Show T TO 0 CHURCH There Is the thc burden of or th the song against t their opposition It is composed of or servants of or tho the church the church the Mormon church According to the authorities of th the Mormon church issue orders to the Democratic patty party y and those people who are arc independent and human about I. I everything else I lay a down their own individuality and antI obe obey It Issues its orders to the tho Republican party part and ever every man and woman of that political persuasion instantly In- In obeys tho the commands of or the church chui It would woul be the most foolish Coolish thing in the world if it it were true Supposing for a moment that charge char c of It f the Kearns crowd croud were actually as they assert it AH An the Mormon church would have ha to do would be Issue or r- r ders and the Kearns crowd could ne er carr carry an I tion The Republican and the Democratic s j parties outs outnumber out out- number tho the Kearns party easily In only one municipal 4 ward of or the alt city could they elect elec eleca a councilman And lm hn n would be lonesome c indeed in the midst of oC a company compan u umen of or orI f r f I men elected on order ordel of the Mormon n church Ruch compelled d to obe obey tho the dictates of the Mormon church serving g the Mormon church church lf Ir if the Kearns cry were ere true Gentlemen it isn't true at all No o church on earth f r controls either of the parties There are m more lore oro Mormons than non Mormons in the Democratic party part and yet et it is not true there The authorities of the Mormon church could not drive those men and women to a blind bUn an and improper Improper improper im Im- proper obe obedience The thing is 18 impossible They are as other men and women The authorities of or the Mormon church could not drive members of ot tho the Republican party at party at all aJI That organization organ organ- as free an and independent as the Republican lIcan party patty is in an any other section of ot the Union simply would not bp be o en driven f In addition to which fact tact this remains The Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon church authorities are tue not trying to do o anything of oC the kind There is not in all the churches of or Salt Lako and and they number many one many one organization for fOl the the- warship wor war worship worship ship of or God which leaves leaves its members an any more free freo m in m n matters malters of oC politics than does the Mormon Decent fairness fairness fairness fair fair- ness to the men charged with the responsible direction of or that that big organization demands that this statement be bema ma made e. e They rhey are arc not at at all interfering in politics As citizens citizens and and they arc aro citizens they the they certainly have their r f own ideas as to which ticket should be elected and will trill S vote ote accordingly But the machinery of the church is 1 not tr trying to control the parties It Is unfair to insist on presenting that hat picture of oC the two church parties And we wo dont don't believe it Is fooling tooling man many p people ople either |