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Show If DENVER DELEGATES I TBGOIMSTBilCTEO . Church Democracy Has Gone ' i Back on Gentleman From ', Nebraska. '. WANT UTAHNS TO HAVE :-j UNUSUALLY FREE HAND fjj! Reason fo1 This Is That the M Ticket Named May Be Bryan i and Dubois. !j '. POLITICAL PRIMER. ? if f 2 Information WJiicli Voters in Utah 4 f ' . Should Carefully Note. f H Promises by Hierarchy. y 1 .j. Thorp shall be no more plural 4- JLT marriages In the Mormon church. kl ( '- Thcro shall bo no more living In KM ( the plural marriage relation In Ibo -: ST -5- Mormon church. f flB There ahull be no more political v fll .. Interference and no effort on the " If jiart of the church to control or In- jjj i y fluonce political events. if; 4" How Promises Were Kept. Since 1S90, when promises were -j. made, five apostles of the Mormon church have entered into polyg- r Uf ainous relations. I'ifc- Provident Joseph F. Smith. - ,!!: j ' prophet, seer, and rcvclaior, lives fjl.'t, ..with five wives. He" signed the - ill' j .; petition for amnesty. Eleven elill- v ,m dren wore born slnco promise to -r !i:'J not live In polygamy was made. ; '.ft-' 4- each wife being the mother of one k j' J -J. or two of those children. !' Sk ' ' -J- Apostle Francis M. Lyman lives 4 P Ir; 4- with two wlvtvs. r i Jlj Apostle John Henry Smith lives ! : 4- with two wives. 4 M Apostle Hebor J. Grant lives fj -J- with two wlvos. 4- Ifi W I jrignnm ji. noneris lives wuu ; i t I three" wives. -r j W 1 .- In a sermon delivered In Ogden. -I- fJ j .J- Juno 12. 1003. President Smith 4 ji 4- said: "I have made no covenants 4 ft , 4- that were not made In good faith. ! tijJJ 4- and I will kfep them as. far as I " ' iH r can. When it comes to the prlncl- ! Iii if 'i 4- pie Itself, can defend It as a jj JJ I " principle of purity strictly in ne- J 4 cordance with tho gospel. To bo 4- 4- a Latter-day Saint, one must bo 4- honest with himself, with his 4- I?1 r neighbors, with his God. Joseph 4. j h J " 4- Smith rovcaled plural marriage and 4- j li j 4- 'he endowments. 1 received it of 4- those, who received it from Joseph 4- t J-jll Smith. Now. am I telling you thai. ; M -i 4 plural marriage Is practiced or Is 4 v to be practiced? Nu; 1 am only 4 j Jj 4 telling you thai it Is a principle j 1 1 4-' revealed by God to Joseph Smith. 4 5 ) J 4- the prophet, and the Latter-day 4 iff 4- Halnt who denies and rejects the 4- if j ! 4 truth in his heart might as well 4 ! ' -r reject every other I ruth connected 4 S jj ,4- v.'ith his nilsslon." 4. l ! ,v As to Interference in politics by 4- 1 1 J r the church: as to domination of po- 4 If1. '4 lit leal affairs by the hlorarehv. 4- I Jv, 1 4. who nils the offices In Utah? Men 4. I! (' . . :-h designate.' .y the band of twenty- 1 M 4-. six. 4- if:1 . i4Wv-vv-ri-rn II Ij . "Xow Uiat iTio church Democratic H n State central committee lias issued its I S call for a Stato convention to select .j delegates to tho national convention in ft i Denver things will begin to move in I fl tjiis hranch of the church nrganiza- I t -lion," said tho Prominent Politician to I l The Stroller on Monday. "Of. course, I rj "it is said that there is no ecclesiastical I l'i J intorfercucc in alfairs of state," he I J I 1 continned, "but; you just. cco your Itf.-j' ' weather eye out from now on. I . ( Will Bo Uninstmcted. fc,; "You understand, don't j-ou. that .s t.ho delegation from Utah will be unin- r'i stnicted. This has been the talk pri- j valuly among the members of ihe j church Democratic party aod last: week J l h the morning organ of the organization J -in an editorial stated that 'tho aenfi- J I meat of the party is against instruction, ) :id that it was the part of wisdom to 1 I j j 1 permit Ihe delegation tn uso its own j j judgment in f he convention. '.- ill j "Why does tho church organization SI J oppose instruction? Tho real Dcino- ill j crats want Uryau. Those in Utah want ' j 1 lie Xcbraskiin nominated. Tho church (111 Democracy iu Utah had a great love JH lor 13ryan in '1S9(". Tliat vcar tlicy 1 ,9 guve him 6-i,n5 votes and a plurality of 1 1 of 3:!,000. They loved Br van then. ' , Wliy? "Up to thai, time no Democratic j platform had ever contained a word I ! against tho enforcement of the laws T , ajgaiiist pojygainy or against ecclesias- ij tical interference iu State affairs. Tho )( 1 3k'pullican plat forms- had boon ro- 1 ' ( nouncod on those matters. ? . Vliy the Change. , . "It; is.dilVereiit. now. Four years ago, ' "when the Democratic national eonven-tinn eonven-tinn met, this plank was inserted in the ; platform: We demand the extermination of polvg- l '. amy within Ihe jurisdiction of the Unftcd fj. Stales and the complete separation of jtt t church and state In political affairs. j ' "Mr, "Bryan was one of the rulo com- mittce of eleven of the commit tco on i resolutions that formulated the plat- form, and as such committeeman ho had !j - the iilanl; above mentioned inserted. lie 'J ; even went, further than t this in that I j Im declared himself in favor of a resolu- ' tion deinaiiding a constitutional amend- ment; for the suppression of polygamy. "This, therefore, is tho cause of tho change of front upon the part of the band of twenty-six who rule the politics of Utah with an iron hand. It was this plank iu the platform that caused the whisper in 1001 to be passed that Utah's vote must, bo delivered to Roosevelt. Roose-velt. This plank also furnished tho baud of twentv-six a pretext, to turn tho State over in view of the deal made by which tho power of the national administration ad-ministration was to bo used in behalf of Smout to retain his soal; in the Senate Sen-ate iu return for the delivery of the State to Roosevelt. The returns showed the result, of the whisper in that ti'-'.-MG votes were given for Roosevelt and a plurality of 20.03H. Bryan and Dubois. ' "Bryan is now persona non grata with the church Democracy in Utah. Had lie not urged the anti-polygamy resolution in tho Democratic national convention four years ago and succeed; ed iu having it incorporated, the fact that the name of former Senator Dubois J is now coupled with the name of Bryan as the latior's running mate would absolutely ab-solutely kill him dead with the baud of ! twenty-six. 1 "And. by tho way. this mention of Dubois as a Vice-Presidential candidate is no idle dream. 11 very politician of prominence knows Fred Dubois. They know his sterling worth. Know that in his many yours of service that no breath of scandal was ever whispered about the Idahoan. His record is absolutely abso-lutely clean, lie fought for what he belioVcd to bo right, regardless of strong pressure, and he went down to defeat fighting with all-his might for right iis he saw it. Fred Dubois wont into Congress a poor man. 11 o retired a year ago a poor man. lie may be Br"-an's Br"-an's running mute in this campaign. "Of course the nomination of Dubois would bo like unfurling a red llair in the face of an infuriated bull. Such a nomination would set tho band of twenty-six in a fren.y. And for this, if for nothing else, the' ecclesiastical power in Utah will see that t.ho delegates to tho Denver convention arc uuinstrucled. Nouo But Sainta Ou Guard, "Xot only will there be no instructions, instruc-tions, but this band of twenly-si.v will see tliat no delegate is sent unless he lias the right kind of puckering string about his neck. There are several woll-known woll-known gentlemen in Salt. Lake who would like to I'ciresent Utah in the. Denver gathering. Among them are , William Jglelmrt. Orlando W. Powers. J. II. Fitzgerald, Simon Bnmbcrcnr, but I they will only get a look-in. Tho dele- gation will Jie composed of men like. W. II. King. Dick Morris. L. JI. Martineau, Richard W. Voting, from Salt Lake; W., M. Roylanco and T. M. Taylor of Pro-vo: Pro-vo: .1. F. Tolton of P.ea.ver, J. D. Call of Brigliam City and men like them, who will see that the church interests aro absolutely protected and who will use every effort to prevent an mention of anything opposed tn church interests in the national platform. No chances will be taken in the make-up of the delegation. None but Saints aro to be placed on guard. ' ' |