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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22
THE TAXPAYER S RIGHT.

Those members of the Mormon church
who pay tithes TO the prophet, seer and
rcvelator, and who advise The Tribune
that it is no concern OF the American
party or The Tribune or the public how
much they pay nor what use the prophet
ma knS of their contributions, nor
whether he accounts for the same or
not. seem to have queer idea Of the
social compact and Of public policy.
There is not taxpayer in Salt Lake
county nor in the State of Utah who
has not both a moral and a legal right
TO inquire into the tithe accounts of the
Mormon church and TO protest against
the misuse Of the funds.
a sum greater than the annual tax
alton for all State purposes in this com
monwealrh is subtractcd from the earn
iugs of the Mormon people under the
plea that God commands the contribu-
tion from them in order to maintain
His storehouso for the use Of the COM
munity, and especially for the poor.
The sum which the average Mormon
pays in his lifetime would, if invested
in savings bank or in real estate, con-
stitute an ample provision for his sup
port in his declining years. But he
makes his deposits with the prophet
of God, and when he becomes old and
feeble or needy, the prophet does not
return either the principal OF the in
terest, and the wretched dupe is packed
off to tho county poorhouse to be main
tanned by public charity. To say that
the taxpayers have no right to inquire
into this wrong, or 10 take steps to re-
dress 1T, is TO say that the community
has no right 10 protect ignorance or in
uocency from being wronged by UNI
scrupulous cunning Both the laws Of
the Nation and the laws Of the State
provide specifically guardianship
against fraudulent concerns and their
operations upon the gulible of human
lily. And luasmuch as the taxpayers Of
the community are burdened with the
care of the Mormon paupers. who are
robbed of the sustenance for their old
age or their sickness or their poverty
by the criminal extortions practiced un.
der false pretenses by the false prophet,
every taxpayer has n right to resist.
Nor IS this the only ground upon
which investigation and opposition on
the part of any taxpayer may be justi-
ned. Of the moneys taken from the
county poor fund and distributed as
outdoor relief, there are known in
stances where the pauper has been com
PEELED by the Mormon ecclesissts to pay
one-tenth as tithc into the Golfers of
the hierarchy.
Thus the church not only deprives
many of its members of the funds which
should belong to them for their main
tenance after they cease to he pro-
ducers, but it robs them of one-tenth of
the money granted TO them from the
county treasury for their meagcr sus
tenancc- Every taxpayer is wrongcd
and any taxpayer has right TO demand
redress.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22
THE NEW PROPHET,

Of the making Of many creeds there
is no end. A man of Mormon origin
in Ogden. named lpger, has discovered
that he alone is qualified to reveal the
word of God TO mankind According
TO his own testimony Joseph Smith was
prophet Of God and received special
| enlightenment, but he did not act spir.
itualIy. According 10 this theory his
| successors have failed 10 carry out his
mission, and it is left for the new reve-
lator TO restore the old gospel Of Christ
IN all its fullness. AS tho young man
| is said TO be handsome, and as his eyes
gleam with supernal fire. and as he
claims all holiness for himself. il is
not TO be doubted that he Will find fol.
lowers
Ia this age of free debate it seems
| that there can be no claim so grotesque,
| and no system so devoid Of reason, and
no self-spPointed prophet so ignorant,
but that upon pretcnsiou to deliver the
word Of the Most High to humanity.
| men and women viii flock to the man
and his creed, live lives Of devotion in
behalf Of the new faith, and even die
for it if need be
The ncw prophet arisen in Ogden
knows Of scriptures not yet revealed TO
humanity IN generaI-sacred principles
which he alone can deliver and by
which alone mankind are to be saved
| in the presence of God. But unless he
shall improve upon all of thc new
prophets who give additional scriptures,
| and who make what they call new inter
pTetatioDs of the old scriptures, he is
| scarcely likely. 10 add one thought 10
the world Is treasure house of ethics
From the ''holy jumpers downward
or upward through all the new cults
| taking the entire range-it is difficult
to conceive that there is any improve.
meut upon the simple faith delivered
by the Christ, who practiced what He
preached and whose example of love to.
ward humanity constitutes an ideal of
completeness the attainment Of which is
sufficient TO make Of earth heaven
The first Mormon prophet delivered
a book of new scripture covering more
than six hundred pages of closely print
ed matter, and in all that vast space
there is no instruction there is no
thought, that affords to humanity one
additional ray of spiritual light The
Mormon church prints q book of COM
mandments supposed TO have been de-
livered by Almighty God through the
revelators of the church, and covering
nearly five hundred pages. and in all
that special detailed instruction pre-.
| tended TO be recorded in the words Of
the Creator of heaven and earth there
is not one utterance above the com.
monplace which is not the expression
of an idea already possessed by the
world,
Mrs. Eddy bestows key TO the scrip.
tures-her own iuterpretatiou-snd
while her instruction is followed by
more than a million Of believers on the
face of the Garth she has added moth
ing of import TO the glorious teaching
of the Christ; for that needs 10 inter
probation. The only parts of the scrip.
tire worthy of human acceptance as
moral guide and as an aid TO the
spiritual growth require no key except
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

that which is possessed by all men. Ac-
died for all humanity, and if the lesson
Of His life and the glory Of His death
demanded the Interpretation of one
man s intelligence and prophetic power
to mako plain to other mon, Christ
would have lived and died for only a
few.
The ebullition of the new prophet
at Ogden, however, has its own local
significance. it is the outgrowtb Of the
restless condition OF the Mormon church
and the inherited belief Of every one
OF the Mormon faith that Almighty
God leans down from the heavens and
speaks ar audible WORD TO human
creature, thereby selecting him as the
mediator between all his fellowmer
and the eternal throne. Under existing
circumstances, within that church. the
Ogden man-the latest of their proph-
ets-is entitled TO acceptance, The head
Of the church having denied that he is
n reyelator, since he does not receive
revelation, and iuasmuch as the church
is founded upon the doctrine that it
cannot endure without daily rcvclati
from On High, the young man at Og-
den finds an immediate vocation and
may bring to his creed and his preten-
sions many converts from the former
devotees of Smithism. II may be that
he will not benefit the world at large
IN any way; but, like many another
prophet or interpreter, he will have
created pood iob for himself
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

II the Agricultural College football
players will take the Hon Quill Neb-
eker's advice, they will como down
and defeat the University team on
Thanksgiving.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Democrats elected TO the Legislature
will be sufficiently nonpartisan to act
with the Republican members from the
country IN cutting up the road and
bridge money
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Evidently. among the things to pre-
vent the spread of a perfect spirit of
thankfulncss next Thursday Will be the
prices of poultry
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Members of the church who voted the
Republican ticket can prove by Ger
tain apostle that they are good Saints,
no matter what Apostle Whitney says.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

BY the time the Democratic leaders
are ready to act on the question as 10
the future of their party, they will
probably have regaincd their usual I'M
warranted hopefulness.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Now that the many Democrats VINO
voted the Republican ticket arc al
safely back in their party, is the Utah
Democracy not too big to think of dis
bandiupl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

II consumers who have complained Of
excessive prices, now have TO appeal for
coal, perhaps the companies will feel
that there is, after all, such thing az
poetic iuytIee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Such well.kDown non -partiesns Us the
federal ofhccholders are also opposed
TO the putting Of such partlsans as
Americans on the school board
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Apostle Smoot Will of course do all he
can ia help his fellow-uoupartlsans TO
succeed in the Salt Lake school election.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Opponents of the Americans have the
excuse for calling themselves non-parti-
sans that many words are Improperly
used.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

In his speech on the Smoot case, Sen
ator Sutherland will doubtless again
work off the Joke that he, himself. was
elected simply on his merit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Presumably, there will be no free e1-
cursious this winter TO happily divert
the Legislature from the work of legis-
lation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Promoters Of the noupartisan move
ment IN the school campaign hope 10
develop a strong feeling of partisan
ship before the election.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Opponents of Apostle Smoot trust
that he. too. will make reply to the
speech of Senator Burrows.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Successful candidates III Cache resent
The idea that anything but their merit
was the cause of their big majorities.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Many of The apti-Americans can
prove that they are great friends of the
schools, the church schools.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Apostle SIuoot undoubtedly breads
the speech of Senator Burrows and Sen
ator Sutherland S reply.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22
Tribune Tclephones.
Thursday, November %, 1906.

This weather is wintry enough to be
rather ursessonable here except along
in the springtime.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-22

Smootites will admit that, notwitb-
standing the absence Of Democrats from
tbs state Senate it will not be per
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
THAT subscription Account.

This is the time of the year when the
country newspaper man begins looking
over his subscription list with a view to
sending out statements and a collector.
The Banner has good list Of subscribers
some of whom always pay in advance
making the heart Of the editor leap for JOY.
1t has a list who always pay at the end
OF the year which good deed also has a
tendency to smooth over the troublesome
pathway Of his life. Then there are others
who pay whenever it happens. These
favors are also thankfully received; the
more so if the happenings" happen fire.
quently.
In reviewing our list we find number
who did not happen to Day last year nor
the year before and we should be pleased
to see all those who are in arrears happen
into the sanctum sanotorum and give
their accounts a good jogging up with
cash.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

Woman has cause to be grateful for
the publication of a volume dealing
with feminine logic, for il forms, per-
haps, the first tangible recognition
that such quality exists in the mind
of the sex. But she is not thereby TO
be lattered into the belief that it will
raise her intellectual status in mascu-
line estimation Man does not want
the logical woman; as a logician he is
too often conscious that lhe is the only
safe receptacle of his wisdom. and
when he informs her that his argu.
ments are sound logic" he expects.
and always will expect her to believe
him.-Lady's Pictorial.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
FEAR 1T WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

II the democratic editors and those who
have criticised the present administration
in Michigan because Of the features in the
primary election law which they do not
approve. will give half as much time in
making the actual provisions Of the law
known to their readers and neighbors as
they have to misrepresenting it. they will
be giving far better service for primary
reform in this state than their fellow-par-
tisans have given in any other state. As
a matter Of fact democratic opposition to
the law soon to be tested in Michigan is
almost entirely due to fear that it will
prove successful. Nine tenths Of all the
nportant laws enacted in nation and
state during the past fifty years have
had to fight for their existance and prove
their value in the face of democratic OPP
position.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
WELL NAMED cANNleAL PLANT.
Nicaraguan Vegetable That Preys on
Living Objects.

Nicaraguan Vegetable That Preys on
Living Objects.
On the shores or Lake Nicaragua is
to be found an mcanny product of
the vegetable kingdom known among
the natives by the expressive name Of
"the devils moose" How delighted
Poe would have been to make this
cannibal plant the subject OF one Of
his weird storlesl
Dunstan, the naturalist, discovered
ii not long ago while wandering on the
shores of the lake. Attracted by
cries of pain and terror from his dog
he found the animal held by black,
sticky bands, which had chafed the
skin TO the bleeding point These
bands were branches of a newly dis
covered carnivorous plant which has
been aptly named "the land octopus"
The branches are flexible, black,
polished without leaves, and secrete a
viscid fluid. They are also furnished
with a great number of suckers, with
which they attach themselves to their
victims. It certainly deserves to be
classed as the octopus of the vegetable
world.-New York Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Graduates of Oxford.

Granta, the Cambridge undergrad
uate organ, urges reform in English
university education. II says: Rem
dered unfit for business. the only
places open for the graduate are
schoolmastering and the church, and
in the uttermost parts of the earth
are to be found graduates of Oxford
and Cambridge now become laborers,
beggars and outcasts."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Vitality Of the Ant.

Ants have a wonderful power Of ex-
listing long periods after losing i'm
portant parts OF their bodies which
are not reproduced They have been
known to live two weeks without the
abdomen, which is so bulky in proper
lion to the rest Of the insect. Under
the most favorable circumstances an
ant may live more than a month after
is head had been cut off. one case
is recorded in which the rest of the
ant moved about forty-one days after
decapitation. Ants also revive after
being submerged in water for many
days, although they seem to he dead
few minutes after they are i'm
mersed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
A Depressing object.

The bridegroom is generally the
most depressing feature of the mod
ern wedding If he is well off he is
either bald, with a decided tendency
to adipose tissue, or else of a pale
sandy type, with equally pale eyes and
a retreating chin. In ordinary life he
wears spectacles, which at the request
Of the bride he discards at his we'd
ding, with the result that he stumbles
over the last step leading from the
chancel TO the altar aisles, and is only
saved from falling fat on his face by
desperately clutching at the brides
bouquet Ladies' Field.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Nlcknames Of Presidents.

A number Of Grants nicknames
arose from his initials. Unconditional
Surrender probably attained the wild
est popularity. The press Of his day
manufactured not a few U s. sobri
QUets. like Unprecedented StrategisL
Undaunted Stalwart and so on. The
soldiers called him Old Three Stars
and he was also styled Hero of Appo
mattox Garfield did not, OF course
become the Martyr President unit
after his tragic death. He was alsp
styled the Preacher President, iron
his early calling
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
CAN MAKE DEFINITE PLANS.

The assurance which has been practi-
cally given, that no tariff changes will be
made or seriously discussed through the
present session Of Congress. will be good
news to the farmers and builders and
manufacturers of the United States, and
whatever contributes to the we'll being Of
these classes is generously shared by all.
Plans for next year and the next year can
now be made with no shadow Of doubt to
question Or disturb them. The greatest
years business the American people have
ever enjoyed will be'followed by still an
other greater reoord-breaking season.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
HEALTHY BANK DEPOSITS.

An increase of twenty-five million dol
lars in the bank deposits of this state dur
ing the past year suggests an increased
earning and saving ability on the part Of
many thousand Michigan people. And the
best results of increased savings are the
stronger hopes and brighter expections
they provide for the years to come. The
sum of contentment and happiness in
Michigan next year will be the greater
because of the increased earnings and in
creased savings through the year just
closed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Sunrise for q CHAIRMAN.

II is on record that the pastor o
the only Catholic church in a small
town in Eastern Massachusetts, wa,
Obliged TO raise some money for re
pairing the church Finding that hi.
appeals met with little response, In
decided to make a tour Of the parisl
and solicit contributions. The loca
Mrs. Darlington saw him approac,
the house, and, going to the door, sh,
greeted the astonished eontleme
with Come rieht I'm. revenue father
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Varsity Men Start Laundry.

Eight years ago three young Eng
lish university men decided TO start
laundry that should be a model In
its process and work, and they snc-
ceeded. Recently they opened an ex-
hibition of their achievements in
Bond street. where it is hoped it will
make proper impression upon the
smart London women who have
been sending their lingerie and laces
TO Paris TO be dealt with.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Freak of liqhtnino Bolt.

A lightning bolt struck the home Of
Kellar Creagen, at Ringgold, Md,
running around his straw hat to above
his left ear, then down the side of his
neck to his body, tearing the shirt
collar, then down his right leg, tear
ing the shoe in half and splitting the
great toe. His skin was scorched,
but his hair was not even singed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
An Inspired Sermon.

"Your sermon this morning on The
Poor We Have Always With Us
seemed positively inspired" re-
marked the parishioner. and | didn't
notice that you used any notes. Was
it really extemporaneous?" Yes; the
idea came TO me after | saw how
small the collection was" replied the
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
NO BANK FAILURES.

Not a single bank failure has occurred
in Michigan during the year just closed
This is quite pleasing fact to the people
of one of the best states in the union, but
i. will not assist in the development of
mock-heroc war cries intended to suggest
condition of chaos and Generalization
as means of advancing partisan and
personal ends.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Cocaine in Calcutta.

The cocaine habit is increasing to
an alarming rate at Calcutta in spite
of the endeavor to suppress it. Two
tins Of the drug were recently found
in a package imported from England,
the contents of which were declared
TO be printed music" The importer
was fined $3.50.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

1t was good thing for him that William
Randolph Hearst hung on to his job as
congressman until he could find out for
sure whether or not he had landed the
mayorshp of greater New York. Had
he not he might now be politician out Of
a job, nasmuch as Tammany's candidate
McClellen, still adheres to the position.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
Dead Reckoning.

Dead reckoning is a term used in
yigation to express the estimation
that is made of a ships place without
having recourse to observation of the
celestial bodies. II is made by observ-
ing the way she makes by the log and
the course on which she has been
steered. making allowance for drift,
leeway, etc
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04
The Jasner.

Jasper is quartz, eolored by oxides
of iron and other minerals. II is
found in every color, from pure white
to dead black Chalcedony is the
name given to the semi-transparent
varieties. The best jasper is mined
in Egypt and in the Ural range,
where it is found in large blocks.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

William Jennings Bryans tour through
foreign lands may furnish first-class ma
terial for subsequent lectures, but it will
not pave the way for him to the presi-
dental chair People are satisfied to let
we'll enough alone.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-04

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspep-
sia eeery time. 1t drives out impuri-
ties, tons the stomach, restores per-
feet digestion, noamal weight, and
good health.