Show PUBLICAN bmw ti E n VIE conr fiends are Dis CUSSI DI the manifesto calls it two faced and aad asis asks sow ilow democrats can sustain the tb e declaration denies do its statements Hima himself elf editor tribune now that the yearly jearly conference of the tooele thoele stake of zion is over and the late manifesto is being almost unanimously adopted allow brie ne to make a few suggestions eu Q to my democratic friends those who claim a standing and also hold responsible positions in the church of jesus christ of latter day day saints let us hear no more of your powwow pow wow about church interference in our coming campaign why mr editor I 1 formed myself into a committee of one to see eee he how w my my friends the democrats voted on the manifesto not knowing at the time a committee was watching my vote and sure enough I 1 was greatly surprised I 1 saw men vote for the document almost like a machine who a few dayi before said conference convened believed as firmly as they did last fall that the church with politics in behalf of the republican party yes worse than that I 1 heard men w who ho voted for the manifesto before they scarcely got out of church state that they still believed the church mixed in politics politico in the late A A n campaign ampa ign for the benefit of the republican party it was quite amusing to an observer to see men holding cespon bible positions stich as bishops etc elc who last fall sat on the rostrum in the tooele thoele social hall ball with the lion hot J L rawlins hawlins and listened to hi his denunciations charging the church authorities with perfidy and dishonor with not keeping the pledges they had made to the people and then in a few short months month s are voting for a document which declares in solemn tones tonea that the church never at any time endeavored deavo red to control the state or that the church ever did control the state sate aby that ismore is more than I 1 could do while I 1 have no nn reason to I 1 alieve the church in politics last rail fall or since we divided on party lines but when it tays says it never at any time did so 0 o or why I 1 am not free to hayand say and it would be foolishness for me he believing as I 1 do to say that parties holding Lo ldina high positions portions iu in the church did not use their power in ecclesiastical cau cusses to control the election in their respective counties but to turn to my democratic friends and their acts men holding high positions in the church they remind me of the story of the war bet betteen veen the bird and the beast when the beast was petting getting the best of it the bat said we are of the beast tribe we will join your foice in a little time the tide turned in favor of the birds now says the bat we are of the bird tribe for we have wings and from that late dale to the the bird and the beast have disowned the bat and its shame home is ia so grea great F ne IverAl lre f to bgern by y id 0 1 lb too M voak vatch d for the manifesto a and nd t those os I 1 would not liken to the bat they the are honorable men compared with these I 1 have spoken of sitting on the rostrum and listening to and to all appearances en enjoying joiDa the scoring the authorities were nere n ere getting and they in so short a time hold bold up their hands bands to support the manifesto have they not dot played the part of ananias why do they not say eay we lied last fall have they not said so eo by endorsing the manifesto such men should make a confession before their brethren and ask forgiveness gi veness these are the men in my opinion who should be ba dropped from their positions politically and ecclesiastically and not the ones who vote their convictions perhaps the reason the vote vole was almost unanimous was from the hint we received from apostle ly man at the close of sunday afternoons services lie he stated thus tomorrow morning we will vote on the church authorities and the manifesto and I 1 would advise the tenderfeet tender feet to stay away apostle lyman qualified his remarks by saying saving you can come if you want to A great many must have stayed away judging by the number of empty benches elijan SPRAY LAKE VIEW tooele thoele co ap april ril 29 |