The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
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Throughout Utah and surrounding
country the Mormon papers, taking
their instruction from headquarters, are
crying for so-called decency in public
Journals. In NJ OF holy horror they
View the outspoken utterances concern"
Ing the offenses of their cult. To them.
IL Is all muck -raklng," In gentle
phrase they commend the public mind
TO fairness and sweet consideration OF
humanity.
And yet OF all the "muck-rakers' that
ever "raked muck the Mormon press
and preachers have been the worst, and
would be the worst at the present time.
II 1t we're not for a desire 10 protect
themselves and TO divert the assault
which Is being made upon their wrong
doing, Not content with abusing in
dividuels, they have taught and their
pretended revelations stu proclaim,
that all the rest OF the world is rloting
in sin. The very essence Of their move
ment Is tha, mankind in general Is 80
wicked that the righteous ones who
constitute the Mormon Israel are com
contact with humanity and dwell by
themselves as a sanctified and 'pecu-
liar" people. What Ia the cruelty of
the charge made against them In re-
citing their offenses compared With
their wholesale charge against all mall
kind? They seem to think that it is
no libel to call all the world wicked,
and only libeous II some one quotes
their own Mormon words in recital of
their own Mormon offenses.
There is not a general conference.
there Is not a quarterly conference,
there is scarcely a religious service In
the Mormon church where the Chris
tian world is not traduced.
From the first revelation down to tho
last Interpretation given by any au-
thority in the Mormon church. the
whole teaching has been to deny the
virtue, the honesty. and the sincerity
OF the rest OF mankind. and to hold
that every other church on earth Is
corrupt.
1t is too serious matter for laugh
ter. otherwise the world could be
amused to note the belated and selfish
sensitivcncss % the Mormon press OH
the subject OF undertaking" The
only object Is to prevent the exposure
of the peculiar" offenscs OF their own
community. 1t Is such cold-blooded
calculating appeal to a sentmentality.
which the Mormon press religIously ig
nores whenever it dares to do so. II
is like the Spontaneous outburst' oil
patriotism for this year. which has
been directed from church headquer
Mormon region may send up Q. pean Of
Thanksgiving ing-attracting the attention
OF the world TO the supreme loyalty and
devotion OF the church and it's ad-
herents.
Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks.
Vice President Of the United States. In
speaking to the National Editorial As
ISOLATION, assembled at indianapolis D
few days ago. said; "A free, untram-
melled press Is the sure safeguard or
free State"
To prevent this commonwealth OF
Utah from attaining its freedom, the
Mormon papers and preachers would
subjugate courageous criticism, by forcs
II they dared, by boycott where they
can, and by creating a fictitious senti-
mentality against the exposure of their
transgressions. They never appeal to
the decencies Of mankind except where
they have violated the same and wish
to be protected from the consequences.