Show PETITION FAVORING disfranchisement As A matter of record we here preserve the following petition which was offered for signatures on may ath the chief liberal organ claims that it was freely signed and aad it is here given with the matter appended as both appeared in that sheet of may ath to the congress of the united states we the americans of utah irrespective spec tive of party most respectfully petition the great law making power of the government to make a statute of the bill now pending in the senate of the united states stales designed to work disfranchisement to members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints we make no warfare on any religion or any religious belief we would not trench in the slightest slighter A degree upon the consciences of men but this church of jesus christ of latter day saints is a dual institution in which under the yielding folds of a religious cloak is worn the invulnerable armor of a temporal kingdom it is a perfectly organized theocracy and holds each follower a slave bound by obligations which he cannot extricate himself from it aims aimis at nothing less than universal temporal dominion for ifor forty years its chief priests have nominated every officer in utah its rank and file have voted solidly for every officer so nominated without regard to fitness of the nominee and every law passed by the legislature of utah though that b body d is paid by the government of the th jovn united cited states has first been approved or permitted by the heads of the church in political assemblages of the mormons cormons the rank of each individual in the church designates his place in the assemblages the first and only true allegiance of the whole mormon people Ts is to its priestly power this thi holds even with mor mons mona who have been educated at west point the order of the president of the church is more binding than any an law of congress congre 9 even when the balig validity of the law has been declared b by y the court of last resort to the priests of the church the people have surrendered their consciences and the rank and file are mere machines to execute the bidding of their superiors every mormon is pot not only an alien but he is bound to teach his children to become aliens that is the mormon power rs ro a fully equi equipped ped political government in the mi midst of this republic hostile in every fibre fabre and attribute to free institutions and working with the avowed purpose of overthrowing the republic and hence membership in the body is equivalent to an open confession oi of being an alien to destroy that political power is only an act of reasonable sell self defense and self preservation on the part of the government of the united states and carries with it no more hardship to mormons cormons than is inflicted upon any other class of aliens who maybe may be denied the privilege of voting or holding office in this country so tone long as their real fealty is given to the government of some other country the great crime of the mormon church is its assumption to a divine right to rule in temporal affairs its right to rule through its priesthood received in regular succession from joseph hand supplemented daily by pr pretended tended revelations from almighty god this makes it necessary for the government to extract its political fangs this assumption made the presence of the sect intolerable in missouri and again in illinois it makes friction and contention always where there are men who believe in the american republic it is an absolute theocracy which is being daily dall at 8 strengthened within the republic it to is a perpetual menace to free institutions and government and it should be stricken down as an act of justice and self preservation on the part of the government as an act of mercy to the mormon people themselves for if left on its present footing so soon as it shall become stron strong enough there will be repeated in cab utah what was done in missouri and illinois and your petitioners petition ers will ever pray SALT laka CITY utah may ad 1890 the above petitions can be found for signatures at the following places 1 clift house 2 walker house 3 8 cullen hotel 4 continental hotel 5 metropolitan hotel 6 uintah hotel 7 Greenwal greenwaldt ds cigar store 8 bogles saloon 9 silver dollar saloon 10 tribune office 11 times office 12 W H H Sp affords office is 13 colorado TOo Vo lorado headquarters THE SOUND BOUND the colorado association at an enthusiastic thusia and largely attended meeting last evening adopted the tol following lowing hent resolutions WHEREAS the members of the colorado association are permanent residents of the city and county of salt lake and WHEREAS the material interests of the said city and county are felt to be the interests of the members of the said association and whereas the growth and prosperity of any city or county are closely connected with the character of its local government and whereas those politics are best beat in which there I 1 is the freest participation by the whole people and in which the public welfare its is exalted above the claims of party therefore be it Be resolved solved that this association views with disfavor the attempt to divide the voters of the city and county of salt lake into any other parties than those commonly known as the liberal party and peoples party resolved that the mutual 1 interests of salt lake city and salt lake county for the immediate present require that the liberal organization should be preserved intact and all judicious nominations supported in august 1890 resolved that this association will support good men in their claims to office without regard to questions of democracy or republicanism resolved that it is the sense of this association thac a residence in utah for a lon long term of years is not essential to qualify citizens as public servants that a residence respectable and reasonable in point of duration and identification with material business bu or other interests and the possession of suitable educational and moral qualifications are all that ought to be required of citizens to serve the public in official positions |