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Show DAMAGING AUAIISSI03S. Odr republican neighbor is making some damaging admissions in its efforts ef-forts to parrp tbe force of our indictment indict-ment of republican methods of win ning votes bv church influence and which appeared in last Saturday's Dispatch. The Enquirer Eays : Our neighbor is very solicitous about Apostle John Henry, and wants to know why he has not I een publicly disciplined. President Cauuon said in the pulujt at tbe general conference two years ago tbat iposile Smith had tbe consent of his superiors then to talk politics. We do not suppose that Apostle Smith has since, as it Eeems A p-ostle Thatcher and President Roberts Rob-erts baye done, gone off on politics, to tbe neglect ot church dutiej, without a woid to any member of his quoiuin about the advisability of such a thing. When men are paid for their services, and their calling iB, as Apostle Lyman said Sunday an apostle's duty was to give his life's service to the ministry, minis-try, we do not believe in arbitrary and independent action. They should either recognize the authority that employs them, or give up their calling. Our neighbor's entire answer is giyen above, and we ask the readers of The Dispatch to compare our indictment in-dictment with the answer and judge whether or not our strictures were en tirely just and righteous. Our friend does not refer to the "incident" "in-cident" of President Smith's use of a bishop's recommend to help elect Frank J. Cannon. It ignores the Gibbs letter, the Nuggets of Truth and President Presi-dent Sinith'B Third precinct speech, aB also his letter reflecting on the intelligence intelli-gence of democrats. In fact, it dodges everything in sight, and meekly crawls through a very email hole by excusing Apostle John Henry Smith for his unholy zeal for republican success suc-cess on the grounds that he "had the consent of his superiors then to talk politics." The innocence of our friend is con-spicious con-spicious when it "supposes" that Apostle Smith has since gone off on politics, poli-tics, to the neglect of church dutieE "without a word" etc., and then in the next paragraph to quote ApoBtle Lyman Ly-man as saying "an apostle's duty was to give his life's service to the ministry." minis-try." We agree perfectly with Apostle .Lyinau. and that that is not being done, forma the subject matter of democratic dem-ocratic remonstrance. Will our republican neighbor" not answer our inquiry as to how it is tbat Apostle Smith is even now permitted per-mitted to '"neglect his duties" and spend almost his entire time in abusing abus-ing the political faith of more than half of those who are paying his salary? sal-ary? Also, if the Enquirer's admission admis-sion that ''Apostle Smith has the consent con-sent of his superiors" is not strong ciicuniBtantial evidence that "his superiors1' desire the people to become republicans? If they did not, according accord-ing to the Enquirer's logic, they would call him in and if necessary, muzzle him. We gather the idea from th. Enquirer, that if any time in the future, fu-ture, those same "superiors" wanted Utah to go democratic "because of the good influence" etc., they could call in the republican apostle and president, and "give their consent" to a democratic demo-cratic apostle and president if the latter lat-ter could be found, to "go off on poli-lics;" poli-lics;" to use bishops' recommends and Gibbs" letters in order to swing the political ptudulum to tbe other side? Is that what our neighbor means? Another question. Is not the romon-Btrance romon-Btrance of 15,000 Mormon democrats (qual in force and power to a pairol republican high churchmen? If not, then "the voice of the people" i$not"lhe voice of Ood." |