Show MANIFESTO TWO how can those who alleged church interference sustain editor tribune now that the th yearly I 1 conference of 0 the tooele stake of zion Is over and the late manifesto li 19 being almost unanimously adopted allow me to make a tew few suggestions to my democratic friends fr lends those t who r lalm clile ai a standing and also hold bold ie spoil bible positions in the church of jesus christ of 0 latter day saints let us hear no more ot of your powwow pow wow about church interference in our coming campaign why mr air editor I 1 formed mi self into a committee of one to see how my friends the democrats voted on the manifesto not knowing at the time a committee was livas watching my note M and sure bure enough I 1 waa I 1 greatly surprised I 1 saw sam men vote tor for the doeu document almost like IL a machine who a few days before said conference convened bell believed eved as firmly as aa they did last tall fall that th the e church inter interfered with polities politics polle polie in behalf of the republican party yes worse than that I 1 heard men who voted tor for the manifesto before they scarcely got out of church state stale that they still believed the church mixed in politics ira in the law arel campaign tor for the benefit of the republican party it was wa quite amusing to an observer to see sec men holding responsible postas positions such as bishops etc who I 1 lait la as it t fall all sal bat on th the c rostrum in the tooele thoele social hall ball with the hon flon J L and listened to his denunciations charging the church authorities with perfidy and all dishonor honor with not keeping the ale pledges adges ahny they had made to the people and then in a 8 tew few short months month a ax are e voting tor for a document which declares in solemn tortes tones that the church never at any time endeavored to control the state or cr that the church ever did control the state why that Is more than I 1 could do while I 1 have no reason to believe the church interfered in politics last tall fall or since we divided on party tin lines but when it says it never at any time did so or why I 1 am not free to say and it would be foolishness tor for me believing as I 1 do to say that parties holding high positions in the church did not use their power in ecclesiastical caucus caucuses cau cusses cs to control the election in their respective counties but to turn to my democratic friends and their aota acts men holding high positions in the church they remind me of the story etory of the war between the bird and the beast when the beast was getting the best of it the bat said we are of the beast tribe we vie will join your forces ira in a little time the tide turned in favor of the birds now saia athe the bat we are arc of the bird tribe f for or we have wings and from that date to the present the bird and the beabe have disowned the bat and its shame Is s so great it never allows itself to be seen by day 1 I would not have it understood that all my democratic friends voted for the and those I 1 would not liken to the bat they ore arc honorable mm men compared with those I 1 have hare spoken of bitting on the rostrum end and listening to and to all appearances enjoying the scoring the authorities were getting and they in so short a time hold up their hands bands to support tho chii manifesto dave they not pitied the part of ananias why do they not pay nay we lied last fall have they not said so by in dorsing doming the manifesto such men should make a confession before their brethren and ask forg forgiveness ivene they are thi the men in my opinion who should ile he dropped from their positions politically and tc ecclesiastically and not the ones who v vote ote their convIct convictions inns perhaps the reason thi the ynte vote was wan almost unanimous was from the hint we received train from austli lyman at the th close of sunday afternoons services service 1 ile he stated thus tomorrow morning og we m will ill vote on the hr church authority au thorit 18 1 8 arid and the manifesto an and it I 1 would mould I 1 1 I 1 me the tender tenderfeet feet to stay away apostle lyman layman qualified his remarks by saying you CATI carl come if y you it want to A great great n many V must have stayed stayed away judging b by lyn the number of empty benches SPRAY lake view conele county april 2 ath |