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Show THE APOSTLE PROVES IT. The Desqrot News tolls that thero never was a time in tho history of tho Mormon church whon there was less ex-cueo ex-cueo than now for the intimation about church dictation in political affairs. And this beautiful claim is put forward for-ward by tho official organ of tho Mormon Mor-mon church, nt tho very moment when a dicker is being carried through for tho delivery of tho Mormon vote in a Stato not a thousand miles oast of us as a reward for Senatorial help in tho Smoot case and at the very moment when presidents of stakes in Idaho, under un-der tho general direction from tho higher occlesiasts of tho church, are delivering conventions bound hand nnd foot to politicians whoso favor tho church dcsireB to procure! There never was a time in the history his-tory of tho Mormon ehurch when there was better reason for tho assertion that the church is dictating in politics. As shown repeatedly by The Tribune, tho system and tho machinery havo been so well organized by tho ecclesiasts that it is not necessary for tho prophet, Beer and revelator to appoar in proper person. per-son. All ho has to do is to send tho whisper and tho faithful know what is demanded from thorn, and tho faithful pay their duty as they covenanted $1.0 do and as they aro constantly romiudod from tho pulpit it is their solemn obli gation to do under penalty of God's disfavor. Apostlo Reed Smoot has convej-od frequently nt Washington to leading politicians that ho had very laTgo influence in-fluence in Wyoming and Llaho. How does ho possess such influence and how docs ho exercise it? Tho peoplo of the two States havo noithor acquaintance with him nor respect for his politics. Tho onlj' way that he can 6way any power in Wyoming or Idaho is through tho authority of the Mormon church, and it is this alone which gives to him influence Tho News might as well try to argue Mt. Nebo into a hollow as to argue that thero is no church dictation in politics poli-tics so long as Apostle Reod Smoot assumes as-sumes to deliver tho votes of surrounding surround-ing Slates in which ho is not a citizen and in which he hns neither personal acquaintance nor personal influence. The News jests with sacred things! |