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1 Friday, February 9, 1906
IProf. Cluif told Prof. "Wolfe that he
jhiul taken a plural wife, but of course
that was. merely hearsay testimony.
Vl'he rate measure that passed Hie
House yesterday Is considered a yood
o)ie, but Mr. Howell evidently voted
lt was evident to the hierarchy that
Mr. Holmgren was not a fit man for the
legislature, as lie would not obey ,
counsel.
I "Senator Smoot evidently proposes to
prove that Urother Cluft did not take
n ,plurnl wife, by showing that Prof.
Vol'fe drinks.
Stronp coffee will undoubtedly be-pro-Vided
at the Lincoln banquet, for those
who yish to remain awake through the
speeches. ;
Will some member of the hierarchy
explain that the vow of vengeance was
merely an oath, and therefore not at
all binding?"'
Ij ln addition- to the objection to bill-
I boards that' they are not usually hau-
tfful. Is thc Important one that they are;
J not necessary,
'But the truly esthetic will not Insist
I upon the tearing down of billbdards
until after the spring cleaning of lots '
has been done.
I .And yet this man "Wolfe, who has
g'pne to "Washington and told the truth,
. as once a member of the church in
excellent standing!
IjDr. Payne's fellow-physicians, It
Ffems, are not so unwilling as courts
tjD accept the uncorroborated testimony
of an accomplice.
I -But in reality it is not when Prof.
"Wolfe is Intoxicated but when he Is so
ber that he is so objectionable to the
church authorities.
IJPcrhaps Brother ClufC thought that
hp would be unworthy to search for
sacred ground in Central America un
less he took along a plural wife.
I Unfortunately, Prof. "Wolfe is not able
to .show that ho was properly Intoxi
cated, through having procured his
liquor at Apostle Smoofs drug store.
Plant can see that If he had gone Into
polygamy In a righteous manner, he
could now bo a proud and respected cit
izen of Davis county, instead of being
in Jail.
I Secretary Harris will enjoy his Scc-ing-Amerlca
trip so much that he will
be more than ever convinced that the
movement he is promoting is a good
thing.
I Just at present, though, Maj. Dick
Young, a well-known Democrat, Is hav
ing more Inlluenco with Utah's Repub
lican delegation in Congress than the
administration is.
I Maj, Dick Young must feel that It
would bo a shame to oust a Senator
who has shown that he Is a statesman
by readily seeing the right side of the
sugar question.
I Mr. Smurthwalte's testimony shows
thoSenate how free the members of
thiVVchurch are to engage In busincHs,
"hen It docs not conlllct with the In
terests of tho church leaders.
I When Gov. Cutler returned from Call
( 'o,i:i ,e vas compelled to attend to
ii n matters of Slate before he had
lnnce to take up the Important task
'' paring his Lincoln D.-iy .speech.
Mi, Spry was t'lveu a .large, ..hand-
."'omo cane by his associates on the" land
board, who thought, doubtless, that the
President would be glad to know that
the Marshal was carrying a. big slick.
I . .
LEVIATHAN AND SHRIMP.
1 1 Is the boast of Senator Sutherland's
friends that he has never seen nor com
municated with President Joseph F.
Smith.
After making this statement with an
air of sublime conclusiveness they chuck
up their chins and arch their eyebrows,
shrug their shoulders and spread out
their palms, and look the triumphant
Inquiry: "NOTV, what have you to
say?"
Just at this point occurs the fault in
their ledge of reasoning.
They insist because Smith doei not
tell Sutherland personally what to do,
because Sutherland has never, face to
face with Smith, solicited the hlerarch's
help, there 'is no relation between them,
and that Sutherland is as Independent
as any man in the Senate should be!
Sutherland was as bitterly opposed lo
Smootlsm as any other politician In
Utah until Smootlsm was triumphant
and therefore dangerous. Sutherland
was as much opposed lo the intrusion of
Mormon ecclesiasticlsm into iho affairs
of this Nation as any other politician in
this Slate, until he found that the
church nuichlne would run over him If
he did not get aboard. He did not need
to see Smith for he himself was seen
by Smoot. He did not jieed to l)ld
commuiicatlon with Smith, for Smoot
communicated with him.
Today It is not unfair to say of Mr.
Sutherland that he takes his orders
through the embassador of - the hie
rarchy as quiescently, as obediently, as
reverently as any bishop of the Mormon
church would take his advices from the
president of his stake.
Mr. Sutherland knows the system by
which governmental decree Is promul
gated In the Mormon church. He rec
ognizes the channel of the authentic
message from the Mormon throne.
"When Senator Smoot advises Senator
Sutherland what Senator Smoot wants
Senator Sutherland to do and say. Sen
ator Sutherland knows that tho voice
may be the voice of Senator Smont but
the dictation In the dictation of Joseph
F. Smith, owner and controller of both
Senators.
No man can be a big "Senator who Is
the creature of another man What
ever may have been Mr. Sutherland's
natural qualifications, and no one
doubts that he Is the possessor of more
than average cleverness of mind, they
are all dwarfed by the autocracy which
is exercised over him. He shrivels up
until he occupies only a small space in
the great position to which he has been
elected. Mr. Sutherland is one of thoBe
very few men of normal possibilities
-.who. Instead of .aspiring lo gigantic
st'ature in the world's affairs, has delib
erately chosen to pigmyize hipiself. In
contrast with him. even the selrish,' ar
rogant Smooi appears as mammoth as
a leviathan gazing at a shrimp and
wondering whether it Is worth while to
swallow the tiny creature.
CONJUNCTION OF FRAUDS.
One, Poet, choosing the congenial
.channel of falsehood, tells through the
Deseret News that The Tribune falsi
fied when this paper said that he had
been repudiated by the Manufacturers'
and Merchants' Association of Salt
Lake City. He Insinuates that The
Tribune misrepresented an interview,
lie says that this paper cannot show a
letter from the Manufacturers and
Merchants' Association to the effect
that he was- repudiated.
The texture of the Peet denial and
falsehood shows that it is cut from the
the same cloih as his fake offer of reward.
The Tribune printed that part of his
interview given to an Eastern pnper
which related to the Manufacturers' nnd
Merchants' Association. This paper
printed a letter which was sent by the
president of that association requesting
that it be published, in- "a prominent
place, and In general and emphatic
terms clearing the association of all
complicity.
"We leave our readers to Judge If it Is
not Peet himself who is guilty of sub
terfuge and prevarication. We. leave
the public to judge what are the mo
tives of Peet and the News In their
chosen conjunction.
And we leave to the Manufacturers'
and Merchants' Association of Salt
Lake City the statement made by Peet
that he has not been repudiated. Inas
much as he U6ed the name of that asso
ciation which could not have appeared
in the interview without hfs having
given the name to the reporter, and
Inasmuch as he now declares that the
association has not repudiated him, it
is for the Manufacturers' and Mer
chants' Association and Mr. Hewlett to
stand under the odium of Pcetlsm,
Smootlsm and polygamy or to continue
in an attitude of disavowal of all the
responsibility for the wreched mess.
"We are for the ManuCfict'.irors' and
Merchants' Association; and we believe
that neither Peet nor the News, nor
Smootism, nor polygamy, can drag that
association Into any consent to be used
as a defense for crime and venality.
HE SHOUDD BE SHORN.
Mr. Snirtot. though ho rcpnionts the
Mormon hierarchy, which has broken and
In breaking its pledged word to the Na
tion that polygamous practices as well as
plural marriages whoiild cense, has the
power while recognized as a Senator from
irtah to vote upon any mr-asiire which
comes before Iho Sfiiate. Ur should Jf
shorn of that power by being excluded
from the Sonata. ,
Thnt Is thr- epigrammatic conclusion
of the Northwestern Christian Advo
cate of Chicago.
More and more it- bePfjhY. n ppa refi t I
t
United States, the millions who are
striving for the higher Ideals, are de
termined that there shall not sit in the
Senate, to make laws for this country,
a tru3tetl companion, partner, accom
plice and appointed embassador of a
law-breaking traitor.
ANOTHER AWFUL CASE.
A man, whose name has been known
in Utan newspapers for many years a
Mormon forty years ago and still a
Mormon upon returning to Salt Lake
City a few days ago. made this in
quiry of The Tribune: "Who was the
woman described in The Tribune edi
torial of December 17, 1903, under tho
title, 'The Message of Ilagar'?"
Helng lold that the naine could not
be communicated even lo him without
the woman's consent, lie continued:
"My reason for asking is not one of
vulgar curiosity. A near relative of
my own family had an almost similar
experience and I desired lo find out if
tills were her stoiT."
Asking that his name and the names
of the parties concerned be held within
strict conlldence, he made the follow
ing narration, with the exception that
we omit the names In order to observe
the confidence which he enjoined and
which was pledged.
"In the old days T would have died
lo protect the polygamists of this
church. Myself and wife believed that
they were ihe best people In the world;
and, while we were not In the relation
ourselves, we had such supreme love
and reverence for them that we count
ed ourselves as being merely worthy to
serve and obey. Since the manifesto 1
have been strongly opposed to plural
marriage ceremonies and to polyga
mous living. I believe that Wllford
Woodruff was Inspired of God to de
liver that revelation to the church. I
have heard him say that the message
and instruction came from God and
was binding upon the Latter-day
Salnls. But 1 know that the covenant
with the Nation and the law of God
contained In the manifesto have both
been broken by. the authorities pf the
Mormon church. A female relative of
my family was married lo one of the
high dignitaries of this church after
the manifesto. Sim was taken from her
abiding place In Salt Lake City, placed
in a cloaed carriage, blindfolded, driven
for some distance with the man whom
she was to marry, led still blindfold
ed into tome building where, holding
the hand of her polygamous husband
(a man who already had several wives),
she heard the voice of an unknown
person pronouncing the usual cere
mony of the Mormon celestial mar
riage covenant. She knew that she
had the right man by the hand be
cause she knew the voice with which
he made the responses. . J3elng blind
folded, she. could not see the face of
the olllclant, and there was nothing
familiar in his tones. After the cere
mony which pronounced her the wife of
the polygamist and after they were
sealed up to Inherit thrones and prin
cipalities, she was led out of the build
ing, placed in the carriage and driven
for some distance lo her abiding place
all the time blindfolded. IJefore re
entering her home "the bandage was
taken from her eyes. She subsequent
ly lived with her polygamous husband
at a place some distance from Salt
Lake City. Js this the same case?"
It was not the same case, and he
was so advised. The man is truthful;
he is a person of good reputation for,
probity, and he knows whereof he
speaks.
Jt Is evident that It has not been an
uncommon custom to solemnise po
lygamous marriages In private resi
dences or otherMjuildlngs In Salt Lake.
It is evident also that for the safety
of the ofllclaht it Is not an uncommon
custom for him to be concealed from
the gaze of the woman victim.
Tho reason why the ceremonies have
been performed In Salt Lake is this:
In some Instances the attentions paid
by tha prospective polygamist to the
prospective plural wife have been so
marked that the absence of both at the
same time to make the journey to Can
ada or Mexico would have attracted
too much notice; and, therefore, the
arrangement has been made In Salt
Lake. Apparently such scrupulous
care has been exercised that if ihe wo
man victim should ever want to tell
she could not know even remotely the
scene of the violation of the law, nor
give any clue to the individuality of
the officiant ail she could do would be
to reveal the name of her polygamous
husband without any possibility of
corroboration by another witness.
TAFT ON SUGAR.
Secretary Taft Is emphatic in Ills
argument on the sugar question before
the Philippine committee of the Senate.
He does not believe that the beet sugar
Interests of this country would be in
jured by the proposed reduction of the
tariff on sugar from the Philippines,
and he made an extended argument to
fortify his opinion on the question. We
have not seen the argument, but can
well believe it to be conclusive, for
when Mr. Taft gets through with a
presentation on any subject upon
which he has taken pains to Inform
himself, there is usually very little left
to say, on either side of It.
The fact Is, that all the sugar made
In this country cuts but little figure In
the total of sugar consumed. Great as
is the growth of the beet sugar indus
try, it does not keep even within hail
ing distance of tho Increase in the
sugar consumption of the country. The
annual average increase in the sugar
Imports for the tlvc-ycar period ending
with lUOr. was a million tons, compared
with the annual imports In the flve
yonr period ended twenty years before.
In the same periods, the increase of the
home production Jiad grown only from
176,033 tpns to 600,000 tons, or less than
half as much as tho Increase In im
ports. And the whole product of the
Philippines would not make up the
difference.
The whole Question Is simply one
that the sugar trust raises. The great
sugar trust of the Knst feaiH thai if
Philippine sugar Is Imported It will
force It into a losing war with Spreck
els. The Imports would naturally come
to the west coast, nnd Spreckels would
have to enlarge his territory In order
to take care of It. That would mean a
readjustment of market control, wilh
loss to the ITavemeyer trust.
Tt Is a trust fight exclusively, lis TIip
Tribune has repeatedly pointed out,
and the sugar trust arrays Itself
against the administration for its own
sordid interests. It will be in vain thnt
the trust mouthpieces will plead that
the Interests of the best sugar Industry,
are at stake, for the public Is fully
"on" to the game, and Is not in the
least likely to sutTer Itself to be misled.
Cuban sugnr concessions did no harm
to the beet sugar industry, and neither
will the concessions asked for in behalf
of the Philippines harm It
THE NAKED FRAUD.
Four long days have patsed and Ihe
Deseiet News has failed to meet the
historical arraignment of the prophets,
seors and rev?lntors made by Frederick
M. Smith In his startling article in this
paper on the morning of February S.
It Is probable that the church organ
will delay In tnis case as in its former
attempted reply to his earlier ru'llde.
until such time as the vividness of k
membrance shall have been blunvd In
the public mind so that us glittering
generalities. Its hypocrisies. Its sophis
tries and downright falsehoods may
seem like logical argument. The News
supremely excels in this method. 13y
denylng a palpable fact and iterating
and reiterating Its denial It Is able to
assume that the fact was all the lime
non-existent. Such will be its only pos
sible defense or answer to the renewed
assault made by Frederick M. Smith
To the salient points involved tin
Deseiet News dare not direct Its atten
tion, no rnatter how long It may pro
crastinate and no matter unihr nhat
circumstances It may offer Its evasions.
Mr. Frederick M. Smith presented an
historical record Imperishable, authoritative.
-no man can read It without being cer
tain that from Joseph F. Smith back lo
Brlgham Young there has been taught
the doctrine that the Mormon church is
a literal temporal kingdom, and that its
chief prophet is the absolute ruler, be
yond all law. beyond all human, con
ventionality, beyond ail question by the
subjects of the kingdom.
The questions, therefore, to which the
News should 'logically direct itself are
these:
Were the men who preached tills doc
trine prophets, seers, und revelaiors
when they made their proclamations?
Jf not, why were men excommunicat
ed, pursued, ostracised, threatened with
annihilation (If not actually made to
suffer death) for refusal to accept Use
doctrine?
Lf they .were prophets and were speak- j
lug the word of God, why Is that word
not binding now? And how can It be
repudiated by any one on earth?
Jf Brlgham Young were only a proph
et while he lived, and If his utterance
may be discarded when he Is dead, why
is Joseph F. Smith a prophet at all?
And why may not any man in the
church refuse to accept Joseph F.
Smith as a lawgiver without being ex
communicated for such rejection?
To be sure the News will not answer '
these questions; and yet they are the
inquiries of ail thinking Mormon at the
present time. The News Is diverting;
but It cannot divert the intelligent con
sideration of educated and Independent
men, from the real issue, to a specious
and fraudulent reply.
When the News disclaims the record
which Frederick M. Smith has present
ed It explodes tho whole fabric of Jo
seph F. Smith's prophetic pretensions.
It leaves him a poor, naked fraud one
who wears the livery of priesthood to
serve his own avarice and his own
6ruelty.
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