Show A PERTINENT QUESTION we have hae a plain statement to make and a simple question to ask no one but in i n honest intelligent man or woman will understand the analogy when a political party is is injured i by some church high official we are told that the church is not to blame as he is acting without authority tho rity in in his hia individual capacity when an organ of the injured party concedes this and proceeds to criticize the individual who has in in aured it we are told that an attack is is being made upon the church that is our statement of fact the question we desire to ask is this has adv any man the right to fight as an I 1 individual adi ivi dual and defend himself as a churchman 9 we hope our readers eee ee the pot point logon logan journal and the broad ax would like to ask an additional question viz i was those high church officials who stumped the territory last fall for the republican party acting by special permission from their superiors or were the doino doing what they did without taking lakin b counsel counsels 1 if the answer is that these men took an active pa part rt in in politics of their own volition then we ask why should one of the same class be censured for speaking for the Demo democratic cratit party without taking counsel if the answer to the first arst quest question 1 i on I is is that they the each were counseled to do as they the did then we politely inquire inquire was the church entirely out of politics 1 i cs we W e do not wish to imply that the venerable wilford woodruff has in any an way way countenanced or aided adv any political party either directly or indirectly we believe him to be a noble grand old man now in in the twilight of life but who in in his confiding nature has been blinded and misled by the shrewd and cunning cabinet cab inet surrounding surround di I 1 ng him hi I 1 m we e commend him for his honesty of heart and wincenty sin centy of purpose but he is not all there is ia of the ruling power will those who are in in a posit position i on to know please stand up and answer these few questions and thus forever put to rest this distressing issue |