The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-05
THE CONFERENCE KEY NOTE.

here in Utah And the fuct that new
land is coming under cultivation is
!. given both as the reason why the young
Mormons should not go, and the induce
mcnt for them TO stay.
This advice for Mormon Young mon
O. and women 30 stay in Utah is new.
The advice has usually been for them
$ to enter upon and possess the region
all around, to sway the politics of
Idaho Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, Ne.
rada and Arizona The Young people
: have diligently followed this advice and
acted upon il, for three reasons: First.
because under the church closc.corpor.
alton. non progressive plans. there was
no room for them here; second. because
the church autocrats desired TO acquire
political power in the surrounding COM
monwealths; and third, because the
Youths were 'counseled - TO go, the
church taking charge of the founding
Of the colonies on Salt River, Arizona.
of colonies in Mexico, of the Big Horn
colony in Wyoming, of the various col
onlzings IN Idaho. and Of the Alberta
sort Of work is, presumably to be given
up, and the church effort is TO be
directed toward locating the surplus
Saints on the ncwIy-reclaimcd lands of
this State
L, is curious. by the way, that in.
spired leaders should not have seen long
ago the opportunities for the rcclama-
tion of these new lands in Utah. But
they were blind TO the opportunities.
They waited till Gentle enterprise
pointed out the way. And now the
Counsel is for the Young Saints to
/ follow this Gentle lead. And this, too,
is n new departure.
Under the old regime. the community
| life was stercotypcd; there was Moth
ing for the young Mormon who wished
10 make his way in the world. but to
get out. The business was held in the
grasp OF the chiefs The coop stores
were expected in all the settlements
TO supply the needs of the people, and
there was oifense and suspicious if other
places were patronized. The first set
tiers along the water courses took all
the flow of the streams, and could
not be budged, even in favor of the
youth Of the community, from holding
on to them They wouldn Y divide the
irrigating water. and so the settlement
had to swarm once In q while, or starve.
But ii appears that the Gentiles have
pointed out way whereby there will
be room for a while. and the confer
ence leaders counsel the youths of the
sect to avail themselves of the open
ing that the Gentiles have made.
This shows progress; and yet it is
quite in the cards that there may be
still deeper motive, one born of fear.
The changing sentiment among the Nor
mon people in their criticism and dis
trust of their leaders, the desire for
freedom in civil affairs, stimulated by
the American party, and the example
set by that party in showing how this
freedom can be attained, may well
this tkey mote
The priestly usurpers dread TO be
shorn of their temporal power, and de-
prived of their opportunities 10 tryran-
nize over the communities Of the State,
and over the State itself They fear
the rapid spread Of Americanism, They
shudder AT the thought that presently
they may not be able to hold the re-
sults of elections in the hollow Of their
hands. They are narrowed with anxiety
lest they lose their civil and temporal
power. SO, they advise the young Nor
mons to STAY at home, hoping 10 find
in their votes a source of strength for
priesthood usurpations. In this, how
ever. in so far as it is INDUCED in,
the crafty priests are liable to find
themselves at a loss. IT is quite CON
ceivable that these young Mormons
who are e'counseled' - to stay at home,
may also rebel at having the priest
hood IS yoke fastened upon them; may
revolt al the iniquitics and the lawess-
ness of their ruling theocracy, and de-
mand a purglng of the high places. 1t
is quite conceivable that they may vote
the American ticket as a protest against
priestly corruption and robbery, as
many of the older Mormons are az.
ready doing,
But The Tribune certainly joins in
this new departure in the advice given
to the young Saints 1t believes that
they can do as well in Utah as else
where. and it is sure that they are so
tired of priestly usurpations and arbi-
trsry rule, that they will mutually aid
each other to resist and throw it out
of secular affairs We note that con
siderable number of Eastern colonists
are coming into Sanpete and other couu-
ties of Utah. and feel certain that the
day Of priestcraft rule in Utah is de-
scendiug to its nadir, and that it will
ere long he buried in merited oblivion
DIFFERING STANDARDS.
| Joseph F. Smith at the tabernacle IN