The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-10
THEIR AWFUL HYPOCRISY.

The Deseret News, on "Wednesday
evening, speaking of tho sentiment in
this city against rriaa fights. SAYS:
" But why should such movement, ii
it materializes, as we pray and nope il
vii, do, be confined - prize. lighting! -
And il enumerates certain other evils
lcrc which II processes to hope will be
lone away with, And yet ihe seed and
root of those evils are to he roupd
sight under its own nose. in the teach
'ngS, doctrines, and practices. in the
evil lives of the leaders OF the Nor
mon church.
As to prize fighting, it is not so long
ago that the church allowed a sIuggiya
match IN its Salt Lake Thcacer. and
JoSerh F. Smith. with some OF his sons.
graced the occasion with his presence.
What IS the matter all at once THAI tho
church organ raises a hypocritical ven
abcug fighting! There was not
one word uttered by President Smith
against tho prize6ght which he at.
tended IL the church theate. in this
city. There was not one word of de
nunciat.on III the church organ of thai
Prlze-6ghJ nor Of Smith for attending
IT.. What has come over the outfit al
I'at once. that its hypocrisy thus over
flowsl The fact Of it is. that the whole
outcry of the News at this time j..
simply for uIterior and political ends.
IL evidently wants TO drive the prize.
fights all out TO Saltair. where the
church. and relatives Of the president
Of the church, can get the profits from
the disgraceful affairs.
With respect TO the stockade, there
arc no words strong enough TO describe
the evils of such lives as are lived
there. And vet the lives that have
been lived in polygamist "faniIies -
can scarcely be said 10 be preferred,
The heart-break of women the driving
of them insane. tho robbing of them
of their substance, of their good name,
the fixing of the brand Of shame
upon their offspring. are all something
| that IS Just AS narrowing as any
| thing that can be told of the storkado.
Evil, low, disgraceful as that stockade
evidently is from the detailed accounts
that we get of il from those familiar
with the details as printed IN the organ
of the church. (those accounts evident.
ly come from those who have par
ticipated in the evils of 5he stockaie
/ life and know thoroughly what is
done there), the poIygamy horror can
match 1T. The polYgamist appetite is
not easily satisfied. The attraction OF
such places 10 the elders was fully
brought out in the Investigations Of the
stockade last year, to the astonshmcnt
of many who were 10th 20 believe that
elders of the Mormon church habituaIlv
! hung around such places night after
night, and continued TO do so for wears.
And yet the testimony was plain and
positive. Admissions were made that
left no room for doubt. This is case
where, aS in so many other eases, the
| slogan. "Reach the man higher ND -
could be put into effect to excoIcot
purpose.
The Shiny hypocrisy of all such
crafty professions as tho church organ
! habltnally lndulges In WAS Stdrtingl ,
Illustrated on Sunday night last when
President Joseph +. Smith, who. under
oath. declared that he is living his life
| in defiance of the laws of God and
man; who announced his deliberate
purpose 10 "take his chances against
the law; and Elder Brimhall, a
scandalous, notorious. lccherous polyc-
amist, gravely lectured a lot Of young
men on the text; ''Be Ye Clean. -
1t is said that the Roman augurs gave
each other the smile of conscious
hypocrisy when they were engaged in
their divinations. In like manner must
President Smith and Elder BrimlIai
have exchanged grius of guile when they
were making the exhibit Of scandalous