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Show SUCH CORROBORATION! U, is really and truly amusing to sec the character of testimony that, the Des-erct Des-erct News will put forward to "prove" the reliability of its contentions in certain cer-tain matters. Among recent efforts in this direction was its production of certain cer-tain charges of church officials, made by them against Government ollieials in the Territory of Utah, in order to "prove" that these church officials were loyal to the country. As an illustration of this practice of the priesthood, wo select ; few parts of expressions from the "interview" "in-terview" given by President Smilh to Uic- Pittsburg Ga.olle-Times. We do not protend to give them in completeness., complete-ness., because the intent is not to quote t hem as presenting any deinite princi plo or idea, except to show, how "the brethren" chime in with one another when they "bear testimony." Throughout Through-out that "interview" we find such as the following: "1 will say further," continued President Presi-dent Smith "And If vou ordered 11s to volo for Heed Smoot." said President Winder, with a broad amlle "Neither do I," declared Apostle Penrose Pen-rose "Mormons' are like other citizens of the United State.--," said President Lund "And let nie say somclhln:-- on that point," volunteered Apostle George A. Smith, won or Apostle John Henry Smith And so it went on throughout the whole thing. The Tribune is unable to give tho particular "butt-ins" of othci , priestly authorities at that parlieulai time, for the reason that there were no others of the gentlemen present when the fake interview was concocted. "Wi have already pointed out tho fact thai the "interviewer" was no other than the cleric or the secretary of the Northwestern States mission of the Mormon church, npd that the publica tion of it in the Pittsburg Gazette-Timei was procured only after the ordinary space rales had been paid. But, for all that, the thing was "copied" from Die r Pittsburg paper and .-sent out in pamphlet pam-phlet form as a proselyting agency. Dut the point that: we desired Jo bring otp was that "the brethren" cannot be corroborated except, by "the brethren;" and that, this is what they do in overwhelmingly generous proportion to the bulk of their utterances. utter-ances. In other words, it is proposed by the lawbreaking priesthood that 110 testimony with respect lo a lawbreaker is good except it come from tho lawbreaker. law-breaker. or his lawbreaking coadjutor in a plea of "not. guilty." |