Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-23

to the laws of the union, this country
Of ours was magnanimous. 1t heaped |
upon them privileges full and
free citizenship rights to all-restored |
millions of dollars of church property |
and legitimatized all the children be-
gotten through plural marriages. All |
that was asked from them was that |
they do as you do. l plead for them, |
being in the senate at the time, for |
they were my people. l thought they
would keep their promises.
THE Mormon church thinks It is
the only righteous one on the face of
the earth; that it rs their destiny to
sun, beginning with the United States.
| We know that is absurd. 1t is, how
ever, supplying the leaders of the ma
| ton. Senator Smoot now hos rne
balance of power in the United States
senate and is the successor to Nelson
w. Aldrich. Every governor of the
state of Utah has been a priest of the
| church. Every senator and represen-
tative in congress has been selected
first by the high priest of the churchs
The senators of Idaho, Wyoming,
Washington. California, Nevada, New
Mexico, Arizona are all controlled by
the Mormon church. Hepburn and
Borah from Idaho were first selected
by Joseph Smith and you have no
doubt noticed that they have never
been antagonistic to the Mormon
Ill.
CHURCH OWNS MILLIONS.
"The Mormon church controls mil
lions Of dollars. 1t is identified with
all the big trust combinations of the
country and has power TO fix it so
that no one dares to raise his voice
against the polygamous kingdom.
"Polygamy is being practiced more
today in the Mormon kingdom than
at any other time in the history. The
Mormon leader continues to inculcate
and TO compel the practice of polyga-
my, by precept and example and the
: Mormon leaders misuse their restored
property TO encourage polygamy and to
2 regard, protect and aggrandize polyga-
mists. The priests teach that Jesus
] Christ was a polygamist. That he de-
seconded from one of the polygamous
wives OF David and that if there had
= been no pOlygamy there would have
been no redeemer. That Joseph f.
: Smith is a lineal descendant of Christ
q by one of the polygamous wives of the
Savior is also one of the teachings of
= the church
o SUGGESTS REMEDIES.
The senator gave several examples
showing the faithfulness of the mem
: bers to the church-how they will
!. swear falsehood and how women will
: even claim they are unmarried, put.
ting the seal of disgrace upon the fore
heads OF their children, while living in
conjugal state with some man.
Mr.. Cannon suggested three rene
dies: An amendment to the constitu
ton to allow congress to legislate ap
propriately to punish and prevent po
lygamy; that proceedings under the
Sherman law be instituted against the
\ Mormon kingdom; property trustee
/ ship as a combination in restraint OF
, trade; that both houses of congress
no longer admit as senators or repre-
sentatives ambassadors of the Nor
y mon kingdom.
BRYAN FOR COMMENCEMENT.
William Jennings Bryan will in al
probability be the college commence
ment speaker at Augustana- An invi
tation was extended to the noted Ne
- braskan by the committee in charge
q few days ago. The committee seem
= ed TO think that he would accept Il
has been several years since Bryan
= has appeared at Augustana. He has
however, never acted in the capacit!
of commencement speaker at the Lu
theran institution of learning. Thurs
; day. May 80, has been set as colleg,
commencement day. Other speaker
= for commencement festivities have no
as yet been chosen.