Show INFLUENCE on march the deseret bews yews liar has this to say MY in an all editorial every member of this church tins has tile liht light to lo cli diougo otise fur for himself lii ingolf what liu ahall join 1111 1 hat ticket lie lall all vote anil any dew Dei uril at 01 or r nen lien 1 publican I aliu is that lie acl to people or prevail upon to vote it a particular ticket isick bolh attempting to let lecic cic IM ami ile ber avem vem to to be gnei tor for lna its filu falc fil fal u c fire telle cs the alio or of this hurch have plainly stated their position poi anil and the lie entile alo ot of linuci a ns to annl any div one ollo nho tries to make inake thein lipp appear efti I 1 I 1 lit I 1 n I 1 liff elent allt I 1 ight lit is gui it vf t alid I 1 em binl ot of tin tile icila ot of a 41 ili evier awl ami a i hypocrite bol dol man mail or 19 bior bufore carlp pl r tp this is in ill with the article in ill the alio anict Aci ct juno june 21 t arid anil tile interview in the times june 23 03 in which irist woodruff fr tates states As officers of f the church we ire disclaim tile rig t to control the political actions odthe men ibers of our body it agrees with tile and sworn utterances of tile church authorities un oil tile the stand and in tile the pulpit therefore we are arc justified in declaring this liis to lc be their position in view of these facts the lie actions 0 some persons holding church I 1 positions are difficult dilli cult of explanation wo we have with ua now a person NY who ho is taking an active part in our local campaign an all employee in th the inner einner the church authorities lie ile is the author of a 1 celebrated letter lie was largely instrumental i in ki defeating the democratic candidates for councilmen council men in the fourth ward of salt lake city in the recent deci tion and secured i the of liberals now of himself this nian man is neither capable by nor intellect of swaying the public or carrying illy any influence but no one will deny deny the fact that hiis its in influence is due to his close association with the church authorities it would not be just to told tile lie authorities responsible for the folly of this li liblit lit brained individual but knowing i these things thing why is lie not called down when prest irest joseph F smith made his political decour e at the conference here tile the nation charged that prest woodruff and prest irest cannon endo sed his words the statement wis was untrue but it was noi no denied by the authorities and many believe chev assented to M tile declaration of the republica publican Kc n organ the influence or of a bishop lias has been u used cd in this town his counselors have bare used their influence a republican speech lias has been mail made c by one of his counselors at a sal sabbath meeting in but chece men have not t been called to time bythe by alie stake authorities no eane man mail disbelieves that the influence of church men inen is being used in logon logan in the interest of tile republican party and the fact that the use of this influence is is accepted by tile people as a tacit assent bychurch by church authorities to toils its use now nov what the lie keus says is true we believe what tho church au thirties thor ties have declared hut but we 1 now ilow that the charges we made inalle arc true and the impression on oil the minds of some people is what we declare it to be anil and when this city or this county counte or utah gives a republican majority it will be by the use of just uch such influences the facts are notorious and there are more awl ami graver charges charees to be made than ai am e here set forth but lit if the presidency Prebi dency of this stake desire to keel their skirts clean it bewell to lend their influence to secure unity in the chuich chinch by calling a hault on oil the part of over zealous bishop who are doing doin c more fur for office than llian for their hocks flocks these facts ire are known to prominent gentiles anil and there is nu no disguising the truell that tile mornion mormon people are arc being placed in an all awkward position by the activity of lesser officers on oil tl ti c e one hind hand for tile republican cause all and I 1 tile inactivity of if higher lii lier auth authorities on oil the other hand |