Show I Salt Lake Not In It From the Salt Lake Tribune May ra 11 27 i 1909 The General As Assembly of or the tho Presbyterian Presbyterian Pres Pros church now In session lon in lii n Denver Is about to fix the pia place co for Cor holding Its next regular session four years hence an and It Is sal said that Chi Chi- ChicaGo Chicago cago Is in the field for tor that honor It ItIs ItIs itIs Is a n. great honor to get that assembly and worth worthy of or the tho keenest efforts on the tho part pan of ot even en such a city as Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago to obtain it But Hut how about Salt Lake No o one I ever proposes Salt Lake CIl City as fiS u a place for tor holding any of the general conventions assembles or confer conferences of ot an any of ot the great religious denominations save only the Mormon conferences confer conter- Why IJ The Tho answer Is right on the surface In no other city In the tho country countr could there be found such a bigoted antagonism to the Christian sects of ot tho the country ns as In Salt Lake It has been ground Into the minds s sand and hearts of or tho the people of ot the domInant dominant dom domn- church here not only that lint the tho Christian churches of or this country are wrong wrong wrong-Wrong wrong In doctrine corrupt in ta r. r practice vindictive against the Latter-day Latter Saints SaInts but but that the they have ha wronged the Saints Spurious examples without number are quoted In iii support of this view The church organ measures measures meas mens- ures out obloquy and venom without stint upon Christians upon the Chris Chrls- Ian tian ministry and upon Christian churches All this Is a 0 warning to the Christian sects to keep cp awn away from Salt Lake If it the they wish to avoid avol contumely and In In- In suIt sult The Mormon elders are arc extremely resentful against the Christian churches throughout the country because because because be be- cause the tho doors doom of oC such churches annot are arc not thrown open to their services and tho they count themselves persecuted l whenever the they are arc denied tho the ho hospitality hospi pl- pl of ot the Christian churches And AndeL yet et eL there is 18 no no hospitality exercised toward tho the Christian churches here in Salt Lako by the Saints o or any anywhere hc e eIn In Iii this state or In nt lit minister of large On the contrary a any of ot the orthodox churches Is hate hated because of ot that and I In Is n assailed viciously on account of or thelong thelong the thelong long list of oC Imaginary grievances trea treasured up b by the Mormon hierarchy against the Christian world word Elder Eider was even put under arrest last year for tor handing out religious tracts mets that were In the Interest of or the Reorganized Reorganized church And that Is wh why there Is never am ta talk of or an any of or the these o great reat religious religions gatherings being h held ld In Salt lt Lake that Is lg why no such gatherings will willever willever ever come here until the fanatical antagonism against them Is toned a down own |