Show I A Thore There Me many mony moo faille ale and u no lions tiona concerning tho the beliefs and nOli Uses tl s of tho the commonly culled 1 hut but none nann ot of them In Sc more Incorrect than tho popular fallacy about Church dictation In polities A vigor out OUI and to put tills thIs matter right EIght before the public will lo he found In tn the tho June number of that excellent Tim The Worlds Work W rk Tho The author IH Is Mild to bo he Ono Who Vho Know Wo Vo could give n it 1 very vory ROOd good gool guca S as nJ to hi tile bill Identity and wo IVO onroe with him Mm III In most moat ot of his hla anc conclusions viewed from a n non lion Mormon standpoint It 11 oI to lie ho a 1 of time timo effort to 10 try tr to correct public Il opinion n to tho genius und and a u athe uthe the Mormon Church hurch and especially nil to Its ita attitude In reference to political 7 I cal eRI While It 11 Is li true that the I Mormon religion embraces secular us nil nilI I well wall ns nl spiritual duties i J and that It Is Ia a i religion for tor the tho th body hUlly ni an J well an na tho n for tor as na soIl ll nu for tor eternity anti that It Is III practical In InItH tin Its and Influences In every phone of ot existence It II Is not truo that tho Um Mormon Church dic dlo dictates tates ho tho politics of Its lI members member tells them what or whom to vote voto te for tor or to what party they bolong Thin fact ma been teen stated repeatedly but hut to very ery purpose People papers that proter prefer to the tho T Yel Tet t It 1118 If le trim that thoro there aro no to votaries under und r tho the sun un who are moro more perfectly free tree than tho or Mormons The Iho writer In InThe The Tho Worlds orld Work Worl puts tho matter In Inthis this ways way In reality reo lit y thorn them has han not bc been n In much Church Chur h dictation In III poll tics thou then Is III and will continue to le to a avast ar r vast valli dent deAl of church Prel President t dent lent Joseph I T P of ot tho the Mormon Church III H doIng everything In his power to heap I col tho thu Church out of ot but hilt neither ho he nor other ninn will wIlt ever er erbe be ho able to bullish church In InI I dood there thero would ba ho church In Utah If thero there vere Ivert no Mormons 1 there and Catholics or Moth ur or I Presbyterians or deratt d no on do ito now It nil itil nl depends upon what Is Ia mont meant m by ty bythe bythe the term torm Church Influence It If a 1 Mormon to a lIven politic nl RI p lith hili t 8 and nud IO nH me a nt at tho thu polls polle on tho the platform or through the proa In behalf b of his hIli party or Its It principle princIples la In It fair or 01 to call that Church In Influence fluence It If so co then It Ills Is 19 right rl ht to apply tho the fume term terni to the nets note of ot II u uM M t n a nn on n a n ft Catholic or n a Jew JIw Wo Vo contend that no Mormon forfeits any political i i rIght or privilege by hy becoming Ile a n ai nI I i preacher or holding nn an of ot office fice nce for tor such Huch n a 1 position Is Ic not to be bo viewed In III tha tho Unlit lIght M tut oc oe occupied I by hy II the established clergy clereY In tn the several If JC a Mormon Mormont or Apostle en ml to exercise o undue over Oot tho tim of or Church In III till Iho way WR of or Church dictation or coercion or any nn kind of ot domination It IL would woul 1 be bo wrong anti contrary to Mormon doc doctrine trine trill discipline Simply KM a 1 rill 1111 ten seri cn every Mormon no IU matter nutter what Ills hili position In the thc Church has hns equal rights with a ft I just jURt that and nothing more marl The artIcle to which we have havo referred sticks very cry clearly from undeniable Utah history that In ninny many Instances prominent churchmen have havi b been ten n do at nt the tho polls by candidates Ho Ito names am par particulars are arc only samples of ot ninny tuRny others that mIght la he mentioned That have havo for tor and anti endeavored en to obtain Church Influence to forward their aspirations nil as a he Is undoubtedly II 11 1 h truo trim bu but that they have over oer secured It 11 Is IR an in another another other matter and Is l not by proof The writer of that article re remarks marks narke Tho The cry rr of church hurch Influence Is In mined alter every conventIon and very overy election Tho The defeated candidate finds a II convenient excuse for tor his hili failure In tn tim assertion that t ha t hn hll was wan bouten bou ten through church Influence Every person verson acquainted with tho the cIt It In knows known this to lo ba bo cor correct or orTe Teet Te t An to reported remarks by lending Church officials mid t to have hao bren mado 1 do In private we need not enter cuter Into any discussion Tho The Imagination of at come noma writers III U very vory prolific but hut not so co reliable Opinion amount to 10 little unless based on positive pod live tive lIot There Thero Is III no reliable evidence that the tho Mormon Church or lu lead leaders ers tU rs who are nr usually designated as ne the thu Church have controlled elections In thu There Is Ic plenty of proof that whom they known to favor faor have not been and that against whom they hat hail objections have succeeded at It tho the polls polle All u h fOrte facts are Iro Ignored by hy l peo pea people pie pIc who h cling to the tile fiction that the Mormon Church hurch dominates tho the H ate and tho the pulpit With the Iho prod press of ot the country will doubtless for Tor dome somo time lime ra re replot plot Pat echo the time fallacy The Mormons In Utah are divided dl In political sentiment and Rn 1 are arc ai ci n active In their party organizations tione as M it any Rn other oilier clans elace of American They are aro Mero In measures the merits merlin of ot and If It any fault tault Is to bo ho found with them on this scorn ecore It li in that they si mc times go 10 to great extremes In 11 their con contentions They exercise that hat liberty which tx IJ lf to 10 every citizen of ot this thin free froe and anil 1111 t are not required to yield to t 14 J any ally fore force or power other othor than their own convictions of that which Is III right If It Mormon Mermon votes voted at atthe atthe the tho polls are to bo he regarded ns tin church Influence In polities then limo tho Church Is Ic divided against Itself and cannot annot stand tand While there thero are arc some come statements opinions and deductions In the tile article In The Worlds Work i in 11 Mormon Church Influence In III with which we ie e do dl nt not fully tully agree yet in the tho main It tho the In such euch a ii 1 light that timid and readers will wilt view It In n II different manner from the tho but popular notion and time tho result 1 wa we believe will b be favorable to the tiLe truth |