The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21

tho tyrannical thcocratic rule which en-.
sues IS insupportable, and can not be
tolerated among tree people.
With regard TO the right of protec,
ton for tho church. it. is impossible
to protect those who do evil from a
rghtful calling to account for their
evil doings. If the church organ could
for ono moment disassocatc the church
from the law-breaItiug leaders of that
church, 1t would get clearer vision.
! There has been no assault unun the
church. Consequently. there is no rca.
son TO call for protection for the church.
There havc been cXpositions Of the
crlmlualitics Of The leaders Of the
church and of their false attitude in
usurping civil rule and subvcrtmg
American institutions, but these expo,
Sitions wcro perfectly justified. and VIII
be continued until the onensc is
stopped. II il utterly illogical to claim
that because these law-brcakiug leaders
are called to account daily weekly or
at any time, that the church is at
tackled. There is nothing in such fool
ishncss as that, and the leaders of tho
American party arc not in the least
culpablc in this respect. They fully
endorse the proposition that all ought
10 be equal before tho law. excluding
especial privileges of leading lawlcss,
iaw.dctying lives, contemptuous OF the
laws of God ard man; men shall not
do so without being called to account.
With respect TO supporting a paper
in its vilo and lying attacks upon a
church." tho same answer applies. No
doubt tho organ means The Tribune,
and in so meaning we answer that we
have made no vile and lying attacks
upon the church or upon any one. We
have not attacked any church in any
way, and those things that we have
said against the church leaders are viIc
only because the conduct of those lead
ers is vile, and what we have said
lying attack, but is buttressed in every
cause by ample proof, usually the quo
tation OF the very words, oaths, and
protcstations Of those ecclcsiasts them
selves
The organ faIsifes again where it re.
fcres TO "'falschoods of the organ -
being exposed and rcfutcd in the U, s.
Senate. Nothing OF that kind has ever
happened There has been not even
shadow of an excuse for such an
utterly false statement by the church
organ, The Smoot case, which is un.
Il v,fyrrnl 10 Il.
cidcd not upon its merits. not upon
the facts presented in the hearing, but
upon false ground and for political
purposes only. We have frequently
quoted the core Of Senator Hoplin s
defense of Smoot, aud win present it
here again. Senator Hopkins predicated
his support OF Mr.. Smoot upon this
proposition;
Mr. President. we can sec from the tcs-
timony that appears before the tommit-
tee OF Privileges and Elections that the
Mormon Church Is undergoing n radical
change for the better.
Reed Smoot Is an apostle or this high
or and better Mormonism.. He stands for
the sacred things in tho church and
against polygamy and all the kindred
vices connected with that loathsome prac-
tce. In his position as member OF
er OF the doctrines OF the church. he has
done more 20 stamp out this foul blot
upon the civilization OF Utah and the
other Territories where nolygamy has
been practiced than any thousand men
outside the church.
Even the church organ has not had
the nerve to meet this trightful ar
raignmcnt Of the Mormon church under
guise of support OF Smoot; even it
has not had the simplicity to admit
that tho Mormon church is undergo
ing a radical change for the better.
or any change at all. 1t has not
claimed for Reed Smoot that he is
an apostle Of "that higher and better
Mormonism 1t has never stated that
polygamy is ga loathsome practice, y
and that it has all the kindred vices
connected with it. it has never ad-
mitted that polygamy is ga foul blot
upon the civilization Of Utah, nor
has any one ever shown that Reed
Smoot has ever done anything whatever
to wipe out that foul blot.
Inasmuch, therefore, as there is no
foundation whatever for any part of
the church organ s arraignment Of tho
American party leaders, and inasmuch
as the peace to which it invites this
community means the peace of bigotry
and decay. the prospect it holds out
as alluring is, in fact, revolving; and
there is not the least likelihood of the
organ deceiving any one Of intel!l-
pence into the least consideration of
It's tricky and utterly deceptive prop
osition.