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to eonfound the wise. and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world,
10 eonfound the things which are
mighty; and base things Of the world.
and things which are despised, hath
God chosen, yea, and things which are
| not TO bring to nought things that
are; that no flesh should glory IN his
| presence. - tI. Cor. I:a6-29s.
/ 4 feel, therefore. that I am under no
obligation to offer any apology for nay
behavior, and believe / have as much
right ito be about NV Fathers bust
ness as to be minding my own bust
/ ness IN the taropatehes to which
Rev. Beissel would so speedily have me
| committed
As to the Mormon PfiIistines' ;
whose cause | am accused of champion
Tag; il this unsavory epithet is intend
ed for the church of which I am proud
to be a member, / certainly shall
forego any apology for my utilization
with a people whose moral and civic
virtues place them on a parity with
i the best American citizens; that Is, If
/ the recent statements of such men as
Senators j. G. Burrows and Fred. T.
Dubois. made in the United States
Senate, are worthy of any eonsidera-
ton.
| | win quote from speech made by
the former as chairman OF the Com
/ mIttee on Privileges and Elections, On
the question of Reed Smoot s right to
a seat In the Senate:
The death Of Joseph Smith in 1914,
however, carried dismay and demorali-
cation throughout the entire member
ship Of the Mormon Church, scattering
| its adherents In divers directions and
for the time being seemed to presage
/ the complete overthrow and dissolu-
fIon of the organization Recovering,
| however, from the shock, the scattered
bands soon reappeared In various parts
OF the country and promulgated their
! doctrines with increased zeal, and set
| 70 work to reassemhie and reorganize
their scattered forces, resulting finally
| In the formation of what Is now known
and reeognizea as the Reorganized
Church of Jesus thirst of Latter Day
Saints, with headquarters at Lamont,
Iowa. and presided over BY Joseph
Smith. a son Of the prophet The
courts have repeatedly declared this
organization to be the legitimate sue
cessor Of the original Mormon Church,
and It's adherents, numbering some 80
900 PEACEABLE. PATRIOTIC AND
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS scattered
throughout the United States in small
church societies, conforming &c the
laws of their country wherever they
may be and adhering to the faith OF
the founder of their creed, REPUDI-
ATING AND DENOUNGING THE
DOCTRINE OF POLYGAMY AND
ITS ATTENDANT CRIMES, with
out temple, endowment house, or
secret order, worship in the open like
other church organizations, unques-
toned and unmoIested. (Congres-
SIGNAL Record, Dec. 13, l906l-
Hon. Fred. Z. Dubois. who was also
a member of the Committee on Priv
| iIeges and Elections, delivered a speech
December Is, 1906, in the United States
Senate. from which I quote the follow
ing extract: ssIt Is only fair, think,
for me to say-and / am glad the dis
tinguished Senator from Michigan Mr..
Burrows) treated upon it the other day
that there is branch of the Nor
mons called the sJosephites, who ought
to be separated clearly in the minds
of all the senators from the Brig
hamite Moruaons The Josephites claim
that they are the eustodians of the
church as it was founded They claim
that Brigham Young has INTERCEPTED
doctrines into the church which the
Mormons did not aeeep. IN the begin
ming. At any rate. however that may
be. the Josephite Mormons, with their
headquarters at Lamont, in the State
of Iowa, and wherever they are, no
matter in what part OF the country,
are AMONG THE BEST OF OUR
CITIZENS IN ALL RESPECTS. THEY
Do NOT BELIEVE IN POLYGAMY Z;
THEY NEVER PRACTICED POLY
GAMY. THEY DIsC0DNTENANCED
IT. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN
CHURCH DICTATTON IN POLIT-
ICAL AFFAIRS. They are the same
as other church organizations, and to
their religion no one has any ob3ecf1an-
T am glad to call the attention OF the
senators TO it, so that in future we
NAV not confuse the Josephite WITH
the Brighamite Mormons. lIongFes-
sionaf Record, Dee II. 1906
II Rev. Beissel hopes TO impeaeh the
testimony of these two gentlemen as
he is now desperately endeavor1ng to
do with that of the historians OF the
- Transitional period, let me remind
him that this testimony Is stu roo
modern.
ssBetter bide wee.
Yours gratefully
JOHN N. MAHTKA-
To- m Tan-