| Show WRONG AND IRRATIONAL As All A a final Ilia effort to tho the Mar Mor Mormon Marmon mon Church with the tho public opinion tit or Iho country a resort to tn IO Senator He Smoot tram from from losing Jils Boat at Washington the presidency of or tho thu hutch Church Instructed tho the annual confer conter conference ence fleu ot Of Saints nt at Halt Luke Lake City CIl to vote volt for rr deposition of ot Apostles Matthia Mathia F j 1 Cowley and atil John W AV Tay lor lot The rite conference obediently did to 80 o The o are nr ho tho two t out of ot tho the whole hole board of ot Twelve who are arc unmistakably proved to have taken tal plural tho thu publication of ot tho the taco man abolishing polygamy AH All soon noon us ut u tin tho Investigation was WitS corn com commenced ore qt theM two men and over ever that they her have been It bus hils 4 t L 11 11 been possible lios for tor tho subpoena to discover their whereabouts When Smoot was WIM put lut on out the tile Bland lit II he ho I el If i he ho hud over l fJ cr protested letl to tobiN his biN against I aln t their vie vio violation 10 lation of ot the tho lawn of at Iho ho hurch nail and ot of tho the State and ho Ito wm Willi obliged to 10 con COli fees tc s that ho hI hud hint not nota a point whose unfavorable effect ho thu defense realized At tho the annual conference a I year ago It II WM considered for till Apostle t to t ho O absent when the characters of ot these thello two were ap tip I along with sIth the rest reat of at tho the upon apes I tolate Hut thlu thIs year an us mutters matters looked far worse nt at Washington It wn deemed necessary to cast off oft these the o In anti and Senator Smoot Is now given Riven tho credit for tor having ousted the two to defiant ell it Is la hoped that bitt this title will convince some of ot tim tho th s that ho Ito IH is not Involved In the Ion of ot tho the outlaws nut But un tutu unfortunately fortunately for tor the tho Mormons tho the pub public pUblIc lic tic announcement of ot tho the vl was woi tactic made In terms that the tho two IWO i I hail had resigned which of courso Implied they ore oro In corn com r x with the tho lint first presidency M President Joseph JoKeph F F o Smith anti and hut his Immediate unwittingly bring upon tho the odium of ot concealing tho the whereabouts of ot tim tho of offenders fenders rind and theta hem trout from tho thu call of ot tho the Investigating nt tit litVa Washington Va tot as IS n well writ as us from the thu se severer severer clI of or the tho law Tho The foregoing Is I front from Tho Flue Interior a 8 paper published In Chicago but hUI which lies has riot Ift reached the tho Interior of ot the tho subject ot of Its Us remarks Liku Ilku most of Qt f V Ill Itji t contemporaries It has hall slid along the surface surae o of ot tho the matter and for far granted the Instead of ot In Inquiring S quiring Into tho tim reni depending upon tho the misrepresentations of ot the I of at ho the Paint of or tim thu plain statements given by themselves It la lt n it I ml unsafe and unjust course to pursue hut It 11 Is III common to ton toa n a large largo body bOd of or writers for tor the press 3 when the Mormon ar are In any an way concerned Now nt to this alleged effort to tile the Mormon Church with the public opinion of or the country countr It j lx III i charged upon tho the Presidency of ot th Church hurch that they the tho lie an annual nual conference of ot the I to 10 vote voto for or the deposition of ot two Apostles And nt nuI It Is stated Mated that the conference dill did MI iso it I 1 II U further that thai thoe two Apo ties tics were unmistakably to have plural since the publication tion of ot the Iho manifesto prohibit In if po Everybody who knows know of ot the tha pursued by hy the Mormon Church from th tIt very cr beginning the Pm folly tolly of or the thet the Church either now flow or lr r lit nt any time hai hll nelM to square itself with s the public opinion of nt the country It ho hoa has al at always ways Wat I proclaimed ltd it and eon con dueled Its affair p end And often In jut the lie fare In OlI of ot the public opinion of lit the In III the case under thi Uk that thU wa wn wai taken or oc on the of or October 1905 It ua wn not made tuRtle public until Unlit the confer Wall wis III In on 1906 It If the hi had be bout Jell n such uch as ne the Interior why were not ef d tuluI 1111 nt iii I t once to t thu th public opinion of ot the country when lit It might ha hal had the Iho I effect t to bl d dl er d it wan Wall a ft matter of ot hutch Chuich 1111 was wall wa to after aft tho thu order anti and ani methods of ot the hurh on this point p we ws quote the tiu th from Crom the Ih argument 52 of lit Mr Ir A AB 0 AE B S Worthington before tits the committee on an April Ar 13 After explaining what had bOIl been heon done antI and ant reading rending n a telegram from trum Salt Luke City CU In antiwar answer to bbs hili In nB na to 10 tim tha he said euil You ou will observe ere Mr tir Ir Chairman that hut hUt action hail had buon beon J on liken those thoe taco men had been suspended sU loaM ago nuro but nothing was said Raid about it II I Iam am lun not In iii communication with the Presidency of ot the Church c of or my own but hul It Is i perfectly apparent that lint this title was wan done nod and kept k pt quiet until this time so that thai It would appear they were wele not U ut tempting to the action of the but since nince this las lall itchy deity which wax wait made to tn suit stilt the once enc of ot counsel counRel for the tanh hero It II has hall turned out that thol this IIII rant mat matter ter tel had to be bo Jo tin Ih hi foal final action of ot this Ihl committee Instead In of afterwards Ho HI PI much mu h for tor that hero did the Interior lon learn that lust the lie lre of ot tim Church instructed the conference e to vote ote for tor or the deposition of or the two Apes Apos tlell leit Nothing of ot th the took neither docs Ioos It appear in any of ot tho the re reports r reports ports made mode concerning the proceeding Oil on that occasion No o such stich Instruction were given and no cuch tich vote ote was nas tuk luk luken en either obediently or otherwise The Presidency nc do not 1101 ln ht v to veto voto oto at nt any time The Tho confer conference once ence did not take any action on that matter mutter Tho Thu resignations which wore were tendered In neatly nearly I lIAr six before the tho conference conr was wag hold H nm re remade made to the lie council or quorum to which those Apostle Apo belonged and werA ic tc c by hy that thul body hody Title Thin hi Willi in an In iii the conference by b the iRe Irs Pres President ident of ot that and the valean clos des that had bitt thui wore were tilled by hy tho the nomination of ot two IWO Bitter wita vore yore by lay II tile the to tl 1 occupy those IhMe positions Thu rhe Interior cannot hj very vory or wall jut o t cd upon the rules rulon of at when h n It IL states stales that lint those two Ap hud h d benn to have violated the marriage laws for fair nil all that thit was WILli adduced against thorn thom thu committee of ot the lie was Willi mere hear luar hearsay say fay ay Mr in touching up tui upon upon on that hat point mill sail rue lie testimony Willi v n very ery vague ind aatI III ci in ply by Jy way woy of ot I e nuta lout In III I ii tho ho neighborhood Whether It Il wn was so ito or tint not I do ilo not know and there lucre IH h l no tes testimony to o hero heru except testimony le that list It Il Itt wai t at chai Red ged It Ins vos so M aol that peo lico people pIe In itt the till neighborhood talked about ul It Whether It II Is a at 1 fact ruel there lucre Is I nothing hero to show and auth I have hao no knowledge on that subject et even mull mullan an as has been admitted holo There Thelo In lit no ill proof lucre here before this commute that would stand In III a B court for tor n a moment that either of oC these 1 tn tuten n hud hul taken plural wives There has hns been a n great gront deal of at spec anal anil gossip and ancl rumor concern conc rut lug 1111 this matter but neither of at the mep suspected have hind had any formal formil charge preferred against them which woud justify a IL trial and they took look the course lOUIe explained being out of at harmony with their associates In their views affecting Vitally the tho principles unit and policy and discipline ot of the Church on these thelle Im Important matters but hut they hue have not be JQ n II U fl proved guilty gui ity In III t hi o manner charged by The Interior As 11 to te Senator Smoot being Involved In the tho rr of ot the tho outlaw us IU ts Intimated by bythIa tho Interior It hUll has been Jeen made y clear to tho hue committee that the tho was wal not In tn any an way Implicated In III their nets acts or ur their Wo Vo quote again from Mr Mt In his hl vigorous and nd Irre Irrefutable irrefutable argument bor rc the committee There Then IH III no ito syllable of ot testimony lucre here either directly or III by reputation r such sLieR hall ban been admitted here lucre on art the ho that this Willi an tin Investigation und arual not a it 1 trial which In the slightest degree to show h that Senator If It there the men m had hod taken any allY plural wives had anything to do with It or know l now any more loro about It than any member ot of 0 the committee The fhe Interior Is Lit as us unfortunate In Its Ita reasoning as nut In Its Ita allegations Us lis as us assertions are positively ly untrue und and Its deductions utterly devoid deold of at logic Be De Because cause two of ot the thc sent In Iii their resignations to tho the Council or quorum to tl which they the belonged that proves on tho tin sort port of at reasoning adopted by lay tim tha Chicago paper that President Joseph JosephR R F 10 Smith S ii and a nd his hili Immediate homed in to coil ea are ore guilty guilt of ot concealing the thc where there thereabout about of ot the tho offenders anti and shielding lIn them theta train from the call of ot the Investigating commute committe as 1111 well as front from the civil pro iro ceases ot of the thc law III 11 Wonderful Is III It hot The evidence to which perhaps tho the Interior lies paid pohl no Ito attention Is In pos pOll positive Hive and ample rumple that President Smith long Ions ago go those these two Apostles Apostle to appear before tho the committee on ott privileges and elections and they du tb dined on OB tho the ground that hat It was Ins not a aChurch I a Church duty anti and that they the were un tutu unwilling willing cluing to have their family arid and private vate affaire lined Into und aunt published before the thur world corbul after th the manner In Iii which other who hn had hjul tip nil poured had hiatt been Interrogated No 0 pro 0 ce ces cees had ever over been hoen served upon them thern stud they hay did dl l not propose propone to place themselves In a position lIu such match h as os other had bald hu occupied oe Nobody win responsible for Cut their th lr action In this hut and The Tue Interiors Idea Iden tiit IhAl buc u e they their lion anybody here I is concealing them either cither from civil or III criminal proeM process nt of low can scarcely be hI considered ra ro or even sane Nobody that thI w Wit ore fire aware of ut has ever preferred H a I charge chargo against thoo alleged on offenders and therefore there tore no exists eo for tor the he or orally any ally It 11 of Dt Mi his hi to do iii 10 anything by uy byway way nay of ot their hilt We e have hao noticed the of ot The he Interior because It 11 la is a 1 r journal but It 11 Is U evident that unfortunately It line has been Jeen drawing for Cor Us lis Information upon sources that are arc not nol only Oil entirely unreliable lint hut really beneath public lublIc no notice tice Ike |
