The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-19

MoryeonIsm seem now TO b. classed as
perfcutlons and lies by the Mormon
deBs or the former elders arc no longer
SWEET TO the Mormon. but maketh "a BIT
t9fhess which extends into his belly.
.Yostle Grant complained OF a pain at
tpe tabernacle at the recent conference.
QIt did not help matters by adding to
Pc guotatioa. That Brigham was ready
- unshcath his bowie and battle IL in
thc blood OF the apostates, no one can
feasonably doubt. but the Danites were
handy al that. so il was only necessary
;or the prophet TO wave his bowie blade
or In some other way Indicate who the
undesirablcs were. Who. then. has done
The ,persecuting2 Was not Bishop John
ID. Lee, a high priest In the Mormon
church, tried IN court, convicted and shot
FOR leading the elders nj Mountain Mead
ows? Did not the Mormon authorities
perSccute and massacre the Morrisitcs?
Who has done the prosecutions In Utah?
The dominant" church Who. in Utah.
would deprive the widows Of tucir in
annie Golfers so as 10 help provide FOR
the prophets harcm? The dominant"
church OF the Mormon Jesus. Who would
conniv" AZ !aw-brcalSnS and prevent the
application or justice To Vice-brced!nS
polyGamists2 The dominant" church
In poygamy, Who would usurp the iuuc-
machine Of vcnal politicians To do the
bidding Of lsw-brcakcrS, and the pro-
mot. and protect polycamic turpitudc?
The dominant church. ruled over by
domlnccrIng polygauists. Who called
Young mon on missions that iicent,ous
Mormon priests could pcrsccut" and Sc
duce his sweetheart into po.ygamy? "
was the custom OF the 'doninart
churchs bcstial priests. aided by the
prophet, Who maintained An armed body
of men. often In conjunction with In
ui1ns. IT seems, and finally involved the
people Of The territory In trca ason 10 the
American n0tion-a brand which cannot
be erased il WAS the dominant" church
with It's Sword OF Gideon unshcathed
Opposition 20 these dominant" church
doings is a persecution OF the saints Of
the Most High" Tho prosecution OF
polygamy was a IancIng of tho nations
cancer. it hurt the Mormon body. hence
II was n persecution. The advent OF tho
American schools was a persecution, the
displacement OF the bishops courts was
persecution, the advent OF civic gov
crnment and the crowdinG aside OF the
tribal systems was another persecution:
;hc execution OF one of the many crlni
nal Mormon bishops. John u. Lee was
another persecution. Mormon martyr.
The advent OF American law has been
as ratsbnne 10 the Mormon elders In
general.
With all OF this. the American nation
has been too lenicnt with this traitorou3
band OF polygamists, they have not been
prosecuted. and have not been prosecuted
the laws demand and the laXitY In
dicatcS "a weakness. or decay or vcnality
coded that the prophet has a compact
body of Ncnal politicians. The great mis-
take was III the American people TO be-
licvc III" solemn promises OF the Nor
mon church.
II the Mormon prophet is looking for
any prosecutions, real prosecutions. let
him look among his children of Israel,
that he is not god, that they have been
dupcd. that after all he ia no better than
DoWic or other emotional or unscrupu
lous gralters, His vocation as n money
changer, n political boss some of these
things may cndanscr him and his har-
ems. The recent dogma of "a prominent
elder showing that tho hum buSgerY Vcr
sion OF the use OF the Trim and Thum-
min IN tn" translation Of the Book OF
Mormon could no longer satisfy intell-
the prophet Last fall one OF tho prophets
sons Is credited with saying OF another
elder. 'He would lead a mob to kin my
father" The Expositor: the apostate
Mormon newspaper at Nauyoo. was the
start OF the prosecutions there. Often
the most rabid prohbitionist is one who
has suffered from his own appetite; so
mon is one who has been In tho fold and
knows all the disbolicnbility, These
rumhlngs in the bowels OF tho "domi
nunt' church are OF very little concern
10 the American citizen. but the presence
of such citizenship would tend 10 pre-
vent any blood atoncments' or massa-
crcs ~ formerly practiced 10 carry out
thc orders OF tho Melchlscdccs. "But
with the help OF God we will'rid ourselves
OF them; that is those who were out
OF harmony" with the prophet. Blood
gtoncmrnt is no longer tcnahlc as a gem
cra practice. and the number OF apos-
tatcs must then Increase.
The Mormon prophet is not surrounded
by the dangers that threaten the polyE-
amouS Sultan OF Turkey, who has his
own subjects 10 watch for possible as
sasSins. Here in Utah the American peo-
pie arc here as n foreign body among
this Peculiar Children Of Israel" but
st is n fact that the prophet Is in less
danger because OF the American citizen
ship: for under the old tribal govern
mcnt assassinat ton would be n common
thing. When isms arose then disorder
would be rife.
The Mormon prophet and his people
peculiar race" Il tribe with customs
cassed I'm American law as crimes, and
has organized n political party TO fur
ther these things. On the other hand
Will be found the American people COM
batting these evils with American pyin~
clples and with educational factors con-
duclvc To tho greatest good 10 the great
est number in the nation. With n Nor
mon IL Is the greatest thing TO be q Nor
mon, IA follower OF the polygamons prophet
and their deeds. The true American, ON
the other hand. is of the highest citizen
ship in the world. and he Will struggle
to maintain and promote the principles
and institutions OF this republic for the
welfare OF the present generation and for
the posteVlty that are entitled 10 the
blessings OF righteous government
WILL Il. MOHR.