Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-10

stand today precisely where they nave
always stood?'
Answer: There have been no changes
made"
Question: eff that is so, why has the
Mormon church repudiated the princi-
pie of polygamy as witnessed in the
manifesto of 1902"
Answer: You are under misappre-
hension. The Mormon church has not
repudiated the principle of polygamy.
1t never will repudiate polygamy. I'm
der the manifesto the Mormon church
merely set aside temporarily the prac-
tice of plural marriage-laid it on the
shelf for the time being in obedience
to thelaw Of the land.o
Question: Then you mean to say as
member Of the apostolate that polyg-
amy is just as much a cardinal prin-
ciple of Mormonism as it ever was?"
Answer: Yes, sir. And 1 speak from
an experience of fifty years in the
church"
Could any testimony be more con-
elusive that the Mormon church stands
stood in Brigham Young's time? Now,
let us begin to examine more in detail
what this leprous social organism is
reaching out for in this twentieth CEN
fury.
First, the Mormon church unblush-
ingly stands for graft" 1t represents
financial plumber. 1t is Boss Tweed.
ism parading about the streets in the
mud despatched garments of ecclesi-
asticism. 1t is the Tripoli pirates de-
handing blood immunity pay from all
those who come under its churchly
shadow. 1t is the holdup call of the
highwayman, demanding that the
stages passengers empty their pocket
books at its affairs. 1t was conceived
with the idea of financial graft, de-
veloped with the idea of graft, and it is
perpetuated with the idea of graft
The members of the hierarchy are no
more GhilanthrOpists than the bucca-
neers of old were philanthropists or
that Captain Kidd was a philanthropist
when he raised his black flag over the
Adventurer on the Madagascar coast
in the latter part of the seventeenth
century.
| Brigham Young did not elect himself
as head of the Mormon church for the
benefit of his followers any more than
Boss Tweed ruled New York for the
benefit of itsspeople. He was a finan-
cial robber, pure and simple. He at
once commenced to levy his taxes. This
tithing system grew and grew until out
of the Ubiquitous system Brigham Young
became one of the wealthiest men in
America. The world marvels at the
few hundreds of thousands of dollars
which members of the Ubiquitous DO
litical rings of New York and Philadel-
phia were able to steal. Why, these
men were only babes in the art of finan-
cial graft compared to this monstrous
adventurer. Some years ago, with the
governor of what was then Utah terri.
tory, l was driven about Salt Lake
City. Almost everywhere I could see
the results of Brigham Youngs ffnan.
cial depredations. Two years after his
death the Salt Lake Tribune declared
that Young had secured from the tith
ing system of Utah over $13,OOOO00
Nine million dollars of this he squan
dered on his family; 100000 he left
to be fought over by his heirs. l have
been told that at his death he owned
one-tenth of all the wealth of Utah
Can any man read an account of sucl
financial dealings and not declare tina
he was the king Of grafters?
King of Grafters.
What the Mormon church stood 70
in its financial dealings fifty years ag
it stands for today. By it's tithing sys
TEN the Mormon church has now an il
come of at least 100000. Where
it going to? For what means is a
this vast amount of money being used
For the spread of the Mormon gospel
. | Oh, yes. Some of it is spent in tia
way, just as some of the money of th
infamous Louisiana lottery was use
; for advertising the lottery tickets a
over the world; but, without doubt,
vast percentage of that income goe
into the pockets of the Mormon leader
But" says some one, you Shoul
not condemn the Mormon leaders lik
e that. They do not compel the men
I bers of the church to stand and d.
|. liver as a highwayman gruffly order
s his victims to do. These church men
bers do not have to surrender the
q tithes any more than the members
L your church have to give into the CO
le lection plates unless they wish to q
h so. If the Mormon people give to j
y seph 2. Smith they give of their ov
le free will" All my friends, that is OF
N Of the biggest decisions ever SCI
{, broadcast over this land The Mormc
81 victims do not give willingly. The
~ are compelled to give. whether they al
ie willing or not by the thumbscrews
A. the boycott and financial ostracism.
- you want proof of what say read I
e day the marvellous investigations
- "Mormonism Unveiled" by Irving Sa,
" " ford, already quoted Not only does /
" cite facts seen with his own eyes, b.
- he corroborates with names and dat
: this one fact-that Mormon excoI
| muOicatiOn means financial nprSpcI1fit