The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-23
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.


cities were committed, because the leaders of the
church were afraid that these outsiders might at
some time interfere with their evil practices and COM
pei them to obey civilized laws. For among other
things, since 1872 these leaders have practiced poly
gany, that hdeous relic of barbarism that crime
against honor and freedom. What pangs have
patient accomplishing women suffered, their homes
and children neglected their hearts love thrown ruth
leSSly aside tor newer loves. History records
how one apostle brutally murdered young that
ms TAR, pure bride might come into the apostles
harem is this religion or is it savagery? What
filthy inheritance will be given the children of these
households! For is this at all changed now? The
president of the church, Joseph F. Smith, nephew
OF the prophet but last year stood before the United
States Senate and said, Everyone knows that |
have five wives; | do not deny it, and the United
States has no right to interfere with my private
duct"
The republican party in 1856 adopted a plank de-
carng for the determination of those twin relics of
barbar1sm, slavery and polygamy At the cost of
millions OF dollars and thousands of precious lives
slavery was wiped out of this nation. More degrad-
ing, more venomous STILL polygamy remains. The
laws passed by congress were without avail; but in
1887 conditions in Utah became so unbearabe that
these acts were strengthened that some of the
polygamous offenders punished When Presi-
dent Woodruff of the Mormon church found that he
could no longer grappe with the United States gov
eminent, he issued Manifesto, purporting to be an
order to his Mormon followers to give up polyganly
Following this he sent prayer for amnesty to the
President of the United States avowng his sincerity
and asking pardon for those languishing in prison
GieVery 1t was arranged to admit Utah as a state
The people seemed to be good citizens the leaders
were apparently sincere, and in 1896 Utah was adj
mitted
Then the Mormon tyrant again regained the
throne Then the hldeouS serpent of polygamy again
co1led about the hearthstones Thus was the propE-
ecy OF Brigham Young fulfilled "Do not be discour-
aged by your repeated attempts to get into the union
as state We shall succeed; shall pull the wool
over the eyes of the American people and make them
swallow Mormonism polygamy and ALL"
T1111c Cyr,n. 1aIc al D-1
gamy thing of the past! More than half of the
twelve apostles are admittedly defying the law and
the government in that they openly living in
ooygamous relations Men are now selected bv the
hierarchy to enter poygamy and once they have
committed this crime against decency and the laws
u the state their sole protection lies in the church
E yI promuIgates this doctrine And woman is
hus degraded! She is the fountain of races in
P1ratlon yet she must not think, she must not feel
he must not know, she must not love- Not wife
T pt traction OF wife! The law of poygamy says
II ye accept not this doctrine We shall be damned"
laws against polygamy dead letters in Utah and
daho This nefarious practice cements the Mormon
e0ple together and binds them to the church For
nleSS this practice is upheld the povgamists are
dlSgraced and manv 4 child &c u,tbort
legitimate parent
10 say that the Manifesto against po1vgamv Is
ow IL; IN erect, is Himsy lying sham The law com
handing poygamy is still in the book of Doctrines
nd Covenants; and Joseph F. Smith on the witness
and declared that all the laws of the church hold
ist as much today as they ever did Thus polygamy
doctr1ne and law OF the church. practice of the
eople protected only by the power of the hierarchy
ID the force that separates the Mornons from the t.
entities, and binds them together is the vital creed
Mormonlsm But the real menace of the church tt
IS in its other activities t.
There dwells in Utah huge and ravenous Octo- I
is, a Devfish, from whose overfed BODY emanate G
ng threatening arms, fastening here and there with Il
erc1less death grip. This body is the Mormon h
urch; Its greedy NAV, the Mormon hierarchy. al
1eSe long arms are streams of co1onists sent ont
settle the surrounding countries. Already thew II
We fastened upon and are bleeding Idaho WON B
9, Colorado, New Mexico Arizona, Nevada, Ore fe