The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-08
early his speech expressing thanks for
the unexpected honor.
STOP TT.

The Descret News has gone mad
| again--or is mad yet, In frenzied
appeal it calls upon all the powers of
earth to Z" Stop II. -
The News wants 'It stopped
stopped - The Commercial Club and
the NJ & NJ Association and the rail
roads and the business men are wild
ly called upon by the News TO suppress
The Salt Lake Tribune. Well, suppose
The Tribune were suppressed, what
then
Why this. there would not be any
Commercial Club nor NJ, & NJ. Asso-
citation nor any railroads nor any bust.
ness men in Salt Lake except such as
would be entirely subservient to the
Mormon hierarchy.
And then the News would ask that
the Christian ministers Of the communi-
" be suppressed. And what would fol-
low this' The smelters would "bank
their fires, - to quote the Deseret News;
so long as they ran they would be com
PEELED TO paw their tribute indirectly to
the tithing fund, and when that trib.
ute was not sufficient special law of
the Legislatures threatened by the
Deseret News-would be procured 10
put them out Of business. The Federal
courts would be suppressed. And If the
Nation sought to interfere, the Nauvoo
Legion would then be called out and
the few remaining Gentiles in Utah
would be pressed into service to sup
press the Nation.
See how simple il is. The Deseret
News cries 20 NIL the money-msking and
business interests in this community.
which are thriving in the midst of
American progress here. to pause in
their own affairs and enlist under the
black flag of the News and the Mormon
church 10 suppress The Salt Lake Trib
une-and then TO suppress everything
else that is not IN consonance with the
Oriental ideas Of the much-married ~.
rant who issues his eGicts against law
and civilization through the columns Of
the church organ.
Why, if it had not been for The Salt
Lake Tribune and its progenitor. the
Utah Magazine. and the Nidstte. which
preceded even the Utah Magazine, there
would be no Gentle business men and
Commercial Club and no Real Estate
Exchange and no other "outside'' in
terests here which could be called upon
10 suppress the very thing which has
made their existence here possibility. !
If Joseph +. Smith had his wsy-and |
the Deserct News is his spokesman |
there would not he Gentle in Utah. |
The proof Of that appears in the Ian
guage OF Joseph +. Smith, which The |
Tribune quotes as follows;
The Gcntles are coming among us 10 !
buy our homes and land. We should !
not sell 20 them nor aid them. they |
ore the enemies Of the kingdom Of God. |
Said he had never sough, 70 be a vast !
land owner. but has never sold an Inch |
OF ground 10 an enemy Of Gods work |
Report IN s.. George Advocate OF Smiths /,
sermon.
Now, if Joseph +. Smith vouTd not !
sell foot of land to an outsider and |
If he would not lend aid 10 one. then I
that is his idea Of communi- |
" life; and if his plan could prevail,
there wouldn t be place in Utah upon
which Gentle could set his foot and |
call it home.
Yes, Gentilcs. YOU who are now un-
der the command OF God s vicegerent-
If there be any sucn Gentiles, stop mon /
ey-making; suppress every agency of !
civilization in this community; bat for !
God g sake-the polygamous Mormon |
God s sake-do not suppress polygamy |
That is sacred. Do not suppress law
breaking That is religion.