The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-19

, follower OF the polygamous prophet, JOS
eph F.. Smith, Mormon might think
queer, but II Is notorious that Mormons
claim to be peculiar, for II is so taught
by the priesthood TO keep the tribal re-
lation intact. Then how can car The Mel.
hypocrisy or fanaticism, which? The
elder attorney is supposed TO be versed
in the laws OF the nation, those laws
which his church has so vigorously
fought. and even once took UP arms in
opposition to the national government.
and he is supposed TO be faithful 10 those
prided themselves upon being lawbreak-
ers II he really believes that Joseph +.
Smith is a mouthpiece OF God, he Is too
funatical to be admitted to practice the
other hand. If he Is pretending that he
believes that Joseph i. smith Is a
"rnouthpicce'' for the salvation Of his
soul. for social, financial or political ad-
vantage. thereby sacrificing all sem
blaDce to true citizenship for the present
and the future being dishonest to MN
self then nc is practicIng hypocrisy.
and he will hnnd this hypocrisy and It's
effects down to his children. Prima
facie, then IT would seem that the Mel
cbssedec attorney In carving thlS Gi- %
understand their prophet, tnis teilow
Smith, more fully In his relation to So
clety and The laws of the land. these
legal elders should be thoroughly
ms criminal law that the onus Probahdl
MAJ receive its due gravity.
The same burden is on the professional
Mormon, for outside Of the polygamous
schools the opinion OF The Mormon
teacher would be received with the I'M :
/ piled qualifications; for under such a
burden no really scientific men can DC
produced and this is only one OF the
results from the sore afflictiqn OF iana-
ticism armed with power upon "A COM
munity, In the times OF Brigharn. sucn @
f1.nJ ,~11,N 4 iny pf ma
| that could be turned TO account Tor the
high priesthood was received far more
generally in Mormondom than would any
| true explanation: and among the pr'est :
| hood things arc not so far different to-
day. The opinion OF n Doweite and That
OF a Mormon elder may ne cailed IN IN
Mormon elder has more. OF burden OF
crime TO uphold for his leaders Than has
| his brother DoTieite.
ism OF the alleged scientific men Of the
| Mormon Melcblsedecs, II is only neces-
sary 10 nllude TO few OF their false as
s,mptions. First that America was SET ,
tied by one of the tribes OF Israel, and
| the Indians are the dcscenoants; that is'
the Indians are Hebrews. tWhy, even
Harry Joseph and BIZ Glassman would
! know better than that, but they might
try 10 make the elders think there was
a mutual assent by silence.) Seience
| SAWS no. and history Is negative on ,nls
point, Second biological geology contra
| GJcts statements in the Book of Nor
| mon"
Polygamously Pregnant
To use n legal term, II may ne said
that Il was pregnant answer that
Prophet Smith gave the senate commit
tee on elections when he said that ne
chose TO take his chances against the law
| In his incorrigibiity, and from all Of the
new polygamy tha, has developed since
the "manilcsto;" that answer may nc
termed to have been polSgamouSly
pregnant answer, and such term ought
| 10 be familiar 10 the legal lights at
Paris. Ida. fashionable center Tor Tor
| polygamy In all OF the actions OF INC
| nropbet lie is sure that his people Wi!I
carr the burden whether violation OF law
or OF social ethics.
nrobandi Noruonism in his defense cl
Smoot in the United States senate: and
In the future II is just that he snould
roup the full benefits OF his eHorts-