Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-13 | Page 4 | More Pernicious Activity

MORE PERNICIOUS ACTIVIST. Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, President of Zlon's Co-Operative Mercantile Mer-cantile Institution, President of tho State Bank of Utah, President of Zlon's Savings Bank and Trust Company, President of the Utah Sugar Company, Com-pany, President of tho Idaho Consolidated Sugar Company, President of the Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company, President of the Utah Light and Railway Rail-way Company, President of tho Salt Lake & Los Angeles An-geles Railroad Company, President of Saltalr Beach Company, President of the Inland Crystal Salt Company, President of the Salt Lake Dramatic Association, President of the Salt Lake Knitting Company, And director and chief manipulator of pretty much everything else of the 'Mormon 'Mor-mon church activities, political boss of both tho Republican and Democratlo parlies of tho city, county, and State, besides being Prophet, Seer and Rcvela-tor Rcvela-tor to tho Latter-day Saints throughout the world, and the only Gate of Salvation Salva-tion to those who. are not Latter-day Saints, finds abundant leisure to meddle med-dle In other things as well, bedevil the public institutions, and enrage every one who has a spark of manhood left in him, who comes within the despotlo circle of the many times President Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith. Ills latest exploit Is In smashing the Utah National Guard because It had somo non-Mormon officers In it. Ills meddling influence, through his servile tool the Governor, has driven out most of the non-Mormon officers, and kept the Guard In turmoil and uncertainty for months DasL Crisis has followed crisis, at each one It having been fully apparent that some malign Influence was at work, secretly, to tho disintegration disinte-gration of the service. At last that secret power stands revealed. re-vealed. It Is the multitudinous president presi-dent Joseph F. Smith. His service was sought by an officer who wanted to be elected Colonel, though the vacancy to which he aspired was supposed to remain re-main a vacancy. And Smith, coyly protesting pro-testing .that he could not take any hand In tho matter, and "vowing he would ne'er consent, consented." to help his friend to the Colonelcy. Ho would not call a meeting of the priesthood to attend at-tend to tho matter, It Is true; but he would give his friend letters to the several sev-eral officers of the faith, who recognized recog-nized the supremacy of the many-times president Smith, and who consider It their duty to obey him In all things, urging the election of the aspirant to the Colonelcy. Inasmuch as there is now a large majority of such officers now In the National Guard, who have a vote in this matter, tho election was as good as made with the delivery of these letters to the one who was to be the beneflciary of them. And that is how Colonel Hans M. H. Lund came to be elected Colonel of tho First Infantry of the National Guard of Utah. In view of the facts, It Is quite proper to add another presidency presi-dency to the many-times president Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith's titles; he must henceforth hence-forth bo recognized also as President and director of the National Na-tional Guard of Utah.