The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-26
APOSTOLIC ROOT FOR sMooT.

Speaking, of Apostle Reed smoot. the
speaker said that he had yindicated the
gospel of the Son of God in tho Congress
ional halls OF the United States. and that
he. smoo5, was true to his trust and had
a man without stain or reproach.-Ser-
mon of Apostle Hyrum Smith at Emery
stake conference, reported in the Emery
County Progress, April 25, 1905.
! Since developments at the October
conference of the Mormon church, Just
passed, it is easy 10 see why so young
2 man as Hyrum Smith was called to
the stleship-that Is. it is not diff
cult TO discover one Of the reasons for
his exaltation to high place, He is the
medium between the Great l Am Of
| the polygamous cult and the canaille
of the church. and can always be de-
pended upon 10 voice the wishes OF the
Sick Man Of Utah. On Tuesday, Octo-
Der 6, 1908. Joseph f. Smith thanked
God for Reed Smoot, but Hyrum had
already paved the way in the outer dis
| tricts for this chief pTonoupcemeut.
In the meantime it is for senseloss per
sons TO believe that Apostle Smoot is
not the candidate Of the Mormon lead
ers, and that these men do not inter.
fere in politics: but if they are so
minded it were much better that they
keep their thoughts TO themselves and
not earn the laughter of sensible men
by exposing their OWN stupidity,
Now. as to tho case with which tho
! chief priests impose their Will, political
and otherwise, upon the annual and
semi annual conferences Of the church.
and thus making the whole body con-
nive at and support their criminality
and tyranny, it may be enlightening TO
make a statement of fact that no high
priest and no publicist Of the Mormon
church will dony. When these confer,
ences are In session, it is a familiar
practice with members of the church
who live in Salt Lake 10 say that they
have frequent opportunity TO attend
meetings at the tabernacle, while their
country friends are so privileged only
when they come to town. For that rea-
son they literally give way to their
brethren and sisters from the outer dis
tricts, and remain at home-the women
TO do the cooking and the men to at
tend to their daily duties and to
"chore around the house, for the com
fort of their visitors. Under that con-
dition, the conferences are filled with
people who are not so intimately aco
ouainted with the exact situation here.
They receive no information at homo
except that given 10 them through the
hvpocritical sermons preached TO them
by their viciously purposeful leaders,
and they get no Hnews' but that con.
veycd TO them through the columns of
the untruthful church organ. As a
natural consequence they are fully pre-.
pared to swallow any proposition which
the leaders may present to them at the
conference. The better Informed Nor
mon is not there, while the more poorly !
equipped member OF the church is pres
ent TO act in the matter OF prescribing
rules for the conduct Of all. II is the I
truth that the church leaders have
often advised city folk to remain ut
home during conference to give room in
the tabernacle for their country visit
ors; and no man is able TO say that the |
prophets knew not what they did when !
they delivered that advice.
II is safe to say that not ten per |
cent of the Mormon people know the !
nature of the testimony in the Smoot !
case-the disgrace that was brought !
upon them; the contumely with which !
they have been burdened; the ex
posures of persistent criminality that
have been made; the utter unreason /
and vicious stubbornness that have |
been laid bare IN the hierarchical char
acter; the villainous determination TO
rob the people and to deprive them OF
their political rights that have been
stripped TO the astounded gaze of the
world The Deserct News has not told
them of these things, so that they could
come to conference armed with the
truth and a determination to make
truth prevail to the downfall Of their