| Show CACHE VALLEY POLITICS IN another column will be found a letter written by mr calvin reasoner to the salt lake times it effectually disposes of the falsehoods told by the presbyterian preacher campbell and reiterated with enlargements enlarge menta and am by the salt lake abune mr reasoner to Is a noni mormon republican and the times to la a non mormon republican journal that paper which treats public questions in a fair and courteous manner has also the annexed interview with apostle moses thatcher question mr MrTha thatcher what in your view if any are the grounds for the charges made and constantly reiterated by the salt lake tribune that the authorities of the church used their influence either directly or indirectly as church officers to induce its members to join either of the great national parties answer I 1 know of no grounds for uch such charges I 1 do not believe that any evidence vi denpe of such influence can be produced question do you know of any counsel or dictation attempted by the chief authorities of the church that tended to control or influence the choice or vote of any person in this territory f answer I 1 do not question from your position in the fi Z church mr thatcher would you be I 1 likely to know if the counsel or dictation 4 charged had been given r answer so far as the action of the borum to which I 1 belong is concerned jc certainly would have known had auw such counsel been given or dictation ati te tempted ted question do you believe that the J masses of the mormon people have en upon this so called division el ment in entire good faith answer I 1 believe that they have en C and will remain in the division in entire good faith how any intelligent y person erson familiar with the facts can be lieve otherwise passes my understand y lag ing the mormons cormons have been and will 31 remain an honest sincere and constien bious people question what is your view of the 5 present outlook in utah s answer bright many things point to the dawning daw of a day of peace and good v will rill of growth and prosperity finan dally I 1 regard the outlook as extremely encouraging Political politically lyt the he breaking af of important waves on the rocks of des g tiny indicate that the day is not far dis jy tant when all political poetical issues in utah must be tested in the name of the great 2 national iati onal parties question do you believe that a union of church ind and state can exist under our H form of republican government p answer no their spheres are entirely different the founders of our government never intended that such union should exist nor did they intend that the church should dominate the state nor the state the church that the division on party lines is ie genuine and strong must be clear to every sane person who has watched political proceedings in any of the counti esin this territory and in no place has this been more marked than in cache valley indeed in ou our r opinion the difference of sentiment ment there on party questions has gune gone too far it has engendered a feeling which lob is not beneficial in any community and is particularly objectionable ble among latter day saints this feeling may not have extended very far but some extreme partisans have evidently permitted their zeal for democracy or for republicanism to extend to bitterness bitter nesa and bard words against the opposite party this we hope is now dying out A nd the lesson should be learned that people can be perfectly honest and conscientious and yet not see alike on important questions the strongest ought to be willing to concede that his political opponents not only have as much right to their views as he bas baa but that they are probably as sincere as he in their difference with him the people of cache valley made a stirring struggle to elect their respective candidates and the official iAal returns 4 furnish conclusive evidence that the tribune was entirely wrong in its charges and logan as we have stated heretofore increased its republican vote considerably from the time ol of the school election to that of the general election so that hat the 44 revolution pictured by the abune was wholly imaginary or what is more evident was a sheer tribune invention ven tion no one has haa been able yet to produce the smallest scrap of evidence to show church dictation to in election affairs and it is time that the charge was either proven or dismissed it is get ting to be a decidedly mouldy bouldy chestnut |
