The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
MIEKARCHS IN THE SADDLE.

In the pending election, ii appears
Mormon church fealiy requires that
the brethren and sisters shall vote "A
certain political ticket. This her
archie claim was reasonably evident
prior 10 the primary election Il week
ago today At that election the church
power WAS fully demonstrated by the
defeat of the regular Republican can
dldatcs. and the sustaining at the
polls of the so-calcd citizens ticket,
which has been indorsed by the &C.
clesiastics, and is accordingly made
the regular church ticket now.
In his address in the tabernacle on
Sunday. Apostle Penrosc made it
abundantly clear that the church power
is behind this citizens movement and
citizens ticket.
II is the same old eight The church
makes war upon tho American party
because the American party speaks for
freedom, for Individual rights. for the
liberty Of the voter untrammccd by
uriestry authority, and for the ad.
vanccmcnt of the city
APOSTLE Pcnrosc stated that "wc now
have au opportunity 10 rid ourselves
of il great deal OF corruption >; but the
Kidding of corruption is not a matter
that appeals TO Apostle Penrose; he
simply wants to beat the American
nominees, For Years he was editor OF
the Dcscrct News, and no corruption
was possible that be would not defend,
provided only that such corruption
were from the church side and in the
church interest. He even went TO tue
revolving length of defending the Off
cial establishment by the city of a
house of ill-fame in order to ''trap'
the Gcntics, The trap did not work,
but that made no difference to Pen
rose, because he was for it anyway,
and his voice could always be depended
on 10 approve and not condemn. There
is 40 villaiuy connected with church
rule here that he did not approve. lie
negatively approved of the lynchlng
by the police officers Of the negro who
shot Captain Burt, by denying the
fact, The police force was then aII
Mormon, and there was no opposition
TO the complete church dominance IN
the city. That was the only lynchlng
that VIC have ever had, and it was a
| lynching by officialdom, tscitly ap-
| proved by Pcnrose The corruption
which located the redllcht district on
the main streets Of the city was never
objected to by him, since it was man
aged by favorites of the church.
The squandcriug Of huge sums oi
money raised by city taxation veal
after year without any corresponding
or permanent benefit 80 the city was
specifically approved by him.
He always opposed public improve
mcnts. and seemed 10 consider the
proposition to put in sewers a deNlct
| of the devil to harass the Saints. Hc
is the conspicuous. prominent, always
to-bc depended upon rcactlonary. abou
as certain to be wrong on any qncstor
affecting public interests as any MAI
that ever lived in Utah.
Any one knowing Penrosc' 5 RECORD
would be able to Judge at once what
he ought 10 do on finding out what
Penrose wanted and advocated, by do
ing the reverse. There has never been
more persistent rcactlouary enemy
| Of Salt Lake City in lis progress and
development than this same man Pen.
rose. To those who know him, his en-.
| dorscment of the Park ticket must
| necessarily he a tremendous handicar
on that ticket, while 10 those who dd
not know him it is we'll enough tc
point ont the facts and TO say that
tho only thing that ever commended it
self to Pcnrosc was reaction, hostility
to progress. and bitter lament that any
advancement came 10 the city. am
especially that such growth came TO j
as took the control Of city affairs from
the hands of the priesthood.
His sole desire rs 10 weaken or de
stroy the American party, because thu
party has been so powerful in bringu!
in new settlers and now Influences 1,
the city, taking It's public affairs on
Of the control of the hierarchs.
IL has always been Penrose' IS desir
to maintain this city as the sacre'
reservation of the Saints, allowin,
enough Gentilcs to como in here TO h.
pluckcd, but not enough to take con
troll That is the keynote to all o
Pcnrose IS thought, writing, and speak
ing for upwards Of thirty years,
4 l.
stand, crupting in the same old yolu
ble way and showing the same oI,
vicious hatred 70 progress, patriotism
and freedom.