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Show H WHAT AILS UTAH? H A Sulk L:ii;o dally conlompornry goos H to n (rout (lonl of tronblo onoh morn- H ing to mnko it nppunr that tho Mormon H Church, or its prosidont, is blighting H tbo prospects and impodlng tho H niatoriul protgoss of Salt Lnko Oity H in particular und tho stato in gonornl. H Tbo shafts nro ull aimed, accord lug H to tbo wrltor, at Josoph P. Smith, H hut tbo man must indood bo n dullard H that cannot procolvo that it is tbo H systotn of tbo Mormon Ohuroh that H is boing attacked. Josoph l Smith has dopartod in no material degroo H from tho oourso pursuod by iiis pro- H dooossors in olllco. His positions ns H director and prosldont of various business enterprises hnvo for tho most H part boon acquired by virtue- of his H high ocolosinsticnl olllco, and nro a H result of tho prostigo and influonco H that this olllco is supposod to carry H with it. Many of tho ontorprlsos which sook to profit by tho prostigo H his oflioo louds aro llnancod by gon- H tllos, and vvbilo wo do not boliovo it H is good to mix religion and llnanco H to any groat oxtont, wo boliovo tbo H fault is as much with tho timid busl- H 11083 minds that sook to profit by an H nlllanco with tho bond of tho church, H as it is with tho high oUloitils who H accept thoao pouttious. But to any H person nt nil convorsant with tbo H situation it is qui to nppurqut that it H is NOT Josoph P. Smith that alls Salt H Lnko nud Utah. Wo npprcciato tho L" ' fact that Utah has ills; that it is not H making tbo progress that it should H do, and tbo.cnuso is not dilllcult to P discover, As long as wo bavo tho k! j disturbing Inlluoncos nt work among us that wo now hnvo ; ns loug ns tboro H is n ,porpotunl light mid turmoil in M progress that disturbs tho ponoo of M our oitlzons and disquiots capital ; so m long ns wo nro pulling in diiforout B directions nud cannot unito on ono HH uluglo, solitary proposition for thp KH bottormont of conditions in Utah, H just so long will tboro bo somothlug M ailing this stnto. m Wo hnvo an unfortunato situation H hero in Utah. In control of two B or throo of tho largo nowspapors is u H man who is so frolilsh who is so B blinded to tbo public iutorosts of M tho stnto on account of poraouul H nnimositios and political disappoint- M raonts that bo profors to ruin every - H thing within his roach, rather thuu fl to soo tho honors denied him enjoyed 1 by another. In tho furtherance of M his schemes of reckless ruin, ho bus M found n pliant tool in tho person of M another disappointed olllco'seokor, nud M 1)0 1 ween tho two they inunngo to keep B up a porpetual fuioro that is any- H thing hut roassuriug, Tboy bavo u M following nmoug tho rabblo and thoir fl shouts and npplnuso ndd to tho m general din and dlsquiotudo. H Tho pooplo of Utuli hnvo stood for H this kind of thing for a long time. H Thoy hnvo borno patiently tho ubuso M and misropresontntions heaped upon Hj thorn by this olomont, but tboro is nu H end to endurance, nud Utah is bo- H ginning to got tired. Wo do not H relish sooing surrounding states do- H volopod nud assisted by capital that Hj is denied us. Wo nro tired of tho H porpotunl jnnglo wo want peace. H Unless thoro la 11 cbnugo, and tbo dis- H quiotiiig olomont ceases to retard our H progress, tho citizens nro likely to B riso up in thoir majesty and put tbom B out. lUtnh has many good pro- H grossivo citizens who will not always H tolornto tbo rulo or ruin tactics of H 1 tbo ox-conntors nnd colleagues who H nro systomnticnlly omployod in mis- H ropioeonting and tearing down Utah. |