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Show THE TRUE AND THE FALSE. As many religions, almost, as nations have sprung up, robbed their dupes for a season, and then have perished. While they lasted they were the only true religions; they alone had divine authority; the right belonged to some priest or priestess to rule followers and to be supported by them. The ignorance and superstitious foars of the ignorant have underlaid most of these so-called so-called creeds. One after another has gone down In violence or because of the falling off In membership, mem-bership, but while they lived they caused infinite sorrow and much bloodshed. Wo have one ot those Institutions here in Utah. It has dono well for Its chief officers. That Is a clear case, and now the Impression is pronounced that if Apostle Smoot holds his seat it will dominate Utah with an iron hand for all time to come. It is not a safe calculation. More men are thinking think-ing in Utah than ever before; more men are asking ask-ing why people going from Utah should hate to register from Salt Lake, than ever asked before. be-fore. And we predict that if Senator Smoot retains re-tains his seat and returns here triumphant, the next election will will make clear that many thousands of Mormons have determined that henceforth they' will vote as they please. When that time comes Utah will begin to become an American State, and with the tide onco set m motion the Mormon creed will go the way that other creeds have gone Into the shoreless past. If President Smith would save his place and his prestige he had better proclaim three things. One Is that the church is out of politics, another is that high church officials must either eschew politics or resign, and another Is that the people must not be hampered In their political beliefs. By taking that course Mormonism might last as long as the Moslem faith has existed and Joseph Smlthi would be hailed as the real father of this thing called a creed. All this could be done without loss of prestige. The people expect it; the expectation, If not met, will serve as a new Inspiration for the real independent minds in the churoh to determine that they will no longer be controlled by a prophet that dees not i eceive prophecies, proph-ecies, or by apostles whose highest Ideas up to date have not been to make of Utah a great American State. |