Show Church Wont Won't Stand For It Refuses to be Brought into the Prohibition Movement The Democratic a at t i c cpa party i tY throughout the state has attempted attempted at at- tempted during the campaign that i is just ending to work rk the wide state-wide prohibition feature in its platform to a frazz frazzle e. e In Inmany Inmany many cases it has tried to tn n make lk the thc high officers of the Mormon Mor Mor- lo mon church sanction time time- e move move- ment In a number of places place tabernacles and other meeting meetinghouses meetinghouses houses have been used for Democratic prohibition meet nest ings jugs and lectures The attention of the church officials has been called to th the matter and Ind the First Presidency cy is out with the following statement which is dil directed to time the presidents of stakes and bishops of wards Dear Dear Brethren The Brethren The two local loca national parties ha having made the temperance question a political issue we deem it advisable to announce that we v deprecate th the use of the meetings meetings meeting's meetings meet meet- ings ing's of the saints whether priesthood quorums auxiliary organizations or general meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings or the time use of Church tabernacles tabernacles tabernacles tab tab- or m other houses of worship for the furtherance of the aims ideas or pur purposes oses of any political party whether such is under the guise of temperance temperance tem team r perance m meetings tings prohibition j meetings or or any tl U i C l' l ls s i r and c we e counsel the 1 residents of Stakes and Bishops of Wards Vard not ot to permit such proceedings as are arc herein objected to Ve We also protest against the use of the thc names s of the time First Presidency Presidency Presidency dency either as n a a. a quorum or a as individual members thereof in furthering such aims ideas and purposes and where such buch use h has JS been heen is bein being or may maybe maybe mayhe be he made we most em elu emphatically ly disapprove thereof there f Your Brethren JOSEPH J F. F S SMITH 1 H. H LU b LUt DJ D. D J JOIN JOHN OH HENRY I Y SZ SMITH UTH First j 0 |