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Show That is tha lirm belief of tbo literals, and it will continue to be their beliof until tlia chief of this organization "he mormon church) in good faith, la a square busiunj minim r, coma out in an auihoritativo way and i-ay tliat thuy hiId no political control or allegiance from thwir people, and that they do not and w,!l not in the future any more work that old game that they have a divine right to direct men how to vote and say what men sba 1 hold ollice. The '1 libuue. Will the Tribune permit us to cull Its attention to what the heads of the church havo declared ca this subject. They are on record in the matter as squarely as any men ever were in the world, as appears in Tin Times Interview Inter-view published last Tuesday. The fol-lowiug fol-lowiug is directly to the point. Tiik Times aksd tii.s cUt:stion of I'resideuts Woodrull' Hid Cannon: "That being true, are we to understand that the church will not assert any right to eon trol the political action of Its members in the future?" And to this their clear, unequivocal reply was: "This is what we wish to convey and hare von und-T'taud. As officers of the church we di-sclaim the right to control con-trol the political action uf the members of our body." "As ollicers of the church" they disclaim dis-claim the right to control the political action of the members of the church. What mere could ba asked fori |