The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-06
A NEW "oRDER OF ENocH.

The Tribune has been permitted to
/ examine articles of association of 1.-The
United Order of Enoch.' which is be-
ing esta blishcd at Independence, Jack
son county. Missouri, by the ReorgaD-
/ lied Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter
/ day Saints, of which Joseph Smith
! (son of the founder of Normonism)
is president. An outline of the object
of the orga nizatou is given in the fol
| loving:
The purpose OF this corpora ton shall
be to aid and assist the worthy needy
and poor IN obtaining employment and
/ homes help the sick and afflicted and
unfortunate in times or need, promote
/ L temperance, morality and equality, and
provide against the evils OF sclhshness.
covetousness. anarchy. and crimes OF eV-
cry description, and thus conserve. TO a
degree, the good OF the community. and
the good OF the State. by voluntary CO.
operation In the use, application and dis
tribution OF the wealth OF those who may
be members or the association, and who
shall contribute for the purpose, and Of
/ the means which is gained by the asso-
citation IN its legitimate work and bust
! ness, and also that which may he VoluD~
, tarily contributed or consccrated Tor
I these benevolent purposes by those who
do not hold membership in the orsaniza- :
| ton.
| 1t is provided that the institution
shall exist for a period Of uiuety-nIne
years, unless dissolution shall be or
dered by tbree-fourths vote of the
members; and not even then until this
action shall be ratified by a majority
| vote of the general conference Of the
church. So that under ordinary cir-
cumStanccs. the life of the association
should be perpetual. provided. Of
course. there shall be such honest ad.
mlnistratiop of lis affairs as shall insure
satisfaction among The membership
and in the church. There is further
| stipulation that there shall be no capi-
tai stock and that the properties in
cluded within the holdings of the as
sociation shall not be held by title ID"
dividually. but that "'The homes and
stewardsbips, however. which are pro.
vided for under the founding aud man.
agemept of tbe order, shall be indi.
vidual, that is. held in severalty, each
| person or family holding in fee sim.
pic unless otherwise arranged at the
time OF the setting the same apart, or
when making final settlement
I In the early days of the Mormon
church in Utah there was an attempt
to establish "The United Order OF
/ Euocb. Brigham Young wos force.
! ful and rcsourccful msu. His was a
complete domination. and the authority
which he exercised was ordinarily so
uuuucstioued that n word from him was
| taptamouut TO achievement Of the de-
sire expressed in that word. Ii The
! Trbures s recollection be not at fault
the church iu Utah went go far as TO
set apart a small settlement called
! 0rdcrville for the purpose Of making
tue experiment. That was undoubtedly
u move iu the interest of fair trial
of the United Order theory, for by that
process all exterior Influences were en-
tircly eliminated from the test, 1t was
but a short tune, however. before the
project was given up, It seems that
the mauipulat tbrs were merely human
after all, aud that their natural fail
ings brought ou iniusticcs that soon
had the eject of destroying the iusti
tuition. Fayoritism operated to produce
dissatisfaction; opportunities for graft
went uurcsisted, such absolute au
tocracy was developed under the svs
tenn that even the ordinarily.quiesccn
Mormon people revolted; the thing be
came total GZZle, and the otherwise
uDquestioued authority of Brigham WAS
incapa bic of maintaining its life.
! II sss.pcct of The aSSs:ociaticu rGc.eeaa.l y