The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-09

Editor Tribune: / see by tho papers
that the Democracy OF Utah declared for
prohibition, ] also sec that Immediate
ly after tho Democratic platform was
promulgated the supreme court of Utah
handed down a decision holding that
any town council or board of county COM
missioners could refuse TO grant or re-
new a license TO sell liquor, | see that
after the Democratic platform and the
supreme court decision han been pro-
mulgated. the Deseret News rne official
organ OF the church. came out with an
editorial fcllcitating over the fact that
the decision OF the supreme court had
settled the liquor question in Utah and
that prohibition was at last a dead Issue.
And thus the hierarchy crawled out OF
the hole,
The truth OF the matter is that the
crowd OF ofr-colored Melchizedcks COM
posing the Democratic party adopted the
prohibition issue in the vain hope of
putting the Mormon church "ln tho
hole, to use a common expression. They
made sad mistake I'm assuming that
"the hole" Is a disagreeable place for
genuine high -gradc Melchizedek. The
Mormon authorities have been In so
many holes that IL is no trick for them
TO stay in the hole or to crawl out as
best suits the season,
Smoot is guilty OF putting the pres
ent rcvclator into the deepest hole ever
bored and the revelator is there yet.
You will remember that in Washington
Joseph F. Smith testified that he had
never received revelation. He was in
hole and had to swear to the truth
TO save Smoot, This testimony pulled
him out o! the hole In Washington. but
IL put him into a worse hole in Utah.
+. Smith and his servants went before
the people OF Utah and said that the
revelator was in "a hole" in Washing
ton and had to falsify to get out of the
lator himself virtually said this with his
own lips in the tabernacle. II seems
that the impression he sought to convey
TO the people was that he was genuine.
Simon pure revelator, Notwithstanding his
sworn statement TO the contrary. And
thus Smoot and Smootism put the rove
lator and the whole Mormon religion "in
the hole and they are sin the hole"
gusted thousands of faithful saints with
Smithlsm, Smootism and Mormonism and
Its influence with young Utah is beyond
calculation. Mormonism never before re-
ceived such blow. The sworn state
ment OF the revelator that he had never
received n revelation crippics the reve-
lation business for all time TO come,
lot the hierarchy say what II may. And
this is a part OF the price a short sight
ed small Drained Coterie OF politico-
priests pay for Smootism,
This incident is cited merely to show
that the Democrats have put the church
in a rather shallow excavation as COM
pared with the pit Into which Smoot
pushed it. Smoot put the rcvclator. the
church and the whole hierarchy into a
bottomless pit and clamped down the lid.
The Smoot incident was I'm effect trade
"a rcveator was traded off, eXtin-
guished, discreditcd and ruined 10 the
end that the church might have scna-
tor. Don't think for moment that the
church. so-caIlcd Will worry much over
the Democratic coup. Local option is
now good enough for the church, Any
thing the Democrats want rs what the
church does not want The Democrats
need not bid for church favor, The
church does not like the Democratic
party this year. but II a Democratic