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Show ADMITS MORE THAN IT DENIES. Ae few days ago, Tho Tribune called public attention to the chargo openly mado foqr years ugo in this city from the public rostrum by a man who had very unusual means of learning the facts, that the Mormon church made a huge contribution that year to tho National Republican campaign fund. And wo suggested that probably the same thing was dono this 3-ear; that titho money was what kept the Deseret News alive, which is an aggressive Republican Re-publican newspaper; that tho sapie sup port goes to the Smoot "Mouth"; and that no doubt the tithes will go or has gone in large sums to the National Republican Re-publican campaign fund again. Answering, the church denies on one point, but l)3r silence admits on tho other points. It claims to bo self-supporting, and not to bo iu need of auy subsidies; "not a cent of tithiug monoy is used for its maintenance." Accepting Accept-ing this denial on this one point, (which the continued falsifications of tho church organ by no means warrants us in doing,) there still remain some points that, through not being denied may fairly fair-ly bo considered admitted. The first is tho tapping of the tithe fund to contribute con-tribute largo sums to the Republican campaign fund. Since the church orgau donied at all, it should have denied this if it were not true. Its silence, therefore, there-fore, on this point, can fairly be taken to mean that it is true that tho tithe money is used to replenish the National Nation-al Republican campaign fund. Again, tho church organ by its silence admits that the "Mouth" is kept alive by tho tithes, this being also a political misuse mis-use of the tithing for partican ends that is utterly indefensible, especially from tho standpoint of the Democratic lithe-pa3er. lithe-pa3er. And finalty, tho church organ does not dcivj- that it is doing what it can to aid tho Republican campaign. Indeed, it could hardly have the gull to den3' this, in tho face of its well-known well-known attitude and since it is the acknowledge official organ of tho church which has so heartily entered into the political fight this year on tho Republican side, that it is really no travesty to style it the Republican church, for that is precisely what it is this year. |