The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-01
THE GREATEST AND sMoorHEs7

IN sermon by President Brigham
Young, reported in the Journal Of Dis
courses volume 4, page II, and also il
'he Descret News, Vol. 6, page 300, the
great pioneer of tho Mormon church
Voiccd this testimony as to the elders
ana agencies, which he boastfuIIy pro
claimed the existence of within his
jurisdictions:
dared iGte tho mary many time in this stand.
1 Us we can; we can beat Thorn at anytbInr
we nave the greatest and smootbost liza re-
adroIt oi' World, the cunningest and most
charactcr that You can mention %
we can pick out elders I'm Israel right
,.h rgr" VINO can beat the world at gambling
mem with the smartest roenes on ih.
! I2Sc or Gods footStool | can produce
sii"eIS si'a..sSnerc nero who can shave their sinartcst
SSMaFers' and take their money from them
we can bca, the world at any game
There is no question that Brigham
Young understood full we'll the cbarac.
ter OF the people he had about him,
knew their capacities, their weaknesses.
and their strength. And whenever
they had cXpertncss and skill Of any
KIND he was aware of it and was able
10 use 1T to the best advantage of him.
self and of the propaganda Of which he
was the head.
When, some time ago. we copicd the
"poNe extract from Brigham Young's
sermon, Apostle Hebcr j. Grant undcr-
'ook TO break the force Of it bv SAVING
that Brigham Young said that he was
gong TO rid the country of those char.
actcrs. This, however, was not true
Brigham Young said nothing of thc
KIND Hc was talking in n boastful
spirit of the expcrtness and skill Of
the elders; and that he needed the great.
est and smoothest liars in the world in
the advancement of his Dropapanda
there is not the least doubt, He was
able TO shield himself in the way of
leading people TO understand things
that might he Of double meaning in
such way as 10 befuddIe minds as fo
the actual facts.
Ihat the greatest and smoothest liars
IN the world are still among the elders
OF Israel is evident every time one
picks up copy of the church ORGAN
which has any reference to local coudi |
tlons or TO matters in controversy here.
II never fails 10 give thoroughly false
idea of the subject il discusses. vher
ever that subject is matter Of local !
controversy or Of church anxiety or of
Importance
Specifically we note the souirminr
of the church organ whenever the mat.
Ter OF the campaign of last fall comes
up Tor discussion. IT never fails TO
'vade, twist, lie, and undertake to give
an absolutely unwarranted and false
dea OF what occurred The church eX-
'rclscd its ecclesiastical power in poli.
les openly and without restraint, and
yet the church organ says it did not.
The ecclesiastical authorities of the diff.
erent stakes of this county came out
n the open. urging the members of
ne church to vote the church RepubIi.
an ticket And yet the organ under
axes 10 lie about it.
These ecclesiastical authorities de-
ounced everyone Of the Mormon yot-
rs who failed 10 take their 'counsel' :
8 traitor to his or her church And !
ct the News claims that this was mere
general Injunction intended for all
oterS, while all the time The organ on
is part knows that the majority of
oters In this city are not members of
he Mormon church, and under no cir.
pOn11 Ibny kn ral1oI Y
ors TO 1t, whatever way they might
ole.
The greatest and smoothest liars of
ne church are evidently still among
and their expertness and skill ap
ear TO be in frst-class working order.