The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

absolutism. And there is no genuine ef-
fort the part of the church 70 put
n final ending 10 tho practice OF plural
marriage.
Misuse Of Restored Money.
They. gave d pledge about the prop.
crty. 1t was TO be used for beneNolent
purposes. ! presumed that the poor
would not be entirely forgotten. One
day a few years ago when a certain
sobTaue s Of ahe m1Dn 81 s @
siding over the inpuisition known as
the poorhouse-county poorh2use here IN
paupers were treated and he sued for
damages, sued for libel Among the Wit
nesscs who were brought up there was
| man who had worked In a church IN
st,tunon for twenty-five years and paid
his llthes-hc couldn't help II. They
were taken out OF his pay check every
days IN winter came up from lhe poor
| house with a straw hat on. holes IN ms
shoes. no socks, and pair Of oyeraiis: AIS:
build marble hotels in which some Gen.
tlo money is invested as a hostage, that
they would better take out OF the poor
| house all the men who paid tithes all
! their working lives.
say to you who know that the prop,
back to them without condition upon the
supposition that the Mormon church
would care for all It's poor and the sup
position was the pledge was that the
property would be used in works OF bene-
| faction. How has II been used? To
establish refugees IN Canada, where the
authority within the church. and In Mex
| leo, where the Tanners can go and have
| a halfway house on the road 10 South
! America. That is what 1t has been used
| for.
Church and Trusts.
! II has been used for the eNplottat ton
OF interests In which the church is affll-
lated with the trusts OF the country. Is
hnt true H.. rl.r my
disputes that the church is In the sugar
! Industry Of the west as. "A side partner
6s nSna baT bo ags ns nds Is e1erS RerS
| Gentle dollar that goes Into any OF the
enterprises OF the church is a live in
ducement 10 the Gentle who invests 1t
erty which was restored 10 IL for the
! promulgation OF the very things which
were Inhibited. Three Of the prime con-
And now js there remedy? In the
old times when we organized this party
] believed that IT might spread through
! the length and breadth OF Utah and that
young men born OF Mormon parents and
! themselves affiliated with the church:
and young women seeing the splendor of
American citizenship, would rally TO its
| support. and | doubted not that every
! Gentle In Utah would be only too glad
to see upraised the flag of our country
dominating the civil affairs OF the state,
| Why have not we had It? Why is II that
! this magnificent promise has In any way
failed? Is IL because OF lack OF cuur-
age here at home? ! think not. l
! know how splendidlv you marched TO the
! battle year after year. What is the rea-
son then? Because by the political pow
! cr OF the Mormon church there has been
! lnaugurated an understanding with the
Republican administration at Washing
ton. That's why. Believe mo. my DEM
ocratic friends. II would have beon the
same with the Democratic party II 1t had
been in power. The only reason why
our, great party is not the beneficiary
Il hG hoo ~ Nae a.Ntl Ia aAF1r-
which 1t can offer OF value 10 the Nor
mon church.
Runs Idaho Politics.
II was testified In the Smoot investi-
CATION that both parties from Idaho send
their chairmen down to sal, Lake TO
ascertain how Idaho was going TO 90 in
her elections. And you and | know that
In the old days Wyoming sent a messen-
tain how IL was desired that the ssena-
torlal elections In that state should go.
II isn't necessary now because an apos-
tic Of the Mormon church has his Off
clal residence i'm Washington. ana all
he has To do Is TO confer With the heads
of the party and find out how much they
VIII confer and then exchange the goods
And when the president OF the United
States comes to Salt Lake City he sits
In the tabernacle side by side with the
greater president within Utah. the head
OF the Mormon church. That's why.
And when the national administration
thus singles out lawbreakers and cove
power which they can contribute. how
can you and I hope TO break this tre-
mendous combine? The solidfying OF
the Mormon power with tho great in
trust. the salt trust, the steel trust the
snelter trust and the railroad trust, had
Aldrlch, and as the National Magazine has
Il, an crrand boy for Aldrich, a Mormon
apostle who delivers his own vote and
sutherand.s and The senator's of the
n hU y,nu ~ iI,c No.
mon church. That is why you cannot
break It, and until we can break the
league which the, national administration
at Washington has with the power OF
the Mormon church we cannot work out
the complete redemption OF Utah and
you know IL.
A Possible Remedy.
called at Washington In the old days
Utah free. And I going now in a
wider way 10 appeal through national
magazine to the sentiment of this
ton To ask whether the great American
people approve the combine between the
politicians and the polygamists. II they
do let us ascertain II once for all. II
we break that combine you will see how
quickly there Will be recession from the
autocracy.
] went to beg that the nation would
set us free. | am here 10 beg that we
Will be prepared when the nation shall
again set us free. We were more in the
enjoyment OF the spirit Of liberty in old
N'Il ltpIldI OdNS tnhn now AS rltlZenS
within territory we recognized that we
did not have full political rights. but we
tried 10 exercise all we had Blu, as
citizens OF The state in the pretended
enjoyment OF all the rights of equality |
we are not permitted 10 exercise our |
fun political prerosat tive, and you
know II.
Utah s Rightful Aspirations.
OH my fellow Americans where is the
splendid future TO which should be |
aspiring for this splendid Utah? II ad-
vcrsity teaches the most valuable les |
sons, why ought not Utah to stand for |
evermore as n monitor among the suites
for splendid obedience TO lay and high |
Ideals? What other state has passed |
through such travail as Utah before II |
won Its rights? For what other state
did the nation forgive so much? What |
other people ever yearned for the mag
nihcence OF American citizenship so much |
AS we? The men who came 10 Utah |
across the plains came here in pursuance |
or their desire for liberty. and the Cen |
tiles who came afterwards came to es-
tablish wider liberty than ever the pio-
neers had dreamed OF. When once more |
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