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Show Political In his speech at Saltair Thursday, Brigham H. Robertsj by all odds the ablest man in his church, advised the Democrats to reaffirm the 'nine points of faith" enunciated by the reconvened convention conven-tion of 1895. One of these points was as follows: "That no political party can be required to obtain the consent of any church or leader thereof there-of before selecting Its candidate for public office." of-fice." This plan was and is in direct contravention of the Mormon church rule that an ecclesiastical officer must obtain his church's consent before running for political office. One reason' for its enunciation was Mr. Robert's refusal to obtain such consent. Later Mr. Roberts recanted, admitted ad-mitted that he was wrong and signed a public declaration to that effect, which declaration was afterward sustained in a general conference of the Mormon people. Having once admitted that he was wrong in advocating the "nine points of faith," it seems peculiar that Mr. Roberts should now declare for their reaffirmation. Was he wrong when he subscribed sub-scribed to the points of faith or when he signed the recantation prepared for him by his file leaders? lead-ers? And, if the Democratic party should follow his advice and reaffirm the points, is there any assurance that he would not again recant and leave in the lurch his fellow Democrats, who had followed his advice? S |