The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11

and apostle, said, and the testimony in the Smoot
case asserts that what he said is still the teaching
of the church:
The kingdom of God is an order of government
established by divine authority 1t is the only legal
government that can exist in any part of the uni
All other governments are illegal and
authorized God, having made all beings and worlds,
las the supreme right to govern them by His own
laws and by officers of His appointment ANY
people attempting to govern themselves by laws of
their making and by officers of their own ap-
pointment in direct rebellion against the king
dom of God.
MIR. Crchlow the witness on the stand being
asked: "Is that the teaching of this church,
as you understand" replied:
1t undoubtedly is, if the Senator please It is a
theocracy hierarchy, government of priests and
the highest priests must necessarily govern and that
may be illustrated and enforced by almost every
issue of the Deseret News, in which the sermons
of their presidents and seventies and so on are
published every week and have been for ten wears
past That is true Of current volumes and the vol
umes of former years.
The president of the church is the source of all
law, the official organ of the church is the promu-
gator of all law. What is read in the Deseret News
is more binding than anything that is read in the
statute books of the United States or of anv Of the
States in which Mormons abide
1t has been clearly established through official in
practice of the Mormons, the commands that are
given to the public by the president of the church
through his Intermediates, superior to any ut
terance OF law that may emanate from the governing
authorities of the State or Nation
That is the point to keep in mind in considering
the question of Mormonism as it must be consid-
cred IN those States where disoyaty to country has
TO be encountered in every political convention at
every polling place and in every legislative gathering
Mormon1sm IS imposing it upon considerable
portion OF the people and is trying to impose if on
all the rest. 1t is doing this TN American and I'M
constitutional thing here under the folds of the FLAG
OF the republic and thousands of people 1ova1 enouoh
III the abstract permit it and assist in maintaining it.
because some demagogue tells them they must stand
by the party
invariably IT we would ask Mormon whether
nc would obey the laws of the United States or the
laws ol the church, testified Ogden Hiles in the
ofhoot case, he would say that he would obev the
laws of the church AS stated by Mr.. Critch1ow
Yesterday, IN every case-or in most everv case
the judge would offer the defendant who woo con-
Vlcted (of unlawful cohabitation or no1voan,v) the
cemency OF the suspension of judgment if he would
agree to obey the law. He would saw 4 choose TO
ooey the law OF God, rather than man-nade 1aws'n
AS' though laws commanding human beings to in
uuge IN the Illicit freedom of the beasts of the field
were God-made laws because some self-created head
OF the Mormon combination had proclaimed them TO
De- tnat ne might revel in the sin that DESTROYS BODY
and soul Ivy
Inc wonder of it is that loyal American citizens
peieVlng IN the supremacy of their own laws Chris
d people OF clean morals will lend their votes and
'leir support to such blasphemous doctrine to so
reasonable propaganda.
niS 10 the system OF law as it is expounded, pro-
Hn1 L.