Show SLIGHTLY MISTAKEN THE mormons cormons who carried the election for congressional delegate in utah on tuesday went to the polls as one man for the mormon ch chuich at ch candidate last lasi sunday after the sermon atthe at the tabernacle at salt lake the preacher declared that it was the wish and command of the mormon church that every member of the church vote the straight ticket from top to bottom A church which relieves its membership of the obligation of thinking in religion naturally passes on further to rest rent the mind of its communion from thinking at all when consistency ceases to be a jewel it does not cease to be logical the foregoing under the heading of mormon intellectual recreation 21 is from the lewiston maine journal of nov 5 it was inspired no doubt by a dispatch from this city sent by a notorious anti mor moi mou who would rather lie by lightning than speak the truth with his lips the journal has been misled no do matter from what source the fhe mormon church gave no command or counsel of the character described it does not give such commands at any time no one in the tabernacle on the sunday before the election or at any time made tiny any such declaration or said anything on the subject the mormon church does not attempt to prohibit thinking in religion by its ita members but promotes it and teaches that it to is essential to the salvation and exaltation of man the straight ticket from top to bottom contained but one name many members of the church in this city did not vote at all but some non members straight gentiles did vote for that ticket namely for hon john T caine as delegate to congress will the journal be honorable and consistent enough to acknowledge its error |