Show SomA Excellent Aavice The Dcserct Neics which is the authorized organ of the Mormon church in its last issue gives in a coneplclous place some excellent advice to the members of that organization THE HER LD readers know that mischievous persons have availed themselves of their standing and influence in that church to insidiously electioneer out of the common way for the Republican nominee for Delegate This action so opposite op-posite to the advice and declarations of the Presidency has met with Indignant pro teats in a quarters and bid fair to do incalculable in-calculable harm The Hfewa evidently appreciates ap-preciates this and precates says I Its readers are cautioned azainst the anneal to prejudice and the falsehoods that are in circulation cir-culation and are ur ed to hold themselves in calmness and honor during tho excitement that I raging t betrui to themselres and to their pledges and covenants to exercise the manbood Vhlch is alike proof against the sneers of the bophist and the threats of the boaster t stand upon their rights as freemen and Americana and to exeriisc their suffrage as such to repel the charges against the church of which tliey are tnemberf which are in effect charges against themselres and finally to VOTE ACCORDING TO THEIR POLITICAL PREFERENCES OR PREDILECTiONS PREDILEC-TiONS untranuneled by any influence thai may be improperly brought to bear This is right and just To intimate that members of the Mormon church will vote for or against a candidate for Congress because be-cause he does or does not belong to that church is a charge that ought to be repelled re-pelled and rebuked The church through its highest dignitaries and by tho vote of its membership has pledged and covenanted coven-anted that the Mormons are entirely and perfectly free In all political affairs and ono of the most recent utterances of WIL FORD WOODRUFF president 1 is hn any man claims that it is the wish of the first presidency that a Democrat should vote the Kepublican ticket or a Republican the Democratic ticket let all people know that HK IS ENDEAVORINGTO DECEIVE THE FOB IAC AND HAS NO AUTHORITY OF THAT KIND FROM US The friends of Mr RAWLINS do not ask anything different or batter than this They want the voting to be as near as possible pos-sible impersonal That is to say that it is political measures not men nor religion that are before the people for their suffrages suf-frages In the United States today there IB in progress I battle that will decide issues is-sues of the greatest moment I is desirable desir-able that the people of Utah express their verdict upon them and not permit them to be sidetracked by irrelevant and pernicious personalities or matters foreign to the real cause |