The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-02-08
NO 6HHNGE
so YEhRS
Mormon Doctrine the
Same as Ever
WOULD FORM A KINGDOM
Review of Present Conditions by
Goodwin's Weekly
WOULD FORM A KINGDOM

In an extended review OF the Smoot
case Goodwin's Weekly makes this anal
ysis of the Mormon church, its aims
and purposes:
'Joseph Smith announced himself a
chosen prophet of God, the one whom
the Infinite had entrusted with the prep
aration of this earth for the second
coming of the Messiah. OF course, he
claimed that by that authority he was
given the right to rule this earth in all
things, temporal as well as spiritual ;
that when he spoke it was his right
to be obeyed in all things-the die
tator alike of the souls and bodies OF
men. He founded a government and
taught that it was to extend over the
whole earth.
"No dispassionate man can find in that
government one trace of the teachings
of Jesus Christ. 1t is from "turret to
foundation stone" a despotism as pro
nounced, as pitiless, as implacable and
as nasty as was that of Solomon. Its
three vital tenets is for the chiefs (1)
to get money from dupes; (2) to get po-
litical power, no matter by what means,
and (3) through the name of religion
to legalize and sanctify the gratihca-
ton of the lusts of these chiefs.
"The men of Ohio could not endure
these assumptions, and Joseph Smith
found it convenient to leave that state
between two days. 1t was the same
way in Missouri; the hard-headed men
of that state arose and drove the
prophet and his followers out.
ct was the same in Illinois. There
the men, after welcoming them as per
secuted pilgrims, and after giving them
site for city and charter, in little
time arose, killed the prophet and his
brother and fired the remnant out beyond
the borders of the state
THAT remnant came here and estab-
lished a purely theocratic government
On their landing their souls were filled
with bitterness toward the people and
government of the United States.
1T is unnecessary to review what
they did in their determination to be
a law unto themselves and to defy all
laws of the United States that interfered
with them. At last, though, their de-
fance led up to theintroduction in con-
gress of bill to disfranchise the whole
host as aliens. This was menace to
their power so great that they seemed
to surrender. They promised that there
should be no more polygamy and that
thenceforth their people should be po-
litically free This obtained statehood
for them and a restoration of their es-
cheated property.
This obtained, they proceeded to ig-
more and repudiate every covenant they
had made to obtain statehood. The
manifesto suspending polygamy was
suppressed in all their "holy" books. The
old command to engage in polygamy is
in full force and has been ratified in
open conference.
Their political rule over their people
is absolute. They hold full control over
Utah, they have the balance Of power
in Wyoming and Idaho. Through their
political power and money they can get
grave United States senators to the
very brink of perjury for them, and
other grave senators TO appear as their
special attorneys.
NO man can point out one tenet OF
their original faith that they have sur
rendered, not one that is not in force
today.
1T is clear, too, that were twenty
five states more of this republic repre-
sented in congress as Utah is today, our
republic would cease to exist in an hour