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Show A POLITICAL INTRIGUE. The publication, by The Tribune, of the rumor that - Major Richard W. Young Is to- be the next apostle, has aroused an ecclesiastical hornet's nest. It appears from the report which reached The Tribune, that the hierarchy hie-rarchy arc extremely anxious to select some one whoso membership In the quorum will not be antagonistic to the public judgment of the United States. They feel that something must be done to atone .for the induction of Penrose into tho apostleshlp; and then, too, they desire to choose a man whose name has not been suggested by or thought of among Gentiles. There was much in-dignntion in-dignntion expressed by the friends of President Ben E. Rich that when his chances seemed brightest the sky was overclouded by what his friends say was premature announcement in The Tribune. But for that, they feel that Joseph F. Smith would have named him to the existing vacancy. Similarly, the Eighteenth ward crowd, which congregates congre-gates Itself around Major Richard W. Young, considers that his chances have been greatly decreased by the publicity which has been given to his name In this connection. What would you? Must The Tribune withhold Information from tho public? Must we first ascertain the will of the hlerarch concerning his favorites before be-fore using their names in this great contest for ecclesiastical eminence? It is no longer a matter of sanctlfi-cation; sanctlfi-cation; it Is purely a game of logrolling, log-rolling, with the Smith log (if there happens to be a Smith log handy) always al-ways at an advantage on the course. Just now, with no available Smith, tne contest is hopefully open to others; and the public are profoundly Interested in knowing who Is going to win in this intrigue in-trigue which professes to select an apostle of tho Lord Jesus Christ by the voice of God, but really selects him as a matter of church politics to subserve the particular end that the chief hlerarch lias in view. |