Milford chronicle., 1906-01-19

stand today precisely Where they nave
always stood2'
Answer. "phere have been no changes
made
Question: III that is so, why has The
Mormon church repudiated the princl
pie Of poIygany as witnessed in The
manifes o OF ls90f'
Answer: sYou are under misappre
hension. The Mormon church has not
repudiated the principle of polygamy
II never win repudiate polygamy. I'm
ser the manifesto the Mormon church
merely set aside temporarily the prac-
tice Of plural marriage-iaid it ON the
shelf for the time being-in obedience
to the law of the land"
Question: "Then you mean to say as
a member Of the apostolate that polyg-
amy is just as much a cardinal prin-
ciple Of Mormonism as it ever wasp
Answer: Yes, sir. And l speak from
an experience of fifty years in the
church,
Could any testimony be more con-
elusive that the Mormon church stands
today in all its principles just where it
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
tury.
First, the Mormon church unblush7
ingly stands for graft" 1t represents
financial plunder. 1t is Boss Tweed
ism parading about the streets in the
mud bespattered garments of ecclesi-
asticism. 1t is the Tripoli pirates de-
manding blood immunity pay from all
those who come under its churchly
shadow. It 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 philanthrOpists than the bucca-
neers of old were philanthropists or
that Captain Kidd was 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 it's people. 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 iniquitous 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 iniquitous po-
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
Some. years ago, with the
governor of what was then Utah terri
tory, 1 was driven about Salt Lake
City Almost everywhere 1 could see
the results of Brigham Young's finan-
,ial depredatiOns. Two years after his
1eath the Salt Lake Tribune declared
hat Young had secured from the tith-
ng system of Utah over $13,OOO,O0O.
Nine million dollars Of this he squan-
Tered on his family; $4,OOO,OOO he left
% be fought over by his heirs. have
)een told that at his death he owned
,ne-tenth Of all the wealth Of Utah.
Jan any man read an account Of such
inancial dealings and not declare that
le was the king Of grafters?
King of Grafters.
'''''sgsz '..egls
What the Mormon church stood for
n its financial dealings fifty years ago
t stands for today. By its tithing sys-
EN- the Mormon church has now an in
,ome Of at least 100000. Where is
t going to? For what means is all
his vast amount of money being used2
Cor the spread Of the Mormon gospel?
Oh, yes. Some Of it is spent in that
way, just as some Of the money Of the
Infamous Louisiana lottery was used
or advertising the lottery tickets all
'ver the world; but, without doubt, a
-ast percentage Of that income goes
nto the pockets Of the Mormon leaders.
'But," says some one, ''you should
lot condemn the Mormon leaders like
hat. They do not compel the men,
,ers Of the church to stand and de-
lver,' as a highwayman gruf1y orders
IFS victims to do. These church mem
,ers do not have to surrender their
ithes any more than the members of
'our church have to give into the col
ection plates unless they wish to do
o. If the Mormon people give to JO- 4
eph P. Smith they give OF their own
rec will" All, my friends, that is one
( the biggest delusions ever sent
over this land. The Mormon
1ctims do not give willingly. They
re compelled to give. whether they are
Wiling or not, by the thumbscrews Of
he boycott and financial ostracism. II
'ou want proof Of what say read to
ay the marvellous investigations OF
Unveiled" by Irving Say
ord. already quoted. Not only does he
lte facts seen with his own eyes, but
e corrobOrates with names and dates