Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-06-13
SOME CHOICE REMARKS.

There are people in this stat
who continually scout the idea tina
polygamy exists or the Mormon
church continues teaching its prac
tice to its members. No doubt tn
recent set Of resolutions passed b,
that church recommending its dis
continuance has had much to d,
with the erroneous idea Of the de
tenders Of the church, who solemn
ly declare there lie nothing in thu
Mormon question. While it is gen
orally known a like set of resolu
tions was passed in 1890, denounc
ing polygamy and that subsequent
ly case after case Of plural mar
riages have been proven and the
head of the church himself testi.
fed upon oath before the Smoot
investigation committee that he
was and intended to continue itt
practice in open defy of the laws Of
God, the nation and the state, the
Gentle defenders of the Mormons
grasped quickly at this last straw
Of fabrication to weave in the flimsy
cloak of defense used to cover up
the base practices taught and in.
dulged in by Joseph Smith and his
bull elders.
Ordinarily it would be expected
the rotten practices Of the outfit,
for time at least would be on the
quiet, after the big mounting they
INDUCED in by the way Of denun-
citation of polygamy. But their
animal instinct has gotten the bet
ter of them already and they are
again preaching far and wide the
necessity of the practice Of the old
game. Possibly the whitewashing
the investigation committee of the
senate gave Smoot has nerved them
up to attempt it. Smoot, an apos-
tie in their church, one OF the main
pillars, was declared by Senator
Hopkins of Illinois to be $50 good
man that l almost doubt him."
Is it that such remarks as these
have stiffened up their backbones
and caused the following utter
ances Of the elders of the church?
Elder Brigham III. Roberts de-
livered the following remarks at
Salt Lake last Sunday. He frank
ly declared that the church had
surrendered not one iota of it's be-
lief in the principle OF polygamy.
OF himself he said:
81 stand exactly where did ten
years ago, namely, that though the
church proclaimed against the con-
tinuation Of this relationship,
though the state proclaimed
against it, neither the church nor
the state may absolve the moral
obligations l am under, or release
me from that moral duty"
Mr.. Roberts characterized the
ministers as belonging to a third
sex, neither male nor female, and
said they were better qualified for
pink teas than craftsmanship.
All of the high officials Of the
church, including President Smith,
were present and tacitly endorsed
the address of Mr.. Roberts as an
utterance of the church body.
But to Elder Gerard belongs
the greatest blessings of the church
for it was this young fellow who
first reiterated the necessity OF the
continuance of polygamy. The
elder is sent out by the church, is
the mouthpiece of the church, and
what he says is approved by the
sect which he is connected with.
Here is his statement; how does it
look to our friends who are SO gal.
liant in their defense of the poor
Mormons:
There is no question that poly
gamy is the true and only means of
redeeming the world from the ter
rible wickedness which now pre-
walls.
"Ninety-fve per cent of the
women and ninety-seven per cent
OF the men of today are not virtu-
ons.
"To every million men there are
two million women; which means
that this extra million women who
were put in the world for purpose
are unable to fill the part which
God intended they should-that of
reproduction. Race suicide is the