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Show pjj -. 'I . Charles A. Smurthwalto, of Ogdon, who achieved considerable notoriety some time ago by being oxcommunl- .; K cated from the Mormon church, and by ; filing a suit demanding an accounting for tithing money collected, succeeds Furious J. Cannon ns president of tho Ogden State Journal company. Char-He Char-He announces that tho paper will ad- vocato the right of members of the Mormcn church to free speech within their communion on questions of public pub-lic pdlcy without the pains of excommunication; excom-munication; the right of members of the Mormon church to an accounting ot tho funds of tho tithe payers; that tho Mormon church retire from Its commercialism; that the implied and expressed pledgG3 of the state with the nation shall bo kept; that the church officials shall cease their domination dom-ination of the state, and that civic righteousness bo maintained and that evils shall be corrected. All of which Is easily construed to mean that tho Ogden Journal can In future be regarded re-garded a3 a close ally to the Knockers' Jcurnal of Salt Lake City. Who caro anything about Furious J. and Mr. Smurthwalto being excommunicated? Certainly not the general public. Neither does the public caro, and it is none cf the public's business what regulations and rules tho Mormon church makes regarding membership. |