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Show W 111! "6 SVnA Vjrnastjr. Elli l!' I I i Tke Momou sagamores up at Brigham City Clx far I ' ' seem to haVe gono entirely daft because some of Kl ul ! I the faitllful havd been doing a little dalliance Hj II 1 I at the shrine of fleet-fQoted Terpsichore. This B! m II I I ' deadly and unforgivable crime appears to have Hill 1 1; ! j resulted in a widespread visitation of the Mor- lli Mil ' m011 P&Pa DU' HI ' ' ! I A crIme so neinous as dancing of course de- B hi Hi! if I serves most drastic retribution and vengeance, K ' H t I bUt 0no would nardIy helieve that a man or maid H ' ! jra j I i for a frolicksome tripping of the feet Should be B s ) II everlastingly damned. A case of homicide or the H: ' i ; I SI wrecking of a train could not have caused more H ! '( II violent evidences of wrath on the part of the H' ' ( i i if vv brethren. And after all, It was not so much the H ' j j! 'I I more act of pirouetting adown the academy hall in H I I ill the lazy labyrinth of a two-step that brought B tl fllfij forth the ebullitions of ire as the fact that some B H II ! of tnG fa,tllful ln tuat section refused to bow be- B J if la neath the edict of the church in temporal affairs B m I'lM as wel1 as ln matters spiritual. B m ' 'B rne Prlestnood does nt an never did dictate Uw H !i iu ne niaterial affairs of the brethren. No in- B E '9 deed. For the edification of the Gentile, it must B ' J m be stated tIiat the kingdom is purely a spiritual BJ i n one and tnat tne brethren are absolutely at liberty Um, I ft 19 ' to exercise their free agency. i ls If 1 What a beautiful travesty. The latest inove- B ' I! I l ment of the church shows, that the present presi- H If I' dency is as glaringly tyrannical as the most rabid Bi ' 'ill Si Rajah in all India, and that to be a member of the fli 1 If ! I church in good standing a Mormon must submit Bi i ' 1 m m ' to the m0Bt SUng and humiliating despotism. The B' I 11 m I Smith dynasty is again in the throne and no one K ! ' H 5 I m wn0 wil1 not sut,mit to a degradation more abject Bi i i Hi I! than tlie ParIans of tne Hindoos may remain in y AM m the fold. 9n ''H 9 Every action of the present ruler ot the church R ! w ! I since he "came to his own again" shows a deter- Uw I iff " 9 mination to establish a religious monarchy and to m rf 9 absolutely obliterate, on penalty of ex-communica- B . : ! ffl tion, any expression of independence. No man Bi ' W m oi Intellect or of liberal views Is tolerated by this B j P1 Si arch-fanatic. The Smiths are the emperors and H 1 H H tlie subjects must obey or leave the monarchy. H t In II Thls dominating idea of the president is shown in K W Bl the fact that not one man of any intellectual endow- B II ment, not excluding Apostle Senator Smoot, has M ' !b H been ebsen to the apostleship since the ancient Li i J i H rulers resumed control. They have all been the r ! x H klnd of torn fanatIcs mostly relatives, who can t II be swayed absolutely by the king fanatic. Bf'! HB In fact tlle whole creed of the church under &U " 1191 tlie Present austere regime may be summed up Bi J iafl In ono caustic mandate: M'l! B ' "Pay your tithing and obey the priesthood." HI M MB Where does the Smith dynasty think that this 91 ii Bl att.cmpt at mental subjugation and slavery will 9'f IBv lead them? Outsiders do not claim the prophetic ' 9 ! ' 19B sift' 1jut we wil1 to Intrepid enough to venture 9 I B one aere Tnis Plicy of the Dark Ages is causing 9';' i wB tbe wldest revolt among the younger generations 9i 1 '99 of tlie Mormons wbo cannot but feel the greatest 9; i !aB contempt for a controlling vehicle so violently Bit Lf 9B subversive of their rights. When a young Amer- i1l 99 , lean, born in the shadow of the golden trumpet hv sfll flSK j of the prophet, has the courage to avow his BF 3 wB I v protest against a literal and degrading mental en- Bl "'I 9B slavement and tor no other cause Is banished Bl h Wm beyond the walls of the alleged Zion, he will be Bi l B followed beyond the portals by all other young Bf ' I 19 an(1 liberal-minded Mormons who are uninocu- B' i IfB lated with the poison of fanaticism. Bl i ! b9 Already the detonation of a growing rebellion Hh s9' anion g the younger Mormons can be heard, and W I 99 unless a policy so blatantly un-American and un- BUf i BbI ' Christian is abandoned, it is easy to see, without BlP' 99' ' the agency of Urim and Thummim, that there Bl Bl ' wil1 be au aPstacy so widespiead that bulletins BH' 9R! ' from the first president's office will be trodden BKMli IB under the feet of the incensed rebels. BHlM i H Some enlightened and intellectual young Mor-BvX-l :&m i mon could even now lead the great hosts of younger Mormonism from beneath the somber shadow of this dogmatical and uncouth Smith dynasty. The action of the authorities at Brigham City, in excommunicating young men from the church for the sole reason that they voted, against the will of the buzzing bishops, for an electric lighting plant for the municipality, is merely another indication in-dication that the church under the present leadership leader-ship is merely an immense financial corporation, controlled by men who handle vast sums of money of which they make no accounting to the donoi s. |