Show the arm aels forli glit on the sulfa att Viii FoaD de stoffi that the nt minks itara ta tb and the laws I 1 CHICAGO nov 23 in response to a telegram from the associated press a statement concerning the I 1 resent investigation in salt lake city president wilbord of the dorinin chunh bends fends a dispatch in which lie bays this is a periodical mormon sensation which we ate accustomed to expect in november congress meets in december and it is presumed the usual efforts w ill be made to secure legislation against the cormons mormons Mor mons in a edition M e are on the eve of an important municipal election here which anti cormons mormons hope to carry by the natural 12 0 mor mons there is absolutely nothing in lie mormon religion inconsistent with the acost patriotic devotion to the government 0 the united states the revelation and commandments of the church require that the and the laws ot the land be upheld it is also a part of our belie ht the time will coma when the country will be distracted and general lawlessness prevail then the mormon people will step forward and take active part in rescuing the nation irom ruin in regard to the claim that the priesthood or chief authorities ot the assert the to control the mormon people in all temporal in eluding political affairs I 1 would bay I 1 am the head 0 the clar h I 1 do not make any such claims it would be impossible to exercise it if I 1 did the charge 0 tindee interference in elections is absurd Ball otting is strictly secret and all management of elections in the smallest ile is in the hands of the united stiles government appointees thit the mor mons are united politically is largely due to their bein constantly and lin ly ass tiled by a small minority who seek to control the majority A is being made of the form of prayer based upon two verses in the sixth chapter of the davela eions of st john in he new testament ament jt relates to peaking god avenge the aloud ot tho prophets an attempt has has been made to connect this in avenging the death of joeeph and smith ao such application as the endowment was given long before the death of joseph and hiram smith and has not been changed these men were by a local mob disguised concerning the cry about the blood atonement there is this coanda lion our religious faith is a belief in the ato ining blood of christ we believe in the doctrine who co mans blood by roan beall liia blood be shed we also believe all execution tor murder shall be under the law of the land and by its officers only the statements of apostate mor mona n that the ceremonies involve the death penalty upon those who leave the chunh and disobey the priesthood Pries thoad are simply untrue cormons mormons on the w atness stand have alie right to to disclose to innocent formolo ct the endowment just aas masons have the right to right to disclose masonic rituals |