The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-30

that is against the chances of the fusion coun
cmanic ticket being elected
WALLACE MEN SIMPLY TRYING TO DEFEAT
THE REPUBLICANS.
Remember that the Tribune knew the value OF
that catalogue of the church offices held by the men
named in the list of fifty. Remember that the Trib
une says it got it's information from the Wallace
crowd. Remember that the Wallace crowd knew the
Tribune would understand the significance of those
offices, and would use them accordingly
The Wallace people are not trying to elect Wal
lace. They might well try to elect the man in
the They are not trying to elect the fusion
councimanic ticket They simply and solely try
ing to insure the of the Kearns ticket-from
top to bottom. 1t is either that or the Republican
victOry-and they would rather defeat the Repub-
cans than beat the Kearns crowd-any time
But, bad as is that motive, it can be forgiven. We
cannot and would dictate the political action OF
voter We cannot choose his political preference
for him. He has a right to work for the Kearns
ticket, if he does pretend to be Wallace man
BUT DON'T BETRAY YOUR CHURCH
But we do protest against his pretense that the
Mormon church is backing him. Against that we
utter warning in no uncertain sound No friend Of
the Mormon people ever uttered that circular. No
friend of Utah helped in its fabrication. No
with political sense ever sent it forth to the
world. And no citizen with calm reason viii be de
eeived by it.
The Mormon church is keeping out of politics.
The leaders of the church, the great who have
directed the destnies of that marvellous organization,
make effort to the political action of the
members of that church. They give to their people
perfect freedom. There is not society the face
the earth which nerferes in the civic conduct
of its devOtees than does the Mormon church.
MORE HARMFUL THAN A PESTILENCE.
It is intoIerable that a little band of men shall
pretend that they represent the will of the church
leaders. It is menace to the whole membership of
the Mormon people. In this time when the Tribune
is paying money to prove church control, this I'M
fortunate circular is especially to be depored In
this time when the people of other states have just
begun to give Utah credit conceded to every other
state, this attack from within the citadel is more
harmful than a pestilence
We have held from the beginning that the Nor
church does not control the politics of the Nor
mon people. We have held from the beginning that
the Mormons are as free as Methodsts Presby-
terians or members of any other church. We have
held from the beginning that the clamor of the Trib
une is unfounded a damage to the state, and mis-
representation of the people of Utah, and of the
Mormon church authorities.
We hold that STILL and with better confidence
than ever before.
THE NEWS SPEAKS OUT PLAINLY.
Those authorities cannot prevent the tricky use
of a circular like this backed up and supplemented
by secret information to the Tribune-the ever
present enemy of every Mormon. The authorities of
the church can do more in discaiming the per-
fdy of that circular than the following statement
which appears in the columns of the Deseret Even
ing News in its editorial page of Thursday, October
twenty-eight:
The Tribune is mistaken in its classification OF
the sisners OF the endorsement of the fusion
m competent. economic and decent city gov
eminent. But not going to analize its cassi-
fication any further than to pOih, out that Mr.
George a. Smith. whom the places at the head
| of list, evident purpose, is not, as the
! Tribune states. Elder George Albert Smith of the
council George Albert Smith states
to the News intention vote the Republic
can ticket, and endorse the pubIica-
ton the campaign document referred to- The
of the Tribune is false, and inexcusable
because the truth might have been obtained by in
0uiry But that is as near Is the sO-caIled
American organ comes in its stories about the
church and church influence,
THANK GOD-THE MORMONS ARE FREE!
The glory of the incident is that the malevolent
influences back of the circular have brought the issue
to head By their own magn work its authors
have forced their own revealing. They stand brand
ed as putting forth deceitfu statements. They are
convicted by their own action of work unworthy
the cause they pretend to represent And because OF
their uncOvering the fact stands out full and fan
before the people: The Mormons free. There is
no church dictation in the political affairs of Utah
The incident which the Tribune seized upon witt
fendish avidity has proved the Undong of the very
cause for which it labored. 1t has proved to the
world that the effort to involve the church has
/ failed.
UTAH'S REDEMPTION IS AT HAND
1t has proved to the world that voters here il
Utah are free 1t has proved to the world that the
manhood of this state is at least the peer of tina
found anywhere this side of the river that border.
the land Of Gods larger life. 1t proves that this
people, no matter to what church they confess al
legiance, citizens of the republic. free in the
movements, at liberty to vote they WILL respOn
sble alone to their cOnscienceS and their God.
Lift hands to the Father of ALL and thank Hin
that the nsidous attack was met by a manly cour
age and an unhinching rectitude which could not b
cajoled into assent to deception, driven by in
tolerance-ether in out of the church-to even thu
| pretense of indorsing the wrong.
VALUABLE LESSONS EVERYWHERE.
If your boys and girls take the Youths Com