Show — For Buch reasons the Mormon 2— element continued to be the In 1SJO major politloal Influence during territorial days the church party felt that It was in danger of losing Its political supremacy In order to maintain the 17 political In this way Mormon suffrage was granted influence remained the dominant element At the same time this act gave Utah the distinction of being one of the earliest states to grant women the privilege of voting In ascendancy woman spite of this the increasing gentile migration gradually cut the power of the church in politics and the church reconciled itself to partial political power in the territory By the loss of political prestige the communal systems underwent a systematic change As they were an integral part of the whole seot principle it became necessary to cultivate them more intensively The communal IS practice was first inaugurated in lS6k Brigham City Utah first to establish a complete communal locality Here as elsewhere there were organized several crafts or was the orders in the community he was best able to serve expected to join the craft Lorenzo Snow worked out this One was 37 Charles A Beard American Government and (New York: The Macmillan Co 192)7 P 33 Encyclopedic Church History Transcript Politics Ho 79 L 2 |