| Show DONT GET SOARED the editor of this paper has been requested to answer through the columns of TILE THE JOURNAL a letter just juet received by a young 0 man of this city from a friend in the east who by the way is also an editor and may desire to republish this article the questions asked are these I 1 la Is it not a fact that the mormon church is ia dominating politics sime einie ob raining statehood for utah 2 la 18 it not true that the church is trying to preci precipitate pita to the old fight b between mormon and gentile 3 awill will they not make it impossible for or a gentile to do business among them thein by preaching a boycott against him 4 it true that if the mormon leaders were to intimate to the people to quit uit trading ith a gentile or stop taking ta J nga a jentile gentile that they do so other othe r questions are asked but as they concern the climate resources etc we have suggested that one of the souvenir pamphlets soon boon to bo be issued bo be sent in reply to them As to the printed interrogatories we will say this in III answer to tho the first that we are not convinced although the charge chango lias has been made that the church has taken hold of politics since obtaining statehood for utah TheA the mormon formon church is composed of democrats and republicans who divided honestly as we honestly believe and will as a rule remain loyal to their respective parties I 1 1 I he first presidency the quorum of the twelve apostles the presiding bishopric and all bishops the first seven presidents of the seventies and the thirty three presidents of stakes are to keep out of politics in the future by a rule adopted at tho the last general con conference fereri ce in answer to the second question we say that there is no reason to believe that the church is trying to precipitate the old fight it was first abandoned by members of the mormon church who have no desire to relive tho the old times resurrect the old bitterness and provoke the prejudice of forty four states against M the forty fifth besides what reason could there be for it the third question may bean be answered in the negative of course there are hot beaded men who get up to talk occasionally and try to carry out some private grudge but the church should not be held responsible as other members and officers of the church might deprecate his remarks very much rhe fhe leaders are intelligent men and as aa such would not preach a boycott which might 0 be construed to be a violation violani on or the law I 1 and it is not reasonable to say say that the church is boog going to do an anything y thing of that kind in ansiger ana to the fourth qu question which is very like the one preceding it we will only add that the mormon leaders are not going to try to hurt any gentile if we know them as well as we think WP we do they are not advising people to do the things referred to and if some subaltern uses their names in that way lie he does so without authority tho rity as we have bave every teason reason to believe they are not trying to frighten gentiles away from utah or 01 to injure them while here if you like the climate opportunities possibilities etc of utah come ahead dont hang back because it the bugbears bug bears you have conjured up you will find the masses of the mormon people honest and neighborly with strong sentiments against boycotting even if they are asked to do it |
