Show L Leadville ad Colo Cole Democrat While Salt Lake City is the capital of the Mormon church it t is vcr very evident from the thelast last election held that the priesthood does docs not control its pol pol- 8 Several raJ years ears ago aco there was a or organized I in the city 0 of afo 8 saints an independent inde pendent political part party known as ts th the Americans It made its campaign n d di- di 1 on Oil the Mormon lormon issue and W wn was i I suc successful ful This Thi fall th the AmerIcans American went into the field fiel on th the same flame platform plat plat- form b being n opposed by h. tho the regular R Republican Re Re- publican and Democratic or organizations The Flie result was one of thu tho most si signal signa ual victories for the anti Mormon anti Mormon lormon party it its candidate for mayor mavor almost securing a the theto rh rival l candidates majority over two to I There is considerable lo 81 significance i inthis In thi this Salt SnIt Lake battle hattle For sonic somo yew past the thc Mormon church a as n a political power has been gradually losin losing ground Of lour lourse e it still holds th the balance of power in the state arid and ha has Jar largely eh f tho situation at th the capital l. l Th The Tho notion that n IL hod body pre pre- exclusively Js pl religious in char har teeter actor should meddle in politics ics has al always at- at I ways WU'S been rep J repugnant to the tho American people rrt rr largely large accounts for th the opposition encountered b by Reed Smoot in in his iliA fight to maintain a n seat at in in th the States senate It was manifestly impossible hl however to 1 legally 1 Smoot of hi his seat Reat lIe He had haci been f fairly and anti if his co religionists wor responsible le for it they w were re entitled t to tho fruits of their numerical superior superior- it ity Still is s no question Jestion but that thit th the tho Mormon domination of Utah has hag been resented moro more or less openly open by the Gentile Gen Oen tile element This resentment nt was wal sooner nooner soon noon er or later hound to take on a n crystal form In many counties in settled largely b bv by Mormons tho the Gentile Gen Gen- til tile element being in in such a hopeless minority were cro compelled to submit bu hut the tho largo large Gentile element in Salt Lake Lak made it worth while shile to throw down th the pl gage C of battlo to the apostolic hierarchy and thc they accomplished the tho result o of keeping the followers of the tho prophet from the loaves and fishes But after all alJ tho the most important question is not whet whether her Mormon o or is is in in power It is a It question stion o of making good It is evident twide-nt that unless thc thc American had other issues on which to go o before the people it could coul not have e lI secured such II an overwhelm overwhelm- in fag ing victory nt et the polls on Tuesday is is entitled to fair pIa play and the ri right ht to worship as conscience dictates is is ono one that is guaranteed b by tho the constitution But unfortunately its it leaders have havo been hoen emboldened by lon long secular power to me meddle too openly openly- in in politics in in the name and by tho the authority authority an au- au- au of the church The Tho r rebuke that tha the apostles received on Tuesday is iR well wel merited Tho The church has no business bothering in in politics merely to gain ain temporal power Vr |