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Show GANNON TELLS I HOW SMITH PUT I T0W10T I Coercion Proved by Apostle jH Cowley's Confession That fH President Overruled H All Objections. 11 HOW POLYGAMY WAS RESUMED IN UTAH H Interference With Judges and Decisions Even More Harmful Than Control of Politics. Collaborating with Harvey J. O'HlggTns, former United States senator FTank J. Cannon in bis preceding article, "Under the Prophet In Utah." running aerially la Everybody's Magazine, described tho po- Htical betrayal and death of his father. jH In the article for May tho writers coma MmU to the accession of Joseph F. Smith as Jmm president of tho Mormon church. Thoy -H tell how the Mormon leaders interforo ll In politics and even invade the sanctity of Justice by taking litigation out of JJjH judges' bands or Influencing their decis- iH The only time that President Smith jH ever refused to see him, former Senator Cannon writes, was when the Mormoa ll president had been forowarned that tho nH church was to bo asked lo keep its hands jH off tho senatorial campaign. Former Senator Cannon narrates dra-matlcally dra-matlcally tho admissions made by Apostle SL F. Cowley that few of tho high churchmen considered Srnoot fit to '.fH be a senator. Cowley said that Pres- ill ldent Smith overruled them. Cowley lH abruptly terminated the conference about Smoot saying: 'H "The prophet has spoken: that is 'H enough for me." Il Progressing to the Smoot inquiry for- 'AmM mor Senator Cannon records 'the fact -iH that the disclosures of Smith .and his prophets shocked even Utahns when they tH testified that they had resumed polyg- il amotis cohabitation on a. scale their own JH Gentile neighbors had not suspected. jjH The pretensions of the Mormon, leaders IH that they are respecting the laws of the 1 land, even while flouting them, aro ef- UH fectually exposed. The present Install- fH ment Is in part as follows: ijjH Joseph F. Smith showed more gen- mmm eroslty of emotion, now that bis path of succession Avas clear of the superior H in authority whom he had so long regard- H cd enviously: and he spoke of mv father, 'H both privately and in public, in a way that won me to him. H The shock of grief had perhaps "mel- kH lowed" me. I felt more tolerant of these men, since T was no longer necessarily engaged in opposing them. When PresI- iH dent Snow died (October. 1901). I shared only the general Interest in the way tJH Joseph F. Smith set about asserting his family's title to rulership of the "King- IH dom of God on Inearth;" for. in effect. jH he notified the world that his branch of the Smith family had been designated by divine revelation to rule In the af- H fairs of all men, by an appointment that H had never been revoked. H Ho has since made his cousin. John IH Henry Smith, his first councillor; and ho IH has Inducted his son llyrum Into tho IH apostolate by "revelation." This latter IB act roused the Jealousy of tho mother of H his son Joseph F. Smith, Jr., and tho H amused gossip of the Mormons predicted H another revelation that should give H Joseph, Jr.. similar promotion. The rev- H elation came. H Nepotism in Morraouism. So many others have also come tltnt H the Smith family Is today represented in jH the hierarchy by Joseph F. Smith, presi- H dent, "prophet, seer, and reveiator to all H the world;" John Smith (a brother), pre- H siding Patriarch ovor the whole human H race; John Henry Smith (a cousin), apos- ll tic and first councillor to the president; Jl I-Iyrum Smith and Joseph F. Smith. Jr.. 1 (sons), apostles; George A. Smith (son of John Henry), apostlo; David S. Smith (son of Joseph, Jr.), councillor to tho 1 presiding bishop of the church and In JjH line of succession to the bishopric, and f'H Bathshcba W. Smith, president of tho IWmm relief societies. As Joseph F. Smith has 1 JM still thirty other sons and at least four wives who are not represented In tho nmM apostolate there may yet bo a quorum jH of Smiths to succeed endlessly to the IH presidency and make the Smith family IH a perpetual dynasty in Utah. IH It is ono of the fascinating contradic- tmWMU Hons of Mormonlsm that many of the sin- H cere people who smilingly predicted the ll divine Interposition by which tills family IJH succession was founded accept its rulo PH devoutly. "The L.ord." they will tell you, !!!H "will took after the church. If these men AH aro good enough for God. thoy are good timmrn enough for me. I do not have to save H tho kingdom." And thoy continue pay- H lug their devotion (and their tithes) to a family autocracy whose Imposition would have provoked a rebellion In any l other community In the civilized world! mWM It is "tho will of the Lord!" mwm Smith Is Forewarned. jJ Now. our party was not making war on jH tho church nor on nny of its propor mis- IH sions In the world. Our candldatos were IH capable and popular men, against whom ifll no Just ecclesiastical antagonism could bo rl raised. We were asking no favors from jH the church. And we were determined to ll havo-no opposition from the church with- tmm out a protest and an understanding JH For this reason after consulting con- jH fldoullally with tho leaders of our party H I undertook to make a personal visit to President Smith's office and demand lH thnr. the church authorities should keep H thulr hands out of politics. But oven while I discussed the matter with our H partv leaders, I was afraid that some of H them might betray our concerted purpose B to church headquarters. And my fears mWm were well grounded. When I went to mWM line office of the presidency, the authorl- ilcsj-or the first, last, and only time H refused to see me; and the secretary bo- 'H t raved a knowledgo of my mission by lolllnsr mo that I should hear from some JjU ono of the hierarchy later. mmm Two or three days afterward. Apostle .H SI. F. Cowley camo to me with word il that mv call had boon considered and mm that he had boon deputed to talk with 'M me. We appointed a time for .confer- H once In my rooms at Democratic head- mWM quarters, where wo spent tho larger mW part of a day in consultation. And sinco IH the argument between us covered Hie jH whole ground of Apostle Smoot's oandi- IH dacv. I wish to ulvo an account of that H interview, as a brief exposition of some of tho present-day aspects of the jmmm church's interference in politics. iH Apostle Cowley and I had been boy- :mWm hood friends, lie had been one of the mmm oldor students a;, the school that I had jmWm attended as a child: and I knew the In- H tcgrlty and directness of ids character. H Continued, on Fago Thr.ee. Knnon Says Polygamists' m Tales Shocked Even Utah I ms of President Smith is Apostles Amazed ntile Neighbors. DNS UNCOVERED Y SECRET OFFENSES cence of Doctrine of Wives Fully Estab- shed by Saints, nuod from Page One. stocky, strong man. with a sort of face, brown with the his missionary travels In in Mexico. (Ho liacl been, in ilzlng plural marriages in imous refuses as wo found is it was clearly understood that I represented the Domo-commlttec Domo-commlttec and ho roprcsent-rch roprcsent-rch authorities, I nskd for on of Apostlo SmooLs candl-gan candl-gan by admitting the candi-President candi-President Smith had Indorsed 1 spito of the opposition of j apostles. He argued that jot was only exercising his lerlcan citizenship in asplr-enatorshlr); asplr-enatorshlr); and he explained urch authorities did not see ureh should he drawn into 'The Lord's Anointed." ointed out to him, the church drawn Itself In. It had held onclave of its hierarchy to a apostle's candidacy. The ' church rule would circulate t; in any close campaign, tho Fi'- friends would use the fact upon tiful: and the church would be td to support its apostle in an necessity of defending itself, treated upon the favorite argu-tho argu-tho occlesiasls: that an apostle relinquish his citizenship Ix&ausc Kiurch rank; that to be effective political freedom which we de-K-must apply to all men, In or the church. Ho asked naively: Kdid we get statehood for and l?rand our political rights if Jt to enjoy thorn?' Iiswer to that was obvious: The .-"church Is so constructed that Ile carries with him tho power ireh wherever he appears. The iplo recognize In him the per-uthority per-uthority of the church; and if ) were allowed to make a. polit-aign polit-aign without a denunciation other church authorities, It known that he had been se-polltical se-polltical office by "the mouth-he mouth-he Almighty." I cited the case i Moses Thatcher as proof that h did exercise power openly to an aposllo's ambition. If it v to rebuke Smoot, this very iuld be an affirmative use of Its als behalf; all Mormons who did to raise their hands against 's anointed" would have to sup-ot's sup-ot's legislative ticket, regard-heir regard-heir political convictions; and qs and indopendent Mormons ,'0 to fight the intrusion of the to open political activities, replied that, "the brethren" tho hierarchy bolievcd that a should have as many political a. Catholic: and he asked mo if I ect to seeing a Catholic In the s vsi Mormons in the Senate. trBe not. There are, and have Cflmfiny such. But suppose," I f'that tho pope were to select his Italian cardinals to come to ntry and bo naturalized In some fcf. this Union that was under the 4 le of tho Roman Catholic church; aipose that still holding his princc-thc princc-thc Catholic church and cxercls-5. cxercls-5. plenary authority conferred on t- the pope suppose he were to JS 'before the senate in his robes )Vg ia, with the credentials as a sen- i'm his church-ruled state all of fi Ing a matter of public knowledge u think tho senate would sent ' Jertainly not. Yet the cases are JrWanalogous. We were but lately jt& proscribed. Wo were admitted Union on a covenant (hat for-Lpurch for-Lpurch interference in politics. It gvhole teaching of tho church Hint jjet wears his prophetic authority "ly as a robo of office. The case JWe Thatcher is proof to the world TZmMQ church appoints and dlsap-y3pit dlsap-y3pit Its pleasure. 1 don't believe tjfcoot. If elected, will be allowed JJISSflils seat; and if he Is allowed to iffa greater trouble than his exclu-1H1 exclu-1H1 surely follow. For with tho iKpf the Mormon church holding 'Hccs In the national councils and mme power of the church to maln-"S5msclves maln-"S5msclves there we aro assuring WBelves an indefinite future of the fJJJHiter controversy." ')tfcthe Lord" in Smoot Campaign tinTCovlcy had no more arguments iSiwhe said: "Well, tho prophet has illi'Bj That's enough for nie, I sub-tawfully sub-tawfully when the will of the Lord :Um me through his appointed julSf The matter has been decided, rttflpes not Ho in your power or any utim.s to withstand the purposes of i41lghty." He rose and put his HW1 my shoulder, affectionately. J& rather Is gone, Frank. I loved irly. T hopo that you arc not IJltfJ ' be found warring agnlii3t the pointed." Jl v. I replied, "you havo already 5 out tliat Apostle Smoot appears -iii cb only as an American citizen. purposes of this fight and to le consequences that you fear u "d him hh a politician merely, and Jj? n' as such." you know, Frank," he remon-il remon-il r'ho has been consecrated to tho 1 flip, and I'm afraid that you'll t'3 he bounds." irg li'1 assured him, "I'll walch care-;lj care-;lj id, unless ho makes his llghl- tnges too fast, I'll aim my shots WJ in hos in his political clothes. If it igo Is too Indefinite, blame your-nij your-nij md not us. The whole leach- SmV cnurcn is mat an apostle must. iBjjJlfdcd as an apostle at all times: (flKwhole teaching of politics is that t&Wi should appear upon equal terms ttf-iap country. That's why we Insist 'W-wapostle should become a candl-fJj-public office' Cowley Glad to Go. g'lJm look his departure with evident 7B had discharged his cmbassador-fltjfcond cmbassador-fltjfcond given me the warning which ?Sfecn authorized to deliver without (W"Mo of our personal friendship. And fclfiBrn go, for my part. In sorrowful tW'.that tho church l:ad thrown off rf.WMnso and proposed to show the the election of an apostlo to fed Stales senate. I hat tho "King-BIP.0.d". "King-BIP.0.d". w,s ostablishecl in Utah to AMK?1 the affairs of men. I knew TpiWBnioot were excluded from tho ' AW&s exclusion would be argued fjjltthat tho wicked and unregenor- raBrJlovcs a clear, rosy compIoxMon. -JaBt-Blood Hitters purlfloa tho blood. Iwo skin, restores ruddy, sound "ffwng eczema spreads Its burning' iQUHfy day. Doan's Ointment quick-Jni(Sts quick-Jni(Sts sproadlng, instantly relieves Hn?' cures It permanently. At Y?ifE- Btoro- 9K.'FBU,0S cur0 constipation, tone JujK' Htlmulrito the liver, promote IrWaM" onu appetite, and ensy pas-ffOWt pas-ffOWt -howelH. Ask your druggist cfXtJB'i 25 ccni a box. V:3Rr nothing so good for a sore .IHPr. Thomas' Kclcctlc Oil. Cures MKW "oura- Rellitvcs anv naln In M. P. COWLEY. ate nation was still devilishly persecuting God's anointed sorvants. to its own destruction; de-struction; and if he were permitted to take his seat that this fact, would be cited to tho faithful as proof that the Prophets had been called to save the nation na-tion from the destruction that threat-enod threat-enod It! Of course, throughout tho campaign that followed the church's newspapers and many of its political workers kept protesting publicly ihnt the election of the Republican legislative ticket did not mean the election of Apostle Smoot to the senate. But by means of the authoritative au-thoritative whisper of ecclcsiasts carried car-ried by visiting apostles to, presidents of stakes, from them to the bishops, and from the bishops to tho presiding officers offi-cers of subsidiary organizations tho inspired in-spired order was given to tho faithful that they must voto for the legislators who could bo relied upon to do the will of the Lord by voting for the Lord's anointed prophet, Apostlo Reed Smoot. This message was delivered to the sacred Sunday prayer circles. Even Senator Rawlins's mother received It, from ono or the ecclesiastical authorities of her ward, who instructed her to vole against the election of her own son; and It was "at tho peril of her Immortal soul" that she disobeyed the injunction. Long before be-fore election day every Mormon knew that he had been called upon by the Almighty Al-mighty to sacrifice his individual conviction con-viction in politics to protect his "assailed church." Church Victory. The profound effectiveness of that appeal ap-peal needs no further proof than the Issue of the election. King and Rawlins, the popular leaders of the Democracy in a stale that had but recently been overwhelmingly over-whelmingly Democratic after a campaign cam-paign In which they studiously avoided an attack upon the church were overwhelmingly over-whelmingly defeated. The Republican legislative ticket was carried. Apostlo Smoot was elected to the United States senate; and on January 21, lfKK'.. Gov- |