The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-23
Every Member of Ruling Chm,
Ordered to Vote Church r.
publican Ticket.
CHURCH is IN POLITICS.
NO QUESTION ABOTTI
Willful, Deliberate and Nj
cious FalsehoOds Cireulat,I
to Whip Saints Into Lima

The whisper has gone forth tba, 4
need be no fear for the result =,
fall Is election, because of the fa.s
every individual member OF The =
in good standing, whether mall
female. has been or will be ins,sr
to vote the church Republican ~
irrespective of past or present
affiliations, in order to preserva
maintain intact the power OF the 49,
They are told that il is the intss,
of the American party. in case y;
success of the latter, 10 defeat Az.
Smoot, imprison the presidency ~
church and the twelve apostles
take from every Mormon voter tbs +
tive franchise.
In addition TO this willful. deljh..
and malicious falsehood, the memhs,
the church arc directly commss;
to vote the church Republican tieIa
else be excommuuicated from
church,
There is no question regarding
whisper No question that the edirt
issued. No question but thai h
ordered BY President Joseph r. s.,
His final blessing in his closing u,,'
at the recent conference contairsd (
command.
The Deseret News. the organ 81
church. printed an order 10 al msns.
of the church 30 vote for Taft.
Now IL remains TO be seen yb>t
| the manhood aud womanhood IN H
church will submit TO these comnas;
Whether they will submit TO be lsd
the polls just as cattle are led 70 /
sbambles for slaughter.
There are hundreds OF members
the church in Salt Lake county 4
have had their ewes opened. have ss,|
10 pay tithes. have rebelled aqaipst
taking away Of their franchise.
seen the wonderful improvement r
in Salt Lake City since the Ameril|
have been in power, who will rot 4
the commands. The voting macN
cannot be used against the Mor1
voter. 1t is absolutely secret. The q
ing down of the knob on the vo,|
machine leaves no record. except
record Of the machine. There ayf|
tell tale marks. No spoilers 10
them TO time afterward. to can q
on the carpet. The result will be
the progressive element in the eLr
will not obey the command, but
viii stand and vote with the part
progress.
The American party committss|
gagged the Sixteenth ward amuse1
hall for a meeting 10 be held on fn
October %. and had paid the rentd
the nall. The object of the meeting
to protest against the establisbi1@|
a proposed red.light district in tSs'|
cality. The speakers were to be B
Dininny, 4, j. Weber and NJ. z
son. Upon learning the purpcss
plan of the meeting the mansg,
refused TO permit the meeting z
held. and returned the money y
committee. The party who repre-.
the church in the deal was "
Davis. The church does not van
red light district discussed BY An.1
orators from an American standpell.
One Of the ways the Smoot "AnI
keeps up the circulation is by t&
tribution Of sample copies. In dit~
make the showing large the pars
not satisfied with delivering tle
colorod sheet in homes vh.r
is not wanted; the circulation ~
ment has tackled the cemeisne
a copy of the Smoot "Mouth, " ~
OF It's red ink, is laid upon the
OF Brigham Young in the prlyais
terry on First street; 81
That the church is in polite
tine command has gone forth y
churchmen TO vote the church ~
can ticket. regardless OF party
tions. is disclosed by the fact
s. Siddoway. one of the counsel
the bishop in the Third eceles'
ward. always heretofore q Den
and who was appointed Dene
jndge in his district. is now OUT
open working for the church hePu'
ticka-