Show A CORRECT VIEW evne la in an editorial treating upon the republican maw mass meeting of wednesday may 20 has baa the following paragraphs which are here re pro dueer for the reason that they present a truthful view of the matters touched upon but judge dickson comes forward with the statement that the vote of the members member of the church is controlled by the church and that when an opportune moment should arrive for the consummation of some sinister design the mor aon vote would be cast solidly at the dictation of the officers of the church the times claims that there is in no foundation or reason for that amer assertion tion it has all due respect f for or the views of those who differ from it but it would point int 1 1 out the difference between the conditions gt i ona of the past and those that site ave to rule rale in the future the church element and the gentile element have heretofore been arrayed against each other and the members of the church have naturally voted together at all ail times no living man would have expected them to do differently but there is nothing whatever in that fact to warrant the assumption that the church makes slaves of its members mem bera every statement made by meu men who ought to know contradicts the assertion every scrap of evidence sets the seal of error upon it reason cries out that it is wrong justice demands that it be not assumed to be correct every principle of right rises up to insist that a spirit of 11 fairness hErness shall rule and gentlemen who desire to be fair cannot refuse to recognize and accept the good faith b by which the mormon people are prompted if there had been any doubt upon this point int in the mind of any man it must C have abe been dissipated by the utterances that fell from the ups lips of AL apostle postle john henry smith at the meeting last night that address left no ground whatever for the alarmists alarmiste alar mists to occupy in spiritual matters alone said mr smith did id the church aim to control its members in civil affairs each was a free agent T there ore Nh bereno were no chains upon guy any member the mormon people were not slaves land and said aid the speaker 11 1 I am as free a man an as aa judge dickson himself the close and respectful attention given to mr smiths speech showed that it sank deep into the minds of all present and the times has no hesitation in assert ang that it cleared away doubt from the mind of every man who was at all inclined to be just and that speech in its other features was as magnificent a republican alican appeal as any one could wish to fibben to it was a trumpet call to the people of this territory to lift up the republican banner and rally around it |