Mitt Romney, a Mormon who is president of the Olympic organizing committee, held a press conference last spring to play down the Mormon influence.

But an earlier effort on his part to stifle Mormon influence in the Utah judicial system had been met by a resolutions demanding his resignation.

Mormon influence in public schools created problems with non-Mormon parents, and raised issues about public school supervision.

The Act also vacated the Utah territorial government, created an independent committee to oversee elections to prevent Mormon influence, and disenfranchised any former or present polygamist.

Idaho officials attribute the low personal income figure primarily to large families, because of the heavy Mormon influence.

Governor Murray, who had been in the forefront of maneuvering to neuter Mormon influence, vetoed the general territorial appropriations bill in 1886.

However, in 1887 the initial Edmunds-Tucker Act was passed by Congress in an effort to curtail excessive Mormon influence in the territorial government.

Mormon influence was felt in all religious, political, economic, educational, and social aspects of life in early Mt. Pleasant.

Young discouraged Mormons from mining precious metals, while Connor promoted mining as a means of attracting gentiles and decreasing Mormon influence.

Harding, along with Connor, sought to mitigate Mormon influence in Utah affairs.