The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-10
A PERJURED PROPHET.

der tho title; president g Joseph +.
Smith Proved to BE Perjurer,o The
Tribune makes q plain exposition of the
falsehood and dishonor Of the chief of
the Mormon church and Of one of the
plain methods Of teaching polygamy in
vogue amidst the cult. In another col
umn, and under the title "Can It Catch
Them" The Tribune prints piece Of
correspondence from Brigham City
which demonstrates how the Mormon
church can protect its polygamists from
punishment, either under the offended
law of God or under the outraged stat
utes Of the State.
If the community sense were not past
shocking, there would be an uprising of
indignation here ct the exposure of
Joseph +. Smith s fagrant fraud upon
the country. But Mormons have be-
come so accustomed to e1cusing law
lessness, falsehood, defiance OF the laws
Of God and man in their leaders; and
a certain class of plant Gentiles who
crook "the pregnant hinges OF the knee
that thrift may follow fawning,' have
become so used TO making condonstion
of these indecencies in Utah that even
this horrible case may pass with little
public reprobation except from the
American party adherents and organ.
The showing OF Mormon inculcation
Of polygamistic doctrine is most COM
plete. The universally of the teaching,
the sanctifcation with which the prin-
ciple is so constantly surrounded in the
minds of the people of the church, the
glorifcation Of polygamous living, the
taken altogether, sufficient to prove the
practice, even If there were no other
evidence In existence. Unfortunately
for society, such other evidence exists,
and in multiplied abundance,
A well-informed gentleman Of Nor
mon associations covered in q brief
statement TO The Tribune last week
both the effectiveness and the generall-
ty Of tho teaching and the protection
of the practice by the church. He said;
'fThere are hundreds OF sermons
preached by the Mormon apostles in
Utah every year against theft and lying
and murder, against non-tithe paying,
against disobedience to the priesthood
but there has not been one sermon
preached in Utah by any Mormon
apostle against polygamy. The very
makes an affirmative teaching
Of the doctrine, II is 4 well known fact
in Mormon circles that the ecclesiast
who would dare to preach a sermon
against polygamy on the Sabbath day
would be condemned and disciplined by
the chief polygamist, who stands as tho
ruler and the lawgiver to the Mormon
church.
"Apd as to the protection afforded;
see how easily it is done: Let GENTLE
girl, presumably unmarried and living
in any neighborhood in Utah, be
brought to bed with a child, Or let
any Mormon girl, whose acquaintance
have not been supposed devotees of po=
ygamy, find herself in similar predic-
ament. Public judgment is Immediately
rife and, as in a case in Ogden re-
,ently, public prosecution against the
father is Immediately had.
But let the girl be n known favorite
IF some Mormon priest who is a be-
lever in and notorious teacher Of po-
ygamy, and with what holy whisper
ngs and sanctiHed excuses is the case
,ondonedl She reappears with her
,hild after a brief time of retirement,
and although the name Of her supposed
,olygamous husband is known, there is
10 legal evidence Of the offense, and
The resumes her place In the Sunday
school, in the Young Ladies Mutual as
ociation, and she continues as teacher
# the youth of Zion.''
Polygamy is taught in Utah; polyg-
amy is practiced in the Mormon church;
,olygamy is protected by the Mormon
church.
If some Mormon man or woman is
30 injudicious as to be eaught-caught
80 fagrantly that lying is useless-he
s simply dropped out Of sight and is
migrated to some other colony Of the
church.
A MORMON WONDER.
The announcement of the forthcom-
ng seventy-seventh semi-annual confer
snce of the Mormon church is made