Show ij qff q I CHURCJJJSClPUNEa I ff Filter 11 U lIhrl IIrlII 10 n 11 Nr Ir or Iho 1411Jce 1lIy Ale or IIII 1 Igierle sued Objeell1 1hl 9 I IIlIr 01 Bofror 0 n1 MII clearly Ilio AllltutlB if Irld I Md 1 osliffs or tile Chnhan Iho I Lase Addr JUnlld a 31n 1 Iftilo mill Lions hulItiout t mill Itclullili jed I Chrch mill Iolllicnl JInllr I Tea following correspondence embracer em-bracer a litter written to Church I cfflolal by n resident III f Ogden whose i camels nltulrild becausa ho did not Rive nprn peimlsslou to I Ublltlill i and n response thereto by Ulder I I i It U Roberta made rrevlom I lo tbelatter4 return a few days I I 030 to hli missionary labor I I In the Kiel The whole matter If I romrnoltdJ 10 the careful cordidera j I I lion of the NEWS readera KB Icarltif upon the njdreii to tbo Church In I April 1S90 on this iulject of Church Motors engaging In pollllci and events connected with and tubitquont to Ibo addrute down to Ibo pretuot time Tier ClUDIM mimi OODEN Utah Dee 21it 1690 Udor 011 Roberts Ccutervlllo Utah Dear Ilroiher Ihcro oems to bo a well denned and growing Idea among an 100porlonl portion vf the Iblnkors vI our Church shut ilia leaders are haddlitiX Ibo Lord with some things for which lie Is nol rIouoILI Ihu ferelingelliftatilat the lIam of Ihe Lord Is used to freely When potlalnllll lu mlou Upon wheels here ought Iv bo charily 1100 adlilitiod truism for unity In things essential liberty lib-erty In things nonQSioullal but In all things charhyg overili 10 IlMo born abro gated at allY rate I that la n hat u great many are thinking becauso It appears to be lmpo Hlbo lor any man to express uu opinion dissenting from tho views of the leader without uelnir threatened With the Ions ot Lid ecclesiastical posltlou and vllhtbe fear ct concomitant complication i I cO11311m lion lu his political or commercial for IUDO I Uuoso things aro fast dostrojlui tho falih or the people especially ol Ibo joungor classes und If dealer faith la I onco A J shaken llioy will hao to lives IlIlIdol und will I In all human probability reich Ibo e final resting place believing that ODd z ulllhorlLy vD 1100 oanh bat been a phantom Ihe ciouk ut designing ipcu The true and bot uud only loyally to Ibo Church lu the priwont iinlorlliimlo iI rials seems to me to dofend Ibo right of r fssoa Operate nhlvh vvhaUicir dciuAtinay r his attempted 14 not u fact lu Uiah nt iho Ieonl lime Free opetech may list t Ihoorllenlly Lot not In loo Iv 11UlclLo I f BIII Ilrpooo I r Inlt bavo reason to bollavo that you stand In the front rank ut t1 this nobler thought < I In Utah and heeauseof your uxcoptloiml liieuUl and pbyslonl quallllcatlous ought aUlbl to be tho foremost champion of Iho iieu plo In tholi ability to goern loafer Church Instead ol permitting Its affairs bv to be tw entirely domluattd at at present a A series of loadlnc articles In the DAM NKUS pnbllsbed at various Illnen In I November oh up tbo right of I Pro Church leader upodrjing Urn First Proldoncy to iualii niter 1 change or roalkre b il rooketbeaw I > of Iho r1 ig Con J flrmatory of thin view rMukliiic I It to Lo reasonably assumed the law ol tbo Church with refuroncu lo the attitude of tho First 1rctldenuy towards civil aflalrs the DJSHIET Jilwa pre flumes 10 voleo the oulmenl s of Iho body of Ibo Uhurctl In Ibo doclaration ones editorial of Nov 17th last thai Ibo ictlouof a curtain man ritorrlng to Motion fbalchor to tho United Hideo bunittabythacclaing Utah LeJlloura would boutilitioultt 10 tbo body at Iho Church 1 may Irallmoh boooue It Is Impossible their Ibo NEWS can leaves allY moans ol knowing tho Ben luienta of Ibo 11 body of tho Church although doubt I fully and olllclallr representing the view of one vr two loudun o The Doctrine and Covenant distinctly I lays down the principle of Churoh gov mwenl by COUIOI oooon a lithe olple which concedes the right ofdls caution and of dissent Inert can be no common consent If xho pcoplo cannot t dlsiont without Ineu 101Ibo lot ensure J ol tho authorities I That dissenters do incur this dlspleasiiro If they prcaumo lo cilesseent front UK more ivhlri i certain I 1 Iceldars you are probably is N lfbbihl to I reality to am tiny man In Utah ilia I hil Isidned have beau after you moro than once ODOH tile First Proleocy has 11 right r 10 Chaugev alter or roko or mik lwolor tbo Church cOloon consent Is obsolete as there vish never list Iwo upromo Iw moiling powers III ally or gnlon at One Slid 1100 boilers timo I 1100 dootlo of C > more COIIo1 in I true and Ood hoi hO declared It anti loathing coil bodonoln Ihe Church without with-out 1111 Is only reasonable to Imply I that If tile common content Is withheld there roan no authority In the First Presidency Presi-dency lo make alter change or ra I voko the laws vOl 1 am ono of those who belo a over man holding the Priesthood la I ros vnr l kilo to Ood for tho conduct ot the sllalrs of tho Church and for Its purity Do IhHlug inns It becomes my duly to mo whatever ability and Influence wblnr abllly Ivd 1 may says lu Iho nupprosslon of wrongdoing In the Church regardless by whom douo realizing that Iho liability lu r la us great In the presiding quorum of Ibo Church aa In the lowest Infallibility la I tboGibraltar upon which absolutism is rate but Ixforu which the pillars of liberty crumble lo dual I 111 Is with prufuud regret that I find myself nnajlo to accept the socalled manifesto aa Ibo word ot tbe Lord or tuo poly thai It 1 la Ibo duty of etery member of the church 10 carry out On 110 other band I believe It I la this duly of every man I viewing Iho subjoct as I poal view I 10 dv tilt ho can towards Its ro rcl 1 hat you onco held u similar position whatever clallgo your views may have IldobO meo 1 bvo every reason 10 lalleve because lf Ad present on April Tlh last tbe day after the man Onto I m as read knit dolet goor1 conference and alter It had obtalmd your signature ntlbe ronluenco of JlosiA TImtchor lu tall Lako whim you In connection with Fallen others administered ilia ordinance nf Ihe sick in mother Thatch You Thatchllh will romomber you upgro moulh 11 ported tbo blessing In short hand sluing by the Ido of Brother fbatcbor slid you 1101 insides moof Ibo Julies Ing Ian teenage ADd now 0 o1 the Iomal Father In ni 11 humility wo appeaL unto Tbue In behalf of this brother and we bphola lit in hofol Tboo In our Panels best love Wo ole Thee Our Father to romombr till bli falthlulneiis and devotion unloTheo and 10 Thy great cave In the earth I lohato rocl unto ihli Thy horvanand give Oil to I tie a 110 01 t thli man and to the Church of Christ and this man a life of uooluln In the future Our rathervo u Ill not let him goand w U uk Theo Iv have respect loo 1100 Mboodniiir authority which thou hog given unto us Wo ask Tboo to hearourpotlllouln I his behalf Anti U I father lo thou bless I him as In Ibo memo of Jesus Christ wo blois him and way health and strength bn given unto bin from this time honce forth that bo may begin to mend and that Ihy poer may rest upon him thai ho may boenmo powerful and strong to plead lor the rights and I liberties of Thy people Tiloo this end wo llloD Thee aul ask Thee lo bless thin Thy sen ant And llroihor Moaos In tbo I narnu 1 of Ibo Lord vo say unto then lie thou mado whole I that thv recovery may begin I Item Ihli hour I and wo command com-mand In all humility hut lu tbo name iof Ibo Lord Jesus Christ Amen I Is I evident that at this time your a rol As foil was that Ihe liberties of tlio poo JI r Asw i Plo plo w pro jeopardized I stud lu I view of the controversy then exHtlng I I but fair to assume that these liberties worn placed In Jeopardy In your Judgment by the manifesto which for reasons boat know to loll you hal been loll uucontcien Cleanly to sign 11 Is probably truo that tlmro exists In Utah today a condition which makoi It necessary or In your opinion advliablo for you to hold In abeyance tho opinion you honestly on erlam on this subject sub-ject and Ito object rr this letter is not lu any white 10 Influence you to reverao yourself My design Is I rather to point out tbo evil which cannot fall to develop lo tho pooplo of Utah and to tbo POIIO J lr1 g J Gospel of Jesus Christ br the continuance continu-ance of a polloy the tendency of which Is so wantonly lu the direction of tile oi r ietl 1thdl destruction of Ihe faith or tho young Iple li Unit Tuo conditions heretofore dwelt upon make It almost Impossible for this quo 1110001110 tion lo bo fouuht out and nettled lu t tho Church becatiothe DIET NLW 8 op parolllly calving the eeullinents or tb < 1lrt 1oldony has laid down Iho these III them rctlhe author Iy 10 lako alter chaoo or rovok Ibolw I Is I tollovldeiil that this U HUbverelvo of the rIght i f evory morn ber of the Church annihilating tho doc I rlDo 01 common COOOII anti reduo Inl our lmborblp Iv Iho position of mora automatons the Iennlt questions rnc may however to dcteruilnod lo suggest qulto that cirectivcly t by the election r Brother Moo Ihatchcr to the United Smloa Mcnato believing I as I do that tbo great h ldI j hotly of alto Cnurch would feel honored rather than Insulted ut such a happy ollutmalon Your POO of body heart and Intellect cannot better bo utilized for tbo welfare of tbo young State of Utah tbunlu chain ijonlnu chw cause before Iho Irfglsla ue Ills election elec-tion would hoacoepud L the Irul clout leader whose personal ambition to bocomo tile dictator of Iho Church Is I widely bclloved as a warning of the people that although their voice Is I now Impotent lu the councils of the Church In I ihe alUIrs ol tltate It Is omnipotent Wishing you tho oompllmouls of the season and With sentiments of high personal Esteem I area OnYour lumber I In tho Gospel j ELIrn UOISE19rob4 I tLr HALT LAIn Utah Uccembaf LuJ 1890 Elder Ogden Utah Bear Bratber What I must con alcer IB your very extranrdlnary com inunloation of tho Slat treat to hand this evening thibly brat thought was lo rxcueemytelf from making any reply re-ply to its on tbo ground of being hurried first with my prepiralloua for ratu r Ding 10 my mllllay labors 10 110 fall 16COU39 of being refirseflool with business cares a preeeni and third a desire to spend the few remaining remain-ing days between this and my departure for the east quietly with my family without being urawu Into the consideration of tbneo matters 10 which i your letter Invites my attention On seonti thought however II ooourrd 10 me that the matters 01 which you latter treat are 01 such 1m porlauce thai I I could throw any light upon the subject It was my dUly lo do to even though It should bo at the iBcrlllce ol my personal on you Inc and desire escape fr m tnterlcg Into uny controversy concerning the question Involved You Inform me that the faith of tbo people In Ibo Gospel especially Ibo younger istats la I being destroyed by the things referred to In your letter and I that bo true or If the Smith of Due Van I elDI dotoyt II 10 I cause enough to make one set aside mere considerations of convenience and do what be can to stay the destruction of faith In Clods great wore llenae I attempt an answer to your communl calon For convenience I have groupel the leading topics of your letter unaer what appears lo me to be appropriate headings and shall offer such remarks upon eanu aa bills state of the facts and tile prnolple Involved learn 10 warrant war-rant In said grouping I rosy not have allowed your letter strictly as to the order In which you have sat down the sovital Hems but I have don BO SB neatly as I could and preserve Ibo relation of tbu llerusj to each other I TUG uiaiiT OF DISSENT nipnr > oM OF tiKicn nit mspoNBiutUTY CONNECTED WITH TIE UXKKCI4B or Titbit mums You begin by saying that Ihs admitted ad-mitted truelsm I for unity In things uittenlla I liberty In thing I nonesien i Limit Lut In all things charily seems to bo abrogated meaning ot courses In tile present policy cf the Church you claim that the right ol dissent front the views of the leaders of the Church Is I Infringed and flat 44 what ever denial may bu attempted the light of free speech Is I not a fact In Utah at the present lime To say that I was eomewhat moro than mildly surprised 0 this statement Is I eaklng within hounds For a moment was tempted lo liqulio what change bad taken I place In our young and I hope tilt lying rilatr during tile six months of my absence on missionary labors liuluf course I knew no change had come lu I I thai time that nothing ban occurred lo destroy the light guaran teed In the young inli constitution 000rDI0 rlhlo trodDl vr lb liberty or tile In Ivi4u or vf tile pr 10 try wbalLver I los thought nrcery for lb individual Dr preas lo say esch being responsible ol cure for any bulu 01 that lbly Hut I 1 think I Bee how anxious you are t this point tu BY jou did not mean that reitrlotlon hal beu any rlrlotvo 101 put on free speech or Ibo freedom of Ihe press by not of the state but Duly that me ontut dissent from the opinions 01 the leaders of Ibo Church or In lulRo Is I what yiu would call 16freo speech without lucunl gibe life puro 01 the Church Iodu wlb eut In fact being threatened With the loss of his evlealeal I position old with the fear of concomitant complications lu his political or commercial com-mercial lorluuer In thinking of free speech mud Iho right tu dhsent rom IIIK opinion of those lu authority 1 L never did so without taking Into ac taunt ttio 1IDIIOblly hnJ Come I At nets ulndonl Upon Iho exercise of that liberty We are free thank God but wo toluaketeready In rho rierellig 01 VITAL freedom lo accept wllLoul murmuring its rpooILIIII uuts Ih a cono lueucis attendant upon its l exerclie iu put au extreme ciett Vcu and I believe that a mau Is I at liberty to re lee Ibo Q spelof J BUI Christ but wu 10 l bolov that I one to eXlcho his liberty lo ill I ct 1 he will bo under condemnatlo mail II he In ontl persists 1 IIOWIJIgOtDII011 But because 01 this can we say that the liberty of man does not exist Certainly not 1 awn a-wn elects to wako such use of his treudom as to bring upon himself con iternuatlon and sorrow he ought not on that Hccnint to charge 1 to the want 01 liberty II bu deliberately chooser to lake that coulee which leads to bell he ou h not to complain when be gets there because be leave not Q nilbe Joys of heaven And Ibis principle here pre ertsd by an extreme case may be seen operating variously mod flea all along lite late of human ex parlance The blatant atheist jean If ho choosers deride Ibe lalth of the Christian and turn to ridicule what to That Christian Is Ibo subllmcst nine under the tan and atheists often di thai but 1 Is I notice bueupposed loal le blatant Inld1 CD lake that Courage aDd retain the respect and 01 the Clithitiou BLA friendship Chrlhn lut be clueeth a14011 lilbesthecientleltenct and esteem of him Christian fellow citizen Ly thin exurcide vf his right 10 free peob ou we ay West freedom of speech does lot exist The atheist txircises his liberty but hu loses the notaries of the Chrlstiin That lathe prices he pays for the exercise of hli liberty 1 Is for him to detarm into whether It pay or trial A man dissents dis-sents from the opinions of cur Church Ietdersu o Is I at liberty to do thaihe 01 i liierty kven lo oppose n policy tbey rns determine upon but If Boo lu lieu no lure of things can be bone to have his o ursn approved by them And true himself Is holding I an oOlclal 1 position IhutBlves great weight to his oppose flout nan It bo expected tbat Jheywlll suttalu IHM lu that position I then questions wera put lu relation to aIr a-Ir deemed by you essential or vital to Ihe Church you yourself would nol hesitate to may that such an olllcer ought to be deposed Hut you will say thAt you are only pleading for liberty In things noueisenllallut who Into I judge of what 10 vital ad essential and what I ov I grant you I Is I not alwaya easy Iv lelorrnlDo on Which paleulor side 01 the 118 n given action may fall whether on the side of the essential or noneeiontlal but clearly In a matter affecting Ihe t government of Ibo Church too constituted consti-tuted authority lu that Church whether considered as conslstlog of Its great presiding councils or Ibo body of tho Church or both of these com blood IB I the proper authority to decide whistle l vital and essential and what nontcsentlal I individuals disagree wllh that conclusion and rebel against Ilthey have no Just cause of complaint if they lotu somewhat Ibu fellowship tboto who acquleica In the conclusion that tho matter Is I vital and essential In the matter of the manifesto lo which your latter refers 1 was adfudgod by the brethren constituting Ibo general authorities of Ibo Church whose signatures woru attached lo I lo Involve a principle vital In the government ernment ot the Church and that con clarion was eonilrimd by the action of CUM general Coultroiue cf fuel Church and subsequently by the action ot the confereucks at the Stakes so that Ibu Church theses pasaud upon hat mat ter U Is Ibe law of the Church and tin SB who now undertake to over throw I ore guilty I lu my Judgment of seeking to destroy a Church regulation regula-tion decided by Ibo proper authority within tbo Church to be vital and essential to Us government I there Individuals who refute to accept this conclusion of the Church that Is their right that IB I they sale at liberty to tko that course and there Is I no power In the Church or out of It lo prevent them they can speak against I or write airatnst Ito denounce l and refuse lo bo governed by 1 They have full liberty lo do all 1 this and to long as this Is I possible pos-sible the freedom of pooh I maintained main-tained but they have no Just cause lo complain that Ibo freedom of speech Is Infringed If their coreligloulaia refute Jules la fellowship them In such a course Thu situation helps to Wao train that while liberty Is a glorious thing 1 Is also a solemn thing attend e1 by responsibilities oDd If grave rpoulblle i a wrong non Is I made of It followed by serious coiiicqueucca from wblcb tuoro Is no escaping H LFtCOr ON IIIK FAITH Ol1 THE ItOPLE OF WHAT YOU SUlTuSK TO J1E T1IK IVF1UNUK1IKN1 Of THU 11IUIIT OF IJIiBtNT AND OF FHUU 81KECU OntblB Head You any that these things aro fait destroying thu faith ol Ihe people Elton ally ol lue younger classes and I their fallu la I once shaken they will have to live Infldel and will In all human probability reach tile final mtlni place believing That Uous autborllyiun the earth has bon a phantom the cloak of designing design-ing men You are mistaken my Island Not oven tilt faith ol the younger classes Is of such a sickly I bullas I bull-as this paragraph of your letter paints 1 I royjuiigmenl j these faith of our people will out Hither Into n belief thai awls authority on earth bLOOD b-LOOD u phantom even I I should ever happen that tile chief authorities of Ibo Church should make serious Oontmucd on Sage Two I r rOHURCII DISCIPLINE t Continued Jrom Jage One I t mistakes ot Le guilty of doing oiltlVB f Irjuellco to Individuals Though the Irealdono ol the Church should vlo f 1elduDo Hie every prltclrlool the Gospel Bud f outrage ovey every tonso of Justice and Humanity It would illll remain liuo numonly that Uod revealed Himself In Joseph Hmltb gave him power to bring forth I Ibo nook of Mormor and tbroiiiju Ibo ministry of angels did restore the holy 1rlestnood and gave him a commanu merit to organize tile Church of Ion I-on earth The gotten of trio Fire Presidency or of Ibo Twelve however unjust ejunotill ct those truth and I must give lh Saints Low the old ana the young more credit far clearheadedness clear-headedness than your views w > old ac cord to Ihem when you sy Hint the denial of Ibo right of dissent and of Ire irccdom of i it etch even I t wiro tot which I do not low la I destroying the filth of The reople In the great work of God 1 must think thai the filth of IboloOllel I Ia better founded than that be If In view would represent I to I Ihe future the time should ever coma I that the high olllces ol the Church I btuId fall Into fie hands of corrupt and designing men I cal not believe that the Balms would foriake trio truth of which the Spirit of lod has I borne record to them bud conclude that they are myths btcoune of the t Iha actions of men on the contrary I I should look to I tee the SOON Irne to f their oubliette lalth arise under the I lower ot the living God mud by the I I moans appointed In tile Church reject J f web meu and make way for too upI up-I of others who would nut abuse the power of the 1rleBlhood III 71E ABILITY OF TiE lEolLe TO t I OVJI Tie CHURCH Ale paying mo what you mean to be a I arsenal 1 cjtnpllturnt you may I I ought to ba the loremosl champion of I the I teoplu In their ability to govern I their Church Instead ol permitting i Its affairs to be entirely dominated ai at present by a few I merely refer to this 10 rassivir In order 10 Pay 111 I tint you giant 10 take DO decennial I I Ibo act that the Church Is Ihe dumb I of Jesse Christ as well I as the Church of the Latterday Saints And that the Lord Jesus had retained some lights In the matter of Ita government as well a having conferred tome rights In the church government upon I tiittialnla and ol which more will bald b-ald under trio next heading second I tipsy that su far ai I am able Judge I the leoplo now have their full share of power In the fillies of the botch The olllurs of Ihe Church prereuted to them i In their Stake four times u year and In tao General Conferences twice o year and I tile conduct of any one or all of them la insufferable they can rejected or I any one of them IV l I guilty ot Krosa sin no mailer how high I hi authority hu may be them exist I I Irltur before which ho may be nc I cuioJ and I guilty condemned and I unrepentant bon tie cast out Along A-long as Mesa conditions exists I can not too that tile people iland In iced W f any clmmplou an against the Chutch I authorities IV I t I 9 1 CltmiClt UOVIUNMKKT Till DOC i THINE OK 0 MMOM CON8HNT THE i 1 IOWEICS 11 TUB piiiar riiLst I I i DKNOY Your communication emphasizes I true doctrine of common content to the xolualon as I think of other consideration consid-eration elite fly trio right of the vole of the Lord to a Once In the gov I ernmeni of the Church I would not 1 lor tbe world be understood assaying anything 10 dllartemont 01 ylnl i great doctrine of common consent I appeals too strongly to my disposition i for me to do thai I n I u principle that challenges at once my admiration oDd opprovl When 1 radio the fact that prnvloui to the organlzillod of too Church the Lord Instructed the Prophet Jtsepbbefore attempting such en organization to call together tile brethren t and ascertain It they wee I willing that he should proceed to organize the Church ana If they I would sustain Joseh Smith aa Ibo first and Oliver Covtdiry am the second I Elder luat J presiding Elders In Ibo Churcu I greatly marveled nt the condescension of God The Lord had called Joseph Bmlth and Oliver I Cowdary and bad given them Ibo holy ApoMlesblp before thus Ho gives Ills I authority which I Ills 1ilcitbooJ to I whom lie wit but when they ur to exercise that authority over Officer I I DOn only ho done by the coneept 01 those to Ila ovenol find bnoo the law of the Church subsequently for LODI Itcd 66No penn I to be ordained to any office In this Church win to I there Is I a regularly organized bruuuh of the Silence without tile vile of that Church Thus from the beginning Ibo government oC Ibo Church bae been eslabllshed on tho cousent of Ibo governed and I esieolnlly call your attention lo the taut that no step 0110 orlnce I In respect lo tile allaim of the Church has ever been taken but what the matter has been tulnillloJ for Ihe approval the peoi le 1 ho action of Ireildeut Woodrull in the clou luaDco 01 plural marriages mud tile adoption ol IDI lalu rule In reirvcl to 1 politics are recent Illustrations and proofs of my statement UI course lu i Hie roUtine of Administration of attain In trio Church I la I not practical practi-cal or necessary lo submit every movtmtnl made to the roople tliurluhtlulutiil and grandeur of tbliptiticIpleolconinoin consent c > cod and ampe provision Iliad against the I alme Pilo I of authority by tiro vldlng for fruiuent elections on the foolproof acccptonce lutru yet re malnB soruelhlni the lo consider In church government At be very meeting at which the I Church was organized lu IS30 and he I lore the svtsiou which wltDeaced Ihu le organization was adjourned Ibe 1rorli I eljrtcelved a lettlallon In which occurs Ibis partsge Illehold them shall hi a record kept among you nnd 111 thou < nitUuJt b hull I called Seer a translator n Prophet on Apostle ot Jesus Christ an Lljer ol I f Ihe Church Ihrtugu UIB will 0 CIO d the Farb r a d ill gratis of our Ijjrd Je us turlot a It Wiureion m ° aulng the Cuurcu th14 shall Rive heou unto all his word and command nl conulaDd inenlB which uu shall give uulo t ou UK he recsiveth Ihem ualklug 111 holl Hell before mi Fur his words ye shall real Iva el frLiu min own mouth In all pslltnce anu faith for by doing three ihlug the caie of heil that I rot prevail uitainit icu vot Rod tit a hjrj Gi4 will dl puro the powers > of datittieep and euu the oeclo bko fur Your good mad ynJ Ild Ills nall Ia i glory This same power ohreu oil ueo dlol lrIJoncl If the CbuCI mud applike 10 lr 0 1 I 11 dent Woodruff today ai It did to tie Prophet Joseph Smith In bra day and to this fact Inn not think you have attached tninclont Importance else you would not take sue if earrrPt exceptions renllons to what you call the Ill < KIT I getting up the rlghtof the 1irat Pivot lency to mote alter change o revoke Ibe lawi of the Church I hav not read the editorials of the DnjllUT NMVd to which iou allude but certainly The Nls did not setup set-up that t doctrine thai doctrine Is I ai old as the Choral Itself The very day and hour the Church was organized organ-ized the Lord constituted the 1resl Juit of the Churchill iropbcl Bee and lawliver strictly oammiudln aDI the Church lo give heed to nil Ill Is words and commandments which ho I hall give nut you AS to in reellvll Ibeu for his Worda amid the Lord lye shall rc Calvet ns II from mine cities mouth In all reliance mail Iftittl Doc A Cov xxlI 1 do riot think tile JFJEur NEWS put I stronger tbD that 1 Is tile 11tteldent 0111 Church that receives the tevilat ons of Uud and announces the law to the Church his J the lawmskltig power of the Churcb there uo other The people do n1 lllI for the Guinea the voice of the people t l not this voice of Ihe Lord only on their volco Is I united nllh aid botomej Ibe aauie as tile voice of God I Is j from this source the revelations of God through tile 1ropoet President of the Church Him the Church has received Its knowledge of Inn Qotpel and the power ol Ihe 1rlcsthood 1 b true hat these rcvclatlonf as they hare bion received from time to time have been prieonud to the members of tbe Church for their acceptance and up to lux pteeut there always Lee been an overwhelming majority of the Saints who have beau sufficiently tllllght oDd ky Ibo Hplrlt ul God to accept the word of the Lord through l I 1rophel and carry I out Bud my faith I 9 that I will always Ue so In I thla dlsteueallon for Ibe luison that God has piomlsed Ui that lie will consummate Ills Wuik lu this dlspeniallou Of cjurse I I should transpire that trio Churou should ret I tot tile word of the Lord through Ills 1rophtl nullity have the liberty to do If they eo elect then they would not change the truth or the law but would In affect la 11Ve will not accept ac-cept the law of Will and If that lln I bapPl unit Over eoo they must as a nine the full responsibility of the act which rejects J the conceals Co Unit I You will pernaps teweenher the tact i list aDolDI Israel ones did this In avery a-very remarkable all when they 1 ejected the mid government of the j udgta and clamored for a kiror that I hey might tie like other nations and when Samuel I took the mater lu the Lord he vai commanded lo let 1 Them I I lave limit way to give them a king and apparently far tue encouragement ot Samuel the Lard salu They have lot relected Ibo hut they have re acted I mr that f should feign over Ibm I Basilian unto their the poo I 404 VOICVlo aid 1 10 Lord noblt jttirotvtt I solemnly unto thculatil show them the maunor of the mug that sball lolgn over them I Samuel viI All of which tile Prophet did out without avail and I sraul by a Bad experience through I ougHtiodaol tyrauty by reason of kingly ruloloarnei how solerau a I hlug It was to Jolter the word ct UoJ UoJHut you term to think that the power above relented t aa lodged In the viculdent ill Ihe Church to 1 destructive of the principle ot common content Suit on that need 01 1 Ihe t First Ierceldenor tins tile tghl I to cbaDg olr ormake Jawfi2 lor trio Church Common content Ie obsolete anti there can u > ver txlitlwo supreme lawmak log I powers lu any irtuulntlou at one and the same time The mistake you make Is I lu considering the members mem-bers of tile Churcl through tile cpera lon of tile drctrlttdot common content con-tent as I theono lutremelawmaklng power In Ibo Chutoj whereai lu re all lye I la I not the lawmaking lower 11 Ihe Church of Christ Is I governed gov-erned by the laws ot Ood which lawn law-n reveals In the Church through him who Is I the 1resldeut thereof and I the Church should reject thai law hey reject Ibo Ian I ol ODd nod would tie under condemnation and under lads displeasure lor I cannot bo that He would bo well pleased with those who reject Ills counters You are right In saying there can uevor exist ex-ist two suireme lawmaking powers In may organization at one and Ihe tame time Nor has ODd appointed n two supreme lawmaking powers In Ilia I Church He bnj up polluted but one and that one tile 1reildont of the Church And I apprehend that a very great amount ol inn difficulty encountered by yourself and others who may take the name view ol mutters as yon dot arises from ho fact that you attempt to displace ho lawmaking flowers or what would burnoroaccurate lu may the Iw So nounclug power lor the laws are the two 01 Uod which God has appointed In the Church with another and that other the members of the Cburoti through tile operation the doctrine 01 eolmn cODnl Tan Church of Christ tubelsU by reason of a volun Wry acceptance ot Us doclrlnes and nl willing Bubml lun to Us laws and dliolpllneun the pill of Us members Iuupie are converted to run truth It tenches find of their own free will submit sub-mit to Its leguhtlont and at the church begins lu u voluntary loop fallen of rlla Ooell Be i I ooulno and aa new truths are revealed auii changing cood tlons rt quire uw rogu rations or Ireguloril call fr the rc snirmotlon of existing Iowa J these lueuiurtB are tubmllled to the memo beraof the Church that they may accei I them that they may assert their harmony har-mony wila the Jaw 01 God and when Ih Church Itcrrlco gnu regulations courtD fin thus Accepted they are 01 lorce Only so la uoes the doctrine of common consent enter Into the making of laws for the Church You further say that I the cola man consent Is I withheld there tells no authority In Ibo Filet Presidency to make alter change or revoke Ihe laws 1 the Church should reject Ihe word of the President cf the church which the Billets are commanded com-manded to receive as the very word of Uod then of course I may be raid lint things would come to 1 standstill fort as already pointed tuttho Church can ojly exist as III members voluntarily acoeit Us doctrines and submit tolls regulations I but this phase of tile queaUon need nol detain ui longer as I I does not represent an Intuit l In the present condition ofaOalrt Common cookouts 1 not withheld from the die laratlin of rules lu relation to pollll cal Rabies FIB allectlug Us high Church olllclalt On tile contrary I Is accepted ac-cepted ly the Saints gild Is I In force ai a Church regulation by tile will of thm presiding quorums nnd Ibo convent con-vent of the Church members 1 follows fol-lows let me remind you that those who are opposing Its and seeking to destroy I ore opposing and seeking the destruction or a rule regularly Introduced In-troduced by the presiding authorities and accepted hy the Church memteri and lucrefoiu such tactics arc making war upou the Churcu You will understand the above resent marks Off the doctrine 01 Common ODD sent as applying alone to 1IB place In the making of laws and not at related re-lated to acts of admlnlitratlou of tllilrs I and Iheeleuljn by vote of ac oitauce of Gfllceri lu Ibe latt r relations 1 doubtless would nave a 0mBwhol wider scope than lu relation 10 Hnuklug for the Church but I is I not neceasary IJ discuss that Icrc V DUTY OF Tile jiiNcmiTY You Pay you cannot accept the no called Manifesto as tithe word of the Lord or the pi llcy that It Is I the duty of every member of the Church ta car ry out0 On thu contrary you believe It to Lo the duly ol every rOn who views th sutject as you uo to do 1 he can towards Us repeal lieluro a measure 1 adopted when I Is t lu the itage of formation and under dltcut t10911 01faielleve0 1101ol lILU slon I believe It to be the right of every Must houestly to extrtss his views upon I Ddli djes lint seem to him to to right or alls to appeal lo his Judgment aa u wlEo pjlloy I Is J his right lu a crop r spirit lo oppose It lint when by action of those lo whom I Submitted suit who bnve a right to decide the decision goes against udgtnent and conviction and Ibo question has passed from tile Hold of ultcusilrjn to tbo realm of accomplished fact Ibm I think that thai law Is I as binning upon the minority us upon the majority and that I should be us loyally supported by tbcee who opposed I as lhise who udvclattd Us until Its wisdom Is vindicated or Us folly made mail eat arid the way prepared for Us repeal Ot ccurse If a policy la to utterly bad In omit Judgment that ones con lelnc aftnuotbecouns roeoocU1 tu I he has the alternative of leaving the society enacting I hut It la I a solccltra to think one can consistently May wltalu 1 oriiaolzillou jet make war upon Us laws and regulations I have Icon particular thus lo dale my views upon what I think should bo the conduct of minorities because you confidently declare the belief that I once hold views similar tooor own on thin point 1 disclaim that however and that most emphatically and say that at no time have I entertained the viewe avowed by you You cite us evidence of my entertaining such views Ibe language u1 by me In administering ad-ministering to Brother Moats Ialelle Tho expression seized upou by you as such evidence Is I the one asking that Jlrother I Moats may become be-come powerful and strong to plead fort for-t rights and liberties ai the people 1 hvldonl you say that at false time your opinion was that the liberties liber-ties uf the people were Jeopardized and In view of the controversy then existing I Is but fair to Snows that tbmts liberties were placed Jeopardy lujour Judgment the manifesto which for ny reasons best known to yen you had beau led uuoousclunllouBly to sign To any the least uf I you have here bung n very heavy weight upon a very slender thread You certainly had to talon the phrase with which you bcyan your calculations Us tenth power In order to arrive at your conclusion Of course I catitiot remember the language lan-guage I used on the occaalou referred 10 yuu may have rpor I accurate ly lor a 11 know 1 may 11 eve been sul fervent anti earnest as your report makes I for I wan ulu fir The recovery re-covery of Urotber Moses and always felt in adualuleturlug to him that If I could have Imparted to him a portion uf my own rhynlcal strength or could have shared my own health with him I would have done I without Leslie lion for he WON and 1 dear lo me Hut know Brother Orion Carl that trio luaulestu was nol In my mind ary moment wit Ito administer log 1 lilbes on thaLoccallou Nor d1d 1 think then Soy more than 1 do nw that theta wag any necessity for Moi Thalehor 10 bo strong and powerful 10 plead lor thu rights and liberties ot UJ ls people agolult buttralkil malignity male upou those rights by the IIrst Presl doocy or hy the manifesto I had no thought of whut you call the controversy then existing while ad mlnitltrlng to Moses Thatcher and tbe t phrase you select Juitllylug j our conclusion could otherwlic easily I I be icccuuled fur Wo livo not yet seen the last assault mad upon the lights aud liberties of fall Ualula I fair I and In my Judgment lu the future as I In the test theta will LB a necessity for troog and powerful men tu plead for tile tight gild liberties ol the Faints Turn see what au unw rthy thing your Ititury would make Iml I You believe that well nigh upturn 10 wI wits ury which mark my slguiiure lo he mmulitsitall the day following Ito acpuuce bl tile gDor1 Course nc i Wad eiir ily asking a jd that MoitB ulcr niUiit bn raised up to Metlhrow il r Ycu say thai I id lieu led uucou clentlou ly to sign I II I V I 1 bupt tu menu that IslgueJ 1C Without omeoleuce lualli I wlh IUL lu conscience going with my not u0 1 thai lu jaut opinion i has Jutlne you in Buying as jYuToo hi I ho very n1 larBIUb Ile ull in Utah really a coudithe w retail tnak It nocespary or Ia your oplutoll I advisable fur 3ou WO to hard lit abeya cu tbuopluliljs 3 uu I uorintK entertain ou this tulject1 loneI Surely 11 one were stekiliv o olou for OUee I uu would nod I utr for taking Ii at 1 In all I woro cite cowardly doubledealliij aud despicable hypocrisy hypoc-risy could 101 easily be oojured up Judging from the whole tunu of > uur letter BO Jar 5 U refers to me personally person-ally rather than from this articular ly rlhor Irollhi Particular t ran of I you do hot IDlond t glv ellloP aDd where much ntentlo I obonl I doot 108voln mktlgon an offender for a Ward Hut I would have you distinctly understand that my conscience Went with my signature signa-ture II the matter of signing tbe msnlfaalo aud Ibat no condition exists late In Utah today which nukes II I nee County or advisable lo hold In abeyance any opinions I hold on this or any other BuLJeri and the only thing lacking to make your languagi grossly InuUlug Is the evident ab Inee 01 inch an Intention 1 stand squarely with the other general luthurltloi of the Chnoh In oonuectloi with whosnsignatures my own appears m the 10 uillod maul eitoand wilt them stints responsible for Us iromul jatlou 1 that act appears lu the earl motion ot some of my friends fo to Inconslilent with pcsltlouB I have formerly assumed thelcustigoarlmea Irm a more lurrect understanding ot the facts end principles Insolved i I do nol bav aD exalted 1 opinion ol tbo olnl of my Information or the Inlalliblllty of my weak human Judgment Judg-ment as to expect tu be able to be found at 1 I limes In the present strictly consistent wit I conduct that Is past only In BOlar as consistency Is I to be found In actinic day by day In ittlct accord with the light and convictions con-victions pomaied at the lime But today 1 I tee Iho occasion for Its I shall revise Ibo opinions and aa la as possible correct thu conduct ol yesterday yester-day and tomorrow do the same with the opinions and conduct today and so OD tolbuendulllfe You fay you are gione ot those who believe every man holding Ibo irleit Load 1 rauoIlol 10 nir roe Ih criti duel of the affairs the Church and for Its turlty llellevlng tbuestp you continue II becomes ray duly to use whatever ability slid Influence I may have lu Ibo suppression uf wrong doing lu the Church regardlsss by whom donep Bo far I you will limit your doctrine by Paying within the cop md loglllrrvto spaeru of Ibo 1rleithood anti I i ill o therein which you hold mud the correction J made through the moans nppolntod In the church I agree with that view tut when you add that tile liability to I err Is I as a real In the presiding quorum DC the Cllrchl aln the lowest thou I I must dleienl Irom that partcl your doctrine I thick that ordination to a presiding position amounts to something some-thing I read 11 my lllble Ibal 11 Joshua Ibo too at Nun was full of the eilrll 1 of wisdom for Mooes had laid his hands upon hirtil Dtu I chap 34 And so now when tneu Sea ordained to fill responsible preuld Ing positions I believe that Increased wisdom Is I given nnd that they are not as liable lo commit errors as thole tlllloe less I restonslble Ilog roOlble positions posi-tions Moreover the Pnaidnoy of the Church occupy a moro command I Ing petition then au Inferior quorum I have better opportunity for obtaining Information concerning the work or God than others they are sustained by the dally faith Sold prayers of 1 the fallhlul Sslnts and are more abund flatly entitled to Inspiration of tile i Holy Uhost and the direct revelation ot God than others Do all these rIU dco ot I lhlug count for nothing lu your Judg mum Were you riot a little thoughtless thought-less I when you msdo the remark here animadverted upou Your remark ut Infallibility joint the Gibraltar of absolutism may be dismissed dis-missed by reminding you of the fact that nobody claims Infallibility for the men constituting the Presidency of the Churoh No claim of Infalli bility Is I set up for anything but Ibo word of led the law ot Gad But that la Infallible Vf IKE MANUESTO And now Just a word on the document docu-ment tbat has come to be called the raautfeBtoV The rule of Iconduct prescribed for tile leading Church officials in relation to seeking oounse before accepting nominations ollll cal ollice etc was proposed and accepted ac-cepted for the purpoiu of maintaining discipline in the Church for the pur posts 01 preserving order In the Church mud guarding Us Interests from neglect by unenllog there train becoming subordinated to other and less Import Interests 1 waa and Is a Churcb regulation rarely This has been alarmed by Ibo Church authorities repeaMly repeatedly and yet with a persistency I that to I say tie least of I I astonish I ing and which lu my Judgment I amounts to wanton perversity there have been parties even within the Church Who eel aside the word of Ibo general authorities and say Ibatt the manifesto tforeibadows and Intends political Interference and the domination of State politics by Church catchalls To the fearful Yes 01 theme parties there appears colled within It the Berpenllne chain that Is to bind lasting fetters of slavery upon tbu Hubs of young Utah ui lets I I kind Providence shall raise un acm wan tu break Us links aiundeil Others mor molrtu say Net what = = = vat the Intentions 01 Its authors and those Who have accepted I In Its prD 1 frost working It will result In Church domination etc The nfl class men Honed above ol whom I lake 1 Iron the lone cl your letter ou are one flatly refute tu believe the word of the twentyfour mon whose signatures are 1cllo run document who constitute con-stitute trio general authorities of the Church To that class these menthe men-the authorities of Ihe Church are designing hnavei bent on Rely gamu at politics or Ill out lan and scoundrels or Ihe greater part of them aro weakling weak-ling fools the mere puppets ot Ono or > Iwo dominating mlnda that are scheming ambitious tell seeking scoundrels Intro in oo escaping this conclusion for those who tertlit lu I eaylug tht tIe manifesto means politics poli-tics wben Ihe authorities of the I Church positively affirm that I was I Intended aloun for the regulation and reservation of order In tbo Church For some unbelievers among us to take that position would not of course be 100100 not very turprlslug but what do you think Brother of members of the Church who lake thai poaltloc7 How long can they retain Ibo fellowship fellow-ship of the Saints or their standing lu the Church To tile second clasp who say that the practical workings of the regulation will he to bring lo C ass Ch u ICU Interference t Inter-ference lu politics I would say thai they should na willing to accord sm honesty t the gentlemen who Irumul i gated what they assert I a church regulation merely mud wait until 1 I demouslraled flat In Its operations It Interferes with the political rights and liberties of trio citl zany Meantime let mu say that you and others may continue to say that this manifesto means fallible that itlhat II Isadevlco by which high Churca ofllclals mean to control the politics of tile State hut I know thai U was and Is I meant tabu a Church regulation for tile good order of the Jnurcu alone and Intended to estab fell a proper understanding among Ihe ollicera 01 the Church mud lo correct wrong Impresiliins that had obtained concerning tho altitude of high Church olllclals 1 politics MOD lu the future may continue to assert that this announced rule of the Church means politic as explained In the foregoing but that will not alter Its character auy more than calllui truth falsehood will make it so VI SETTIEMFNT OF Tie QUFSTtON Y 1UE VINDICATION tip JI0813 1J1A1C11EI1 You exprogs tile opinIon that I la almost upoislble 13 settle this Iuotnu brought up by th maul give anti Involving an you uppoep tile principle ol common Call star within the Church As a matter 01 fact there la I no such Issue to settle The principle 01 common COIIAOnt as a factor of Church government has not hen violated The rule of conduct In l lucstbu after being formulated by the general Church authorities and proposed pro-posed lo the membera of the Church was accepted by them they gave their atauut to It and I IB regularly catch Horsed as a rule of Ibo Church by the announcement of Ihu Iiw 10 the people and their acceptance of t 1 It your dea that common consent means unanimous consent 1 BO you are wrong Uovernmeut by unanimous consent la I cut of the queatlou utterly Impracticable There Is I uo lame that can arise In the Church but what cm ll beast1lod III < ioD be t within the Church To EO outside the Church to settle any difficulty diffi-culty that has urlson within the Church mon war upon the Church nu utter lack of coufl dance In the la I Btlmtlon which you and I believe God haa founded I I pray you no longer entertain that thought Your proposition for Inn settlement of thu supposed dllllculty Is u novel Ones viz 1 the election of Moo Thatcher fo the United States Senate which went you say would be accepted by the tel lufllclu Header I whose psrsonal ambition in becomu the dictator of tbo Church Is I widely believed us a warning of Irom the rujplo that although their voice Is I now Impotent In the Councils of the Church In trio eflalrs of the Statoi II Ie Isomnlpoleul I was extremely sorry when I read that remark aud I wondered what I cloud of darknuio could 1 possibly have come over your mind and iu charity I must think you wrote that tassane without thought I rasa ever the In Jutco you do the aember of the tint liealdency towhum You refer and COle directly to tile coatldenllou of your proposed settlement of the sup pOd difficulty by the election of Broth at Moses lhalchcr to the Senate You complalu of the Nua Having Bald that his election to thu UB Senate by the coming Utah Lejlmalure would on au maun 10 me uuurch whereas In your Judgment his election would be a settlement of Ihe questions that have risen through the 1moullobtaro and thnfthe great body of the Church would feel honored rather than Intuit Imult edal ouch a happy conumluaton Lelusset ITbe genural Church authorities formulated a rule to be t for lowed by the leading Church olllclali 10 respect to pollllcr which obtained tile approval of all the general author fuel of the Church except one of the Apostles who was absent on a mlselon and another Apostle who refutes to accept I because as he alleges end thai In the face of the protest of Ills brethren lo the contrary I I Intended Inlond1 to be and will reeultlu the domination of politics In the Btate by the Church and I in fact the forging ol chains for the enslavement of the people i 2b aforesaid Apoatlu refuiej to sign I but I went More the general Conference of the church and was uphold by the common consent ot the Church then assembled and the Apostle who refused to sign the docu ment embodying the rule is I not pre seated before the oanfVrencs lor acceptance as nu officer o Ibo CbUCh fear the rule promulgated by ib authorities and accepted by the gene I Ujnrererro 1 might bu more wide y I iccepitd by the Church members and mmLr cut of rested for tile very rinoitile of common coiseot which yeu steal 10 think Is abrogated by tile policy ol I Ihp I 1 i Chuich In J Ibis matter the document la reiented lo the Bake i cuts and I think even lo the ward coi mrences of the Church CUl t I that rn rule over promulgated before by the Church has beau more wl beel widely ao ceiled by tile Balm ma I this one nor was the principle of mmnion content ever more thoroughly tee lectcd SIX mouths Ihoroulhly anti another general Conference uf the Church Is I held no action Is taken 10 the case of the suspended Acoitle but txuuded explanations are Monte at tu why he Is I suspended Meantime 1 n olltlcal campaign la fought out In the pill l the tuipcnded Apostle 11 has been promlnenlly In rolltlcs and the year before was his imrlyj candl bory canli date for United States Senator But In the campaign of last fall i belie IB not made a candidate for be-lie t senate though n enator la lob threats by the legislature elected Nothing la said of him In big potty platform or the principle he Is upI up-I > lu some way lu represent by 1119 opprsllion to his brethren This cam pnlgn won at Its height when Ibo October Conference was held at whIch Iho raisins why the 1010 wise cm coded from olllcu were given Bill there was no exception taken by the political party cf which he was a member No volco oven from the slump wit heard tit prolctt so lorI as lor-I have Jcarcod nothing from the editorial columns of bra partys Ireu appeareJ But after tbu election Is I I over and Is I won by Iho Democratic pony not on the lime however ul exception tclng taken tj the course the Church bun pursued with reference t Notes Thatcher but 01 qullo different Inues then Brother Tualcher brute forward and limits upon the mem hereelect to Ibo LtglMnturo an issue l upon which they were not elected and asks them for their support In bh lutervlew rubllshed lu the Ball Lake Tribune In watch he announces his wllllugueis to becomo a candidate lot the Benalo he Is I quoted as saying I prtor prlval to public II and Ihe peace of the BocM circle lathe sir lu of pollllcs lit had not been I placed In u position Involving a great principle I could not be tempted to accept veu the high ofUce of United Wales senator Hut I Utah I I young Utah feels that my Belectlou would be a vindication of that for which I have contended and would aid In prevent lug tho forging of cbaliii upon trio people of this State I should accept thoolllcoot senator should I bu loci dared mo Brother Thatcher does not ask to be elected ou any Issue of the campaign or because of any peculiar pecu-liar fltueiB qualification be possesses Rboo other Ddldlo though In my iLlacilent tin doo posompam name qualifications superior rto those of Ihe other candidates but solely because of the attitude he has asiumeu towarua the BOcilloJ Imantleato80 Iiemem her I that the overwnelrnlng majority of the Democratic party are of llle Mormon faith Kemember that Ihe Mormon people have almost unan imouily mounted the eocalled manifesto as a Church mnnllcto regulation regu-lation and Moses Thatcher and life IneudB ask trio memberselect to the Legislature lo oDd him to the Senate because ol his opposition to a rule of the Church which they them elves assented to Under these air cucngtancea I do net henltale lo say that his election to the United States Benalo would boa grow Insult to the members of the Mormon ChurQhfor he I Is virtually nklng their representatives to elect him to Ibo Senate because he IB I still opposed to a rule which they lu their capacity as Church members have accepted by a free vote as a rule of their Church l ho thinks that they have accepted that rule under dures or yielded to It because their weakness Dr the over bearing tyranny of their leaders then tia Insults their manhood and their In lelllgencc But should be aucooed lu being elected because of his o position to this Church regulation let no one tuppose that I would ben vindication of Brother 4 Thatchers course for the members elect of Ibo coming Legislature Legisla-ture ate uol elected with reference to that question 1 bat question had bon before the people of Utah In tile last election and the Democratic purl had caam ploDd > Ih cause rprule1 by Moses luatclier vizopto ltlou to Ibo Cuurcu rule In question favorable as were all other conditions for Democratic sue cuts there Is not a man of sense but that knows there would have been LO Democratic vie ory lu Utah this year The fission hu aerie lo be elected on isan Improperbno In and of Itself hcciuto he asks to he elected for bin opposition ton church I Is doubly an Improtur one became I was nolauhsuoof Ibo campaign which resulted In 1 Democratic Demo-cratic victory I Is I In addition Impolitic Im-politic for the Democratic party a I would bain the nature of a direct and positive Insult to the great milorltyof that party aDd would not augur well for future Democratic control Ibo Slate of Utah Were I an enemy to Democracy Instead of now and always al-ways an ardent supporter of its I might urge theDamocrallo legislators elect to take Ibo course slow urged upon them by the chief organ ot Kspublloanls but De 1 desire 10 else trio ground galutd by trio Democratic party 01 Utah maintained I would to lie I best army poor ribill this drains ad a theta front following Ibe course you propose Tbe groat prlnclLlu or luparatlon of church and tate Is In no dUDgrj Doe IS I Ibr any forging ol chains fur either the llraba or rulnda of young Utah Let ua as POOH as possible have peace Very truly yours IS II ItuiiEiirs |