Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
FOR AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.

Ex-senator Dubois peace PROPOSE
tion 10 the Ada county delegation to
tne Idaho Democratic state conven-
(. ,ion Offering his opponents the pres
idential electors in exchange for inc
stete chairman. the state committee
tho state ticket and the platform, has
very properly been turned down LOT
the reason that no anti-Church asl-
tation should be part Of politicai
campaign in this country The CON
,,An,ion of Ada county declared
against tho further exploitation OF the
eo-called mormon" question as
political issue. and the delegates re-
fuse 10 retreat from that truly Am
,r;can nositou which Dubois vicious
~ assails.
In this country all men and wo-
men have the privilege of believing
whatever seems right to them. They
nnv belong to whatever church they
choose. or to no church They may
worsI,ip In any manner approved by
their condolences, and no man can
lawfully assail their civic rights on
thnt account. When such assaults
nevertheless, are made, they snouiu
he resisted by all who believe in Am
erloau principles Of government
Trivial and commonplace as these
truths may seem. tremendous efforts
are constantly being put form to SET
,ben, aside. Ex-senator DUBOIS
friends have not concealed their aim
a. The Acknowledgement of every
church member in Idaho. They fully
revealed their purposes in the SUIT 10
oust from Office an intelligent ana eN-
empiary young man, Judge Bulge tor
no other reason than his church mem
hership The same un-Amercan SEN
timent IL poisoning public life IN OtaI
through the agitation Of disappointed
,,ol,tioinns. Every question that ought
I 10 he considered from II business OF
Z nolitical. point Of view, is distorted
ard d,scolored by those agitators, by
the infusion in the discussion OF rao'o
-"Moruonism" Under the circuih-
Fl stauces Church members are iorceu 70
defend their rights as American ctl|ehs
WIN ALI the constitutional means AZ
choir disposal. They are forced az
good citizens to do what they can II
defense OF tho American form o.
Government, which the anti No'
"a mon" agitation is seriously menacihg
The hattie wascd so valiantly' ana
ve may say successfully, though not
without enormous sacrifices by Latter
day saints, from the beginning against
anti-"Mormonlsm" is not struggle
for church domination In politics, as
Innartiu history viii make clear. The
church. as an organization, has no
political ambition. Its mission is 10
nroclalm the gospel of peace to the ut
ter,uost ends of the world But at
fa, az Latter-day Saints have beer
forced into that conflict, they have en-
gagged in It in defense of the Consu
tuition Of this Republic, which anu
"Mcrmnnism." whether Of the old typ
or new. would set at naught. And Their
is no doubt aa to the final outcome o
that conflict.
They have a legend at Drachenfels' OF
he Rhine. to the effect that the rock OF
which the castle was built at one TIM
was froauoNted By dragon to Whlcl
the Inhabitants IN the neighborhoo'
aaily sacrificed human being |
they neglected to pay this gruesom'
tribute 10 the appetite OF the monster
It svooped down upon them and ldllc'
ali who did not succeed in escapint
~ fnngs Al one time beautiful mai
son had been captured in war, and two
chiefs claimed the ownership TO set
. Tie the dispute the judge decided tina