The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-09
Saws He viii "Stand Pat"
Despite the Cry of Church
Leaders.
BELIEVES IN DOING
HIS RELIGIOUS DUTY
Does Not Believe in Being q
Traitor to the Party of
His Choice.

tsIf the Republican contingent OF
tho Mormon church believes that the
few Mormon Democrats who are ieit
intend 10 give up the fight that they
so earnestly wagcd during the campaign
Just ended, that contingent has another
guess coming" said prominent Mor.
mon Democrat TO representative of
The Tribune Sunday
"The fact is, The Tribune IN
formant continued, ''tbaS we are fight
ing for principle and religious liberty
The CRY is already going up that unless
we Join with the Republicans next fall
and put up q citizens ticket. that. t1e
American party will win again at the
next city election, but so far as l am
concerned. and so far as many or the
Mormon Democrats are concerned, the
question of political supremacy at the
next city election IS matter OF Sec
ondary consideration.
How Harm L. Worked.
"Tbe fact is that we believe, and we
believe it as earnestly as we can, that
such tactics as were employed by the
Mormon church in the campaign just
ended are working more harm to the
church than any number of American
victories would work l am a Mormon
and / believe a better Mormon than
those comprising tho gang of whisperers
and intimidaters that were so abun-
dantly in evidence during the recent
campaign, but we all know, and we
know full well. that the union of church
and state never has been and never
will be successful. Il has been tried
in Utah and we all know the dire con-
sequences that followed then and are
following now. For this reason 1 am
against it.
''I want TO say for myself and the
other liberal minded Mormons Of the
State that we do not propose to sub
NIT to church domination in politics.
We do not propose TO go out and ldeu-
tify ourselves with party-work for
it and fight for it-and then be COM
PEELED to prove ourselves traitors in a
single night, for the simple reason that
the governing body of the church gets
the idea that the members of the church
should vote this or that ticket, for the
sole purpose Of defeating some party
that is considered antagonistic 20 the
hierarchy.
Not an American.
E'I am not an American and have
never voted an American ticket, but I
am sensible to the fact that this city
has leaped forward, as never before in
gained control, and that my property
is worth from 80 TO 100 per cent more
than it was three years ago, OF course.
I am not willing to admit that the city
would not have gone ahead under a
Democratic administration, or Repnb-
lican administration-with the Smoot-
federal gang ellminated-but l am
merely endeavoring TO make the point
that the property owners of Salt Lake
nyNl inf
against the party now in power.
"I feel, and l know countless Nor
mon Democrats, and Republicans, too,
for that matter, who feel, that the out
rageous lengths to which the governing
body of the church went during the
campaign Just ended, to compel al the
members of the church TO vote the Re
publican ticket in this county. in order
TO beat the Americans, has done more
TO injure the church in the eyes of all
1alr"mlnded people than any action
that has been taken in years.
Explains His Stand
every Mormon Democrat who
proved traitor to his party at the re.
cent election should read the speech of
Judge William II, King at Unity hall
upon the night preceding the conflict.
Judge King declared that ii the church
continued to interfere in politics, as it
uiu III tne campHlgn' Just closed, the
time would come when the Gentiles of
Utah would control the state in its en-
tirety. And that is true.
$50, in view of all this, and in view
of the fact that I am a Mormon and
want to see my church stand upon the
high plane upon which all religious or
ganizations should stand. ! propose TO
resent with all the manhood ! possess
any and all efforts to prevent me from
q fra
can citizen. In doing this. I feel that
l am not only giving evidence OF The
fact that l wear no collar, but that 7
am performing my duty to the church
OF which ] am a member.''