The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-29

| matters, be ia not considered good
Mormon, II ho refuses to obey 'coun-
! sell he Ia out Of harmony with his quo
rum To be out Of harmony with
your quorum ia to Mormon the
| Same as being without friends and with
out means and without employment to
GENTLE in any other community in the
United States, 1t Is evon worse for a
Mormon to be out Of harmony with tho
leaders Of his church than II Ia for
| Gentilo in New York TO be broke and
friendless. II Gentle In New York
finds himself without friends and with
put money. II he has health. character
and ability, he can make friends and
money, II o Mormon Is out Of harmony
with his leaders he Ia ostracised. all
avenues of prefernent are closed to
him except to abjectly surrender and be-
come entirely submissive to the dicta
tion or TO cut loose entirely from the
church. leave all Of his associations Of a
lifetime, all his friends and relatives
and go to an entirely new country and
commence the struggle OF life among
strangers"
Senator Dubois explained the inside
political situation in his State. His reve-
lations throw a food OF light on the
subtle operations Of tho Utah hierarchy
in extending It's influence TO the ballot
boxes in other States. He said.
THE president Of the Mormon organl-
zation. who. with tho twelve apostles.
constitutes the governing power, is an
open and notorious polygamist, as are
about half Of the apostles, The evidence
In the Smoot case showed that four apos-
tics out Of the twelve had taken new po-
lygamous wives since the manifesto is
sued by the church In 1890, in which man
ifesto tho church authorities pledged
themselves that polygamous relations
should cease. 1t is still a polygamous
organization, but above and beyond that,
wherever they control, there is n close
union or church and State, the State be-
ing submerged in the church.
THE union between the church and the
State In Mormon communities Is so close
and compact that IL Is impossible TO tell
where the power Of the church ceases or
the power Of the State begins. 1t Is i'm
possible to convict them on account OF
their polygamous practices, because OF
this political power which they exercise.
I'm Utah they are absolute. In Idaho
and Wyoming they have such large bal
ance of power as to make them dictators
in politics, and they are growing so rap
idly In Oregon, Nevada and Montana that,
unless they are checked. they will con-
troll the politics In those States.
In Idaho $4,000 of 10000 Voters Are
Mormons.
I'm my own State of Idaho. for instance.
out OF voting population OF $4,000,
$4,000 are Mormons. The 5000 Gentle
votes are divided about equally between
the Republicans and Democrats. The
Mormons VIII cast their solid vote
against me for reelection to the Senate.
Not single, solitary member OF this
Mormon organization will vote for me or
for the State ticket which will support
me. 1t is altogether likely that I will
be nominated by acclamation for re-elee-
tion by the Democratic State conYen-
ton. which meets August s.
I'VE will put in our platform clear.
explicit declaration, demanding the sep
aration Of church and State in politics,
and the enactment Of laws which will
punish those living In the polygamous re-
latioh. This will drive from our sup
port every Mormon IN the State. We
have no laws in Idaho to punish those
living in the polygamous relation. al
though 1t is we'll known that there are
hundreds OF such cases among the
Mormons
''The political power OF the Mormon
organization is so great that they not
only prevent the enactment OF such legis-
lation, but they defeat first for nomlna-
tion in the dominant party. and then for
election in any party, any one who In
slsts on destroying the political power
OF this organization or OF Furnishing those
who are living in polygamy.
Revolt Predicted In Western Mormon
States.
There is a beginning however, OF a
tremendous revolt In these Mormon
States OF the West. The Mormon HE
rarchy has become so open and domi-
neering In the use of this political power
as to force the right thinking and moral
people TO q union OF their forces for self
preservation. The Mormon hierarchy will
absolutely control the Republican and
Democratic parties In Utah. the Repub-
lican and Democratic paries In Wyoming
and the Republican party in Idaho.
The Democratic party IN Idaho Will
make most vigorous campaign on the
plain declaration Of principle against this
menace to our civilization, Two years
ago we made this same fight In the Presi-
dential campaign. Nearly half Of the
Mormons at that time professed that they
were Democrats. yet when the Democrat
10 party in their platform and their cam
paign speeches stated plainly that if
given the power they would punish those
living in polygamy and that they would
put stop TO the diotation of the chiefs
of this organization In the politics Of the
State, the Mormon Democrats bolted con- |
and refused to support the Dem
ocratlo ticket, The Republican politl- |
clans IN that campaign assured the people
toward the end of the contest that IL |
given the power they would enact nde- |
quate legislation. The entire Republican |
State ticket was elected by q vote OF |
more than two to one over the Democrats.
and there were about FIVE Democratic |
members OF the Legislature out OF the |
total membership OF sixty-seven. Every
Mormon voted the Republican ticket. |
Out OF the forty -one Republican members |
OF the Legislature there were nine Nor
mons yet the newly elected Governor
md the chairman of the Republican
State committee brought all their in
huence to bear to secure the election Of
a Mormon as Speaker Of the House, which
put an end, OF course, to all hope for
any legislation to restrain tho power of !
this Mormon hierarchy Bills were In
troduced by leading Republicans of high
to punish those living In polye-
amy and to break down the union OF
,hurch and State. They were sent to
committees which had been appointed by
The Mormon Speaker, and Of course never /
saw the light OF day, They were not even
much less debated