of all, Furthermore.
they will declare that Theodore Roose-
velt, President of the United States,
is their friend and protector; and we
do not know whether that is joke or