Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-02
B. F. Grant Takes Up Labor
With Republican Organ

quest Tor its officers and members 20
secure The enactment OF Jaws Go close
S4s aoo5 rs e ,s srea Mlrnes ea9 ee &
action, and did those things which the
unu-urUhibitl0n organ denies that it did.
The official records y the conference
show &C. and no one identified With the
Church will dispute o.
This was not O. party question UPON
which the people were divided 10 is
with the exception OF a few politicians
strongly united u is the sort of issue
upon which any Church has "a right TO
and minister's with few exceptions. be-
uehe DC proper Co advise their followers.
Ana now We come to "a portion of the
inter Int. fountain argument which 30
doubts and misgiviugs. 10 says.
Those men who SEM their ureiuEs
through usual Church channels know
iuE tho effect that 90 would have on
devoted CQmmuuicmts. ala thIuE
Whl.u VIII one day Doe recognized ass
vastly wronR-Hsuy harmful DO tHeIr
own people. Their strong desIre-s0 Inl-
laied. SO iudorscd-mHCe them employ
church machinery; facility permit the be-
leg log absolute Clutch authority for
their labors in favor OF % uruhIbitI0u
law. And 10 placed the real authorities
OF The church iu the hard position of not
ptIug able openly To- dlsclaIw without
being charged with lnnueucinE IerIsIa-
lon, on on the other hand openly inc
dorsing without the same Interpretation
being placed on the pronouncemeut."
Who gave TO the Inter-Mountain Repgb-
authorities Of the Churcn." and tY sVl
plain 90 the public "the hard position"
iheE. were placed so by au attempt 90
tllnN mat conference pledge Where did
~ teL tue laea OF men sending their
urgIngs through usual Church chan
nels2' What does 70 mean by CHARGING
The use Of Church machinery
such insiuuatious are uot new nor
Original with the organ OF auti-pr0hibi-
upn. but ] have never before heard Them
| applied except On referring Go tho polIti-
cal methods OF the little cotcrie of wire
| puliers who surround the paper from
Wl'ch these quotations are made
ignoring the conference resolution fre
| attitude OF the News" and the utter
auces OF all Church officials Who have
spoken the lnter-Mountaln says.
Really the Mormon Church said
nothing. IL took the only course pos
on from sagacious foresight And Il
! rs unfortunate that AN it's members were
/ not SO careful But they were not They
! extended lhe Impression all over the
! state that the Church authority was with
/ thcm-as from It's morals aud its pre-
] gepts might easily have been believed.
/ Ihey dealt with sincere devoted and
! credulous people. largely or rural resi-
| dence. And they enlisted "a following
| which in numbers and character will
NOT soon poe oguallcd. Bui they did 90
! with the improper weapon or an un-
/ founded pretcnsc that they spoke with
| Church authority
| il certainly seems that a general con-
| ference cannot speak with Church au-
| thurity unless 10 has tho previous COM
' sent or subsequent approval OF the Re
! publican organ. The Church unQuestion-
that ID said nothing The Church pledeej
| and Instructed lts officers and mem
/ bers ana they went forth 20 do its bid
| ding The Republican says their prc-
| tcnco Of speaking with authority was
| uufoundeo lsnt DO peculiar situation.
| 90 say tho loust which embOldeued "a
| party organ 10 deny 20 Church officials
| the authority with which the Church hns
! Invested tnom7
| Two reasons are given why the pro-
| hibiuou bin was condemned without "a
I hearing iu One senate, and defeated
| First the Mormon people would have
| got no recognition lu the result" Credit
| would have been withheld
! The people were after results-not rec