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Show THE NBWS AND THE CLERGY. With the venom of a cobra the News assails the Ministerial association of this city for daring to protest against the sending of an apostle of the Mormon church to the Senate of the United States. From Its own degradation it effects to sneer at those educated American gentlemen. It refers to them as the "little ministers' 'and yet it holds such accomplished gentlemen as one Taylor Tay-lor and one Grant as apostles of the Lord, as seers upon whom prophecy has already or is about to settle, forgetting how odorous and odious comparisons com-parisons sometimes are. In its blind wrath the News could not look forward to possible results. Suppose Apostle Reed Smoot elected to the Senate; Sen-ate; suppose him presenting his credentials and demanding admission and some Senator objects and an investigation begins. Suppose then the protest of these Christian ministers is read, and then the editorial in the Lord's organ Is considered. consid-ered. Some Senator may ask what the Deseret News represents, and then the answer will have to be that it. is the organ, the mouth-piece of the first presidency and apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. What will be the natural effect? Will not some member ask If the sentiments of the editorial are the sentiments of the Apostle who Js seeking a seat on that floor? And when the answer is given that the writer of flhitiB Jl the article is a slave ready to establish that the J!iicH earth is round or square as the first presidency 3 FP fl and apostles direct, and that without their per- j 1mPjB mission he would not dare to say that twice two i&jfni'il are four, will the article help the standing of tho ' 1 1H applicant for a seat? Will not the next question iImIiB be: "Is this the way Christian ministers are l 'E,.1' rHH treated in Utah by the brutal majority of the Mor- JMw'vB mon church?" !: f ''&' jH What will the apostle answer? Ho cannot re- i; tUCMH pudlate the News for It is his official organ. '! j,i jj-1'jM He cannot charge the brutal article upon tho F'w. $'JM brutal editor for the question would come in a f . f: ijftfH second: "Why do you keep a blackguard of that ''IMitfll kind to run a church organ year after year?" Tho jfr T lH next question would be: "Have not educated Amer- , if'liH lean gentlemen the right of petition and of pro- j jp jJLtifl test?" What would the apostle answer to that? I'.lraH When the News tries to be funny or sarcastic on i fr & 'irfiM a subject that has a direct national bearing, it jff tj? should remember that the majority in the East 1 !$ p?'v ? 9 are not of the same kidney as are tho majority In 4 c (J':i! ( Utah, and be careful not to make its superiors pos- K tf J 9 sible trouble. I$k3$M 1 in jftjjjH |