The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-03
TO THROW OFF PROHIBITION

fcw prosecutions on that account.
TO THROW OFF PROHIBITION.
~ VIII be recalled that prior 10 the
recent election hero. the first prcyjdon-y
or the Mormon church caused to be
printed at the head of the editorial col.
umns of The Dcscrct News a notice and
warning They warned against the use
OF Mormon meeting houses by any OF
Tue political parties, and instructed
presidents Of stakes and bishops Of
wards to sec 10 il that none Of these
buildings were utilized for the further
apce Of the interests Of any Of tho
political forces in the State. The no.
tlcc concluded as follows:
We also protest against the use or the
| names o! the Hrst presidency. either az
a quorum or as IndiviausI members
| thcreof in furthcring such aims IDEAS
ana purposes; and where such use has
ocsn ls oeins, or may be made VIC most
| eHphatlcdlIy disepprovc thereof
| our Brethren
! JOSEPH T.. SMITH
ANTHON II. LUND
| JOHN HENRY SMITH
tiTst Presidency.
That notice first appeared in the
News on the evening of October %.
| l9lo. and its publication at the head
OF the editorial columns was continued
mp TO election day, notwithstanding
tbat notice and warming, however. FL
der James *. Anderson Omitted States
Marshal FOR the district of Utah, dis.
tingulshed member Of the Federal
bunch. and ardent supporter of Apostle.
Senator Reed Smoot) went no into
Cache Valley aud there made use of
the name Of Joseph +, Smith in a poit-
ical barapgue before the saints. He
declared that a victory for The hmeri-
can party would .jeopardizc the freedom
of the president Of the church; aud
he even went so far as TO intimate that
IN such event the prophet 80 life
would be endangered. Then tnerc was
the Smoot organ. in It's report of a
Democratic meeting at Murray, at
which President Brigham H. Roberts
spoke. 1t insisted that when Mr. Rob.
crts. in alluding TO the "answer' that
was never received from the Utah Com
gressionsl delegation to the inquiry
made by Presiding Bishop Charles ".
Niblcy, Apostle Hyrum NJ. Smith and
Stake President Nepbi l.. Morris con
corning the treatment that was TO be
accorded 10 the prohibition sentiment
aroused in this State by certain Nor
mon church enthusiasts. had said the
reply was, "Ask Joe The evident
purpose of this misquotation was to
discrcdit the speech Of Mr.. Roberts
at Murray. What Mr.. Roberts really
did say at Murray was that if one
wanted reply to a message sent to
Smoot and the remainder of the gang
entrcnchcd at Washington, one should
ask Jones or somebody else. (In re.
spect to this matter, 1T might be stated
that purchased testimony is barred }
Roberts stated a correct supposition,
because it has been shown by the COW.
ardly acquiescence in the political
fraud exhibited by Apostle Hebcr j.
that one might as well ask Joe as Jones
for any guidance upon that subject
Now. here is another thing that
might as well be considered in this
matter of the adyisibility Of using the
| name of any member of the first pres.
idency of the Mormon church for any
political purpose-or any purpose tina:
is not of religious nature. In the
| August, 1909. number Of the Improve.
| meut Era (Which is the authoritative
| organ of the Young men of the Mormon
| church, there is Il printed pronounce
ment by Joseph T. Smith, president of
| the Mormon church. signed and &C.
Enthusiastically sealed. advocating the pro
| hibition propaganda. Now. since the
| first presidency have forbidden the use
of their names, "either as quorum
or as individual members thereof. -
may we not assume that the first pres
| idency will be guided by political er.
| igencies rather than by revelation -?
and that it does not now desire to be
quoted as in favor of prohibitiou7
1t should be noted, though. that the
Federal bunch and Reed Smoot wo
put the former before the latter be.
cause it has become the more impor-
tant) has assumed to use the ''pro.
| phet IS name in vain
Usually Joseph +. Smith expresses his
disapprobstiou in terms unmistakable;
but in This particular case VIC have
failed To observe him disapproving
either the United States Marshal for
the district Of Utah, or Elder James II.
| Anderson.
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