The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-13

disaster from the work ~ the now
Mormon press bureau, which IN indus
triorsly booming Utah and clarifying
the work Of the church IN the work of
rcdccming the desert. These calamity
howlcrs see in the work Of the Nor
mons a sinister purpose. They ARE 90
ing 10 grab "a root after u while aud
shake the whole national clump of
mesquite. They are plotting aud plan
ming 10 run things themselves, aud az
ter awhile the nation will wake up TO
the fact that they are the whole thing.
Already they have the power 10 make
and unmnke any man In the commun
ity (which is also true Of the Mctho
dist aud IL things are allowed to go
on there is no telling what manner of
woe they will impose upon the nation.
Like the misled legion who u few
years ago got It into their heads that
Catholicism was about to get the cuun
Try by the heels, stop our free schools.
aud play hob generally, the church j.
condemned IN the strongest terms by
The alafmist, who urge that II b, u men
ace to the people that ought to be
wiped out, though they neglect to re
commend just how it should be- done.
MI of which il amusing To- one into
whom the true breadth of the glorious
west has come, and who really knows
something of the character aud work
uf the MOrmons. To such observers IL
is the braying of asses aud the wander
my h%arangucs Of lunatics. The coun
Try has nothing to fear from the Nor
mon. On the other hand It has every
reason To- bless him. lie has gone into
corners where a prairie dog would starvc
to death aud made comfortable homes,
where all the advantages of life are
At hand. lie mas drawn the water from
beneath aud made irrigated fields tina,
produce a. none other IN the world.
has followed close after aud the stand
ard Of morality and public dcccncy has
remained better than in similar com
muntics of other faiths. Work il his
prime belief, and amy man who believes
IN that Is not dangerous IN politics or
anything else. That he should desire
representation in the senate aud other
Legislative bodies IL only natural aud
approved 10y the masses. Why mott
The Mormon pays his taxes aud il en-
titled to representation, aud that he il
beginning to get II is a matter of con
graduation rather than Of apprehension.
II h. believes the pot Quilted old Joe
Smith was the direct prophet Of the
Lord, and that the only road to saliva
ton Is through the Mormon church, he
has "a right to that belief under the
constitution. aud should Ice protected
~ II against all oiucrs. - tar ~, the
Norman ever being a menace To- Amcri
ran Institutions, hat is baldcrdash of
the rankcst sort. lie H. ~ patriotic
~ anybody, and outside Of his peculiar,
not to say fanatical religious belief,
lust ~ level headed. lie has made OF
his church u home provider for the home
less, n mingling of business sentiment
aud reverence, an edu ator aud level.
81 Of class. The way is open for any
other church to do the same thing, but
80 far rs they haye failed to rise TO
the opportunity, which is their fault,
not the Mormon 5. Laying all these
considerations to one side, these people
who are scared at the Mormon shadow
should take a trip through the Mormon
country and learn something. The half
of the work Of the Saints in making
Utah habitablc has not been told. With