The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-17
APPLYING THE LESSON.

From an esteemed spondent liv-
ing out of town The Tribune has re-
ceived the following appreciated COM
munication:
Your paper is read by most Of the in
| telligcnt citizens Of this city, and the
way you put the church scoundrels In the
glare OF the searchlight Is appreciated and
| by thinking Latter-day Saints,
One elder when asked today what he
| thought OF the George Hicks excommuni-
| cation. shook his head and said, II have
fought for Mormonism for the last thirty
| years. but as time passes on ] can sees
| and am convinced now, that Its founda-
tion is nothing but sand, and 1t is only
a matter of time when il will all go to
the winds, and we Will have to acknowl-
edge that We were dupcd, and duped
badly"
erous Tribune offered 10 divide among
poor people the one thousand dollars due
from Elder Joseph +. Taylor, There are
some poor people here who would be glad
TO receive "A share of that money
Thank you for the quotations from the
Deseret News, as they appeared in todays
august 1il Tribune In regard TO Parkin-
son. The truth of The Tribune shines
out like the north star. while the News
wobbles like weaEminded biSot,
This is but one of the indications OF
the effect that is coming out of the ex
posures of rascality in high places
among the Mormon ecclesiasts. Mem
hers of the church are losing faith in
their chief men. and inasmuch as these
individuals have assumed so much of
righteousness and almost godlike au-
thority by virtue Of their positions,
the people are naturally wavcring in
their religious belief This condition is
evidence of the real weakness of the
system. When the truth concerning 1T
and its leading men has n tendency to
shake its foundations, there can not be
much of sterling worth connected with
it.
Since our correspondent calls atten-
tion to the Parkinson wrong. doing. to-
gether with the efforts of the Descret
News to shield the wrong. .doer and to
suppress the facts, until it was forced
to do otherwise, a suggestion may not
be out Of place. 1t has been found
that Parkinson was crooked in his fnan-
cial and business dealings with his
brethren in the church. He was a high
official, and once had the confidence of
the people over whom he presided. He
held the high priesthood, Just as do
other presiding officials in the organiza
tion. Notwithstanding this fact, he
proved to be as weak OF weaker than
others who are not supposed to be
strong on account of possession Of
his priesthood. During all of the time
that Parkinson was being exposed by
The Tribune the Deseret News at
tempted to suppress the truth under
the old and smotherIng admonition that
it is not necessary to air grievances
in the newspapers, and that they can
be quietly adjusted within the church
courts and councils. The News has
done similar thing with respect to
new polygamy, the practice of which is
now known ia be abundant. 1t has
called recitals of particulars in these
and insisted that instead of receiving
publication they should have been
submitted to ecclesiastical courts that
have no higher object than to acquit
the criminals, whatever the evidence
against them might be, Besides, as
10 Parkinson, it took pains to give him
special certificate Of good character,
and to commend him for his "honesty
and 6delitv,'
Now, in view of all these facts, why
is it not possible that the custodians OF
the tithe moneys collected from the
saints are just as weak (rather than
to say dishonesty as was Brother George
D. IL, Ln1J 3hA ioh
priesthood as Parkinson does, They
are trusted by their brethren, as
Parkinson was. They are defended by
the Deseret News, as Parkinson was.
Why are they not possibly thieves, as
Parkinson VAST