The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-09
THE BASE PEACE DEMANDED.

| SLAMS who when devastating NdlSdN
and killing all who opposed, triumph
antly announced that "Peace releps m
| Warsaw The price of peace as dc
manded by the church organ is, com
pIete submission to the church demands
and the scrvile acceptance of church
usurpation and domination IN civil, po
| litical. business, and social affairs. 1t
is demand that will never he lis
tened TO. Its terms are submit, and
be smitten. crawl, and-we II make
yon crawl continually.
In one breath it cries out for peace
and harmony in Utah, and with tho
very next breath assals the iaw-abld
ling. substantial citizenship here with
the foulest calumny and abuse Its
church leaders jump into the politlcd
arena. announce their power to con
troll the vote of tho church, and then
purpose to exercise that control, lheN
crv out against the evil moral condl'
tions in this city, while at the same
time protecting the most formidable OBJ
stacIc 10 the pure American home IN
their polygamous doctrine and prac-
| tices. They call on the courts 10 en-
| force the law. but restrain the courts
| from enforcing the law against tbeIr
own transgrcssors. They make pre-.
tense that those who oppose their law
less course. those who object TO the
control by the priesthood of temporal,
civil. and political affairs, are disturb,
crs. whereas the real disturhers are
their own hierarchy when that hicr-
archv usurps control in politics and IN
civil government. The evidence of this
church intrusion into and usurpatlon of
political power is in open view TINS
year The proof of it has been fully
produced. and caunot bc denied. The
results of the election were full cvi,
dcnce of it.
Now, if there were any real design
on the part of the church organ and
those whom it represents 10 have peace
and harmony in Utah. that peace and
harmony would have been established
here decades ago The way has been
plainly pointed out, 1T is perfectly clear.
and TO follow that way would he both
easy and patriotic, But the leaders
Of the church have never got over the
idea that they arc living in r new dis
pcusation. that thev arc the chosen of
God. peculiar people. purcr. holier.
and better than their ncighbors They
are an exclusive people, and claim that
,bc al hc bc q
States. when it comes here, intrudcs
upon their God given heritage and do
main. This idea still fingers, and is
seen in the advice given not to marry
or associate with Gcntilcs or "out-
sidcrs'
For the most part their claims of eX
clusivcucss are matters that no one
cares anything about; but when they
force those absurd claims upon others,
these others naturally resist And so
the wall of separation is one that Is
made by themselves aud not by any
one else The citizenship Of America
knows nothing about such walls of sep.
araton. and comes here entirely limo.
cent of them, and is both surprised and
shocked to find such a state Of affairs
here under the dominance and control
Of polygamous hierarchy.
The way to peace and harmony, as
we have often pointed out. is so plain
that no ono need err IN following il
II is so easy 10 follow. in fact il is
every ones patriotic duty to follow il.
that surprise must be felt at tho re.
luctance with which the leaders of TIA
Mormon church view that course. and
At the success they have in prevent
ing so many of their followers from pur.
suing the plain path of duty aud
right. The strife is wholly of the hier.
archs' making. in that they refuse to
submit to the laws, and paralyze the
beneficial duty of the courts TO enforce
the laws upon all transgressors alike.
AS has been stated many time, the
few things essential here 10 get into
harmony are for the hierarchy of the
Mormon church to drop its claims of
right 10 civil and political rule. to al.
low the courts TO enforce the laws
equally aud Justly upon every citizen
and especially TO deal ont unbiased Jus.
tice TO all offenders and to transgres.
sors against the laws which penalize
immortality and unlawful sexual rea.
tions. The monopolistic commercial en-
terprises of the church fattened and
strengthened from the tithc contrlbu.
irons, which arc often used against the
very individuals who contribute the
tlthe money. should be dropped as a
part Of the church = religious system.
As 1t is now, the chiefs of the church
grow strong. and fattcn on the contr.
buttons OF the faithful titbe-p payers.
and from those contributions they erect
monopolistie, commercial and industrial
combinations which crush individual ef
fort and drive the people elsewhere to
get opportunities in life
The thing to do i for tho church
leaders to stop political aggression, ana