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.TuraDAY. Nov. 21, 1899.
For President,
1900:
Hon. W, J. Bryan,
Of Nebraska.
ERBOKEOUS IDEAS. .
0
All have heard of the per
son wlio tried to please every
one, and eventually succeed
ed in pleasing none. The In
dex does not propose to fol
low tbe example of tue man
ill the fable. There are pome
friends who want the paper
to be religious, and they find
fault with the editor because
it Is political. Upon Inquiry
it is found that these are all
good Republicans. If the
politics Of the paper were Re
publican, it would probably
not be objectionable on that
account.. The paper is polit
ical Democratic to the core;
but it is not rabid. It is, and
Bhall continue to be, fair to
Republicans. In politics, f s
in other things, the' edit6r
has convictions and opinions,
and. has the honesty and
urage to express and advo
cato them. While a consci
entiouB Republican can read
the Index with profit and
benefit, and while the editor
Is clad that some do, of
course, he does not expect
them to be pleased with his
politics. When onr rvepubli
can readers come to any pol
Itics they do not like, , they
an skiD that Dart, if thev
yh; though they can read
( if they will and still not
nil out with the editor nor!
with the paper if it suits
them In other things. The
editor intends the Index, as
a political paper, to be just
and fair, candid and clean.
A part of its mission is to pu
rify and elevate politics and
political methods.
Other f Honda think the pa
per too religious. They want
a secular, not a religious
. Journal. For the informa
tloirof theso the editorsiates
that the towrtshi no sense
, , ft relltfspa perIt is a secu
arnowspnpor. It is moral
in itstechhitf. Our friends
who find fault with'the Index
because, as they say, it is re
ligious, mistake morality for
" religion. The Index advo
cates morality rinorality in
politics; morality in govern
ment; morality in public and
In private. The paper is
flgalnt intoxicants, profan
ity, Injustice and all wrong
doing. The editor fears that
those that object to the relig
ious character of - the paper,
as they are pleased" to call it,
really object to its moral
views and teachings. .
But some one maj ask;
'Why does the paper oppose
Roman Catholicism? is it
not a religion?" Ves, but Ro
manism is political necessar
ily so, because of its princi
ples, and ail history shows
that it dominates the civil
authority where it can. It
opposes, when it dare, Bible
reading, enlighteument, and
Individual responsibility. It
Is as a rellgio-political organi
sation that the Index opposes
Romanism. It has two rea
sons for opposing Mormonisra
its political character and
Its debasing doctrines.
The editor shall, as long as
bo manages the paper, pur
sue a straightforward, con
sistent course, expressing his
sentiments upon all subjects,
desiring to offend none, but
refusing to try to please all.
The paper WOUld Utterly tail
in its mission if it fails to op
pose the .wrongs that exist
and to advocate and "help the
right. When jn different
courae is adopted the present
editor' connection with the
paper will ceape. . If the pa
per makes enemies by the
i a i ii
course pursued, it suouia
make friends by the enemies
it makes, and1 the editor eon-
idently appeals to all iwho
want wrong suppressed and
right sustained, to give the
paper their patronage. It
must have a support or it
cannot live. Shall it live?
It is for its friends to say.
The Springfield Republican
says: "li uen. wneeier at
tempts to take his seat in con
gress this winter, while at
the same time retaining his
commission in the United
spates army, it is to be hoped
that some congressman will
have courage enough to insist
upon his being ejected. It is
the worst kind of militarism
in a republic to have as con-
gressmen men who are also
o t n r tffi.fu iinilor ill a rrr.
'7n n
mandof the President." ken.
Wheeler has no great 3r ad-
mirer in this COUIltry than
at.t ii.if rxro nnnf, '
think that he violates both
the spirit and the letter'of the ' spauiding.pm unsuccesnfuL Presby
COnstitutioil in holding oil to!terian prect her, and afterwards re
the commission
ill the army-
while occupying
",D Caw 111 ,
J13 cant in I
cuiiBicoa. ? v u net, wxicu hc
shall have returned from the
PhilipDines he will recognize
a 1
uio bciviccb ui iuc ann, uiu,Soo afterwards the flates di.n
resign his commission. He is
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needed, and by virtue of the
experience gained both in
Cuba and the Philippines can
be of great use in congress.
And the American people wi ll
place great confidence . in
what he says as to the needs
of these peoples. We hope
ho will pursue this course.
Raleigh News and Observer.
It was stated in bur Raleigh
correspondence Sunday that
ex-Senator Ransom will be a
candidate for the senatorial
nomination." Of course
"some persons" are saying
this, or our correspondent
would not have sent in this
paragraph; but our informa
tion is that ex-SenatW Ran
som, n Jw a - man about 74
years of age, and the largest
tanner in the state, is at home
attending strictly to private
business aid getting rich cul
tivating his fertile farms on
tjfi Roanoke. Under the cir
cumstances it is positive cruel
ty to mention his name in a
newspaper, especially in con-
nectioniwith a public office.
Charlotte Observer.
Plala Facts About Mormonism.
1. It, lsa fact that the Mormons
are DUttlntr forth zealous efforts to
spread their doctrines In the United
Statev esi'eclally, m the South and
WetstI About five hundred m-iion
aries are at work in the South, their
headquarters being In Chattanuoga.
2. It Is a fact that the flm Mor
mon church was organized in Fay
ette, N. 18.10, its founder being
Joseph Smith, who claimed to be a
Prophet, t-eer aid revelator."
3. It Is a fact that Smith and a
handful of followers moved from
New York to Ohio, whence they
were driven out and went to Mis
souri, where they committed mur
aer, arson, robbery and perjuryfand
were exelled from the State bycit-
izens acting under orders from Gov- lay the paper, we mast ask adver-
ernor tfogz. Escaping into Illinois tigers to be governed hv the fol
Smlth claimed to receive a 8cial ,iowing notice in every hince.
revelation enjoimng polygamy. The j The alvertising patrons of The
proclamation and practice of this In- Index, who desir tln ir advriie-
famous doctrine made him so ol ments chattged should bn ure to
noxious to tho neonie that be was have their copy In this i fllw before
lodgetl In jail and afterwards shot by
an infurtated mob in 1843.
4. It is a fact that the Mormons
eta r ted in 184ti for Utah under the
leadership of lirigham A'oung, who
died lu 1877. He was succeeded by
Taylor, who died in Mexico in 187,
a fugitive from Justice under the
Kdmunds antl-polygainy law, by
WoodrufT, who died last year, and
by Lorenzo Snow, the present in-
cumtient. f
5. It is a fact that the Mountain
in Utah, when one hundred and
twenty migrants on their way to
Pallf rnla were butcheretl by a com-
jpauy of Mormons and Iudians led
by John D. Lee acting under orders
from Brigham Young. The Mor
mon concealed the guilty parties
for twenty years; bat the leader,
John D. Lee, was arrested on tfvsti
oiuny of detective, convicted in a
fetferal court on 1 on rum testimony
and executed in 1877. Brigham
Young's deaHi Koon' afterward pre
vented hi l eing Itrougiit to a trial
fortius shocking crime. The emi
grant uere c.iniid in a valley sur
rounded by hills and were besieged
in vain foT a few days. .The Mor
mons then presented a fl.-g of truce
and promised the emigrants their
lives if they, would lay down their
arias and leave all they had. The
proposition wa r accepted and the
emigrant were marched out in
single file, the men first, who were
phot by Indian in ambush at a giv;
etiigiil, while the Mormons cruel
ly slaughtered the women and child
ren. Their bodies were left to vul
tures while the property was divid
ed, among the ierpetrators of the
atrocious deed.
C. It ba fact that the Greek word,
Mormon, tueaiM (Liddeil and Scott),
a hideous she-M Mister," a fitting
name for sueii a y?teui as that styl
ed, "The Church of Jesu Christ of
Latter Day Saints."
7. It I a fact that the Mormon
accept the 'liook of Mormon" and
tho "Doctrine and Covenant" to be
as holy and authoritative as the Bi
ble itself. ' ' .
8. Jt js a fact tlwt the Book of
Mormon - in a religious tomance
Chieiiy imriortin" to be a history of
!the American Indians from GOO B'.
!C to A. D. 400. Although Smith
I ,:,,.,, . hllv N,nvPrpdbvdi.
reetion of ho angerinetailieplatf-son
which were inscribed in a peculiar
writing the revelation, it is known
to be hugely inspired by a manu
script novel written by Solomon
I...
aruner eccentric preacher,-
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ture oa-ShireW to irive it the effeet of
a n-yi'I:ttion trom Uod, Jo eth
'Smith dictated the Book of Mormon
to sn amaiiun-j, keeping himlf
concealed
behind a curtiiin, a reJ-
blanket, Ktretcheil acro-sed the n"in.
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pea red.
9, H Is a fuct thnt Mormon" t'aiin
that the 'wht-le- earth lia been
given to. them by'O d'and that all
who do not become Mprmms are to
be exterminatfd by them, ju.t as
Israel destroyed the Canaanites.
10. It is a fact that Moi monism
teaches polygamy as' the-perpetual
family of God. 1 God is repreneiMe l
as a polygamI.it, having a maiciial
"body and all the p'irts and passions
of a man:" he co-habited with Eve
nd became the father of the human
race, and with the Virgin Mary, an
other of his wives, and Uvame the
father of Jexus. Mary and Martha
and Mary Masjdalene were wives of
Jesun, a polygamist. Decency for
bids the mention of other polyea
mous teachings.
11. It is a fact thai Mormons teach
that ctitlii-tearing will continue
throughout eternity, the saints be
coming fathers and mother in the
next just us in this world, and that
this will be one of the chief means
of man's glory, he being the mo-1
exalted who has thegteatest number
of wives.
12. It is a fact that Mormons teach
that unmarried women go straight to
perdition, however excellent'their
characters, while all married women,
however wicked, go straight to
heaven. Out of marriage no .salva
tion for a Mormon woman.
13. Ills a fact that the "Book of
Mounon" forbids polygamy, but
Joeph Smith received a later"Rev
elation on tlve E'ernity of the Mar
riage Covenant, Including Plurality
of wives," and authorized polygamy.
Oontluued on 4th page.-
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