The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-10
CHURCH DEMOCRAT
DISCUSSES FUTURE
Says He viii Stand Pat, .
Despite the Cry of Church
Leaders.
BELIEVES IN DOING
HIS RELIGIOUS DUTY
Does Not Believe in Being a
Traitor TO the Party OF
His Choice.

IF the Republican contingent OF
fine Mormon church believes that the
few Mormon Democrats who are left
intend TO give up the fight that they
so earnestly waged during the campaign
lust ended. that contingent has another
guess coming said prominent Nor.
mon Democrat 30 o representative OF
The Tribune Sunday.
''The fact is," The Tribune s ln'
formaut continued. ''that we arc fight
ing for principle and religious liberty.
The CRY is already going up that unless
we Join with the Republicans next rali
and put up a citizens ticket. that the
American party will win again at the
next city election, but so far as | am
concerned, and so far as many OF the
Mormon Democrats are concerned, the
quesnon of political supremacy at the
next city election is a matter OF sec
ondsry consideration.
How Harm Is Worked.
Tho fact is that We believe. and we
believe it as earnestly as We can, that
such tactics as were employed by the
Mormon church in the campaign Just
ended are working more harm to tue
church than any number OF Anerlcan
victories would work. | am q Mormon
and I believe a better Mormon than
those comprising the gang of whlsPerers
and intimidaters that were so abun-
dainty in evidence during the recent
campaign, but we all know, and we
know full we'll that the union OF church
and state never has been and never
viii be successful. IT. has been tried
in Utah and we all know the dire con-
No- Fnl1aTv-.1 and
following now. For this reason L am
against it.
81 want TO say for myself and the
other liberal minded Mormons of the
State that we do not propose 10 sub
nit TO church domination IN politics.
We do not propose TO go out and lden-
tify ourselves with party-work for
pelled to prove ourselves traitors in
single night, for the simple reason that
the governing body of the church gets
the idea that the members OF the church
should vote this or that ticket, for the
sole purpose Of defeating some party
that is considered aDtagoniotic 10 the
hierarchy.
Not an American.
'.I am NOT an American and have
never voted an American ticket, but l
am sensible TO the fact that this city
las leaped forward. as never before in
lis history. since the American party
gained control, and that my property
Is worth from 80 to 100 per cent more
than it was three years ago, OF course,
1 am not willing to admit that the city
would rot have gone ahead under 2
Democratic administration, or Repub~
lican admipistratiou-w'th the Snoot~
federal gang .eliminated-but ] am
merely endeavoring TO make the noint
& al ol-
have no just cause for complaint
against the party now IN power.
20 | feel, and ! know countless Nor
mon Democrats, and Republicans, too,
for that matter who feel, that the out
rageous lengths to which the governing
body OF the church went during the
campaign Just ended. To compel all the
members of the church to vote the he
publican ticket IN this county, IN order
10 beat the Americans, has done more
10 injurc the church in the eyes of all
fajr-miuded people than any action
that has been taken In years.
Explains His Stand.
every Mormon Democrat who
proved a traitor TO his party at the re-
cent election should read the speech of
Judge William II. King at Unity hall
upon the night preceding the conflict
Judge King declared that if the church
continued to interfere in politics, as il
did in the campaign Just closed, the
ime would come when the Gentiles OF
Utah would control the state in it's en-.
iiretv. And that is true.
So, in view of all this, and in view
OF the fact that ! am Mormon and
want to sec my church stand upon the
high plane upon which all religious or.
ganzations should stand. ] propose tc
resent with all the manhood I posses.
any and all efforts TO prevent me from
exercising my rights as free Amer
can citizen. In doing this. feel that
] am not only giving evidence of the
TACT that l wear no collar, but that
am performing my duty to The church
~ which / am n member