Show the following from the provo dispatch states stales the position of democracy on the question of undue eccel ecclesiastical illis influence luence nf in politic ti it is ib not dot radical as the tribune deals with that question nor even BS as severe as aa pl OT g gabs would JH at the matter if it were used to their injury some newspapers still cont continue dinue to discuss the question Cu estion of church influence as allec ting elections in utah we entirely agree agree with the salt lake tribune ti rbuce in two iwo statements it makes which are that a majority I 1 of the mormon votes in the territory wei e democratic votes and 1 that 80 per cent of the old liberala liber alt tile nee republicans and we vie deduce from these facts the conclusion that I 1 the lie mormon church in a i body has not gone over to the jen utoy but we ire 10 ako 1 o believe that some mot mons x who ho aro are republicans did i influence fluence in many mornion mormon voters to vo vote it e with them I 1 our contention is that men i should not use any but political influences with votzie votelia and that Th whenever enever tiny any man high or lowi low I 1 tries to influence voters in the ex j erciso of their franchise franchis 0 by means of his hia ecclesiastical position 11 lie is acting outside ot of his proper sphere I 1 and ought not to be followed by those who ic cognize his leadership in ili matters pertaining to the church we emphatically deny that church influence has been ever cased acied in form but die at e fully that n nith ith some persons ertons the advice or suggestion of church leaders hub produced the same effect as a formal church declaration dould have done clone and claim that under such circumstances a of the mot nion voters liar have abod a I 1 cause to complain of tile the ellece an and to de e mand that the political politic alcon consciences iener of the majority should houll bv be I 1 aae d to the extent that they may lie be able to maintain preci precisely iely tile the same kame rt lation to their brethren bi ethren in chuich matteis as they would if all agi ecil politically we e want to make the distinction blu bu arely and broadly between the two fad that the dillich is as a i chuch I 1 is not in politics lait that i 1 11 11 t of its ith as a s inan 1 d N bidual d I 1 i 1 are 1 1 in politics and t to 0 lay lay down alie further proposition that the political sayings and doings of each individual neither deither haills nr nor loses hialit by the fact that hc bo is either i 4 i lay nic member niber or prominent official it is the connecting of tile the sacred prestige pr estigo ol oi priestly it influence mith inith political work bork that we object to and whilst we desire to to every voter vater evely privilege no ie claib for any other voter the majority minority mio rity of the mormon vot protest against two things one I 1 li republicans claim ng nig chuich influence on their side bide when bearpa ire arf a majority of thee the church burch ind and the other is any attempt to red reduce bec our or majority by means of suggestions to the effect that tome church leaders leadiS ls favor kni imi both have bave heen been lone done and it is high finite i tt t ceased at once and forever I 1 the suggestion that mormon favor home industry is true of both democrats ard and republicans malmon democrats believe in doing ai brigham young and his fol folio colloer loer ers did in starting up the manufacture of woolen goods combining then own mean of ef their own owa volition awl and build building irm factories and pa I 1 in n I 1 i for them with their ofin it money our republican friends diat to support home industries by the taxes of the people whether they want nant to pay taxes for that purpose or not but both want home industries 1 l ies supported and it is the lot ot tu to sugg suggest ellb that the supporting of home borne industry has ali villing in the i orld to do with politics |