The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-05
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old maxim, - ts he who Will not 80.
This IL illustrated. In part, BY the
attitude Of the Crawford organs with
regard TO the question Whether the
hierarchy, II leading encouragement
10 the candidacy u Mr.. Crawford for
the United States senate.
As this paper has heretofore sug-
Eestcd. the case rests substantially
upon probabilities. IL fs known for
a certainty that certain of the Mormon
elders. q In South Dakota, have 1t
various times criticised Senator Kilt
reage for hts opposition concerning
the SrnuUt matter. That these elders
seaeht e influence the public @;
Mr.. Kittreige IL 80 well attested ~ to
require no additional proof. At Worth.
ing, for instance. two Of the Mormon
elders were given TO understand BY
their auditors that no further refer
eracc by them to Mr. kittredg0s Atti-
tuae regarding Smoot would be toler.
ated.
The real point--the real meat--of
the whole Mormon question. 90 far ~
II relates TO Kttfedye, Is contained
In the vital issue thai Mr.. ktttr0dge
seat In the United States senate. No
writer. no legislator. no sociologist,
has 90 succinctiy stated the basis
for reasonable opposition to the seat
Ing Of Nernon apostles In either
branch O8 Congress - has Senator
kittredxe In his explanation Of his
vote against the seAtng q Smoot.
Senator KittrodEe has raised an 10
u that bids fair To become national
in character. He contends that so
long n the Mormon hierarchy coln-
tenances polygamy. ~ the evideace In
the Smoot case clearly shows. and
until the federal government shall
have been clothed with constitutional
power to deal directly with polyRAmy,
there is but one mode at punishment
sor Utah's violation OF the compact
by which 1t became q state. That
mode Is through = Withholding Of the
right from Mormon apostles to par
ticipate In national legislation.
The Mormon hierarchy undoubtedly
realizes the force Of this position.
Senator Kittredge has become q man
of national reputation. His reason
for denying Smoot the right to sit in
the senate strikes the country with
even greater force because MIR. Kilt
redge's opposition to Smoot cannot be
ascrihed to religious "fanaticism,"
which is urged by Mormons against
the church people who have taken
- RN1pat&0At AAAA16 6LkOQts
kittredge.s contention is so logical as
to preclude any Mormon defense that
otherwise might be set up.
There is still another basis for Nor
mon opposition to Kittredge. He
stands committed to the adoption Of
a constitutional amendment comforting
upon congress the right to deal direct
ly with pOlygamy and with polygamists
thus circumventing such states as
Jyfoh In thnsr nutAax{ attain
to ignore polygamy and to protect
polygamists from punishment.
In view of these facts the probabili-
ties a~ssuredly point to Mormon effort
to encompass Kittredge's defeat. 1t
does not require the brains OF eminent
logicians to understand why Mormon
breasts rankle with hatred for Kilt
redge.
When it is understood that the head
of the Mormon church has two million
dollars annually TO expend as the
apostolic board may direct, without
being under the necessity Of account
ing for the funds, the probabilities
mentioned In the preceding paragraph
Are NJ once strengthened.
IN this connection Ii may not be out
Of place to call attention to the evil
dence II Mr.. w. 8. Bowen, formerly
editor OF the Sioux Falls Press, now
A9S0IdnAU4 Will ~ GlCI oCA0AOI lUu
bois In the editorship Of the Scimitar,
published at Boise. Iraho. Mr.. Bowen
cannot be accused Of special friend
ship for Mr.. Kittredge, and yet it Is
manifest from what he says in his
paper that he believes that the Nor
mon hierarchy is secretly lending az
sistance 70 the effort 70 defeat the
senator. Commenting on q paragraph
recently appearing In the Faulkton
Advocate, Mr.. Bowen said in the
Scinitsr OF May 1e, 1908:
And South Dakota is getting a
touch O the power Of the hierarchy
to-. SENATOR Kittredge IL q republic
an a the NEST regular order. He ap-
proves O the Roosevelt policies gen
orally. In instance he asserted
his independent preference, in conse-
quence Of which he has brought down
on his head the concentrated opposition,
and, az the Advocate states, money
to defeat Senator Kittredge. This was
when he cast his vote In the senate Of
the United States. as n OF the two
representatives of a sovereign state
against . representative and defender
Of pclygamy retaining his seat in that
body.
Idaho extends cordial greeting to
South Dakota. We have q touch here
OF the power Of this menacing sect.
parading arrogautly before the peo-
pie as q church. There you have but
the campaign Of the agents of the
church with which to contend. Here
we have the votes Of 20. 0o0 Of their
d~evotees, ruled by the spirit OF '
lation from the polygamous head OF
the organization. direct from Salt
Lake.
Here they all profess to be repub-
licans, while there they are engaged
in q factioual fight within the repub-
licAn party, against a senator because
he voted q his patriotic conscience
babe Kim vote.
"All this In the name OF the church.
and under the guise of religion"
Secretary OF State Wipf. after q
continued and profound silence. has