Show I j Ij I PEOPLE AROUSED BY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION I l Tho The Jewish Herald In Its Us October number has tilt the following to sa say on I religious persecution On th the ground of r religious persecution tion lIon the Jewish people of ot Salt L Lake Lak 1 have o a a. great man many things In common I with the th Mormons who arc are being heing persecuted per t ul d by hy tho than called so-called American party which Is parading und under r the thc banner of ot purity of ot tho the hom homes s und and anda ln lna a a. few Cew other up trumped catches that are arf The Tho Jewish people suffered from the th persecution on account 01 ot politics too too not nol only In Russia hut but butin hutin in the United States as well Politician Politicians clans cian when thc they hn have f an nn en end to servo serve have ha utilized the tho persecution of tho the Jewish race to their lr own advantage rind and have mR made e this persecution an nn asset In Utah the Jewish people I with the Mormons who are art suI suffering suf suf- feting fering the thc same ane trials and tribulation tribulation I I tion that thal tho the Russian Jews JI an and othI others oth othi- I ers have suffered The Tho Jewish people in jn Salt I-ake I county county count arid tile the they aro are aroi i many many man believe that n a citizen Is entitled cuti- cuti lIel to all of at the privileges and beneI benc- benc or of r religious liberty The They do not I think that an any rII loUl lass class should be he attacked I because of or Its Us religious Ious I belief C. C and tit they are arc even r now lon lending ln their sympathy to lo the thc Mormon people in the hope hop that some da day It will bear I fruit To Tt use UIO t tills this re religious persecution Ion ae as the chief an asset ot of ot otan an organization that I j alls Itself n a political 1 party part IH is r n as ns dastardly as alii a harmful at attack attack at- at tack lack upon tho the er very foundation of so- so t I The Tho American part party In Salt Lake Lak Is the flu last la-Hi t organization on on earth carth that cell call Itself political It II hiss has no nn nomore more OI claim to being n it party of or politics I than It Is of or h being nn an- organized or so- so t for th tIm tho uplift of ot the thc state of Flab Religious persecution Is t the he I thief tenet of oC the American party part his j form oln of persecution has he been en marked oil 1111 m the thc pages of ot hili history tor In tho the past but hilt I p- p In modern I Mine lines this has moro morn or 01 less I died out Religious persecution Is not I une no of or th tho favorite CIl pastimes of 0 com com- which arc wore moro fortunate than Salt Fait Ial Lake f In being rl rid of or a pest petit like i the tho Kearn movement mo It Is III not so i much an aspersion upon th the thO j I tote suite to 0 sav M that this Is a community which tolerates an nn organization like I I that Invented h bv Tom TC as It is to Ia say xay a word of oC compliment for Cor forthe forthe the thc pertinacity of the managers of or the tho learns Kearns party pirty If It tile the American party would woul admit tho truth of oC tin tho situation situa tion lion the structure upon which the party parly Is 18 founded would necessarily fall o of Its Us own weight To admit In this tills modern age that thal the tho persecution of or a arlI I religious class In s carried on solely for forthe forthe forthe the purpose h of I furthering tim tho political n alms aims fur or office would bo ho to speak the tho truth It would blast the hopes of or the tho American party part and anul would scatter its following among tho the other parties which are arc trying to gain buln prell prestige r-e r upon the tho legitimate merits of ot a political organization or or- s Hatred p persecution perse Iere- cution ullon and ami an appeal to the morbid sentiment of 0 enthusiasts are arc the sol solo sole assets of or this society for tho the cultivation cultivation tion Lion and anel Incubation of or native nate poison A good politician usually decides upon lIpon something that will attract the tho attention of tOo the people something that will bring the tho theoter voter oter who Is open to toI nr argument Into th the tho line of or marci to I carry crry on his own political views but hut if It a n politician Is good as politicians go goe ho w e will ill not nol take a course that will eventually o result In izu disaster to his state or 01 one that will b bo be a calamity before the tho coming coining of t too tHO io next generation genera genera- tion In Utah a ft rell religious louR sect has been singled tc out b by politicians who 0 appeal appal to all nil newcomers and who misrepresent sent and misstate the true conditions here hore Th The homo defiling methods arc aro great groat t rol and anti Injury InJun not only to tho too class which tilt they thoy aro iro attacking at- at tacking but hut to t tho to o whole state In general and they thoy Intend to continue continuo until th the tho very cry fabric of or economic life Is warped and frayed h by the onslaught 1 Everyone C Ton Is IR entitled ll to his opinion everyone c has a right to worship everyone everyone every cry one nas tIns a fl right to think and lIvo live as ashe ashe ast he sees fl I so o long ns t that th living og does 1008 li i not t coma i in contact I with tho civil laws Jaws put Bul religious liberty Is Just justas ns as sacred a n possession of ot American manhood as ns the tho right to vote I is sacred as tho the right to life liCe and anti happiness Ina Ina in ina enoice a manner after ones one's own The American palt party In Salt Snit Lake county Is doing everything c In iii It Its pow- pow or 01 to to tomake mako make name namo of Mormon ormon o odious lou Is doln doing everything c In the wide range of ot thought to poison polliOn tho tile minds of or non Mormons and to turn Mormons themselves t n against their own on religious attn use Because of oC this tills re religious re- re persecution an and in order to tn perpetuate the tho American party tho they single In out some political part party char charge e It with domination b by tho the church charge It being owned and controlled controlled con con- trolled by tho religious organization If It they did not do 10 that tho thin future of oC tho the American party part would bo ho a n blank Tim The of or the American party have become verv vorY bitter bIller and find the bitterness bitterness bit bit- I tu lit growing apace tho fight that Is going oln on If It thi tho American party in investigate in- in the Catholic Method Methodist st or oran an any other church and find tat t therein existed certain wrongs that needed would this tills party take It rectifying upon Itself to tu assail and I antagonize Supposing that the thc Christian Chris Science nce church In church wore te t dominating that members member or ot ott orthis Utah lilah and supposing t this church were vore Included In the tho domInant dominant dom dom- party In Utah Ut an and l supposing still lUll further tint tat tho the leadership In tho Christian Science church no matter i it if tills this dominant party were right In ft n could It Il ho bo said that general a way party Hut Interfered In politics Supposing Supposing In ing that the tho head of ot tin tio Christian Science church took absolutely no ac active nc- nc tire tive Interest In politics at all supposing supposing I ing InS for Instance that some members of or the true Christian Science church dictated die dic tale l tie te politics politic of ot the thc dominant po political po- po to be found round I utica party If IC this were tho the conditions lot let mo me ask aRk you ou as ns a n asane asane sane and thinking person how long Ion would tile the party part la I. I If Ir It admitted thin the truth of tho situation There Is no need In for t the to 10 p persecution 0 of an any sect thoro thero Is least need for the persecution of those who I foun founded ed this thIN city and who compose a part of IH its he best t citizenship In tho the name of religion It is not rl right to toI 1 I wear tile the cloak of or politics In order to servo ene the ambitions of or the political and personal I enemies of the tho state aul and actual truth was 38 we believe that If IC the told toM b by the tho American party rt loaders their following would fall toll away tae tae- causo cause In this ago age no one is going to persecute any ony religious sect for t tio tuo o sake bake of ot political preferment Those who take an nn active part In intile tile persecution of ot any religious sect arc ale always al last laRt to find wrongs In III themselves Thoy They are always alwa's the tho last Jast to let up the fight fight- If It the they shall find some some wrongs wrong's that should be righted the will carry on their crusade until tile thc they think these wron wrongs s are rectified hut but after that the they have grown so bitter In their own malice that they tey continue to fight until tile true purpose pur vur- pose poso of ot their scheme schem is revealed |