| Show BE NOT DECEIVED DECEIVE Dr r IT is 10 all right for political parti zahe to advocate their respective views with enthusiasm so that they keep within the bounds of truth as it appe appears ra to them also to endeavor to ca convince alie their opponents and people who have not made up their minds of the superiority of their principles and platforms but it is in not right to use any kind of coercion or undue influence to win votes or 01 accomplish any political purpose we are told that some aavo oates gates of the respective parties still try to obtain influence fluence by pro pretending tending that such and such eminent church authorities hori ties favor this or that party or some particular ticket after the plain declarations of our leaders on this Tn matter atter it would seem in the first place that no sane one man would aftem attempt pt to mislead others on such a plea aud and in the second place that no man who h has 8 a a brain of his own would be e misled in sucha a manner every member of this church has the ri right lit to choose for himself what party meshall te he shall pin join and what ticket he be mall hall vote and any democrat or republican who pretends that he is in authorized to counsel people or pie prevail upon them to vol voe le a particular ticket is wickedly attempting to de deserves to be disciplined for his false pretenses pretences the authorities of this church have plainly stated their position and the entire freedom of hurch church members as to politics und and any one who tries to make them appear in a different light to is guilty of idan slandering dering them and of playing the role ofa of a deceiver anda and a hypocrite he is not justified before god man or party |
