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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-15
A Caustic Interview
With Senator Platt

New York World.
"Scnator,'' asked the reporter, "tell
me how you feel now toward Mr..
Roosevelt. -
"Just as 1 always did. l was in
position TO make him Governor in
1898. Black had alienatcd u large and
important section of the Republican
voters, and IL was necessary to pick
out a man who could win. Mr.. Roose'
welt, coming back from the war in
Cuba, was the man. | selected him,
and he was nominated. 1t was purely
politics. ] never was a Roosevelt man,
rs tho saying goes.
"After he was elected, as you will
remember, Mr.. Roosevelt discovered
the Ten Commandments. He went
around saying that two and Two make
four. He was having great time
telling about common honesty.
E'You remember that he used to
come down to New York to have
breakfasts with ME at the Fifth
Avenue hotel Gov. Roosevelt was
politician. Some Of his supporters
quoted the old saying that be who
sups with the devil-that's me
needs a long spoon. Roosevelt had a
long spoon. We got along well enough
III IDOSt
But, Senator, you kicked him up
stairs into the Presidency.
81 did that very thing. Roosevelt
wanted denomination for Governor
in 1900. The Republican organization
or machine in New York didn It want
him. / did what I could to stir up the
Western delegates at the Philadelphia
convention to make Roosevelt take
that nomination. lie had to take il.
He knew 1t was largely my work, and
for time he was vexcd. He thought
that making him Vice President meant
putting him out Of the race for the
Presidency.
''But later, and before he became
President through the death of Nc
knley, Mr.. Roosevelt saw things in
a new light. l think Mr.. Roosevelt
felt that he was IN line to be elected
President at the end OF Mckinley g
term. But I didn't help make him
Vice.Presidcnt with any such idea, -
You mean, Senator, that when
you kicked Gov. Roosevelt upstairs YOU
were getting rid of him politically7'
mean just that. -
And you were sorry when ne sue
ceeded to the Presidency"
We been sorry every time I
thought Of it. | never wanted
Theodore Roosevelt to be President.
1t was mistake, as / sec IL now, for
me to make him Vice President and
give him his chance TO be President -
"About Odell." asked the reporter.
- lou had some cause to be angry with
him?
81 had, but all that is past and
gono. Tho water has all gone under
the bridge. Ben and are good friends
now
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Mexico; but TO shield the church he
! could not or would not, name the town.
And the nearest he could get to that
| point will be seen in the following;
Tho Charmau.-At some house in the
| city2
Mr.. Hickman,-No. sir
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mr., Hickman.-As L stated, just out
! In the country.
The Chairman.-Out from the town?
Mr. Tjckman.-Yes, sir
The Chairman.--Iu the highway?
Mr., TlckmaD.-Yes, sir.
! The Chairlnan.-iIow many were pres
ent. in the highway when the ceremony
took place.
Mr.. Hickman.-Pcrhaps half dozen.
So it seems that the highways and
byways, even, are utilized in the de-
termined effort of the church to defy
the law. II there is danger in per-
forming the polygamous ceremony any
where among the haunts Of civilization,
then the Saints arc permitted to re-
pair to "thc lonely road or to any
other old place where they can commit
crime and fool the Government of
the United States-which is in posses
sion of the solemn promise Of the
church that there should he no more
plural marriages within the Mormon
church 'Ethroughout the world" 1t
must be the general secret instruc"
tion Of the authorities TO the Saints to
select these out-of- -the-way places
when it would he dangerous to enter
more convenient aud comfortable ones.
II surely WAS this instruction which
Hickman had in mind when he went
to Mexico and was polygamously mar
ried IN an obscure roadway; and 1T
certainly was this same teaching
which Reed Smoot, apostle Of the Nor
mon church, was remembering when he
testified III Washington concerning
what he would do if a revelation of his
church conhicted with the law Of
this country. The answer of the sin
spiredi apostle was as follows:
Mr.. Smoot.-And then I would further
state this, that " 1t [revelationJ con-
ficted with tho law OF my country In
country where 1t would not conflict.
Can there be any wonder that Hick-
lawful nuptials celebratcd-and in
lonely country road, at thatl But the
whole testimony goes TO show that
there never has been sincere effort
on the part Of Joseph T. Smith to stop
polygamy. and that his secret hope is
that as many Saints as can afford to
do SO will show their contempt for the
United States by following the Hiek-
man example-or adopt the Smoot pat
tern-anything TO fool the Gentilcs,
break the law, and keep the prophet
company. And there having been a
half dozen people along with Hickman,
who knows how many more were then
rnarrinn ,
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TITHE PAYING COMPULSORY.

IL has been charged that The tithing
system Of the Mormon church is a com.
pulsory tax, levied upon the members,
for the support of any proposition upon
which the prophet may sec tt to embark,
and that its chief community in Jury is
IN the fact that no accounting of the
disposition of the fund is made TO tho
contributors. To the first accusation the
Deseret News and the tithc collectors
have made total denial; and TO the sec.
ond the reply has been that the tithinp
accounts are open for the inspection of
tlthe payers, and that II is not the bus
mess Of the community as a whole what
becomes Of the money. No longer ago
than last April, the first presidency of
the Mormon church, over their personal
signatures, made the following declara.
hon concerning the tithipg fund;
The tithiug system ot the church. so
often denounced as oppressive and az
imposing an arbitrary ecclesiastical tax
is in reality system of free will Of
ferinGs.
But that presentation OF tho matter
was sent out to the world for the world 3
deception. II was dishonest and totally
untrutbful statement, as may be shown
by the law and doctrine Of the church.
as printed in the Doctrine and Cove.
nants. This is what that authoritative
work has to say, in the revelation estab-
fishing the system, as recorded in sec.
tion li9, paragraphs and ),
And after that, those who have thus
been tlthed, shall pay one-tenth OF all
their interest annually: and This shall be
4 STANDING LAW Unto THEM For
EVER. for my holy priesthood. saith the
Lord.
Verify say unto you. it shall come to
land OF Zion shall be tithcd OF their sur
plus properties, and shall observe this
Law. OF THEY SHALL NOT BE
FOUND WORTHY TO ABIDE AMONG
YOU.
If the Deseret News or the ecclesiasts
are able to construe that law into any
thing but an absolute commandment it
will be only because it suits their pur.
pose so to do-uot on account of rea.
sonable argument or Interpretation,
The Tribune can see the matter in but
one light; it places the same construc.
ton upon that law as tho hierarchs do
in dealing with their followers :-''pay
your tithing or get OUT Let any mem.
Der of the Mormon church refuse to
pay titbes, and what ia rhe result? First,
the teachers in the block on which the
delinquent lives "labor" with him in an
effort TO secure his regular contribution.
That failing, the bishop calls the erring
one TO account, and he is asked for some
reason why he refuses to pay. Whatever
cansc the backslider may put forward
for his dcclination TO be mulcted, that
cause is Mt once declared to be tho first
step in apostasy-and there is the be
ginning of the end If the man who dc.
sires TO take care of his own money
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WHERE IS THE SLANDER?

The fanatical wilmer of the church
the people of Utah being slandcred, we
entered broad denial. In response,
the wilmer cites ms evidence of
its charge Of SANDER, the following al
legged quotation from The Tribune:
There are more young men and wo-
men In polyeanly in the Mormon church
today than ever before In the history OF
that organization"
''In three hundred schoolhouses in Utah
the Mormon religion was taught by pub
lie school teachers
THE church dominates In all political
life"
church Officially restored polygamy as "a
practice OF the community
'The masses are impoverished and In
their old age the members of the church
arc compelled TO go to the poorhouses,
where they are sustained from the public
taxes. paid largely By GentiIes.'
It's 1.-THE church, teachings is treason
and Its teachers are traitors.
Now, without raising the question
of detached, fragmentary. and mac
curate quotation, or even of twisted or
misquotation. we ask where is the
slander9 What is there in the quota
tions that the church winner OBJ
jects to9 Again we ask, is it slander
to tell the truth7 And if SO, upon
whom does the odium rest' When it
is scandalous to tell the truth, is the
one who tells it the culprit. or the
one who does the scandalous actsa
Read the quotations.
The first is verified by our informa-
hon, and we believe it to be strictly
true.
The second was the official report of
the State School superintendent.
The third is a matter Of everyday
knowledge in Utah.
The fourth is the record of the con
ference referred to.
The fifth is disclosed TO be true by
actual occurrences, reported by name
and detail, from time to time.
The sixth is amply sustained by the
evidence and the record, and abso-
lutely verified by the testimony Of
President Joseph F. Smith IN the
Smoot case in Washington, culminat'
ing in his notorious and Infamous
declaration that ne was living IN de.
liance Of the laws of God and man, and
that he intended TO continue so to live.
So, we repeat, is it slander ia tell
the truths If not, what is untrue in
any of those six propositions? Have
lone with humbugging coyness, and
come to the front, The innocent
airs of virgin youth i'll becomes the
seasoned and vicious profligatc, lost TO
shame and irredcmable, in the
lardihood of Iawlcssness long con-
inued and defiant. The airs of the |
rgenuous are disgusting on those |,
hardened in vice. 1t Is silly for such |
o affect virtue they have lost all |
memory Of, and pose before the public
as models of purity, when their
rue role is that of thc degraded and |
ost. The church wilmer had better /,
yet down to a realization of it's true |
position, aud beg for mercy rather |
han trumpet its shame Its course |
hould be to turn to the better way,
'ather than to try 10 convince the
world tina the bad way is good.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-15
ORIGIN OF A GREAT INVENTION

ORIGIN OF A GREAT INVENTION,
Writing Of the career of GEORGE
Westinghouse In the May Everybodv7s.
raul Latzke says that the idea of the
alr'brakc was suggested to the inven-
tor, when little more than boy, in the
following fashion;
"On one of the daily trips of vounp
Westinghouse from Schenectady to the
foundry at Troy, his train was held up
by bad wreck. Two freights had
come together in head.on collision on
piece of straight track The enpi-
neers had seen the danger plainly, but
by the time the hand brakes were
brought into play it was too late, The
young man allowed these facts TO sink
into his mind. Then he said to one of
the train hands:
If the engineers had been able to
control their trains from the cab, the
wreck wIGck - e?glg have been prevented,
" Control 'em, how?'
" Brake Sem
- Yes. TheS'd had lots of time
- That was enough, The air-brake
was conceived, Amid the pilcd.up
wreckage. the thing that was TO make
the name of Westinghouse familiar To
every schoolboy the world over was
called into being, 1t did not come in
its perfected form, But the idea itself
had germinated -
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THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM,

1t has been one of the contentious
of the American party and The Tribune
that new polygamous marriages have
taken place in the Mormon church
since the issuance of the Woodruff
manifesto, and that the president of
the church Is responsible for all such
unlawful ceremonies. 1t has been the
constant denial of the Dcseret News
that there was truth IN either of these
assertions But the signed document
of the first presidency Of the Nor
mon church, which was confirmed
by the April conference, announces that
there have been such cases Of new
polygamy within the church; and the
News has been silent in the matter
ever since. AS to the responsibility Of
the president of the church for these
occurrences, there remains the writ.
ten church law in tho Doctrine and
Covenants. Joseph j. Smith con.
tinues to print the po]ygamous com.
mandment in that authoritative book,
and the particular section devoted to
that supposed revelation contains the
following in the seventh paragraph;
And there Is never but one on the earth
al time, on whom this power and the
keys Of this priesthood are conferred.
Without quoting the lengthy para
graph in its entirety, it can be said
the president Of The church is desic.
mated as this Cone who alone holds
this power. The prophet is understood
within the church to have the right
to delegate this authority to whom
aud TO as many as he chooses, This
has been done, as shown in the testi
mony of Josiah Hickman before the
Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections at Washington. After having
said that he was married to his plural
wife by one A. j.. Mcdonald, Hickman
was questioned as to what authority he
considered the officiating priest
possessed; and the following colloouy
will exhibit the general Mormon under.
standing, belief and practice:
The Chairman Who can perform This
ceremony OF marriage for time ana etern-
ity?
MI. ltlckman,-OnlS those that have
authority.
The Chairman, Who are those who
have authority to do that?
Mr., Hlckman.-l understand that Nc
Donald had 1t at the time
The Chairman: Presumably those high
er In authority
Mr.. Hickman.-Yes sir
The Chairmnn.-He had not The au-
thority himself?
Mr. Hickman-It must have been con-
ferred upon him,
The Chairman.-Who could confer to
MIR. Hickman.--lt must have been the
president, either directly or indirectly.
1t may he that the church organ will
not consider the testimony to be ade.
quate IN this matter; but in that case il
must say what was the nature of
the relationship assumed by Hickman
Mt the time and which he has since
maintained, Probably. however, n most
pkaso of the Hickman case
will be observed in the method adopted
to surround the ceremony with the ut
most secrecy for the purpose of thwart
ing the law; and III that the church
organ will be obliged to accompany
ordinary beings in acceptance of the
testimony of the principal in the affair.
Hickman had testified that the
polygamou5 ceremony was performed in
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Where The Tribune Is On Sale.

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A CONTEST IN TITLES.

The King OF Siam is in Paris. This
potontate rules his subjects by means
of the terrible title which trails after
his name. His adulators, living as ia
vorites under his princely bcnefac-
tions, OF grovcling at his feet in beast
" slavery under his relentless taxa
tion, have attributed to him all the
glorics which heaven and earth can
hold.
But not so fast, Chulalongkorn, King
of Siam, "grcatest, purest and most
divine master OF immortal souls, who
sees all things" We have here in
Utah man who could go 10 ''Gay
Paree' and put your tito "to the
bad. - Put on your majestic goggles,
Chulalongkorn, and behold! Also, ego
way back and sit down.
Joseph f, Smith, prophet, seer. and
revelator; prince of the kingdom Of
God on earth; most high. illustrious,
lnvincible and powerful law breaker
from the rising to the setting sun;
sheik of the tithc gathcrers; sachcm of
the Polygamous hosts; divine custodian
of the kernel in the nut; sirdar of the
slmpletons; lord paramount of the poll
ticians; liegc Of the lawmakers.
suzerain Of other peoples money;
monarch of the golden plates; sovereign
of tho urim and thummim; royal
rum'dum of the Rockies; bashaw of the
brcastplate; nabob Of the noodlepatcs:
hey of the bishops; mogul of the
Mouth; emperor of the Era; oligarch
of the Organ; nawaub of many
wickeyups; grand Turk of the hior-
archy; majestic potentate and anointed
king, 10 whom the moon is collar
button, the sun tie pin, aud whose
tiunkey is AlIah!'
Chulalongkorn, old boy, if you can't
do better with your title, you will be
asked to remain tethered for at least
a minute,
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NEW LAKE IN IDAHO.

new lake appears on the latest map
OF Idaho-Bake Walcott. and although
an artificial body OF water il is the largest
lake In Southern Idaho. Its area is
three times greater than that OF Big
Fayette lake In the western part of the
State, and Is three fourths the size of
Jackson lake In Wyoming. Lake Walcott
is created by the back water above the
great Minidoka dam recently constructed
by the reclamation service. 1t covers
about $4,000 acres, is thirty-five miles
long. and for more than seven miles it
has width OF about two miles.
Near the headgates and dam plans
are being nado for tree planting and
otherwise beautifying the shores. Lands
bordering the lake will later be watered
by means Of pumps. thus increasing the
attractions of the lake The fish com
mission Will be asked to stock the lake
with fish. Already ducks and geese in
large numbers are making 1t their sum
mcr headquarters. The country about
the lake until the advent OF the rsclama-
tion service about three years ago. was
an uninhabitable desert Today a popu-
lation Of 10000 is living there. Three
thriving towns have sprung UP and a
new railroad has been constructed The
Mnidoka project promises to become one
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No Reason for tb.|
} Jamestown Exvo,I
Leslie's Weekly.

Leslie's Weekly.
Aside from consideratio,. !.
torical and Sentimental !,
grounds Of justification frr n
tlon of the jamestown tsn',l.
the location chosen are 6sT.I
understanding. Even fros h
mental point Of view tbs O.
has little or no signifcsucs. 4
ty-ive miles removed fIo,
where Newport and bin h,
landed in the spring OF lNl'
rest, It's lack Of terminal AID n
portatioI facilities and adsr
accommodations, and lis =
from the great centers Of ID
all these deficiencies would. al
of most practical men, hsni
almost the last place to k q
the holding of a great nati::i
ton. The celebration bssu|
with nothing ready but ~ d
the army and nayy-aud I'd
ways ready; the ari: Of ps,a1
resented by unfinished Stais
a fine display Of ungradsd q
"A nice arrangement" Of Il
gardening fragments. Tds y
ors found an exposition vii|
exposed except the poor IA
those who fixed upon iha q.
incfficiency of those who ~
carry out the plans, This =
tion at present, and il g 4
dictcd that the show will IN
the most calamitous failure 4
tory OF cxpositions in tbs n
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BUT WE'RE THEY KIDNAPPED?
Boise Capita News.


Speaking OF official kidnapping two fcI-
lows in Jail at Salt Lake have a real
complaint OF that kind to make, They
were arrested few days ago az Nc
Cannon in this State, taken to Poca-
tello and placed in jail after being
searched and their money taken from
them, and held until an officer from
Utah came after them to take them
TO Salt Lake. where they were said TO
be wanted for robbery, Upon the ar
rival OF the Utah official the men were
asked TO go to Utah, but declined to
do 80 without requlsitIon papers prop
erly Issued They were not asked again.
but were bundled up and taken to the
train at o'clock In the morning and
landed in Utah without the formality
of such papers. The Idaho men con-
cerning whom the charge has been made
of being kidnapped from Colorado were
brought from that State to this upon
requisition papers regularly issued by the
government of Idaho and regularly hon.
ored by the Governor OF Colorado. In
that respect the Utah Idaho case differs
from the Idaho Colorado case. 1t raises
an interesting question as to whether
this difference in fact would make any
difference in Law.
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Some Poetry

THE CONTRITE LOVER
one called me on night OF wind and
rain
And | arose and drew the easement wide
Now, be thou friend or enemy" |
cried.
Enter to shelter and the peace there
This night, 10 neither is my hearth
denied"
And 10, from out the darkness one re-
Nor friend nor foe am I. but only
And as I stood lrresoute, I heard
The steps OF one departing, and Il sikh
i would that I had been thine
enemy
] have forgotten many and many guest
For whom l lit my lamps and gave my
best. '
And when he would depart detained
him still
would I might forget the other
Who found the board unspread, the
hearth grown chill.
The tender task OF welcoming m
Why should this thought be ever In my
breast?
I have forgotten many welcomed
.r.., guest
Il would that I had been thino
enemy
-Theodosia Garrison
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4 CHILD'S LAUGHTER.

- Cl1llb > IACGllIEE.
All the bells of heaven may ring,
All the birds OF heaven may sing.
All the wells on earth may spring.
All the winds on earth may bring
All sweet sounds together;
Sweeter far than all things heard.
Hand OF harper, tono of bird.
Sound OF woods at sundown stirred.
yelling waters winsome word,
Wind in warm wan weather
One thing yet there is that none
Hearing ere It's chime be done
Knows not we'll the sweetest ono
Heard OF man beneath the sun.
Hoped in heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong and loud and light,
Very sound OF very light
Heard from mornings rosiest hight.
When the soul Of all delight
Fills child's clear laughter.
Golden bells of welcome rolled
Never forth such notes nor told
Hours so blithe in tones so bold
AS The radiant mouth of gold
Here that rings forth heaven.
IL the golden crested wren
Were a nightingale. why then
Something seen and heard OF men
Might he half as sweet as when
Laughs child of seven.
a, G. Swinburnc.