The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-12

iGgre,monS G reference Is made to Joseph and
! That an obligation of vengeance Is part
OF the enjoyment ceremony Is furtfflr at
,f ,SS.ed oE the fact that shortly after tcs-
before the COMMITTEES, Bishop Daniel Con.
| nelly OF the Mormon Church denounccd
INC witnesses who had given this testi-
mony as traitors who had broken their
| oaths to the church. ei
Inc 1act that an oath of ycngeanco IL
part oi the endowment ceremonies and
tne nature ana character OF such oath
was ludicially determined In the third
!udiclal court OF Utah in the year 1888 In
me- moor mater @ OF the application OF John
MooTe and Others TO become citizens of
the United States. In an opinion DENYING
the application. the court say:
In these applications the usual evidence ON
character. etc, introduced at formcN
hearing and was deemed sufficient Obiection
Me- mace; Mn9wever to the admission of John
% Moore and William j Edgar upon the ground
that they were members OF the Mormon
ehs?eS and also because they had gone
thr9uSn the endowment house OF that church
and there Ind taken an oath or Obligation In.
Sn,iiJ ioie hn WIN INC oath OF citizenship they
"ouIu 90 required to take II admitted
Those obJectins to the right Of these anpli-
S eants TO be admitted TO citizenship introduced
cIoNen witnesses who had been members OF
an,s eommoSy %r 1ssu' can5 Christ Of
church Several OF these witnesses hod beId
bnd sne POSITION OF bishop in the church, and all
nod gone through tho endowment house and
participated In its ceremonies The Testimony
OF these witnesses Is TO the effect that every
ncmoer OF tho church ia expected 10 no
through the endowment house. and that nenr
~ an 90 So TINT marriages are usually SOL
emnized there and that those who orn p,or
rled elsewhere 60 through the endowment core
monies at as early date thereafter as prncrI-
cable In order that the marital reia,io,s ah.i,
continue throughout eternity
III IN oenai OF tho applicants fourteen wit
neeses ~ tesuhed concerning the endowment
what osths are tnkcn. or what ohIioat,on 1"ee oe
S1Iv,enants are there entered into. or what pen
Ss sboss ttnsas SIe attached to their violation; and
IoF oechning TO answer. stated that they dId
sSey on bod point Of honoT'' while several stated
ayensins the blood of the prophets.
INC witnesses for the applicants while re-
fnslng 70 disclose the oaths. promises and
covenants OF the endowment ceremonies ma
INC penalties attached thereto, testified ZEN
n,onio 1lat mere wae nothing in tbs cere-
eminent Of the United Statce and that tho
GroEcInment was not mentioned Ono of the
opJeCs ot this investigation !s TO ascertain
whether the ooths and obligations Of Tho on
oownent house are Incompatible with good
1ossss ~ ana II Ia not for applicants Wit
nestes 70 determine this question. The refusal
CT applicants witnesses to state snncI6coII,.
, mhot oath, obligations. or covenant, arc
.ekcn or entered into In the ceremonies renders
.helr testimony OF but little value and tends
10 confirm rather than contradict tho evidence
on this point offered by the objectors Tbc cyI
denec established beyond any reasonsbis
DOUBT that tho endowment ceremonies arc In
nsS,eht cI,isnneh, with the oath an applicant 5or
CuHehsnip is required TO take and that tho
oaths, obligations or covenants there rnndo
or entered into arc Incompatible With the OBJ
StnIos (Nol. 4. pp. 3s0-SiS)
The obligation hereinbcfore set forth 10
an oath or dlsloyalty to the Government
require, or mt least encourage every
member of that organization to take.
IL rs In harmony with the Views and
people In former days, when they openly
deied tho Government of the United
states, and IS also In harmony with the
conduct OF those who give the law 10
the Mormon Church today In their do
hant disregard of the laws against no.
Hgany and polygamous cohabltatioh It
This obligation do so without realizing lis
reasonable import; but the fact thoS the
lTst presidency and twelve apostles retain
an obligation OF that nature in the ccre-
monies of tho church shows that AT heart
they are hostile to this nation and dis
loyal TO Its Government
And the same spirit of disloyalty Is
manlfested also In a number of the
hymns contained in the collection of
hymns put forth by the rulers of the
congregations.
There can be no question In regard 10
tne taking OF the oath OF vengeance by
thro,SIn Mr., Smo9t OF He testified that he went
through the ceremony OF taking the en-
dowments In the year 1850 and the head
OF the Mormon Church stated in his tes-
timony that the ceremony Is now the
same that 1t has always been.
An obligation of the nature OF the one
before mentioned would seem to be wholly
Smoot as a member OF the United States
Senate would owe to the nation. 1t Is
difficult to conceive how one could dis
charge the obligation which rests upon
every Senator 10 so perform his official
duties as 10 promote the welfare of tho
people Of the United States and at the
of heaven on this nation because OF the
killing OF the founders of the Mormon
Church sixty years ago.
Mr.. Smoot Not Entitled to a Seat In
the Senate
The more deliberately and carefully tho
testimony taken on the investigation Is
considered, the more irresistibly It leads
to the conclusion that the facts stated In
the protest are true; that Mr. Smoot is
one of a self-perpetuating body OF men,
known as the Hrst presidency and twelve
apostles of the Church OF Jesus Christ OF
Latter-Dsy Saints. commonly known as
the Mormon Church; that these men
claim divine authority to control the
temporal as well as spiritual: that this
authority is and has been for several
years past, so exercised by the said first
presidency and twelve apostles TO en-
courage the practice OF polygamy and po-
lygamous cohabtation In the State of
Utah and elsewhere, contrary TO the con-
and the law OF tho land; that the said
first presidency and twelve apostles do
now control and for long time past
have controlled. the political AFFAIRS OF
the State of Utah, and have thus brought
about in said State a union OF church
and state, contrary to the constitution OF
said State OF Utah and contrary
to the Constitution OF the United
States. and that said Reed Smoot
comes here. not as the accredited repre-
sentative OF the State OF Utah In the
Senate Of the United States, but as the
choice of the hierarchy which controls the
church and has usurped the functions Of
the State in said State OF Utah,
1t follows, a necessary conclusien
from these facts, that Mr.. Smoot Is not
entitled 10 seat In the Senate as Sen
ator from the State OF Utah.
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