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Show m (mm LOIS ON UTAH Texas Journal Talks of Our Affairs, Threatened Perils of Mor-monism Mor-monism to the Nation Discussed. Power of Church to Debauch Either of Great Parties Must Bo Taken Away. I Tho following from tho Fort Worth (Tex.) Telegram will be road' with Interest Inter-est In Utah; Late reports from Utah indlcato that party lines are to be wiped out in the impending im-pending election, except for Presidential electors, and It Is to be a straight tight of Gentllo against Mormon. This situation l.i tho direct result of tho election of tho Mormon apostle. Rood Smoot, to tho United States Senate, which has been accepted ac-cepted by tho opposition to the further spread of Mormonlsm as an open declaration declara-tion that Mormonlsm propooos to hereafter hereaf-ter control both church and state. As tho vnrlous conventions have been held ln Utah It has been rouna that Senator Smoot has nn ut(er and complete control of the Republican StAto machine, and open rebellion has followed. It will bo remembered that about four- then head of the Mormon organization. Issued Is-sued a propaganda directing tho members of his so-called church to divide up on party lines as to thorn seemed advisable and stated that tho "church" would thereafter there-after tako no further Interest ln political matters Before AVoodruff issued this decree de-cree there were two parties In Utah. dlsr tlnetlvely Mormon and Gentile. Tho Gentiles Gen-tiles were restless under Mormon domination, domina-tion, and the Mormon loaders woro sufficiently suf-ficiently astute to recognize tho fact that Statehood was only possible by taking the courso adopted. Older Gentiles Protested. It Is said that the older resident Gentiles protested, but their protests availed them nothing. Salt Lake City at that tlmo was dominated by the Gentiles in city elections, elec-tions, and the miners who were attracted to the State were fast Increasing the anti-Mormon anti-Mormon vote The sentiment was against giving up when there was a prospect for victory, but It was done, and then tho prophecy was made that tho "church" would uso cither of the two political parties par-ties In the future as its interest might be best subserved. In tho general revolt that has now come against continued Mormon domination, It is claimed that the prophecies of fourteen years ago have been aiuply fulllllcd Tho platform adopted by the rovoltors declares that tho promises made by the Mormon leaders fourteen years ago were "craft and Insincere; that the sought-for division of the people on party lines' was not carried car-ried out in good faith, that both party organizations or-ganizations have been dominated and maintained for the double purpose of maintaining an ecclesiastical control which had no regard for either; that repeated re-peated experiences havo proven that this ecclesiastical dominance Is, all powerful and perslatent, nnd that It cannot be shaken shak-en off as long as those who oppose It aro divided Into hostile camps." Tho platiorm further charges that "every pledge of the ecclesiastical power to refrain from direction direc-tion In tho political affairs of tho people has been shamelessly violated; every pre-tenso pre-tenso of letting politics alone a shameful and hollow mockery." Dawning of New Era. It will be oeen from this that there has been a comlmr tOKCther of decenev In Utah, for tho avowed purpose of retiring the Mormon "church" from the control of political affairs In that State. It Is a good omen, for It seems to mark the dawning of a now era In thnt hotbed of corruption. That tho Federal Government has permitted per-mitted this greateest peril that menaces this Republic today to grow up and as-sumo as-sumo tho alarming proportions It has already al-ready assumed. Is truly remarkable. Tho experience had with Mormonlsm In lt earlier history proves conclusively what may be expected from it In tho future. So far as the Federal Constitution and Federal Fed-eral laws are concerned, the Mormon Is today as much an alien as though ho resided re-sided ln Ethiopia He has no sympathy for anything American except Mormonlsm. Mormon-lsm. and he knows no law except that promulgated pro-mulgated by tho head of his so-called church. Will Continuo to Spread. Mormonlsm will continue to spread from State to State, becoming more and more powerful, and buying tho right of existence exist-ence through controlling tho balanco of power. In tills way It will grow fat and moro arrogant, gaining more power, until finally It will be ln control of tho destinies des-tinies of the nation, andoncc ensconced In that position, nothing short of a terrible terri-ble and bloody revolution will ever bring it down from its high place. People may prate of the yellow peril In the far East, the negro question In the South, and the grinding lnflucnco of tho great combinations of capital used for lhe enslavement of tho masses, but theao all palo Into utter Insignificance by compari-HOn compari-HOn with tho threatened perils of Mormonlsm Mormon-lsm In this Nation. The Telegram Is not an alarmist, and would not seek to Inaugurate Inau-gurate a bloody crusade against theso misguided mis-guided people, but It would remind the people that an evil that strlkca at the very roots of our form of govci-nment, that would build up a great "church" oligarchy at the expense of civil and religious liberty, lib-erty, and that necks through the dissemination dissemi-nation of vice, fraud and corruption to continually extend Its dominion, Is one of the things that will havo to be reckoned with In the future The coming together of Democrats and Republican! ln Utah ln an effort to regain control of the situation is a most gratify- Ing indication for it disclnsps tho fnH that the people the most dlrecll In touch with its foulness are the first to recognize and appreclnto the necessity for Immediate action. ac-tion. The combination will have tho effect ef-fect of putting Mormonlsm on tho dofen-' dofen-' slve. No longer will It be able to stand In with one side or the other and buv the privilege- of continued existence. It must stand or fall upon Its own merits, and Its ability to debauch cither of tho great par-tlejj par-tlejj has become a thing of the past. The situation as a whole Is one that demands de-mands the most drastic Federal legislation. legisla-tion. The tlmo Is at hand when theso people peo-ple should be dealt with according to their Just deserta. nnd tho mask of hypoc-rlsv hypoc-rlsv should be ruthlessly torn from about the'm. Tho sanctity of religion should no longer bo permitted to envelop them, for to call Mormonlsm religion Is a shame and ,a bitter disgrace to the Christian faith. It Is better to do now by legislation what will othorwlflo have to be done somo day by forco of arms. |
