Show I WHY OTTO JOINED THE CLUB Former Mormon Delivers Fin Finished Finished Finished Roast of Institution and Its Methods AUDIENCE IS DELIGHTED DENUNCIATION SWEET MUSIC TO SYMPATHETIC LISTENERS As s a It of oC the Mormon church Its methods and its institutions Otto Is a conspicuous success At the meeting of oe the American club in the Atlas block last evening Mr III Ryd R d man addressed himself to the task of de delivering delivering livering a finished and polished address on Mormonism In general and his own experience with it in particular Mr remarks were w re of the sort usually done up in asbestos wrappers manifestly they the were exquisite music to the ears of oC his sympathetic audience for its approval was made known at fre frequent frequent frequent quent In what the political writers call tumultuous applause Mr II adhering closely to the time limit s set t down in the program of the evening confined his speech to halt half an anI hour in duration but bitt for the effective effectiveness I ness with his hearers even that brief space of time appeared to serve every ver purpose with delicious and unbounded I satisfaction Long in the Faith Besides being b a m meal ni m niber ber her into the mysteries of the American club Mr is the of th the which makes makS its appearance appt arance in this city The program committee had assigned Mr Ir the undertaking of telling how and why wh he joined the th American club but Mr Ir left that to be inferred and de dt devoted devoted voted his himl attention to telling how and why he left tho the church Mr lr became a ing to ills his own story at the age of 10 years earR by reason of the fact that his mother had become a convert in Ger Germany ninny many I was wall taught everything the church authorities wanted me to know said Mr Ir R and nothing that they the did not want me inc to know I was taught like so many thousands of or others that the of the church are In con constant constant on stant communication with the Divinity and that what they tell us to do door or not notto notto notto to do comes In a direct message from on high Whether hether these commands and these teachings are right or wrong it was not for us to say Sl We Ye merely did what we C were told was our duty paid our tithes and thus became good Mor Mormons mons mona It is not for you ou to doubt or to question said the priesthood We Ve are the tIme ones who nho are arl responsible to the Al Almighty Almighty 1 mighty might and we alone IH is 18 none of your affair what we do for that which we do dowe tb we wc are commanded to do by the Lord And we e let it gO KO at that and tens of thousands of others are letting it go 50 at that to tu this day da daThe The Church in Politics I I Mr Ir dwelt dwell at length on nit the in influence influence influence fluence of the Mormon n church in poll poli politics tics r I know the church uses its su supreme supreme preme promo power to influence politics to elect elft this candidate or that to compel electors lectors to vote ote as It dictates I know it because I have h vC seen the living proof of it Why Vh when the old Liberal party part was in exist existence ence once and the time question came up of establishing hushing lishing free public schools school did not the Mormon church authorities In every eve stake order the sending of delegates dele to the convention to oppose the free school chool system Did not they the tell us for whom to vote and who our friends were Did not the time bishops do 10 this sometimes sometime open openly ly l 1 sometimes secretly Tonight I am happy happ to say that the Liberal party par won non wona nona a glorious victory Ictor Where would our splendid public school system i now had hind the church power been b n permitted to prevail Were Friends of Smoot It Is only a few years ears ago that I was sa sail in iu Heber Hober City during the political cam nm campaign prior to the th election el of Reed Smoot to the United States senate senat I had been told that the tho church was taking no part partin in iii the campaign n and I mentioned the fact to a friend a lie he said this man an absolute downright He lie Arent they telling us who ought to be sent pent to the capital because baule they will vote for Smoot Do you call that nonInterference ence And nd so I found it to be the case rose My 1 friends r I tell you ou that the Mor Mormon Mormon mon church Is always alwa s In polities politics poll I tell you too that It is always alwa s the time director of your temporal as well as all your affairs Its influence in trade trad and com corn commerce commerce merce is always ala s present and anti if you dont toe too the th mark at every ver step you Ou find your yourself yourself self in a game same of or with your yourself yourself our self as the time principal actor How He Left the Church The recital of the history of the tIme part ing in of the ways between Mr Ir and the thc church was as graphic in the ex cx extreme extreme frame Mr Ir has been a Mormon with od mission He was wall everything he said that a good Mormon should be until he began besan lIe n to entertain grave ve doubts about the righteousness and the unselfishness of ot some of the high authorities lie He expressed these doubts and through the columns of his publication publication tion Uon permitted others to say sa a word oc occasionally occasionally that did not meet the approval of the counselors They first came to tempt me said Mr Ir If I 1 would desist and be j good again my m path In this world and in the next would be strewn with roses I said No and then the tho scene sc ne was changed and I 1 was threatened with ruin in this world and eternal damnation in inthe Inthe Inthe the next Cutler for the Defense I r persisted in my stubbornness and andas andas andas as a consequence was put on oi trial I Iwas IVas Iwas was Vas charged with unchristian conduct I with defying the inspired authorities and with no end of like offenses orret ge The pres present present present ent governor of or our state John C Cutler was appointed to defend me Now No the court system of the Mormon church Is a athing athing athing thing quite wonderful in It hf complexity It grows by gradual stages until It com corn comprises comprises the high council Before this body bod my case was heard Because some of the proceedings of the trial had been n published In tho the pros press the doors were locked lock bock d and a dl Heavy e y blankets were hung over the keep Inthe In the tho sound and to keep out the curious On one occasion I desired to 10 interrupt a R dignitary who was making false state statements statements statements ments about me mc but when I arose to do doBO doso doso so BO Mr Cutler pushed me hack back into my m slat seat In great alarm Throwing up both his hands in alarm Mr Ir Cutler uttered a warning and all hl the conversation that ever passed between Mr Ir Cutler and his A Argument for Defense When Mr Ir Cutler arose to plead my m case cas he proceeded somewhat In this man manner manner manner ner I 1 have hao known Mr Ir R for a great many years ears I have hae known him as asa asa asa a faithful worker in the church I am extremely sorry that he is brought here hereunder hereunder hereunder under this grave accusation But If these great and good men so charge chargo there must be something wrong wron with him Whereupon Mr Ir Cutler sat lIat down lown What do you think of that t at for a defense When hen I suggested au appeal I 1 was given In no manner to under understand understand understand stand that the high council was ns the court of last Jast resort that its decisions were final You Y u may ma of course I 1 was wes told ask the president to review your case and if ho he finds errors and mistakes in the minutes sufficient to warrant It he may remand r mand the case c se to this court for a new trial tHaI However n we er the tho decisions s of the presiding Judge of this court have hae never hewer been reversed in years And that in substance is II why h and how ho Mr Ir came caine to join the Amen Ameri can club cub and those are the reasons for his hili being boing ng glad of or having joined it and of I lh the American AmericanS club being glad that he lie did join It IL It The clubs cubs entertainment committee was instructed to t arrange an sn outing dur ing In the early earb summer at Saltair Salar or one of the other resorts the tho day to be known as American day da The ladles ladies will be wi asked aked cess to help make the occasion a sue suc |