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Show HfTAH AND THE MORMONS IN THE EAST Ti I Sj,, subject under the foregoing titfcXlg automatically dl viplble. The WaP preach theli" religion and fljTOtah and take no note of (exile, (ex-ile, "eii forced to den ) the great IBues which hip at stake here jfSty omit all reference excepl :jf.J abstractions and theoretical of their faith, leaving doubt-gtlons doubt-gtlons t later exposition lf I Inquiry ly . mi'.v: t i iTPr''Sf'n''"",n ' ' "ir f"1"' rr ,np IpjUatlon by all those who nr- the MuriiKin hieran-hy. relates ,fc the pledges which they gave pi Btat-hood and iln- violation pledges. m therefi re l.e ,-n that, in the pse, the two presentations do jHut oki h other at any point: .fJrmon persuasively advocates "(JUOUS tenets of his creeri. and Ape op)ion-nt i.f the hi. ran hy Jlr present rule devotes himself laratlon atrainst Reed Smoot's 'Mjhold a so it In the Senate, for W18 involve.! in the g!lng and Btlng of Statehood pledges, with .Nbtratlon that the hierarchy and sWnibPr run. i;, Moil v.-r nl- 0n,,anil pledges to h orher, a IHble organization. n THE MORMON SIDE Hl Is a right smart sprinkling of mart young people down East, fcSrting with all possible vigor. Grille they hae liad little exper-rith exper-rith the corld. Personally they ''tand their duty when at home -"pay your tithes and follow your i;" and when abroad to pxplnlt ''la a most desirable place for rt.n8 and to show that the Mormon 1 is the plain gospel of I'hrist. J'.from earth through centuries and :-' d through Joseph. iQSly a- oldlng. if possible, any con-concerning con-concerning the crimes of their KT't denying any charges made their lenders and plausibly ftlng Indisputable tenets to trrs within the ('hilstlan faith, STBmselves loading personally good t Is not surprising that they raKreate a circle of investigation rflderable width fcj.:helr effort tnakes few converts Hfly speaking. In fa. t. their work iithe testimony given in the tab-Where tab-Where a few years ago by one of Tiding men of the Mormon church, Jn he showed ho m;inv yais r and thousands of dollars It Mjpet each convert. . oi mee missionaries are tHo bigoted that they will not Wto account the vast question of lrelation to the national governed govern-ed the signifl.-an.-e of th.- Sinoot HKor else outside of their clever presenting s.-rlptural . not ,i t ion, fte mosl immature in th.-ii lntel-gj lntel-gj development . for iK-y deny jflank fa.ts of palpable history rrelations of l tah to the nation, .for Joseph F. Smith, they t.-sti-rilm as th.- most iod-IVarlng and Jpplrlt among the sweet-dispo-i4" of mankind Th. Ir method and ajfrperien.-e are h.st typld.d by pflSts pertaining to i he comerslon jjfclayburn. a bright oung man Hhith. his going to New York as Mpnary, the conversion' of the j.fT of the christian Endeavor rl there; the subsequent apostasy ,burn, followed by the apostasy ijgyoung woman w ho had formerly if ; been the so. retary of the Christian Endeavor En-deavor society. &ayburn heard the exhorlers of the Mormon church In the South, and their lively presentation a gospel with living pracles who could tell every minute what to do and how to do It. and they attracted his reverential and jret practical mind. Without knowing ! anything of the I'lah question, he joined the church, and after some brief years of experience locally (without In the nuantlme having come to Utah) he was i ailed a a missionary in the New York conference There his striking strik-ing ability made him the most efficient among the missionaries. Rut living in New York was different from being in the South He heard from Utah and beard all about the Utah question i was something he had never dreamed of theretofore. He also had opportunity opportun-ity to read the damning testimony of Joseph F. Smith before the Senate committee com-mittee at Washington He saw at on. that things were wrong In some way he became acquainted with I)r Duncan Dun-can I McMillan pastor of a Church in New York and for many years a pastor In Utah. He talked with Dr McMillan many, many times, and finally In left the Mormon church and began to labor against its missionaries. Dr. McMillan bad converted him away from the monstrosity, mon-strosity, which is represented by Joseph F Smith and the hierarchy which blasphemously calls itself the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Clnyburn did not join in- McMillan's ohun h, the doctor suggenting to him that he take a long lime for careful Investigation. In-vestigation. He finally Joined, how. v. r, with the Baptist church. He is a carpenter car-penter by trade and labors at his business bus-iness by day. and in the evenings he devotes himself to opposition to the Mormon missionaries. He has reconverted recon-verted away from Mormonlsm numerous numer-ous converts of the Mormon church The oung woman of Christian Endeavor En-deavor fame had a somewhat similar experience to that of Clayburn and has left the church, and her labors have been assiduously devoted to relating the Utah question as It is All the labors of the callow young Mormon missionaries of that locality, coupled even With the adroitness of the president of the mission and the two or three rather brilliant aides whom he has with him, have been unable to stop the recession from Mormon conversions. The testimony of Joseph F. Smith at Washington created a regular furore in the Mormon colonv In New York rt was no use for the missionaries to renew re-new their platitudes and to talk abstract ab-stract doctrines, for the people (including (includ-ing many of the Mormon converts) demanded de-manded explanations of the shameless and profane position of Joseph F Smith, the leader of the Mormon church. They demand now to know why polygamy is again practiced by the church, and why the Church has re-entered politics. To the minds of the people uith whom the Mormon missionaries mission-aries are laboring In New York, whether wheth-er these people be members of the church or not, the testimony of Joseph F, Smith and other leaders proed that polygamy was being practiced by the church; and the presence of an apostle In the Senate is Buffli lent proof to them that the church is In politics. It would amuse, or rather horrify, most of the Mormon people In Utah v. ho sit with their mouths agape when they read the Deseret News accounts of wonderful successes jn the mission ary field if they could know the exact facts. It would shock them to know that In New- York apostasy Is more vigorous than conversion, and if they COUld know that In Philadelphia the Reorganized church. for instance, takes away from the Mormon church Its converts in droves. The situation Is thus summed up The whole Utah question and the whole Mormon question, as represented by the Mormon missionaries In the East. Is a rather Ineffective advocacy of abstract and Inoeuous doctrines, with a few conversions and proportionately proportion-ately a good many apostasies, and with the usual Deseret News form of denial of the actual situation In this State THE WAR ON SMOOT. The women of the land who have undertaken un-dertaken the war on Smoot have studied carefully the situation and have made this issue. That the Mormon Mor-mon leaders made pledges to obtain Statehood; that they have broken such pledges; that polygamy Is practiced by the leaders and with their consent bv others, that the church Is lit politics; and that Smoot as an" apostle and a member of the hierarchy Is legally and morally responsible. In large degree this movement Is free from any warfare upon the Mormon creed as such or upon the Moi mon people peo-ple as such. They desire to secure the fulfillment of Utah's pledges to the nation such pledges as were gl en In her behalt by the Mormon loaders, and by Gentiles In behalf of the Mormon leaders and people; and Immediately they hope to secure the expulsion of Heed Smoot from the Senate and to secure a Constitutional Con-stitutional amendment which will place the control of polygamous relations In the custody of the Federal Government. The war upon Smoot is largely con-ducted con-ducted by the women, although they have a large i O-operatlon from some of the best men In the country, Including lawyers, ollictals, ministers business men and social reformers. At the head "f the fight la the National Na-tional League of Women's Organizations, Organiza-tions, Which league comprises nearly i all the great associations of women in ; the country t the head of this league is Mrs. Frederic B hofl Of Philadelphia, who Is also president of the Mothers' Congress. She is a woman of rare attainments at-tainments of mind and heart who, having hav-ing devoted herself for many years to children and home, has seen the necessity neces-sity of protecting the country from the ; spread of that which Joseph F. Smith : testified was his practice Mrs. Sehoff's home life is ideal Her husband js a man of fine ability, and her children are also possessed of noticeable tali lite I In her great public labors, she has not I neglected her own household and yet perhaps no other woman in the country has been i ngaged in more diversified labors) Mri Schofl is still a youthful woman and her work will rise with her advance in ye ns The Interdenominational Coun.il of Women, under the leadership of Mrs Darwin K James, allied Itself with the National league and imparted to it a strength and universality of most Important moral and social force. Mrs James herself is a woman wo-man of rare executive ability, and the mighty work which she has performed In behalf of humanity, the glory and sweetness of her Char- a ei, ne a uemonMirauun mat sne m.im both heart and brain With which to wage thle greht battle Mrs James is one of the best beldVed women In the United States, and he has probably been In the leadership of women In effective ef-fective Work longer than an other American living. The feeling which Is entertained toward her by all the other women in t he country Is one of beautiful and tender love. It Is the hope of all of these that Mrs James may live many years to continue her splendid christian leadership. The other allied organizations of women wo-men are equally determined and alert. All have engaged in this labor, first to study the real situation, and next to apply, If possible a sufficient and yet a merciful corrective. Many newspapers and magazines are engaged upon this side. ..hief among them being the Christian Herald of New York, which goes Into one and a half millions of homes In the United States every week. It has conducted the labor of organizing the signatures to the petition for Reed Smoot's expulsion. ex-pulsion. It will close this labor within with-in a feu weeks, and there w ill be carried car-ried to Washington a petition so large that it wllL have to be placed upon rollers In order to be moved into the Senate chamber every signature to the petition genuinely original and representative repre-sentative of the determined sentiment of the country. The individual demand for the speech of Senator Kearns, delivered in Washington Wash-ington in February last, has risen beyond be-yond the million mark. It was described de-scribed by a prominent man of the East the other day as the ablest exposition that had ever been made of the Utah situation in one document. The demand de-mand grows larger with the weeks the latest being a separate call for 100,000 copies by one organization of women who find this large number none too many to answer the new requests v hit h have been tiled upon them. Taken altogether, it is a fair conclusion conclu-sion that the women's war upon the Mormon hierarchy Is n far better organized or-ganized effort than even the Mormon missionary work, which has been lauded laud-ed for ro many years as an ulrnost perfectly moving machine. Being better bet-ter organized. It Is also led by the peo ple 01 me nnesi intellect in- best education edu-cation and the most effective Influence in the country In addition to these facts, it presents a lerfectly clarified proposition that the Mormon hierarchy Is ruled by a law-breaker, covenant-breaker, covenant-breaker, and traitor, and that the other membeis of the hierarchy are equally guilty with him; and that, having given giv-en and still giving his first fealty to the hierarchy of which he Is a part, Reed Smoot tan take but a traitor's oath before the Senate at Washington and has only a traitor s t ight to a seat therein. Further, these women understand under-stand that the only sure way to stop polygamy Is to have II under Federal control, where men like Joseph F. Smith can no longer defy the Government and continue to break the law. All the various organizations, leading lead-ing Individuals and papers which are engaged in this great war have pledged themselves to fight the battle to the end. The Snal conclusion to he drawn by the Americans of Utah is that their f. I-low I-low citizens Of the country are wfb them. Americans your fellow patriots throughout the land have hound themselves them-selves to you by their honor, as you are bound by your honor, to continue this battle for Utah's redemption. And, of course the end Is Inevitable; the American people have never yet lost a moral flRht And the final conclusion to be drawn by the Mormons of Utah Is that the country is once more aroused on the Utah question; and once more, there-Ore, there-Ore, the law-breaking, covenant-defying leaders of the Mormon church must either yield oi tic. as Ihey have been compelled to do In eery other controversy contro-versy upon which they have entered .with this mighty Nation. |