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Show COSTLY TO IDAHO. The Maverick, published at Mountain Moun-tain Home, Idaho, tellalsomcthing about tho Mormon church in politics in Utah and surrounding coimtoy. Its recital re-cital of facts is worth reading; its conclusions nrc of weight. For Idaho, tho suggestion of the great cost which has been incurred for tho State b3r tho political allianco with tho church will bo considered the most important part of the Maverick's showing. show-ing. But sneaking broadly, tho charge that tho church lias no politics and moves from one side to tho other, car-lying car-lying its voting stroiigth to either party to suit tho whim of tho church, is of the greatest National significance. While the church has no politics it is in politics. Tn a Democratic year it pretends 10 lean to Democracy, and its so-called Democratic hierarchs appear frequently in evidence; in a Republican Republi-can 3-ear tho Domocrats aro off on missions or are iu retirement (except when it desires to use them to aid tho Ropublican causo by 6ome calculatingly injudicious utterance of their own) and tho Republican apostles and seors are tho active political figures of the church. The Maverick is entiroly right in sa3-ing that tho hiorarchy attach themselves to the ruling party in this countr'. Wheu Grover Cleveland wns President of tho United States, Charles W. Penrose, John W. Young and Hon. ,Tohn T. Caino all counted as Domocrats Domo-crats wero the political representatives representa-tives of tho church. Now that a Republican Re-publican sits in the White House, Apostlo Sinoot is the political representative repre-sentative of the church. Tho administrations adminis-trations caunol change faster than Iho church can, change. |