The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-30
JOHN HAY AS WITNESS.

Another witness has been brought
into our controversy with the church
organ concerning the killing of JOSEPH
and Hyrum Smith at Nauvoo This
time it is Mr. John Hay AS in the
case of Hon, Adlai E, Stevenson IS book
the News has quoted from Mr.. Hay s
article in the Atlantic Monthly for De.
cember, 1869, but only such portions
as suited its purpose. AS with Mr.
Stevenson, so with Mr. Hay-The Trib.
une will take the church organ s, wit
ness in hand.
First, The Tribune is somewhat sur.
prised that the News should quote ap-
provingly from Mr. Hays article: be.
cause IT is not many years ago that
the church oroan reviewed that writing
and declared it to be a disgrace to Mr..
Hay; that it would prove to be an ever,
lasting blot upon his character as a
man; that he would live to regret that
he had ever written it; and that he
would meet the same fateful destruc-
ton. upon it's account, that always over
takes those who make onslaught upon
the ''work of the Lord. - Incidentally.
we might remind the News that, not.
withstandiug it's direful prophecy, Mr..
Hay has since arisen to one of the
proudest positions in the Nation, and
one that conveys with its conference
most striking exhibition of conf
thai fp frn,,,
try-the portfolio of National Secre
tary of State.
But in now appealing to this witness
whom IT formerly cursed, the News has
followed closely its wonted line of con.
duct--accepting that which suits it and
rejecting that which does not serve its
purpose-even though the one be as
false as the other is true. II makes
lame apology for its elision and sup.
preston by charactcriziNg Mr.. Hays
article as being occasionally clip
pant;' but the main facts are civ.
en-" it says, "with historical faithful.
ness Under that recommendation we
proceed to quote the following recital
of Mr.. Hay as portraying one Of the
'main facts;p
As early as 1888. the prophet Joe
smith aiit seems Gems to have adopted that fasci-
naune theory. that all pretty women
nave the right TO charm us. and the wife's
claim OF mere priority should not injure
the u, Just pretenslons OF others to our ad :
miration. Joseph had never read Mo-
licrc-nor anybody else-and so he did not
copy either the language or manner OF the
irresistible Signor Tenorio. His lovers
effective for the favor of cant there was
In It, His weapons were direct revela-
tions and promises Of mansions In the
sky. His wooing prosDered In spite OF the
wife, who exhibited a natural though
purely eclectic skeptlcism in regard 10
those special revelations
In the spring OF 1914 I'm Nauvoo the
prophet saw the wife OF DIR. Foster, adj
mired her: and. led by his evil genius.
marched to conquest and found defeat, Her
call defensive. with offensive return"
She supplemented Lucretja with Kan
lhippe. and her husband. the doctor, found
the thing over with. Law. whose
placens uxor had received and declined
the same sanity oVertures. and they came
the light should be turned upon such an
iuiquity. They bought press and types,
and appealed 10 the court OF final resort
for all of Anglo-Saxon blood-printer's-
Ink
The first and last number OF the Nauvoo
ESpositor was published upon the 7th OF
June. and l have had the good fortune
to see copy OF this sole edition. The
Expositor's motto IL, 1.-THE Truth. the
whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth"
With this Mr. Hay begins his re.
cital, 1t absolutely confirms what The
Tribune has been saying with respect
to one of the causes that led mp TO the
killing of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
The immortality referred to by Mr. Hay
was directly and seriously CHARGED