The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
Roberts s Socialist
Lecture

Editor Tribune:-In ms leCtui" o' ''
d,v night wherein p. II, ROBERTS 'eoo''
io convince the Socialists oil ,ho GIRO, W
their WAYS. he yentured on man! p
that would seem TO some OF ms e..
TO bo very delicate. at lcast 'vi n en-
"Breathes there man ,.T,,,,o noyor
ao,d " he quoted from Scott ,,n1 gvent
ueau; ;sai, bath said" etc. ln.n "sS
sOto ~ nlandits OF the glory ana aT oS ahc nres.
nerTectIon of our development ~ 20 do win
PEI $3.50 What that can have 10 uo ~ ~
ent nome na,Ied some wonder. since the
do of most Socialists is tnal na,hnnca sn The
toni would above all tnimG7S tii,,,G7er Eut why
GonoIness OF that institution ortoa nm
XS, No PPobSrts should become %o5keu thp
INTO a frightened frenzy IN reSa," S,,,n is al
menaco OF socialism 10 the noi'''
most f4n,ess Indeed three homes for ,s Gms
man with separate presldlns bhna,Ia
in each is SO sTan9} hn 9}rnaginafy %'rd W menace OF
.o,a ,itTi a,Ini,, fn@' makes him tremble for MS
triple JOY
,..h,r poborts and his colleagues haVe
,ad %, ali sorts OF delirium tremens III ,hoIr
ard 20 tho possible instaoiilty oa oeaverSe
IDEAL "home;" In the the mos N new menace
yeloplntR " have arisen in their alert minds nils
in the form OF encronchins eooi"''e0
Ideas. ,,, hut wonder as he
,os Going into panegyrics upon thts SUI na
iecf What the truth might be IL lfseiS n,bn ,sfC
candidly expressed oSx.aT % III. establishments
~ heor his name. In the audlence a,. sn'
20 doubt a proud and please9 us bnr,c
DoubtIces tho idea OF the American noils ,,
10y. D0uo ito tdcaI Of love and devotion was
W. nisasinC to her-and To him. Sus on;
| INIT of the other two homes. peleSi .ta
| %n,von ne would depict-love, sympatthe
devotion. trustl What are they DIa
! virtual life -penltentiary TO lhe i'''''o'"'e'
! women who occupy them!
|
| NJ Roborts conceded. with seeming
fairness the high ideals OF modern SO, so,
cJaiistic theory, but held that IL soc'al.sat, l,a
| should unfortunately succeed III '~ooSS ~
shcnries Of equality and opportunity ana
| should actually eliminate want; P'." P'Ln"etJ,. :,
| ord sorrow, the world would DC eteaSlS
| The loser God he said, had MADE no ms ms
| teI. in sowing the earth with grief, since
| ort ~ II sprang tho sweetest fruitlon OF
aitruIsm. Then competition emul2ti0,n, on l.
hest i'm human development. IL Is tne
pride OF ownership, the sense o. supe' | ~, 10,
| [ty, the sense of mine, mine! that are hu-
man Incentives to action
| EJo rend the description of peruvian
communism as given By Prescott, as S.,
| crushing illustration OF the delerlolatlhe
result ;het would undou2Iefoy %hfs u,as n9T naTtie.
uiafly one OF HE logical yet inconsistent
and Significant points . parr,,.r
Though in describing ancient feruE'@T u,, 81 =
| civilization he shot wide OF the marx OF
modern socialism, the analogy does hott hot
differ nearly so widely upon s9oJyCo
nearer home to Brother Roberts ana M tng
organization OF which he is an inhuentla,
director In It's effort to obtain power ana
dominion. WIN he not kindly turn tc
section 81 of the Doctrine and covenants ,ISr
| "Hearken unto me, saith the LORD your
God and | will speak unto my servant
Edward Partridge. and give unto MN oil
rections for II must need be that they
be organized according TO my iaWs-il
| otherwise they Will be cut on: a
prophecy that is yet TO be fulfilled II IT
| is 10 be rescued from false prophets ano
| evidently Brother Roberts and his co-hle-
rarchs are anxious to evade the terms ol
"Wherefore let my servant, Edward
| Partridge and those whom he has chosen
| in whom l am well pleased, appoint unto
this people their portion, every man equa
| according TO their families, according &c
their circumstances. their wants. ane
| their needs" ETC. etc. -
Turn also TO section 40. paragraph 20
| "But il is not given that one man should
| possess that which Is above another
wherefore the world lieth in sin"
Such a condition of equality In msteria
things would place the hierarchy on
plane level with the ord,nary rI5 y memoerS lersS
the illusion OF their worshipers woulo
vanish. theIr power would disappear. anc
though. according to their positive claims
| the Sc are the words and commandment
OF God to themselves, personally and III
rectly, they boldly defy them, and are not
only living and pushing everything of Q
! dIamctrically opposite character, but ac
lively make war upon every. growing
thought that might help to weaken their
monopoly.
IL cannot be denied that certainly ne
better positive evidence Gun be given o
the insincerlty. the hypocrisy, the lust o.
power and place, the indifference to ant
defiance of the word of God 0f they be
lIeve In their own scriptures), than Mr.
Roberts's lecture Of last Sunday night
Even with all its subtle smoothness, rs
beautiful and seeming friendliness. IL!
apparent breadth and candor and toler
ance to one who understands the genius
OF the institution 10 which he devotes his
life and effort. the inconsistency and self
interest of his attitude, which is but ar
expression of the entire hierarchy. be
comes grossly conspicuous.
Salt Lake City. May 10. 1906.