Show WE UNDUE INFLUENCE GE 0 used by republicans to mislead the keople deop ic zion needs heeds moro republicans slid said apostle lyman in ia a priesthood meeting jt it pill be eay easy to traio trade with either patty party then many prominent eDt churchmen in utah have been perniciously active in trying to influence voters by the use of church influence but none more so than apostle francis francil marion Lyman ly man lie he has haa been regarded as the man who has done more of the ecclesiastical button haleing than any other high authority in the mormon church in saturdays herald were published the affidavits of two leading men in the counties where they reside telling of apostle clymans method of exerting ecclesiastical influence in politico politic in deaver mr J JF F tolton in millard mr alma greenwood mr tolton who is counselor coune elor to the president of his stake says that in the meeting to which he refers which was in june 1891 1991 apostle lyman declared that he had called the meeting for the purpose of talking politics it is impossible to convene a mr more strictly church meeting than that was there were present at it two apostles and representatives of five stakes to talk politics there was as thorough a mixing of church and state as is and what did apostle lyman want to know filet of all how is it that so many of you leading ailing le brethren in deaver are democrats he be asked and what ditle rence should it make to an apost apostle leas as an apostle his br brethren ethien bret bien were democrats or ol republicans it must have made some very great difference dilie renco to apo apostle lyman for he said this is is not as it should be and pray why should it ii not be so wore were the pr principles inci ples of the party whose caine b vas u as endeavoring to bolsten up with ecclesiastical authority so weak that they could oot not make their own way or were they so young and nj new in utah that like an infant indu they needed protection could not their advocacy be left to an able press and speakers evidently they could coul d not in apostle clymans opinion lie ile also stated that it was the desire of the authorities thit that tho people hould be about equally divided d bet between veen the two great political parties that has at least a tinge of being lair fail but wh why on earths earth m as it said that it would be proper propel for some to remain independent oi 01 neutral it if it was desirable Ii to have a division on party linea it was nonsense to wish to havi hank some voters independent or toabe to the common american mind looking upon politics as a practical everyday matter of concern to all alike the to have an independent or neutral hot boch N of I 1 atol 8 Is proposition propos ilion to crete create a balance of 1 ower to lo be used tul foi trading purposes pui poses apostle LN L man inan declared a much when he be said each party will then cater to ns more or lesa in order to control of this thi tei territory that is an infamous proposition worthy of tammany under tweed or the philadelphia gas ring mr states that A apostle tle lyman not in any any church meeting but in a walk said to him that its as his hii brothel we was a democrat it wis was only right that he sl jull be a lw publican profound reao reasoning ning worthy of himself yet this nine oot not all cewill we will never get bt nn less les ne e have more mor republicans Republic ana in utah an ami in fact zion needs you lie urged ur eil to the lay mind this lodas ai ab tho h apostle lyman had bad zion and the republican party we have bellid a great deal 0 ot what zion be in our conr day but bill we e never dever heard before f aliat zion i needed democrats or in it wai simply an to intili ence a man call lly through his religion liy his ecal bias bu superior apolo Alios itle clymans career in polities politics 1 since since tho the divi division bion move movement i ia not an I 1 enviable one for no one ha bag sought to bring about political results though the we u of church influence more than he such work as his can only bring trouble let it cease |