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Show . . . - ' - vjf i. ' . . v . . . . i i ns -..-a cf the First Fr- ' ! ' ney fai 1 -n UH ri to further .Aii f.nu' - i I -tl-cai an.Lltlon; that t: aro-i'- J -;ic-.l the aim' -My dollar first, the Sf-nator-ship nev t e i t ir"'.:e !'ilatla order or-der of c. r.s.-ra;. a:.i that the church leaders fhouli prefer raee er.I Quiet to grati'catloa of political ambition am-bition accompanied by turn:r.l and strife. v Emoot'a Detective T7ork- Quickly following the appearance of Mr. Hood's comment. . which were signed by a nom de plume, came a zealous zeal-ous and strenuous effort on the part of Apostle Smoot and other church officials offi-cials to ascertain the authorship.. Apostle Smoot sent a letter to his brother, W. C. A. Smoot of Sugar House ward, who has been alienated from the Mormon church for many years, de- r.as::r r to krow If he wpr r '- y tie f .r t'-. c r.i'.T.z article. Y. i .V. J fc'aaoot, Jr., I j reo-:vti a co'-.i:. - . ' tlon frc.M t-e tpoi;:a i.ii.iir-g- ww tho author, and It not, -R io wa3. t - Hool Adrt'.ts Authorship. . B!hop Atwood of Buf-ar Uoum ward and his f.rst counselor, J. II. "NVtltaker, then called upon Air. Hood, demanded, . to know If he was responBltle for the communication, and upon being: answered an-swered in the afT.nr.atlve, told him that In thus criticising the church authorities authori-ties he iiad been guilty of a breach of discipline, and hence waa suspended from hie religious privileges until fur- . ther notice. Mr. Whitaker pays that the objectionable objec-tionable feature of the article was cot that which referred to Apostle Smoot. but the paragraph in which the head off the church was criticised. The action of the Mormon church au-thoritlea au-thoritlea In suspending Klccl Flood of Sugar House ward on account of an anonymous attack upon Apostle lUed Smoot's election to the United State Senate, and the position of the church offlclala in politics, which was recently printed In a local paper, Is causing much discussion by Mormons and non-Mormons non-Mormons alike. In substance the anonymous connec tion which waa traced to Mr. Hood, charged that many members of his f hurch, both Democrats and Republicans, Republi-cans, were d!gusted with the situation; situa-tion; that the church waa Internally racked to ritea over politics; that Keed Emoot. John Henry Smith and Joseph V. Smith were pronounced partisans, par-tisans, who appeared to have no use for Democratic church members except In so far as they paid tithing and mads I other numerous donation; that the HaiiaiBiBMMiassssasVMWMMMsasjssjSBSsssisssBSM |