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Show t, .- g: J'OIITICIL DICTATION IjAq (OEKUOV &fjjf "The cvs does not dcuy that in all the it In Utah ciery ofhwr has gl? boon nominated by a little Trinity at gjp,i the head of the Church. It docs not jS deny, either tlntallthe vole In Utah gfi, have been cast by the direction of that ttSR power' S. Tut Desebet 5lS hasdenleJ BJ - this and does lion deny it, to tola. ME" But this n ill runke no dlllVruncc to fSJ, the sheet from wlilcll the above ten- ji fences ore copied There Is no nee-1 IgjT to namoit or the writer. There is Kt no other paper or editor In the HS?,"5 United btattstliat would continue, IS 5 , i rar afler J """ to reiKSit a falsehood ISS w n,cI' ,iaiJ ,Joea txi !1H, for vi lilcli gSS there was uo foundation la fact, and IJfirpfc to excuse which nit the faintest Sgfs- attempt at proof had ever been ad- Bfe' clucwl. Hi Wo assert once nmre, :nd cliil tXlj&s lengotheprjJualoa of proof to Oi" fJjjK contrary, thattlieviterB of Utah are fffe . perfectly free ia the casting of their bk , Inllots, o fir as iny Chun, h Trinity iXjKip orjiontri-couctrned, anJ thit tins K oflicxrs nominated have been the HlpY choice of the majority of dclegitcs gftjslf in Uio conventions at which they MHJ Mercsilrclwl fBSpil We will re fer lo the latest election Jg in tills city as a'l example. The K'l delegates to the nunlclpal election j wtrechosLU at the primaries hi tho ff,f popular v oies. There was no dieLi- Mi Ji turn, or dlretUou, or suggestion in Jt ' n-garJ to them from inj Trinity or T othir Church power. The ticUt wa no-uinat'-d was the result of maoj SL 5 anJ repeated ballotings and dl mtt cuion, in which eve-y delegate Hspj had full opportunity to express JP: ' Ins clioict. We challenge proof Sff'"' that any Church influence, illc- Jp tation or coutrvl was exercised S 2 over that convention. We appeal EJj to the de'egatus present as the , truth or UiL. statement The ki.ow Ng- 0jat a,vT w-"s leit jierfectlv and cn- MJJP tirely free as to their deliberations, Mm nuithst the meu selected were the gf " untratmriejeilchoiceoftuenvijorltj fc-jt, cf theconvcitiou. g Notwithstanding this declaration, W tlie same unprincipled person Iu tho Sh - tame disreputable sheet will, in a g ' - short tim-, repeat tlio sUttment that jr ' "the eus dots not deny" thl; M2 , that "the Nirws admits" to and ga, ; anil, VLry hktly, so garble and mis- gC quote our words as to convij the R"' . exact opposllt of what wo affirm. IK ' Thero have been times in the his K lory of Utah when tLeleidmg men S In Uio Church had riuji to Bay In Hp tho airairs of the Territory. Thev F' lil votes ind tiiey wire promi- iK-nt in all aOrtirs that jwr- Ep tiiued to the Intercut of tin RJ'I ixjople. . Their advice was sought Ssif,, . oT 3S'l Slen, and was utu.-Ih K- lalued and acted upon Bomellmei, KJ Itvsa notaVed, and at others a 8L not fullowid whtu to!i.ited aad WTJL tendered. The only couequt.Bcus fgj thatfollowcd thebtUr conr-- win l tLe results ofami'Ule iu dplug E whecouni.l an J the regret that tx- S lwricnce brought as the fruit of the Bj The actne and romiuent men yfe wliololoutlu setsilar affairs, how- gp cer, did to as American citiz-t fef ' exercimg political freedom and 58B sucli influence as their known judgment aiU experience had ? gained for them In the community. ST Tuti '''! the right to do this and g tho jieople rercguiied it, and when 3 thei were led by it they yielded fjSfy f from choice and not fruai compul-M compul-M " Bion. J The "ilormau" people know m UiatMlioeitr says they are'eoereed Sbi 'n anJ manner or form in tin ix- gjj creise of tho tlective franchi-e, is eltlitr greatly mistaken or wil- WjM; fully h.s. Tlio w nter of tho Pcn- gff tinces that precede this article i", in our firm belief, not rabbiken Bgjt hut states tho fdl-ehood knowing. hM ly and iulenlibnili.), i h malice g prijuii'i" and aforethought. iSfc Hut3ippteeacitli!.nor any uum- W$f lr of 'Itlieno, --hoiiM desire to K know the opinion or to sck the id - vice of faime indnidual or iudi j vidciaN thoroughly lojualnted with Pi he w hoi-iHibhc situation" Whr Jfj should there Iv any bar to thefru- jj i'lon of this desire tiecau-e the ' 1 opinion or advice nlato to poll ties, and the geutlemeu con- u suited ire fffleJal in the same Church as the inquirers Z ' -A1 American citizen uuder an - ' obligation Itgal, moral or social, to Ket their counsel from rofesional politician Is a whisky soaked, profaueaud vtual trickfttr of nece-- siti a better counselor for sober and God fear-ng atizeus tlian an experl ( enced, temperate, devout and clr- cum-pect man who occupies a ' prominent ecclesiastical joItiou' We notice that the leaders of the 1 ro-called "Liberal" party arrogate to themselves far more authority, assumo larger dictatorial potters, and require more implicit co-uplL, ance with their behests than can be alleged agamt tho leaders of the Teople's Tarty or would be tamely submitted to ly it niemlwrs. But Jut Is supttse-d to I all right because, be-cause, no matter w hat may be the '-r clnraihr or ri nutation of thoo "Jjiterul" raauiiiuUton, they are Dot churchmen This to usis the very acme of political absurdity. Coercion in any form would be quite as distasteful to us from a UUrt utablo jolitical boss, as from anarrogaut and dictatorial but sin- s'- cereecclelast. Our position is thl. Cltizen Je- should be tree as to the ballot. Can Jj vrntmns --hould be free as to th"ir BK clolce. All should bo free as lo JL seeking a Jvice and endeavoring to g reachthewiestconc!usions.Xoman P should be hut out from any of the nghLs privileges and rhjmunlties of Jt, citizenship because of his member g. ship or office in any church. Corn et ru'sion, whether from secular or J ecclesiastical sources, U equally irk- r . " somegtnd improper. And thoe who 4Rf attempt to dictate where citizens , sliall or shall not seek for political adtlce, are as tyrannous and contemptible con-temptible as the Imaginary power agaiua which they declaim. "Jlor-moniam" "Jlor-moniam" is opposed to compulsion, the "Mormon" Church neither clahns norexerclscs political control. |