Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-02


dorse and commend the "News" for
its editorial resentment OF the covert
insinuatlou by the Inter Mountain Re
pubuocn that the Mormon people are
inslncerc Boa their fight for prohibit
tion This calumny is rendered au the
more despiCablo by reason OF soli-
citude for Mormon welfare $50 ostcn-
| tati0usly displayed between the lines.
With hundreds of others who believe
in the doctrines aud sustain the lead
ors of the Church. I have taken an
active part. To- the extent OF my poor
ability in behalf of prohibition. And
have been working along this line as
| p special officer without salary for 10
| years
This course has been dictated by the
| firm conviction that 10 is right and
| I ann satisfied that my associates feel
| the same way We have found in~pira-
| ton iu the knowledge that 30 is in
| limo with the teachings and practises
of our people We were stimulated
/ to greater activity by the resolution
| OF the last general conference pledRmg
] us and every member of the Church
] to work 60 this end We have been
/ encouraged from time 20 time by those
| ln whom we have confidence We have
! no personal ambitions TO crafty and
! expect no reward save that which an
/ the people viii share as result Of
| prohibition.
Feeling this way and knowing where
| we stand it would Doe amusing IL IL
] were not offensive To- read iu columns
| flying the flag Of friendship that the
/ prohibition movement bon Utah was
| born of ignorance and insincerity and
| nurtured iu vain effort Of the Nor
/ mon people to- obtain sympathy and
| good company
A few random excerpts from
an.
| inter- Mountain will explain its att
| ttude better than anothers words
| could describe &c.
The Mormons occupy "a place of
/ peculiar isolation" 10 SAYS and goes
| ON to explain that certain ministers
| who oppose Mormonism for reasons
best known 90 themselves have so en-
phasized this ISOLATION and the
| Mormon people themselves have so
chafed under %, that when the wave
| OF temperance reform reached Utah.
| although naturally inclined TO iudif-
| ference. certain active and alert mon,
influential In the Mormon body saw
| "a chance TO make a grand stand play
! They had a. not unnatural desire to
have their church take n recognized
place iu the moral forces OF the ma
| ton. and % the world saws the In
ter Mountain. They recognized the
| isolation so long existent and were
not insensible OF the charm OF rang
ing their church alongside-and with
out challenge or question-au other
| churches and reform organizations OF
the land. It was a new place. 1t was
a place In all the past denied them.
Il had the same desirability that good
company always offers to any ONE
! Now whatever put into the head OF our
snu-prohibiuon friend the idea that the
| Mormon people were calling under an
| isolation 80 alone complains OF. or that
! they were so anxious FOR good COM
pany' they would play any. part 10
secure it2 The Mormon people are not
particularly noted for advocating doc
/ trlnes merely 20 win popular approval.
History seems 90 tell a different tale
| That insiuuatiOn, then, is as libelouB
| as IL Is false II charges lnslncerity. II
] holds The people 40 10 ridiculc as turn
coats who are ready 10 espouse "a cause
| for the sake of alliances the value Of
! which they know how 90 appralse with
| out the newly acquired experience Of the
Republican organ as guide
Here was am opportunity" says the
| inter Mountain. ITO place The Mormon es-
| reform bodies Hero was the final ana
| silcuciuE answer tu am tho harsh ut
terances against them
| And so. 90 silence am harsh criticism.
these active alert and influential men
have sought ITO place the Mormon es-
la9llsnmeni h i4g very forg. front Of
| reform bodies Then. why this inter
! ference from one who has posed aa "a
] tueudE Doesn't the Republican want the
corned in the welfare of some other
| establishment
Further along Sc reveals a solIcftude
| for The Church that D. really touching
IL points out another danger and says.
Every community waits fur Its IeHd-
! ing mon Men of power become Leading
men because they initiate Naturally.
| that Eort Hr prominent iu the Mormon
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