Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-20


Answer: There have been no changes
made"
Question: "lf that is so, why has the
Mormon church repudiated the princl-
pie of polygamy as witnessed In the
manifesto Of 1907
Answer: You are under misappre-
hension The Mormon church has not
repudiated the principle of polygamy.
1t never will repudiate polygamy. IN
der the manifesto the Mormon church
merely set aside temporarily the prac-
tice Of plural marriage-laid 1t on the
shelf for the time being-in obedience
to the law Of the land
Question. Then you mean to say as
n member of the apostolate that polyg-
amy is just as much a cardinal prin-
cipe of Mormonism as 1t ever wasT
Answer: Yes, sir. And | 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 1t
stood in Brigham Youngs 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 unblush-
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 Trlpoll pirates de-
mandng blood immunity pay from all
those who come under It's churchly
shadow. 1t Is the holdup call of the
highwayman. demanding that the
stages passengers empty their pocket
books at It's affairs. 1t was conceived
with the idea of financial graft, de-
veloped with the idea Of graft, and 1t Is
perpetuated with the idea Of graft.
The members Of the hierarchy are no
more phllanthrOpists 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 tho
benefit of his followers any more than
Boss Tweed ruled New York for the
benefit Of its people. He was a finan-
clal robber, pure and simple. He at
once commenced to levy his taxes. This
hthlng system grew and grew until out
of the einiquitoussystem Brigham Young
became one Of the weathiest men In
America. The world marvels at the
few hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
which members Of the iniqultous po
litical rings Of New York and Philadel
phia were able to steal. Why, these
men were only babes In the art of tinan
crnirI craft compared to this monstrous
adventurer. SOME YEARS 9.Go, win Inc
Governor Of what was then Utalf terri
tory | was driven about Salt Lake
City. Almost everywhere | could see
the results of Brigham Young's finan-
clal depredations. Two years after his
deaf the Salt. Lake Tribute declared
that Young had secured from the tith-
ing system Of Utah over $13,OOOOOO.
Nine million dollars Of this he squan-
dered on his family; S4OO0,O0O he left
to be fought over by his heirs. | have
been told that at his death he owned
one-tenth Of all the wealth Of Utah.
Can any man read an account Of such
financial dealings and not declare that
he was the king Of grafters?
King OF Grnfters.
What the Mormon church stood for
in its financial dealings fifty years ago
It stands for today. BY It's tlthlng sys-
tenn the Mormon en- rch has now an In
come Of at least $2,O00,O00. Where Is
it going to? For what means is all
this vast amount Of money being used
For the spread of the Mormon gospel!
Oh. yes. Some of it Is spent In that
way. lust as some Of the money Of the
Infamous Louisiana lottery was used
for advertising the lottery tickets all
over the world; but, without doubt, a
vast percentage of that income goes
into the pockets Of the Mormon leaders
But" says some one, you should
not condemn the Mormon leaders like
that. They do not compel the mem
bers Of the church to stand and de-
, liver as a highwayman grufly orders
his victims to do These church mem
bers do not have to surrender their
tithes any more than the members OF
your church have to give into the col
lection plates unless they wish to dc
So If the Mormon people give to Jo-
seph 2. Smith they give Of their own
free will" All, my friends, that IS one
of the biggest delusions ever sent
broadcast over this land. The Mormon
victims do not give willingly. They
are compelled to give whether they are
willing or not by the thumbscrews OF
the boycott and financial ostracism. II
you want proof of what I say read to
day the marvellous Investigations oi
"Mormonlsm Unveiled" by Irving Say
ford, already quoted. Not only does he
cite facts seen with his own eyes, bui
he corroborates with names and dates
this one fact-that Mormon excom
munication means financial persecution
and financial humiliation. If man IL
Utah does not give to the church his
tenth the church will deliberately star
forth to take away his trade. The mos
fiendish work Of the most merclles'
trust is not more relentless and destruc
tive than this evil institution Of which
Brigham Young was the creator and o
which Joseph P. Smith is now the IN
iquitous head.
But in this description Of the Nor
mon hierarchy we must also declar
that modern MOrmonism stands 10
licensed libertinism and immortality
Many of these long bearded apostles
| bv their own confession, are living TO