The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
the assemblage of the polygamous
priesthood
WHERE IS THE MONEY?


Senate on the proposal TO appropriate
900 to partially reimburse the Nor
mon church hierarchy in the person of
Reed Smoot for their expenditures, Sen
ator McLaurin of Mississippi, contended
that Justice and precedent required an
appropriation to the protcstants if one
were made for the protestce. He start
lingly proved his ease. Being contra
dicted by Senator Scott, he demons.
trated from the record that n protcs.
tant against Senator Scott himself had
received an appropriation for expenses
incurred in prosecuting the protest.
The sum of $4,000 was allowed out
of the United States treasury for the
Mormon church. and no appropriation
was made for the protcstants; proba-
bly, no expectation was disappointed,
for, after the vote which gave to Reed
Smoot his sent, the protestants did
not look for any consideration at the
hands of the Senate.
The Dcseret News editorializes upon
the subject. and concludes its article
with the following paragraphs;
During the debate on these amend
! ments some interesting Information was
! brought out Senator Dubois said the
! ministerial association and the women
| organizations of the country paid the
attorneys $500, and that this money
! was collected from "their people" II ii
! is true that the attorneys got all in ALL
I only $500. where Is the rest Of the She
/ kels that were contributed from pious
! individuals and congregations all over
/ the country? For II is almost morally
certain that much more than the sum
stated by Dubois was drummcd up,
Where is the rest OF 1t? Who has got
II? II the women organizations would
start another investigation to find out
the whereabouts OF their contributions,
they might learn something 10 their ad-
vantage. We arc told that million
American women were engaged in this
holy war If each Of them had con-
tributed only a poor little nickel. the
Ministerial association would have had
$4,000 to spend Where is the rest OF il?
me me government paid the witnesses.
Can ii he that a much smaller number
or women were interested in this agl-
tation than the leaders boasted OF?
senator Dubois also offered the infor-
nation that II the government relm-
pursed the women organizations, the
money would he used for good work
missionary work - 1t did not occur 10
MN. perhaps that the government OF
this country has no power 10 appropriate
pubic funds for missionary work"
lie saw. perhaps. a possible chance Of
getting that money himself. by and by
ne was soon undeceived. The proposi-
ton was ingloriously laid on the table.
They VIII have 10 pass the hat again
There is choice insolence for you,
What has become of the money! Be-
lore the church organ raises much pub
lie agitation upon this question. it.
might be well for that newspaper and
It's polygamous prophets to inform the
people Of this country what they have
done with the moneys and properties
restored TO them by the decision of |
court and act Of Congress upon the
condition that neyermore would the |
church teach or practice polygamy. 1t
might also be well for them to tell |
their people what they have done and
are continuing TO do with the millions
OF money which they collect annually |
out Of the toll of their dupes The Des.
eret News : very precise in its calcu-
latlon OF how much money was raised
for and by the protestants and is very !
eager to receive information concerning
Its distribution. Strange to saw, the
Dcseret News could not tell how much
money is raised annually for tithes and
donations within the Moromn church.
That is a subject so near home that
the News cannot be expected TO have
any knowledge. Furthermore, the News
is not at all curious on the subject. It
asks for no information. it has never
attempted to demand in the name of IFS
readers what has becomes of the vast
sums which are sweated from them an
nually If the News would dare 10
PROFOUND the same inquiry concerning
moneys flched from the pockets of Nor
mon adherents that 1t propounds CON
cernlng the moneys raised by and for
the protcstants against Reed Smoot,
there would he another vacancy in the
editorial staff and another polypamist
on the high seas, or in Europe. On the
subject of the amount OF contributions
and the use Of contributions to the
tithe funds the Descret News simply
answers that it is nobody's business.
And inasmuch as tho Deseret News did
not contribute any money to the cause
Of the protest against Reed Smoot.
a similar answer to its impertinence
would not be out of place.
And then the News carefully tells
The public that the Government of the
United States "has no power to an
Dropriate public funds for missionary
work. And yet it has done so-at the
of the News and its friends
The sum Of $4,000, appropriated to
reimburse Reed Smoot, is really re-
endorsement Of the Mormon church
and an aid to its missionary propa-
ganda- The moneys and properties ap-
to the Mormon church by
he Government, after the supposed set.
5lcment of the Utah question, have been
iscd by the church in some instances
'or missionary work-or what that
organization calls missionary
work.
There have been some contributions 4