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Show APPOINTED TO OFFIOE. "Smoot was not elected, he was merely appointed and confirmed," said sij conservative business man of Salt Lako yesterday, That js an epigrammatic epigram-matic way of stating tho situation in Utah. Senators aro not elected hero; they aro dedicated and Bet apart. They aro named by the chief authority of tho Mormon church, their names aro submitted to . tho Legislature, and that body, by it3 vote, confirms tho appointment. appoint-ment. And why should.it not bo bo if tho pretensions of tho chief prophet, of tho Mormon church uro accepted iu this community. Under his claim his authority au-thority irf supremo in tho world. Ho is a much highor official than a mero President of tho Unitod States. Ho is moro oxalted than any earthly monarch. mon-arch. His will is not open to question nor hia decision to dispute or appeal, i Ho is of all personages, in this world, absolute. To deny that ho selects the Senators from Utah is to deny that he lives his religion. To deny that ho can properly exoreisc tho prerogatives of political master in tho community is to deny tho truth of his claim aB representative of God. Tho Mormon who disputes that Joseph Jo-seph 1 Smith rules Utah as tho vicegerent vice-gerent of God in all things religion, business and politics is apostatizing from tho "true faith"; for such ruler-ship ruler-ship is the authority and its exercise is tho mission appointed- nnto 'tho prophet by tho voico. of God himself according to the claimH mado by tho prophet. ' Wo do not soo why tbero should bo so much irritated questioning ou this point. Tho claim of tho prophols is most definite; it is thoir right to rulo and they arc performing thoir duty. Any pretension to tho contrary on their part or on the part of their adherents ad-herents is a mero attack upon thoir integrity. If they aro living their religion re-ligion they aro controlling all things within tho rango of thoir power for tho upbuldiug of their kingdom of God; and wo all know that in this respect, at least, they aro faithful to thoir trust. And so they appoint not only Senators Sena-tors to bo confirmed by tho Legislature; Legisla-ture; but thoy appoint. Judges, Governor, Gover-nor, and even postmaster. Whenever thoy can do so thoy also appoint Unitod States Marshals and District Attorneys to bo confirmed by tho Senate Sen-ate of tho United States. |
