The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-15

condition OF affairs. So are the grea,
masses OF the people of the state OF
Idaho.
Mr.. Hawley Knows.
Everybody's. McClur.'s. Pearson's and
other high grade magazines in the east
have suddenly awakened 10 the fact that
the Mormon church furnished a concrete
illustration OF the attempt with some
church and state. with the church IN con con
troll. This recurrence OF the agitation in
this country OF ours Ia n condition with
which Governor Jamos II. Hawley must
reckon.
! again reitcrate my statement pre-
viously made that Governor Hawley can
not afford to suggest TO the state senate
the name Of Sam Rich or Of any other
Mormon, especially a Rich. for the i'm
portant office OF immigration commits.
sloner for the state during the next
two years. II viii not do Ia saddle this
rect in my measure OF both the Judgment
OF the governor-elcct and Of tho people
be, In the first place, will not do it, and
the people, in the second place. Will
not stand for II.
An Evil Sound.
The very name "Rich" rings Mormon.
~ was one of his brothers who. in the
state Democratic convention but four
years since, said: ''It has not vet been
determined and il is not for us to say
whether ono or two women, or more. are
the allotted number for man To
wife II The people of Idaho for in
stance, knew moi Of this. the feeling in
Idaho would he less tense. But the
knowledge Of this statement on tho floor
OF the Lewiston state Democratic con %
vention was published widely throughout
oil the eastern states. where. live the
men and the women fmonogamist in
practice and .beleO whom the people Of
this commonwealth wish as citizens, To
such i should think the name of Rich
would he 2 living reproach, II certainly
is To the ordinary Tdshoen who deplores
polygamy and dotes on the sanctity OF
the home the purity OF motherhood and
the cleanliness of childhood. In its sa =
credness of birth
Even more publicity has been gIvon
recently throughout the east where Ben
y. Rich. another brother OF the applicant
for the immigration bureau Of Idaho is
stationed AS president of the eastern
states mission of the Mormon church.
lationS with not one but two women
aside from his first wife. the mother OF
his sroWn-up family. and second through
the fact that this distinguished saint has
broken into the Masonic lodge. with his
endowment house oaths and Lis tn, :,
wives as appendages TO his supreme gall
presume some OF his intelligent Ger
man people Of that native land are ia
miliar with the name Of Rich through
the facts above named. and through IA =
mlliarty with tho father Of this appl-
can't the elder Rich" who was-in his
day an apostle in the church.
u has been contended. with entire sue
cess, by example. that the Mormon gen
orally had slight respect for any ard all
law, save the law of his. church FIe is
educated in the scriptural belief that his
system is all sufficient. That it Is
system Of inspiration and of revelation.
That this or no other country under the
sun is entitled 10 his respect. to his
obedience or TO his Yenoration.
I in
Germany. in the states Of the union
from whence we desire emigrants. and
tho people OF Idoho, who above all things
demand more people. know more or less
OF this innate tendency in the mind of
the ordinary saint"
A Missionary Story.
Going the rounds Of ;he papers OF the
state and OF the country today, and
doubtless OF Germany as well, is q story,
based on the experience of young Nor
mon from Mr.. Rich's own CO v (Bing-
ham). which serves 10 Illustrate this sit
uation. and which is potent factor at
this time because N is a condition which
IS sure 10 affect immigration 10 Idaho.
If any Mormon especially A Rich) he
named as immigration commissioner for
Idaho. Here is the article:
Judge Crowley is in receipt Of letter
from his son, Ray. who is on mission
for preaching the gospel of the Mormon
church.
"He has been absent on a mission for a
wear or more. About week aro Judge
Crowley received cableerarn from his
son asking for money. The next day he
received another cshlegram asking for
money, and naming the bank to which II
was 10 be sent. The money was sent at
once by telegraph. and since that time
nothing further has been heard until
Yesterday when the letter came from
Ray saving that he had been imprisoned
and had 10 pay fine Of some ~ francs.
and that he had been banished from the
German provinces
Judge Crowley is a justice of the peace
al Idaho Falls. fiis son is on n mis-
sion. and he 0ilSe many others) tried
to break into Germany where Mormon
proselyters are forbidden entrance. Even
Big Sam Rich. with q state immigra-
tion bureau. could not enter this domain.
They are undesirable there. No Nor
mon need apply In Germany.
No. Idaho needs no such handicap; and
Il is the right OF those who gave Mr.
Uawley coeent support TO so state. for
IL is for the good Of Idaho. and with No
sort of political bias. that thl- reasoning
IS offered