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Show MEAN ATTACK I Apostle Penrose Pots I j lis Foot in SL I Assails Brother Chapman I. jjj for IVlerely Taking I i "A Plural." l '''lii Unjustlfinblo Attempt to Ituin Pros- H ''si J poets of "Worthy Imitator of H ', I Lights of Church. H i''f' f Strictly Confidential. ! j I MORMONTON. Utah, Oct. 28. Dear H I j 8 Brother Penrose (Apostle and Editor H ' I of tl,e Dcsoret News) : There ia cntlrc-H cntlrc-H ' ; i I y too much talk in this campaign, and I ' ? S Jt Avi11 lmvo t0 ccnse or "Judgment will H f i ; he laid to the line and righteousness to H . j -JP the pummct," as Brother Brlgham uflod H , j iijti to say. There ought to be some way to I ! ''villi choko oft you and Brother Fussy. Every I ' ' 'llu t,me you opGn yom' ,noutn yu nut yur H j'l -foot In It. If you would keep your foot H I)' HS thcro It would bo a good thing. You H ,i ftnn -were not especially called by the Lord ,j jflj I to build up the wosto places of Zlon, H !'. jjij and, If you were, you are making a H j i HIS mess of It. I IIH Don't defend Brother Pussy any more. H v OKI Some odors are worse when they are M stirred up. Let Brother Fus3y smell to !j. I high heaven, but don't you spread the yJO perfume. How any one as awkward aR H ., J nil you are with your mouth evor got to be H i I; ,in apostle I don't know. I thought H .:. j Hjl Brother Smoot was the limit for making ( ; aa all kinds of a holy exhibit of himself, j j ml but I guess you could give him four H :, oil aces and win out with a pair of three j , Bj Every time I get a letter from you H ; i fijl there arc a lot of denials, but when 1 ftfl pick up your newspuper and see what H J. Rjl you are printing, as the oinclnl mouth-I mouth-I !Jf I MM piece of God, I feel to say that you I j In ought to be set apart for a mission to H ' ' l m stand on a cake of Ice barefooted until i. j, ft Brother Movie Is elected Governor H 1 'j jw with the holy word out for Brother I . I ',! II Genuine Case of Anmzement. I j'l H When I read your aocount of that H . !,! M- M promising young scion of the Lord 1 W a whom you say has "recently flirted with m . I the laws of matrimony In two different I ' jf j parts of the city," I was so amazed that I 'I EM wondered If anybody had been tani-H tani-H ' , In pering with your breakfast food. That I ;j DUg the young man should live up to his roll ro-ll lIRa llirlnn In "two fllfferont rinrts of the ' 'L;.. & city" instead of "one different parts of j jjt the city" was Inexcusable; but when h 0 Bishop Cutler and Bishop Beatie both I I testify that young Brother Chapman : ' llrf 5 ft vas married according to all the rules iff of the game, just as Brother Smith, you , a and mysolf were, It strikes me that It I ' jj is a monstrous piece of impertinence '.' i I for you to criticise the young brother. iij ' I B If wo men of plurals don't stick togeth- i '.(.l H or, what's to become of the kingdom of ',! J J God in Utah? I don't see that Brother ! ! A' a Chapman Is any worse than the rest of I 1 1 BU uf. Suppose he did bring "his second I I '. wife to reside within a block of where Iff 91 his first wife lived?" Is that any of fl II your affair? That doesn't give you the 8 II right to cast slurs upon him. I never 0 91 heard that Brother Smith "llirts with D 9j the laws of matrimony in six dlfforent H parts, of the city," and if I am not B wrong some of his wives live quite wlth- t ' 111 In four or five miles of each other. Your fi j I own family Is not as scattered as it llikjl might be. I understand you can reach , I I any -.of your homes without traveling ; I Si out of Zlon. 1 J , Wasn't Doing1 Any Wrong1. ! jjj ill Brother Chapman admits that he did i, !! not t)iink he was doing any wrong ! j,' ;i IB Why should he. with Brother Smith, l'if;; Brother Penrose and other Illustrious jfJiflH examples before him? His first wife told him that if he wished to marry iij;f again It would bo all right with her. I i'S ' ll "Wasn't that the proper way? Ho didn't akftl try to hide his matrimonial Intentions, - ( iOM uroincr Konorts uiu. 1 l' 3 tBHI Ifc Btrl,:e3 mc tliat Brother Chapman ' ivKI 1 ls a 3csorvlnS young man. and why you J Lt- JllS should go out of your way to attack his ' ' 1' 3 'lEllf purely personal and absolutely private '' ? JUIl domestic affairs, Is beyond my compre- ' 'i -i'fflllB henslop. Two wives aren't much of a ! r1 'iBH crowd In Utah. Suppose he Is In Jail ' Wil that's no more than several of the rest ' 1 ilBUl oC 113 iave endured for loving not wlse- !)Wm ly but too frenuently. Everybody can't !!R)!I bc aet QPart for a foreign mission Just 'RW to kocp ou- of a11, brother Grant had ill th0 oulo on the most of us, when It 'Iffm comes to that. UPlj Now. for the Lord's sake, let up on llli Brother .Chapman. Don't call him a ilMH "young bigamist" because an "old lill polygamlst" 13 a great deal no bettor, ilflil Beside, he has a chance to reform, and , n. llw by the time ho Is as old as you are, he i 'fllW Tnay 1mvo na many stars in his crown i ffljPj of gloiT as Brother Brlgham. There is 1 St 1891 always hope for young men. 1 'i I'flfim Angels Can't Do Any More. ' 'i'liiiwi Sny' t,1,n53 ftro petting rather mixed !li I'llll ,n tno country districts, but I am doing ' 'I U 'Iwl my bcst aml angels can't do any 1 '9 Ml more. Most of the brethren want to Hi I'lBll obey counsel, but somehow or other 1 A iviwM tM0-" seem to think that the sacred ' J itllfl pledges given by the church leadors to i Biafllnl kop lic cnurcli out of politics ought to 1 ll SfflH 1,0 kl)t' 0r there will bo somolhlng do-' do-' S Lal ,nfr T1,e' Point out that the Lord seoms ! sl H to be taking it out on them, when ; W n church Influence forces them to think j S U B one way and vote another. One good :j 5 j; ffl brother who never bucked on any or-'I or-'I v ' Si ders from Zlon before, said ho didn't il mind obeying the servants of God, but ! 'A m he didn't think he should be set apart 1 lut fl one year to be a Republican and the ,:! fil next year to be a Democrat. Ho said BM n that It made him the laughing- stock of .1 J B the Gentile enemies of the kingdom, and l,tf 1) -when thoy charged church Influence he ' Ifs n couldn't eay a word, ll H Of course, he knows It Is wrong to jj K nuestion any act of tho anointed rep-;!! rep-;!! 11 rcsentatlves of God on earth, but he m- K raya It Grinds a young man who has m n Ju3t read tho Declaration of Independent Independ-ent B ence and the Constitution of the United Iij;;! IJ Btntes, who has vlBlted tho cities of the ;:',, East, and who .begins to rcallzo what H :'''flm Q crcat an'l Blorlous country this is, to H 1 :jf Ml lay down his manhood and honor upon IJJJJ tho altar of a political religion. I fl "Brother "Winker," said he, with tears wLJ I ' In his eye?, "you can tell Brother Smith and Brother Smoot that I am filled with enthusiasm for the kingdom, nnd that I accept counsel to vote according to the dictates of the apostolic quorum, but as long as they have the Australian ballot system In Utah, and I have a mind to think and a will to carry out my thoughts, they will behold another vision before they can provo It on me." And There Axe Others. Now, what do you think of that? If that Isn't apostacy, what la it? There are others, I am beginning to fear that the church Is going to lose Its grip In Politics, and If It does, what is to become be-come of the church politicians? The Idea is so horrible that I can feel th pangs of cheap living gnawing at my vitals now. No more shall I be able to take three fingers straight at Brother Ncphl's bar. Ah, Brother Penrose, this Mormon life Js a hnrd life to live! For the apostles and the good brothers who handle tho tithes and manage the church business it Is tainted with luxury, but for poor dubs who are Mormons for tho sake o paying the freight. It Is a pretty tough sort of a Job, especially when one looks about and sees how much easier It Is to accumulate comfort and content by holdlnir back tho tithing. It will be an awful blow to the Mormon politicians when church Influence Is knocked out. Let us hopo for the best, brother. Delayed in Transmission. If you, Brother Fussy, Brother Smoot and Brother Spry could go away to some parts unknown and got delayed In transmission until after the campaign, It would be a rattling good thing. Brother Broth-er Smith and mo can 3wlng the Mormon Mor-mon Democrats to Brother Cutler, with a big order for blankets for tho paupers, pau-pers, and the Mormon Republicans to vote for Brother Powers, with a Jolt on the chin for Brother Howell, but d d if it ion't enough to make a saint swear to have you fellows butting Into the game and exposing the servants of God In their efforts to consecrate tho heathen to tho House of Israel. Go and Join the antl-nlcotlno league and quit smoking clirarettes. My No, 4 is going to vote tho Amor-lean Amor-lean party ticket. She thinks church Influence in religion Is all right, but sho says tho time has come to tako tho church out of politic?. I've argued with her until I'm blue In tho faco with appo-plectlc appo-plectlc trimmings, but she won't listen. If Brother Smith should And It out, I'm up against It. But what can I do? Pm no Sultan of Turkey. Your fellow-laborer in tho Lord's Vineyard, and Also Pal In Polygamy, CEPHAS AURELIUS WINKER. Bishop of Mormonton, Prospective Apostle and Main Guy of the Smoot- Ifcr Push. P. S. Don't eat any more banquets at the poor-house until after the election. elec-tion. It makes the paupers Jealous. |