Show I THE MOBMQN PEOPLE Woodruff Makes an Of rrcjWtnt Worl JaJ n Ir flclal Denial or Antaoulsm to the CoTCrnmcnt I POLITICS BECOMING SAMOAN POLTICS SLIGHTLY MIXED and Democratic 3Icm lublican Id DCIDrlc Piers of the Montana lsis latnrc ell IJu r By TeJesravn to tie Sors1 A X OITICIII HKMU > WootlrntTN Mnleinen I re ldeul WoodrlU turepeeting tb Irrnl h n tlllol CIIICAOO 2Cbv l3in response to telegram from the Associates i o 1 tclorm frm J asking or a Atemenl coil cornIng the jiresent Investigation In l 3 Salt Lake CilyPresidchst Woodruul oC the MansIon Church sends n llFTdtch In which ho says This I the periodical Morrnot sensation which we arc accastomit to expect In November Congress meets in December and it I presumed pre-sumed the usual efforts will b made to secure legislation against he Mormons lu addition we are on the cro of an important niunirl i pal election her which antlilor mon hop to carry by preventing he naturalization of Mormons There Is absolutely nothing lu tin Mormon religion inconsistent wIlls lie mot patriotic devotion to the government of the United States Tho revelations and commaudmcuL of the Church require the Con tl utlon Iud Jaws of the laud to be upheld It Is also a part of our belief be-lief that the time Mill come whet I Use country will b distracted and general lawlessness prevail Then THE M01D10X rnOILE will sUp forward nud take an activ part ruin lu rescuing the nation rom I ruinIn regard to the claims that the priesthood or the chief authorities of the Church assert the right 10 t control the Mormon people in 31 temporal including political aOairs II J ro I would say I am the head of the Church and I do not make nhY such claim It would lv iuiposaibl to excrete I if I did The charge of undue interference in elections Is i absurd Jlalloting is strictly secret I the management election ii the smallest details is in the hand of United States government lp raintco That the Mormons an jnitnl iwlitically li largely due to heir bciuc constantly nutl viudic Ively availed by the Email minority who seek U control the majority A good deal is being lade of a form of prayer bated upon two verves f n the sixth cha > ter of the I Kevcla lions of St John in the New Testa meut It relates the praying that God might avenge tlC IllMl OP TIlt IJllln IAn I-An attempt lias been made to connect con-nect Ills with avenging the deatl of and Smith It tC Joseph Iu Hyniru Smlb I can have no such application as the endowment was given j long before the death of Joseph and Jlyrun niltli and has not been changed These men were murdered by a ocal mobdiguUed Concerning the cry about blood atonement there I this foundation Our religious faith is a lieliefin atoning the blood of Christ We believe In the Scripture doctrine Who hcddeth mans blood by man shill hit blood liociseiL I Wo Iso believe all executions for mur er shall b under the law of the land and by Its ofilccrs only Statements State-ments of apostate Mormon witnesses wit-nesses that the endowment ceremonies cere-monies Involve a death penalty upon tliOM who leave the church I10n disobey thus priuthood an imply untrue Thc Mormons on he stand have a right to decline to INclose the innocent formula of the the Masons endowment just as 13011 Masonic iave a right ritual to refuse to disclose tlic |