The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-19
THE PERSECUTED/PROPHET

! Prophet" and the paens OF the taber-
nacle organ and the voices OF the 'Saipts
| OF the Most High" join In the anthem OF
I praise 10 their poiygamic oracle. the
mighty chief OF this Tribe OF Joseph.N
The saints give him n harem, make hml
! TO lie down In green pastures and to-
( crop off the tithiDg grasses for goodly
! cud, for he Is tho rod and the staff OF
/ the saints and guidcth and cOmfortcth
! them. lie prcpareth bountiful political
! table IN the presence OF enemies and
siveth strong meat TO the valiant. He
anointeth the heads OF his new polygamic
! offspring with doubly blessed olive OIL
and his cup is full OF polygamic gladncss;
and o va saints. rejoice In the name or
keep u holy and poygaUic, for such Is
your only road 10 Mormon heaven. To
give MP the prophet is 70 lose hope. TO
be expelled from the tribe OF Israel
The prophet has led his fiocks into the
political battlefield against ''msnc enc
mics" 10 punish their insolcncc." and
TO foster and spread the faith. Ills hand
! maldens. sutherland and MoakIn. do him
signal duties in the slrategics of the DO
liticaI battlefield. aided by the Bacchann-
liau brewers and the hired contingent who
sacrifice the national good for n consld-
cration-the prophet has accomplished all
that he could desire in Mormon state
craft.
Ills saints boast of being the "do,ni-
nant church." and IL Is truly so. Doml-
nant. dominecrinG. ruling and not know
ing nor countcnsnclnS superior. and
So I'm the very definition. Il must prevail
over the state. it's laws. over and above
the national laws and morals. SANITY
prosecuting attorneys refuse 10 apply
th" law i'm case OF church polygamic Of
f"nScs, for his church is dominant"
But his church can go into the same
court 10 rob some widow OF hrr property:
and this same attorney is willing TO take
the casc-his church is dominant"
Congress inserted an anti -polygamv pro-
NisO Ia the enabling act for Utah. and
the prophets Dttorncy-gcncrat asked 70
have polygamy struck out from tho laws
OF Utah as an offense-bccausc "thc
church IS dominant y trustee OF the
Congregational church of this city. a
former foreman Of the grand Jury 10 in
vestieaic the Tanner polygamy, has cN-
pressed himself. "PolvGamy harms no
one. o., rather. with him" The Nor
mon church IS dominant" Verify. then.
tho prophets bottle OF amounting oil cX-
cccds all others with these dcvotccs; de-
voices which include many follows with
prcdisposition 10 tribal rcvcraion and it's
polygamic hankcrins. With all these vic
tories. and moro. too. how Is IL that tho
prophet and his church is prosecuted?
That polygamic organ tho Dcscret
News. has often claimed that The prophet
tho Mormon church In general Hrc Will
ficd. slandcrcd and prosecuted. II is
difficult for these Melchlsedccs 10 sec
that there are two antagonistic principles
involved in the Mormon problem. First.
the politics and ruling spirit OF the tribal
Mormon chicftalns, which they are in
l'fllE VIII dll lISIT energy INTO All OF
the affairs OF state into the schools and
all Of the free institutions OF the state;
second. the American spirit which has
built all Of tho free institutions OF the
United States, and eXcrts Its energies for
tho prcs"rvation and progress of these
free institutions, and the simple equal
and impartial enforcement OF tho Ia M
OF the state and nation. These principles
are in conflict In Utah. The American
contention is right. yet there arc MANY
who claim 10 be non Mormon who arc
f1IlI I'm vii fli,. ,-Ir ~ Ia,
Mormon Chicftains. II has been slow
work FOR the Mormon people In erect
court houses and school houses but not
so build tahcrnacles. dances halls. meet
ing houses or tithing-houScs. the former
came ut first in a weak way when the
Heaven Of the Gcntlle" Invaded Zion.
Every ward mcetinE-houSc seems 10 have
become a political school for the prophets
polyEamic or diabolc political principles.
while tho American homes arc the units
IN opposition. and this opposition now
needs patriotic organization. The for
cigu element which has been Mormoni-
fled Is usual lly very subSorvienl 90 the
elders and is not 81 small asset of the
prophet III IA political way
It is an anomaly that the Desert News
should claim 10 be American in any
differ materially in principles from what
" was fifty years ago. and for this
church organ 10 claim TO be patriotic
would be tho same as To declare that both
blood atonement' and polygamy are
American principles, and that the mas
sacrc at Mountain Meadows was an
American decd, while these things are
strictly Mormon
II is in the contention of these opposite
and antagonistic principles that these
Mclchisedccs and Asruns claim To be
prosecuted. and in the quoting of Mormon
church records Is another persecution.
The truth is the greatest prosecutor OF
the hierarchy. so ono would judge from
their denials and Shamcfaccdnoss over the
words of some of their former high
priests. Myths arc inventions Tor the
ignorant and childish, and the more ar
tticc employed in their makeup the bet
ter Will be the accomplishment OF the
purpose. The calamitous persecution OF
the saints OF the polygamic kind would
he the righteous enforcement of the laws
and customs OF the American people.
This would be the overcoming OF the po-
lItiCal principles of the now constituted
political powers in Utah, ard the Nor
mon church would no longer he pointed
out as dominant" and the ruling po-
litical factor. All manner os criminals
and enemies 20 society and law claim To
be prosecuted when they fall into the
clutches Of righteous and outraged JUS
ticc, and when so much is at stake for
them the truth is then not in them for
u takes falsehood TO uphold crime and
criminals. For this reason one would
naturally inquire into the immoral sources
OF the church political propaganda cx-
emplIfied in the present state admins
tration organs.