| Show r J J LET ET TilE THIS PAIR PAIIt BI 3 FAIR J. J 11 One of the thc good women of the thc W W. C. C T. T U. U recently made an Ud address lC r r at at Emmett Idaho In which she hc said aid Mr Smoot according to the Sat Salt Lake has said that the Mormons Mor Mer- mon mons can dictate their own terms In rz I this thiN year and nn that an any r J alon along le legislative e line linos without the sanction of or the thc Mormon church would woul he be futile Some one olle has given the lady bad advice Very likely the Tribune has made nade just that statement and nan nH man more like It The Thc error of advice consists con con- In the fact tact that the thc 1 Is by lW byno no means reliable n By diligent and persistent effort that paper has haN won wont t the title of oC cun constant liar Generally it il lies about aboul Senator Smoot more st steadfastly stead stead- r Cl lastly than about nil any other single lc subject It simply fr pl can not tell the tho tI truth uth about aboul him and never has dene It since he hc refU refused ed to boost T Tom back Into a seat scat In the United States State senate which ho he had dl disgraced Pos Possibly It U could tell lh the truth about the Mormon people but It Iris his not tried for even that the thc pa past l three years and the force of Is a powerful factor But ut to be specific S S not noth l h has s not nol said the Mormons could 1 dic dictate I tate their own terms In Idaho this year or an any other year He Hc would be he f foolish to say so so and ami Senator Smoot i is not foolish It would be bo untrue for him hm to sa say so o O. O und and Senator Sm Jot 18 is I not nol a teller of untruths The Thc people of Jt Idaho without to Church affiliations can dictate terms In terms in and everywhere else in the na na- na- na don tin tion No one church chulch there or here or els where can dictate terms term to the e electorate and and wO believe any hutch chut Is S i ii lugh ugh to o tl iry Of course coure the T Tribune rb n h 8 hag publish published ed cd it and and statements vie vie- even e more Idus dus But people who are arc wise vise do not pin an any faith to to what the Tribune says tays S 'S I But we wc can suggest t a line of oC ar argument u- u ment n for Cor the good AV W. C C. T T. U. U orator t to employ and antl it would have ha the basis of or p truth to sustain It and perfect per per- f ct Caim fairness ss t to com commend I end It it t In the tle I e tabernacle l one ne da lay day I last l sum sum- ner mer S Senator Smoot delivered an add address address ad ad- d dress dress e to his felloW v e lo church inch inch-ibers in which we find the Coli following owIng sentiments senti l ments expressed i 1 For or the last few months I h have ve been trav traveling among the states where It t I reported ported that this revelation given for COl the weakest of or the weak is not not being kept by Latter day Saints IJ that hear that saloons arc are open and that these theco are arc visited by members of the I church Wo We g go where we wo arc ale at home The man who goes to a n saloon aloon goes there because the the- surroundings are agreeable to him I hope that you my brethren and sisters will make your our homes so that your OUI children will love them and that their companions will also allo love lovo to come como there Find out what your our children are arc doln doing find out whether they steal or 01 lie He or 01 do anything any any- thing you would be ashamed to h hear ar In Box Elder Eider there js Is a ward whore no boy under 21 l u uses es tobacco or liquor 1 would to God there were no noward noward noward ward of or which this could not be said Every year there comes Into Utah DO jO carloads J of toba tobacco co You You need hottell not hot tell me mc th that t. t this frightful cargo carso is Ls all consumed by tho those e outside the Church I Some men as assert crt that tobacco docs I Inot not hurt them for they have havo money mone enough chough to pay for Cor it H. There is not nn an any man who uses this filthy weed but bUl Is Injured He Is at least Injured morally morall since the ute use o oi of tobacco will wiil weaken their their ability ability 1 to withstand other temp temi- There Is no he uttered words word and even the tho Tribune wl will will- l probably not nol den deny I it If Ie It does doeH I Ithe the fact fact can be easily substantiated t the tho good hoolI woman who Is 18 j bC to o free her hel race from the thralldom of Intoxicating drink and the tho abasement abase abase- in ment nt of oe slavery to tobacco ma may find champlon who is greatly aiding her ci cause 8 t Ancl An And 1 there Is no question of or Mr Mi 11 Smoots Smoot's sincerity He lie Is Is a teetotaler himself and he Ito neVI never u uses s tobacco in lil any form Corm And we trust the go good 1 woman may p pardon us if Ir we wc go go a u l stop step farther Montana and Utah are arc Included in Lu inthe the thc s same aino mo revenue district and both p pay revenue to the general government en on Oil the articles that the law ho has hos laid under tilder a tax Whisky and other in intoxicating in- in beverages together with wIlh to tobacco tu- tu bacco In its Us various forms constitute almost t the total o of articles on which a n revenue tax Is laid Montana with thirty thousand smaller population than Utah pays pays pays-or or did pa pay at al the tho be- be of or the present collectors collector's term of service sixty sixty five per cent of oe the revenue for the district district- Utah paid thirty per pcr cent A ver very little logic will wll show how to tho the good woman who spoke at Emmett Idaho and to her sisters everywhere t that mt there In is some Mme reason reaf for tor Utah ph paying l less revenue c than Montana i t t While having haYing a bigger population than that I Montana Why h hy Is It itell Well ell we submit that It can best be accounted account d for Cor by th the fact that in fn Utah there them is a largo large percentage percenta e of oC people who do not use liquor or to to- to bacco We submit that with such addresses addresses ad ad- dresses as US s that of oe Mr Smoot at the tabernacle recently being constantly delivered before the lie Mormon people with that Influence being constantly exerted b by Mormon authorities some som om of oC tho the result can n be accounted for Wo We 0 speak o of it only because we ve know the good woman who spoke be before before before be- be fore tho W. W C. C T. T U. U will bo be glad to have havo tho the a ail aid III of oC so IO Important an clement element in tho the population of oC this I beautiful re region lo l. l True Truc Utah doesn't suffer stiffer so JoO much In comparison with Montana as It did dida a few years ago As tho ho proportion of Gentiles to Mormons increases e the revenues re from the tho use ule of liquor and tobacco rises nearer an equality eq with the state of smaller population It Is an evil c wJ which no good woman oman orator at nt Emmett Idaho and all other good people Cr very properly comat combat com com- bat at and fliRt we WO do not know an anything more mOIe likely to assist in the good work than ban the tho general circulation among amon the he W. W C. C T T. Us UR of Mr Mi h Smoot's Smoots address address ad ad- dt dress to his people In the tabernacle Will HI the good woman of uC the W. W C. C T. T U U. circulate that |
