The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-14
NO TRUSTING THEM.

earnest, honest member of their flock
who might inquire. how it is that a
revelation, manifesto, or whatever il
might be called, delivered to the
church strictly according to rule and
precedent. accepted as from God by the
people and adopted in general confer.
euce AS rule of the church. is not
eHective when adopted. And this view
is emphasized in a clipping reproduced
oh another page in this paper. from
,ne huronlte OF South Dakota, pub.
iisNsc b" Nj. Bowman, formerly Of OF.
den. H
| ihe Woodruff manifesto was nut
roreh TO the world on September Goth
io'o- It's purpose was TO stave off the
"nf'native action of Congress on the
so-cailed Struble bill which would have
dlstranchISed the Mormons as m.es
ne case was urgent, and ''the Lord -
e''oen1iy understood that something
important must be done in order n
'"''S'S congress and the country. Ac,
eo'u'hgIy' she manifesto was put forth
winch absolutely forbade new noIvo,mv
ana also polygamons living, known 70
ene law as unlawful cohabitation That
WAS tne true meaning Of the manifesto
as testified TO by President Woodrur
VINO gave 1t forth, by President Loren.
20 SNOW. who was afterward at the
mead of the church, and by President
Joseph +, Smith, who is now at the
head of it.
This manifesto was accented bv tbe
country as the giving I'D of polvoanv
aitogether. 1T was so expressed in the
petition for amnesty, which dwelt upon
the rendjng OF hcart-strings which was
involved in surrendernc practice
which had been accepted and acted
upon for generations as command
ment OF God. II was enforced upon
Congress in the same spirit, when the
Mormon church made it's successful eff.
fort to recover the escheated property
the showing being that all opposition
to the law had ceased and that poly |
gamy and polygamous living had been
given up,
And now we have, twenty years after
the manifesto. an address from the |
President of the Twelve Apostles stat.
ng that the date of giving up of |
has been moved forward
fourteen years, to 1904. and confes.
'lon that it has been scandalously VIC.
ated right along, just as The Tribune
las charged
The bad faith of all this is so OBJ.
'ious, the treachery involved is so
that it would be hard to
,elieve that any organization pretend
ng to any form of piety, good faith. or
ven common honesty. could stand such
monstrous piece of trickery. fraud,
nd imposturc.
Yet there we have it in black and
White. The Tribune printed the points
f President Lyman s address de-
lvered in Logan on Sunday in its is.
ue of Monday morning. The Deseret
Jews, the church organ in chief, re-
orted President Lyman substantially
S The Tribune reported him. there t
eng no material difference in the two I
eports. There can. therefore, be no c
oubt but that President Lyman spoke
$ The Tribune on Monday morning {
eported him as having spoken at Logan Y
he day before; but if it were not so s
ell verified, one might be excused for
quitting that man in President I.y- {
lan's position could possibly nave :
lade such An awful exhibition of him. ,
IF, such shocking betrayal of good 1
llth as he imputed to his church. :
1t is probable, as The Tribune said 3
morning. that this date was ,
loved forward In order TO protect
umber of high officials in the Mormon
hurch who had taken new wives in
lolatiou of the manifesto. and in vlo-
Ltion of the pledge Of honor in the
etition for amnesty and in the ex
artc hearing on behalf of the church
,r the return Of the eschcated prop.
rty, IL is intimated. indeed. that
resident Joseph f. Smith himself
eeded the protection that this advance.
ent Of the date would give him. We
ibmlt. however. that that sort of ex. !;
ise Is simply adding insult to dis.
onor; for In order TO allow of such .
scuse being valid. we have to con.
der that the persons in whose behalf
lie change was made were utterly In.
orthy, treacherous. law -defying, adui. :.
rous. and dishonored in every way. :
Surely this explanation of President
yman s needs itself to be explained r
Is hardly possible that a people con.
lining large numbers of men and ),
omen who pride themselves on keen. .
e their word. on being honest and :,
'norable men and women, could con- 81
mt to allow this matter to rest where
resident Lyman has placed it. The :,
hole matter i'll its present state is :,
shameful. so wholly a shifty fraud. :,
Iat it seems impossible for it to stand
) a permanent rule or guide for the u
lurch .
1t will at once he asked if revelations .,
Id rules adopted by the church in :,
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