Show SOMi MONOPOLIES It has been said by certain salt salty sally critics that church Influence and antI fornication are arc denied enle the time 1 Mormons Mormons- that the they are arc reserved as monopolies for the Gentiles There has he been en for years ears loud an and constant charges es of or Mormon lormon church influence in poll political affairs an and the thc charge ge ha has been Leen ma made mado c strong b by repealed repealed perhaps perhaps not alwa always s 's reliable r reporting reliable s of or instances of of- that sort ort of or offending cn It It has has been lt for for an any mem member moms main ber bel of t time tho w Mormon organization holding authority to express his opinion on political questions without givIng giving giving ing offense to the people who protest that his church shall In Jim no mo wise wile oven hint to its communicants how they shall vote An And in a a. way that Is right light The Mormon church should hould not oven in the tho slightest exercise tho the power of dictation over oyer the political a actions of its members The state should In this latter age aSe be left lert entirely free from front ecclesiastical control An And yet et there thero is an ol old probably adage a adage probably somewhat threadbare baro lI by tills this time time to to the effect that whatever Is sauce for time the goose is equally sauce auco for the time gan gander er Without for a moment desiring to characterize either Mormon or non non Mormon as a goose u usually regarded ed i as a a. term of of reproach if not of or derision wo we can not c escape capo the tho conclusion lon that the same rulo rule of or noninterference noninterference non inter ference ought in equity to xo be he applied to CV every l other church Wo Yo ma may bo lIo wrong But nut It does really seem cem that time the Inhibition 11 Is directed both In tho the la law lac an and Inthe in inthe inthe the ju Judgment of t fair Ir men and women to el e every denomination denomination nation whatever its name an and whatever it ma may be be- II lieve Cyc So that It Is curiously interesting to note noto that one of or tho the papers paper intemperately supporting tho time Kearns ticket in tho the recent election pur paraded c the following head mead headon on oil Monday In its news columns column CHRISTIAN MINISTERS n URGE SUPPORT OF MEN IE 1 I PROMOTING PRO AMERICANISM I. I If t time the 1 Deseret News or OJ the Improvement Era ha had d a a a. a I hea head of this fashion MORMON rOX LEADERS URGE DEFEAT OF MEN IE PROMOTING PHO AMERICANISM AMERICANISMs I Our friends would woul have havo thrown fits ills that would have exhausted time the capacities s of U the e ambulance corps all over o tho time cit city I lu In the thc bo body of tho the article referred to we find that the time ministers of the city are aie quoted I evidently with the tile I purpose of or influencing rea readers ers to tu vote voto the American II party part ticket time ticket the sentences being paraded parade In hm black t type pc as follows It has long loub since cease ceased to lo b be a g secret cret that in hm Utah Utahan an and our c city l tho the dominant church has not only endeavored endeavored en en- ored ea to combine church an and state but to today a is actually tr trying ing to control our municipal government rime Thu Tho Rov Rev Charles Curtis McIntyre Presbyterian terlan Tho Time issues in Salt Lake Lako aro are new now un and unique unique the the relegation of church authority to Its ita proper spiritual sphere phere the demand of a city of 10 souls ls that the queen city of or a tract of ot Am American soil one fourth time tho area aiea of the thc United States shall thull bo bu allowed to develop clop 1 as an American Tine cIt city Tho Tho Rev hw Albert lbert Buxton ton ch Chris istian is- is tian Give to tho the men who have e achieved with such unselfishness un un- Eel selfishness the time beauty un and prosperity we now enjoy the time thanks which tho they I so c deservedly ly merit Tho merit Tho Rev Hc Francis Short Method Methodist 1st lit It is high timo that we mo made e a now new resolution resolution- tho the resolution that our votes otes shall shaH no longer be bo given on to any sort of or oligarchy for an any sort tort of or plutocracy bult but bul t that i in every election wo we shall make our votes voles count as our forefathers Intended ed the they should for tho the Inauguration tion of ot genuine democracy Tho Tho Rev Rc William T. T Brown Unitarian Now no man knows know what i ia is in time iho heart or mind of another man Because of ot th that t we wo will not presume to judge that the time Kearns paper Is right In It its e expressed tI conclusion that four tour of ot the lea leading ministers in Salt Lako Lake were seeking to Increase the time oto vote of or Mr lr Brans- Brans ford or Wo We 0 will ill only say y that It was so understood by tl newspaper friends of Mr 11 and that their c expressions were used effectively el in the remainder er of or tho campaign Also there Is the curious coincidence of or all such addresses addresses ad alt- I dresses just on tho thc eve e of or an election when the re remarks remarks re re- marks morles could bo lie open to no other reasonable 10 tion All that that would havo o been wrong In iu Mormons 1 Was Wai a aIt It rl right ht for time Iho Is church chuich Influence to bo ho employed h by tho the Mormon non divines and forbidden forbidden for for- bidden speakers of time the Mormon persuasion Now o that the election Is over o an and wo we aro are all getting back to lo a n. normal nominal estimating of or things wo trust those ministers quoted above 0 ma may majr look over o their wor words s. s We Yc trust they ma may reflect and ask their consciences if It they did rIght light In so 80 expressing themselves Wo We are aro of opinion opinion I. I I ion they will bo lIo tol told b by their consciences that the they had no right to do what whal tile they dou Icily deny as a n right to people lo of or another ch church It Is wron wrong for nil all of or them V Wo We r regret glet that an any ministers should ha havo 0 so f far r permitted themselves to tobe tobe tobo be bo carried away b by the spirit of intolerance as to offend against the limo plain prohibition of ot a a. rulo rule all nil ought It In iq loyalty loy JO- alty to accept It is Impossible le to escape r responsibility In tho the malter mat mal ter The newspaper referred to simply stated slated a fact generally recognized throughout hout tho time ell city when it printed print e ed time Iho following comment on time the sermons In several churches yesterday the thc pastors pastoL's Impressed ss d their congregations with the importance of or election anti and the great gleat responsibility which rests upon Christian voters A number of ot the tho clergymen discussed Hd d the question of political domination b by Mormons and und nearly all urged Independent action strongly IntimatIng Intimating ing that this timis Is possible only through the American pai party pan ty Let all of us make an end ond of ot It In a a. time line of strife it Is not nol easy casy for tor oven a minister to lo escape Influence of strong mon coon about t him But Bui If time tho later comers comer's to lo the stale do o not want church Influence in hi politics they th should not wield It |