Show y TO hi hiPo hiI D f of oC Church to trouble IOme om of oC Po i pmJ e the bilo Of COUtIS thIs Mormon Church that mar UT lit be lone dont by DC O whAt II d dr III a n no flO r It mar be Catholic II nt taki Into hito In h th contention It II to ha bt for tor granted that It If a MOrmon or Elder to to vote ole for the h t 1 I he or I Ii thua and ome inz ng ought to be done to check or de roy It ItH It H Is I both amusIng and amazIng to toT T iad th the Ih that t app rs on this thia In IUppo ed to 1 be con LUti b men of brain A Mormon t Is 10 as 05 muCh a citizen with witha II a man many politIcal rights and u ag one who does not belong to the same annie religIous or to any sect or as whatever There I Ia no law or Cr which forbIds him to ex erell his hia Influence among hi hia teltow follo In behalf of oC a man or a that he ha thinks thinka ought to succeed Some people It would be better and show more good goot taste It IC men prominent In church abstained from actual In political affairs Sup Bup casing that to tie be true or IL a popular Jew It Is Ia thin only oni IL a matter of opinIon opinIon Ion or ot of polley It k III not a of ofa n a light or wrong rong A th sews h hee often orten de flared cared there might be juat grounds for tor complaint If IC an Influential Mormon coercion In an any degree or ort orI t I rill rm upon citizens compelling thorn them b ban by an any means or power to vote contrary t their own convictions or desiree desire That Tha Is not even nen aile alleged red by or ci defeated candidates for public office Thit Dut the notion nollon appears to be enter that some and In n act Is perpetrated when a dor mon Apostle or Elder or Bishop hu hsi tried to persuade people to support 1 a I part party or a ticket or nominee for Cor an any position In the late general election It I claimed the ticket was sue suo cestui through the exercise of oC that tha kind of oC influence mit Dut not a single voter oler III Ia named as one who wu vs tt In any fc I ir r threat or undue pressure And the nearly votes otel on the Demo mo aide the large majority of which Were Wre cast caL by Mormon seem to be entirely Ignored In the and senseless charges of oC Church In preferred as a 11 sufficient men man mann n nr r of ac for tor the political In Utah which also allO occurred In other States Slate where Mormons lurch Influence Is nil We here apPEnd a sensible editorial frem the Malad Enterprise which we c to all candid thinkers and f C from a non lormon source Duree It ou ought ht to have hae some weight with a aC C lain In lass s of complainants iver cr election th the local papers paper of If this have been n saying 1 a J great r at deal about church ani the organs of both parties rome charl charges 8 that men who high posItions In the Church used theIr Influence as Church to 10 the Interests of oC the party to they belong Possibly these e harges to 10 some Ome extent tire are right but we believe that both oth par ties are equally guilty and we cannot see Ite where anybody has any oc casion to complain except those thoM who were defeated The managers of both bolh did their level beat to alt elt t their and could they have hae d ne s Ii J by the exercise of church In r most any other kind of In that would hue hare be n a urIA er d Since certain eandi andl Oat III n both have hare met with defeat I 1 Is our opinion that the lead era Papers of all political parties partie e Chr I hr retrain refrain from mentioning tho things at till nil or else ebe make a cle clemn lr r ast ot of It arid and admit that all J 1 ie In the ane boat oat Certin are aM scored for tor using church the they happen to hOld arne Ime 1 In the church while oth e cra rJ ate are defended for doh doing the seine things they ate are w M mm rs This ThIP It to I rr s In for tor us e be Ilee iee that lint the only way church hurch ne ene can b be I is by for or prejudice r and It makes but II fr v t I whether that is 18 awo arc I II by an A Apostle a Bishops OUr ft ft r WEI V do not net believe t it 11 In the su un J nt influence with tM the IJ to 11 1 dictate to them what tick r F t y shall vote ote We 11 I add the a that It b be proved that any or of nral has hns attempted to dictate voter oters lIk t thy they should vote ote We have heard of 1 a char charge e of this kind that could rould be II by the 1 c Idene In the In this Ibs ItIl there ba has never nver boten bei a r ur ii h t The Church ha o 0 made any or I Iii p bei is IM to 10 voting EverYone one ba baa br bc n tn et Ir lr fl free in this thle respect It If a rr nt hu baa tI tul ful PI lIeg as a dillin tb the might 1 t re he be has haa hasa a cider decree Or upon any JIM big Ing a or a Now we are rt t arguing oem tM the ques tu tiui Ii I oIl f fany II f good tiit iii tO 10 of opinion any SUCh urh matter do o or rl re what huh something train frata from doln That I is decide did and It is II Y for tor th them m to 10 but What we or of this of every for tor ie tha right great nation to support or any fOr public and to u use without tom force or coercion bl his ot of uy any kind to Induce allure tO II his hll We repudIate the notion that w hn hin Ii a clUI I Is clothed with lIh Church hurch author Ity lI he JOI ieee any right or tit 4 Wt We deny the charge charl lh the people art re turned or thither by the dictum ot of We mOlt moat that thai time Ia Mormon people are trl II and free r In political affairs and they exerciSe that freedom at ac ata aca a at 01 ClOt Ut they go 10 to the I polls The that appears In some lome papers and ad that I is uttered by some lIP politIcIans to the on tr teen Is and ab b curd AUld It LI 11 time we hid had a rest It from such luch ridiculous |