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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31
THE REAL SPIRIT.

One of the old landmarks of this
State has disappeared, as will be seen
by letter printed elsewhere In this is"
sue and coming from Spanish Fork.
There is an interesting story In the
communication, under the heading,
fWhere Destruction Was Invoked,
and it deals with the old vestry of the
old Spanish Fork meeetinghouse.
While there is constant denial from
Mormon church officials that In the EN-"
dowment ceremonies there is treason
able oath, the best testimony goes to
show that there is such an obligation
imposed. We say that the best tcsti-
mony goes to prove this by reason OF
the fact that the exposure has come
from those who have been through
those ceremonies, but who no longer
have reason to conceal their nature. 1t
is significant to note that as many
times as different men and women have
exposed these mummeries, they all
agree in the essentials The Tribune
has printed descriptions Of the inner
workings of the old endowment house
that stood on the northwest corner of
the temple block. In the interest OF
truth we have often requested mem
bers of the church TO examine these
descriptions and to point out wherein
they were in error. if such were the
case The only question in the minds
Of these examiners has been as to
whether the wording was exactly as
they remembered it. Never has there
been a point blank denial of the general
effect of the ceremonies, and certainly
no disagreement as to the requirement
to pray that the blood of the ''proph
cts be avenged on this Nation.
1t is a good thing for the Mormon
church that the younger and more pro.
gressive element in It's membership is
learning to discountenance the old
treasons. If left alone to themselves,
with no brake upon their feelings and
expressions, some of the older men who
received their training under the earlier
prophets would destroy the organi
zation in brief time.
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CARTER RAsPs PINoHoT.

1t was our opinion, when we read
ator Carter of Montana, Senator Hey
burn of Idaho, and Representative
Mondell Of Wyoming, that he would
probably get all of the fight he wanted.
He has already heard from Senator
Carter, and doubtless he will hear from
Senator Hepburn and Representative
Mondell in due time.
Senator Carter arraigns Mr.. Pinchot
with words that burn. He shows that
Pinchot has sQuandered nearly twenty
five million dollars practically to no
purpose, using up ninety per cent of the
money he has received in mere expense
of conducting his work, applying but
ten per cent to the work itself. This,
as Senator Carter points out, is such a
gross dereliction that any public official
in the army or navy caught in time OF
stress doing the like would be subject
to the gravest charges and on convic'
tion would be liable to be shot.
Senator Carter also dwells upon the
with the lawful rights of settlers and
miners on the forest reserves, This is
something that Apostle Smoot took es-
pecial pains to deny during the gov
ernors' convention in this city last
week. This is the very point upon
which he thrice called Governor Brady
of Idaho liar, saying that what Brady
brought forward in support of these
points "could not possibly be so.
Senator Carter IS reioinder to Pin
chot is a warm one, and is well calcu,
lated to make the late Chief Forester
sit up and take notice. 1t is especially
sarcastic and severe where it dwells
upon the newspaper puffery of Pinchot
to the expenditure of public money, and
on the literary and clipping bureau
which he organized to further his own
political ends, It seems absurd to
think, as Senator Carter intimates, that
Mr. Pinchot should have had any idea
that he could run for President, but
Senator Carter makes the charge and
probably he would not do so without
evidence of its truth. He has certainly
countered on Pinchot in a most effective
way. and when it comes TO the matter
of charges with respect to the forest
fires that have been and are raging in
northern Idaho and northwestern Mon
tana, it will be clearly in vain for Pin
chot to try to shift the responsibility
from himself to the shoulders of Car
ter, Hepburn, Mondell, or anybody else.
We are evidently in the midst of an
eruption of recrimination, and the lava
is liable to burst out hot at almost any
time and almost any place.
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BLIND TO BREAKING OF LAW.

A Mormon organ in this city has a
headline, "Blind to Breaking of Laws
in City, the burden of which is that
the police purposely do not see the law
breaking which is going on nor take
any steps to bring the offenders to JUS
tice
But why single out the police7 Why
elude the courts and all of the judicial
officers throughout the State, policemen
in all the cities. marshals in all the
towns, magistrates everywhere and
prosecuting officers in every county and
judicial district? There is purposeful
blindness all along the line to law
breaking that is as appalling as 1t is
disastrous to the peace and good order
of the community and disgusting to
good citizenship. Where is the court in
Utah or anywhere within the Mormon
church IS temporal jurisdiction that will
dare to make itself busy in prosecuting
polygamists if those polygamists are
protected by the Mormon system9 A
pOly yRdmlSJ "HO Is HUI IIoH VI
course is railroaded to the penitentiary
without the least scruple or mercy. A
polygamist who is Mormon is, how
ever, immune, No court dare meddle
with him, under pain Of being stigma
tized as engaged in religious persecu-
tlon, and no court in Mormondom ever
shows the least disposition TO meddle
with a Mormon polygamist.
Why2 The answer is right on the
surface. No court busies itself in this
kind of prosecution because the polyga-
mist brethren would raise the outcry
that they were being prosecuted for
their religion s sake, and also because
they would go further; they would re-
tire from official life any judge, any
district or county attorney, or any pub
lie official who might engage in that
persecution. In such a case prose.
cution for crime is held to be persecu.
tion for religion IS sake.
In view of this universal overlooking
Of lawbreaking, why single out the po
lice of Salt Lake City for special repro
baton, even supposing them to be guilty
as charged, matter which of course
cannot be admitted and is not apparent
on the surface, as the general refusal tt
prosecute set forth above is evident tc
anyone who will open his eyes7
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HELPS TO ACCURACY.

In the interest of accuracy, The Trib-
une desires to make another correction
with respect to the cases Of two new
polygamists recently named in these
columns.
These elders are William Ockey and
Isaac H. Grace. we said that Elder
Ockey was possessed of family of two
conjugal partners, and that his most re-
cent acquisitiouresided at Nephi, where
he is living. Later information is TO
the effect that he has three wives in
all, but that Ovena Jorgensen, the third
(and whom we enormously designated
as the second). is living here in Salt
Lake City. Again, in the case of FL
der Isaac II. Grace, who is counselor
to the president of the Juab stake, the
plural wife (Kate Sorenson) does not
reside at Nephi with him at present,
but lives in Salt Lake City.
The Tribune wishes to be as accurate
as possible in these cases, under the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31
A PROBLEM EASILY SOLVED.

The Chicago Tribune recently had an
editorial under the headlines, " a Prob.
lem in Conduct 1t stated its prob
lem as follows;
In the absence OF our neighhor, b. L..
T., we arc tempted to submit problem
In conduct" We find it In the cable
thus: An aged health culturist clad IN
the garb OF nature" is taking sun Dalh
in the woods near Reichenberg. While
disporting himself In pristine innocence
and pursuing health via the paths OF the
simple life. he projects himself before
the startled gaze OF the king of SaXony
and his two daughters. The princesses
shrek loudly and depart on nlmblc feet.
The king suffering In wrath, advances
with upraised walking stick and apoplec-
tic countenance, AT this moment what
should an aged health culturist clad IN
the Carb Of nature" do? This is submit
ted for profound thought with the com
-nent that IL represents a notion of abso-
lutely no situation for one 10 find oneSet
in
But that would be no problem at all
TO a member of the Melchlsedek priest
hood. A Mechisedek priest would run,
to be sure, as the king S daughters ran;
but not in the opposite direction. DE
would never in this world lose sight
of the women
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LOCAL HISTORY
WHAT HAPPENED AUGUST 81,

1S52-The Utah judges were superseded
by the appointment OF Lazarus n.
Reed as chief Justice, and Leonidas
Shaver as associate justice. Ben G.
Ferris had previously been commits
stoned Is secretary,
1S54-Col, Il. j. Stcptoe, who had peen
appointed governor OF Utah, arrived
in Salt Lake City with about one
hundred and seventy-lve soldiers.
1864-James Calvin Sly, once member
of the Mormon l, battalion: died at
1S72-Indians make a raid on Spanish
Fork. Utah, stealing horses.
1SS3-Belc Harris was released from
custody, having been imprisoned since
1SS4-rhe Mormons residing on Ferron
creek. cast of Ferron. Emery county,
were separated from Ferron ward
1sS6-Isaac Brockbank of the Eighth
ward, Salt Lake City, was arrested
for unlawful cohabitation and placed
under $1,000 bonds.
1SSS-James C Hamilton; Mormon bish-
op OF Mil creek, Salt. Lake county.
was arrested for unlawful cohablta-
1sseNThc steamship Wisconsin sailed
from Liverpool. England, with l72
Mormons. Including nine returning
missionaries and ten visitors, in
pangse pany arrived ri IN New York rs n9
18th and continued the journey by
rail- the following day, The train
on which they travelled over the Nor
folk & Western Railway was wrecked
early In the morning OF September
18th, near Lynchburg. Va, and sew
eral of the emgrants were hurt but
none killed. The company arrived
in Salt Lake City September s0th.
1S9om.At special meeting held at Alton,
Wyo., the l03rd quorum OF seventy
of the Mormon church was organized
Andon Call, an old and prominent
member OF the Mormon church. died
at Bountiful. Davis county. John
Kilian was discharged from the Pen.
1S93-The supreme court of Utah handed
down a decision in the church suits.
TO the effect that the government
under the escheat clause of the Ed
munds-Tucker law OF 1887, was en-
the coal lands and the church farm
but that the historians office and the
tithing yard were excluded and legally
the property OF the church The case
was appealed to the United States
supreme court.
1S94-The Utah supreme court appointed
property in place OF Henry L.. Law
in in the sun sum of Of sioo, 900 Prof. ta Theo.
3: Lewis succeeded Judge. Jacob S.
Moreman as territorial school COM
missioner.
1s95-The Utah supreme court decided
that women were not entitled to vote
at the November election.
1S96-Members of the Tabernacle choir.
knights of Pythias band and friends
(about 400 persons altoge:her) left
salt Lake City on special train for
Denver. Colo. 10 participate In the
Great Western Eisteddfod. They ar
rived In Denver the next day.
l9oO-John G.. woolen. Prohibition candi-
date for president. visits Salt Lake.
Bids for city bonds rejected and new
ones called for Bishop Theo j.
Stevens OF ogden dies.
l902-Cornerstone of Judge Miners home
and hospital laid. Rev, j. l.. AL
britton preached his farewell ser
1so5MR. F. Hayward left the Utah Light
and Railway company to 90 TO the
City OF Mexico TO take charge OF a
big plant. Unknown fiend attacked
Miss Susie Barnum. Richard Mea-
CHER died. Salt Lake Theatrical asr
sociation completed organization.
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"sPoILING THE GENTILEs.'

Concerning that old and worn-out
story to the effect that there was no
lust cause for the drivings of the Nor"
mon people in the early days of their
church, there is an interesting and au-
thoritative witness in the late David
Wbitmer. In his pamphlet, - An Ad-
dress to All Believers in Christi on
page IS, he says:
All OF the eight witnesses who We're
then living Except the three Smiths)
came out; Peter and Christian Whitmer
were dead. Oliver Cowdery came out
also. Martin Harris was then IN ONO.
The church went deeper and deeper into
wickedness. They were driven out OF
Missouri. and went to NauNoo, and were
driven out of Nauvoo, and went 10 salt
Lake where they are today believing In
the doctrine of polygamy.
David Whitmer was one of the three
men whose names appear as the first
witnesses to "the divinity of the Book
of Mormon If the Mormon people
arc content to take his word on that
subject. surely they must credit him
with speaking the truth III other mat
tiers concerning the church, In his
pamphlet from which we quote, Mr.
Whitmer does not cndeavor to make an
anti Mormon display before the Gen
tiles. He addresses himself particularly
and especially to members OF the
church With reference to his assertion
that the organization event deeper and
deeper into wickedness, - we have here
tofore noted his testimony to the effect
that when he expostulated with Joseph
and the others upon their, misdeeds he
was obliged to fec horseback from Far
West. An organization then known as
the "Daughter of Zion" and later as
the "Danites,'' sought has life because
of his friendly criticism of the church
chiefs. These lawless men pursued
toward others, both in and out of the
| church, the vicious course directed
against David Whitmer, Their first
mission was to drive out or destroy all
who opposed the first presidency, and
to uphold the desires and commands of
these men, whether right or wrong.
They attempted to throttle political
| freedom in their immediate locality in
Missouri, and to PROSTATE the people
to the political ambitions of the pre-
tended prophets. They raided and pill
laged and burned and shed the blood of
their neighbors. Their sole mission was
to spoil the Gentle and terrorize their
"enemies. - Under this system the
leaders of the church INDUCED every
evil bent that occurred to their pervert
ed natures until the people OF Mis-
souri, were driven frantic and beyond
their own self-control The result was
the expulsion Of the Mormons from
Missouri; and similar course in Hi
nois brought similar result.
OF course, nowadays we hear much
less of the "unjustifed persecution of
the saints on account Of their re-
ligion,' but it is high time that the
whole story be dropped altogether. If
the saints were driven from Missouri
and Illinois on account Of their re
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31
THE KAISER COMES DOWN.

We noted in these columns the other
day, the stiff and stalwart assertion
Of Kaiser Wilhelm that he is ruler by
divine right, not dependent upon
either people or parliament for his
commission; that he gets his right from
heaven direct, and that any one who
challenges it is rebel against God.
II was pretty strong talk, and the Ger.
man newspapers were not slow in call
ing him down for it. The demand that
he should cease that Kind of talk
and should subject his public utter
anccs to the censorship Of the Prime
Minister, has evidently brought the
Kaiser down from off his perch. and he
now explains that he only meant what
he said in a sort of general or Pick
wickian sense In place of asserting
dominance inherent in himself de,
rived from heavenly right, he meant
only the manifest duty of himself and
others to conform themselves to God s
laws and to work with zeal, energy, and
good will for the uphuilding of the
kingdom and Of the community. So
far from undertaking to draw any
right to rule from God, he meant, it
appears, that the obligation was the
other way not from God to him, but
from him to God and that he meant
not to assert any personal right, but
only a personal obligation; not a
heavenly right to arbitrary rule, but
an obligation to do Justice and right
in the face of heaven.
1t is rather clumsy me-down, all
the same. and puts the matter on an
altogether different footing, 1t is as
complete and radical a change of atti-
tude as that exhibited by President
Joseph F. Smith Of the Mormon church
when he was called upon by the
Senate committee in Washington to e1.
plain how he was a prophet, seer, and
revelator. In Utah his claim in this
respect is rampant, absolute, dictatoral.
The people are expected not only to
recognize it, but to conform their
conduct TO it, and to obey him as the
very mouthpiecc of God, speaking the
Will of heaven to them. In Washing
ton, however, he sang very low. He
had had no revelation, did not know
if he had even felt such thing as an
inspiration, was rather doubtful about
it, but on the whole concluded that he
might have feeling of inspiration,
just as any good Methodist or Baptist
or any other pious person might have
A tremendous como-down. and an alb
solute shifting Of ground. One is in
evitably put in mind of it on reading
the like shifting and change of ground
adopted by the Kaiser on being called
to account for his rashness, The main
difference between the two is that the
Kaiser is humbled, will stay humbled
and really understands that he must
not do so any more. President Joseph
+. Smith, however, comes home from
his ordeal at Washington to announce
that he lied to the committee in order
to avoid the Craps set for him by
his enemies, and proceeds to do business
from the same old stand as prophet
seer, and revelator without any ques'
tion whatever about it, In precisely the
same old blatant, dictatorial, and i'm
perious way as before his humillatlng
come down before the committee,
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liglon, their creed must have inculeated
a chromatic gamut of crime. The tes-
timony supporting this assertion is
ample, and from the inside of the
church: and David Whitmer told the
truth when he said that in Missouri
and Illinois "the church went deeper
and deeper into wickedness. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

extremely difficult circumstances to be
so. even if thereby we are obliged to
credit the culprit with one more ''plu-
raj" than at first he was supposed TO
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

You could pluck all the petals out of
big chrysanthemum in the little
game of "He revises-he revises not,
and then never find out from Mr.. Taft.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Complaint is made that the Mormon
church politicians are tardy in opening
the campaign; but tlaere-i is always some
hesitancy about starting. something
concerning which there is grave doubt
of a successful finish.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

While the Colonel claims only to be
contributing editor of The Outlook
magazine, it must be said of him that
he is doing his share as a newspaper
space filler.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Senator Carter of Montana 5lames
those big forest fires onto Mr.. Pirchot;
but it is more than likely that in doing
40 Mr.. Cnrter has started Aare.up
-omps1ed with which the forest CON
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Engineers are soon to start for
Havana to make an examination into
the physical possibility of raising the
Maine. CONSIDERING the manner in
which the project has been dragging for
years, it must be admitted that that
is going some.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Uncle Joe Cannon s declaration that
he will die with his boots on seems
not to have brought forth any kindly
offer TO assist him off with them.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Insurance companies have not vel
listed aviation outside OF the hazardous
occupation class.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Mr.. Aldrich can learn from an other.
wise patient people that it is also in
the high price that they are rubber
virod
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Ii you can't kill off the house fly by
any other means, FIRE at it its scientific
name, musca domestica.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Mr.. Roosevelt was greeted by Denver
with the roar of Il cannon, but the
roar was not one let out by Uncle Joe.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

F. Augustus Heinze is to be married
today to an actress: but doubtless he
has sufficient money 10 be able to
afford it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Thrilling drops on water, hairbreadth
'scapes on land, make the aviators
shout TO beat the band
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

And if those belligerent Nicaraguans
want real fight, there are our forest
fires.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Women who complain that their
progress is hampered by tyrannical
man sometimes wear hobble skirts.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Professor Gamers talking chin.
panzee is named Susie. Even in the
ehimpanzee sex will loauaciously tell.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

One useful thing about the Federal
bunch is in showing the rest of Us
what TO avoid
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

President Taft appears not to be 81
physically big as not to be politically
nimble
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

tain it, it is where there is no grand
stand
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

According to the calendar, it's all
off with the straw hat.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Gathering in about fifteen thousand
dollars daily, Brigham City can boast
that her harvest is ''some peaches
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

Under present conditions it woult
be difficult TO get hot at the weather
man.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31

But it cam be said of Mr. Farley
P Christensen that he refuses to speak
to the Federal bunch in passing.