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Show and that it would 1)8 ungenerous, ungen-erous, ' unwise ami disastrous lo ignore tlm opportunity to liral op tho wounds of 1 tali and to attempt to maintain the liberal party on the memories mem-ories of the past. Following such manifestations man-ifestations of flood faith on the part of Kniitilt-s, iiiurmons began to join the movement en both aides and tho people's party, in perfectly naturil sequence, se-quence, was dissolved. J f i i is the cold, unvarnished truth, and tho individual indi-vidual or tlm newspaper that asserts that tho "priesthood Is directing this movement" simply defies the rul of evidence to establish an untenable position. A TBI BUN K KRKOB. Airain, The Times says, "Theouts'ule public knows that it is to the best inter-fists inter-fists of the church to keep entirely out of politics." Suppose they do, or suppose sup-pose they do uot. They ara not free agents, and if they get orders they will obey, whether they think it is for the bst or not. It notoriously would have teen better for the saints if they had never assumed that prerogative of thoir priesthood; it would have saved them from banishment from three or four alates, but their very creed is framed on that. If their government is anything any-thing at all, it is the government of (iOD on earth, in their estimation, to be directed through His priesthood, and that priesthood is directing this movement, move-ment, just as much as they have ever any other, except in this case, they give permission instead ol counsel. The Tribune. , The foregoing is one of The "Times F.rrors" which the liberal organ gives i us; but there happens to be do error Iu the completed statement to the effect lhat tho tvidenco in the ca? shows that the mormon people are fully aware of the fact that it is to the interest cf tho thurch to keep entirely out of politics. The statements made by the Tribune do njt alTect tho ease for they do not weaken the evidence in support of The Times' position. It cannot produce a particle of evidence in support of the assertion that the priesthood is directing direct-ing this movemeut, while The Timkj, on the contrary, in addition to the circumstantial cir-cumstantial evidence, and in addition to the direct, positive testimony of prominent mormons, ctu point to the etupiiatio language of the heads of the church as given in This TiMta interview with them two weeks ago. To show their position In this matter we quote l'rom that interview as follows: "Are wo to understand that the church will not assert any right to control con-trol the political action of its members in the future?" "A'his is what' we wish to couvey and kve you understand. As officers of the church we disclaim the right to control the political action of tbe members mem-bers of our body." Tho truth is that this movement is not being directed by the chirfs of ths church. It was s-tirted by gentile3 who realized that the time had come to 1 reorganize- politics in Utah; that the mormons had done all that they had been asked to do; that the mission of iberallsm had thus been terminated |