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Show DOMINATION ACKNOWLEDGED. Heed Staoot has officially committed himself to a certain mnch-diacusaed rule of the Mormon chnrch that, properly KRder3tood, leaves no escape from one of tbe charges made agaiaat him aad against the Mormon chnrch by the American Amer-ican party that he is tbe political creature crea-ture of the bierarcbs and that these ec-ctestascka! ec-ctestascka! leaders direct ia his political movements. He testified ia Washington that he was obliged to seek permission of the arss presidency of she church before be could become a candidate for she Sea-a Sea-a to r3 kip, and ia explaining the manner ia which be made his request, aad the cause which prompted him to make it, he said fsee volume 3, page 1ST): I made it ra a. raetlay. Before I mafe that announcement, of course. I realized tiiat the rule which had been adopted by the church, requtred me to afc the presidency presi-dency of the chnrch If they had any objection ob-jection to nvy making that run. aad if elected, whether I could have whatever drae tm accessary to all rr.y duties a a Senator of the United States. Is other words, it was only by the permission per-mission and direction of she srst presidency presi-dency of the MormoB church that he waa allowed to engage ia politics, uader tioa adopted in Ic&d. The manifesto bound the sweaty-six men of :h,e hierarchy hier-archy so tbe control of the chiefs of Shas body; aad shat control being exercised exer-cised it naturally gives proof of political domination by them in the ocdj. Ouly high officials were thus bound, there being no requirement of the kind made upGn she rank and file of the Mormon seople. As a distinguished speaker for the American party occc said, ia addressing ad-dressing himself directly to Mormons, "By that rule rhe twenty-six boend themselves, while they set you free." Aad that is the way in which the Mor-ssoc Mor-ssoc people should regard that rule. They should exercise their political freedom free-dom aad tens break the control which the hierarcha seek to press upon them thrsugh the agency of members of sheir own body whom shey direct ia unques tioned political authority. Let Srnoot remain in bis political seri-dom seri-dom if he 30 desires, aad let she church president exercise his authority over him if Smoot chaoses to submit to it; bet if the Mormon people 01 Intelligence will exer3e their rights it wiH sooc be impossible for she church nras preai-deacy preai-deacy so poKsicatty direct even: members of the twenty-six who are now uader sheir control. |