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I, , Wednesday, March 9, 1004.
I With the local Democratic commit
tees combined, one set of men will here
after lead the Democracy both to city
'! and county defeat,
i K '
' I Apostle Teasdale, It appears, has been
j conscientiously opposed to any plural
, marriage in which he was not one of the
contracting parties.
H Those who were allowed to stay at
H home, on account-of doctors' ccrtift-.
H cates. arc now not the only witnesses,
H evidently, who are elck.
Brother Roberts doubtless notes with
H interest that In the birth statistics sub-
H milted at Washington this time no one
H has reported any twins.
II Judge King will positively not be a
candidate for either Governor or Con
gressman, unless he should be nomi
nated for one or the other.
; Wc gather from what Apostle Lyman
rays that he intends to faithfully obey
the laws of God and man, except when
he doesn't want to obey them.
If the-, wish has been to marry plurals
I -without having the weddings occur on
i earth, is it not strange that no one has
A thought of the balloon method?
J Congress will probably) conclude that
J there is a field for considerable recla-
I anatlon work In Utah, outside of that
considered by the Irrigation, bureau.
I Some Democrats will probably be un-
I fair enough now to go about saying
! that the desire of Maj. Dick Young not
1 to be.a candidate should be respected.
! If the Hon. 'Qull Nebeker aspires to
I the Democratic nomination for Gov-
fj ernor he also should show that he is in
I earnest by announcing that he doesn't
I want it.
II But perhaps President Smith also felt
that he was in duty bound to help In
keeping the great Smith family of the
United States the most numerous in the
country.
Mr. Merrill must have been mistaken
when he said he took a plural in 1SD1,
i asi the public has been assured by those
' aHo know that there has not been a
polygamous marriage contracted since
: 1S0O,
, i --
The first freight train made its way
over the Lucln cul-oft yesterday. Wo
trust that Us passage may be the In
auguration of the use of that track for
all trains. The regular us?a of that bit
of track will be the most Important
change of the year that is likely to be
made by the Southern Pacific.
I 'J The Sultan evidently considers that
his time has come to get some ad van -j
tagc out of Russia's distress. He wants
: to drive a hard bargain in the matter
of the release of the Russian fleeL from
the Black Sea. But Turkey Is not the
only party to that bottling up. Great
Britain would have decided objections
to the opening of the Dardanelles, and
would no doubt be able to stop it even
" were the Sultan disposed to agree.
I; The guess that the Japs may wan": to
capture the island of Sakhalin for the
sake of the fish supply is not a bad
i suggestion. Besides the fish they would
j get there, the Japs would release hun
! dreds of Russian prisoners, who would
! be only too glad to enroll themselves
I under the Mikado's banner. These
prisoners are largely political prisoners,
whose zeal against the Czar would be
keenly sharpened by their awful treat
, ment in the Russian prisons on that
Island.
K That Is a curious question which is
H, up for arbitration in Chicago. It Is
H' being arbitrated, because the parties
H wished to avoid the publicity of a court
H' trial. As If anything could be kept
B secret these days! But the question is,
when a missionary is sent to a mining
H country and finds a mine, is that mine
H his, or does it belong to the society or
H ao30ciallon which sent him there? A
M missionary was sent to Nome, Alaska,
H and got In with a rich strike, made
j himself and others rich, and now the
H Evangelical Mission Covenant, which
1 Bcnt n'm there, is claiming the mine
and the money he has taken out of It;
H he Is not' even allowed to claim shares,
fl according to the report. There might
H be some propriety in the Covenant
H claiming a grub stake interest in the
J mine, if it outfitted him to go to Nome,
fl but no fair-minded arbitrators would
H -award it more. If this sort of thing is
to be urged, the missionary societies
will have to put It In the contract thut
they are to have the mines the mis
sionaries find. Then would they And
any?
THE UNSPARING LOGIC OF IT.
That wus a terrible body blow which
Senator Hoar got In yesterday on Apos
tlo'Lyman. The protestations had been
fervent that the law of the church for
bids more plural marriages, and the at
torneys for tho defense (that is, for the
Smoot side of the case,) had just
brought out testimony that Apostle
Teasdale had refused to perform a
polygamous marriage ceremony in Mex
ico, because It would be against the law
of tho church.
Apostle Lyman then took the stand,
and frankly admitted that he avos living
In polygamy, had been so living right
along, nnd intended to continue so to
live. The law of the land and the rule
of the church as agreed to In the peti
tion for amnesty, were both shown to be
contra ry to what he confessed to be his
practice. Senator Hoar Inquired, "You
understand tho rule of the church to bo
the law of God, do you not?" "Yes,"
said the Apostle. "Then you are living,
and intend to live, In violation of the
law of God and man,' said Senator
Hoar.
Too late came the sense of his position
upon Apo.itle Lyman. He asked to
make a statement, nnd was allowed to
make it. The statement was wholly ir
relevant to the point at issue. After ho
had made It. Senator Hoar pitilessly
amplllled the question, bringing out
more glaringly the absolutely defense
less, Illogical, and awful position the
Apostle was placing himself In, and
coming to the same fearful point. And
there was nothing for Apostle Lyman
to do but answer "Ye3."
In close similarity to this was the
corner which Charles E. Merrill got
himself into In his testimony. Ho
dbnled that he upheld polygamy but ad
mitted that he practiced It. "How do
you reconcile the two statements?" hh
was asked. Needless to say, he didn't
reconcile them.
It Is certainly an illuminating in
vestigation that is going on. May it
continue, until the light has been turned
into the deepest depths!
THE WORK TO GO ON.
We are delighted to see that the
prospjects are for an agreement among
the water-users of this valley In the
matter of the Utah Lake ImprovomonL
At the time of Chief Hydrographcr
Newoll's last visit here, the one who
might have suggested a disagreement
would have been under the liability of
being pronounced a lunatic. The man
who, after the meeting of a week ago
last Saturday, did not feur for the out
come, would certainly have been of a
dull mind, or utterly indifferent.
But the prospect of an agreement by
the stockholders of the several canal
companies at their coming meetings,
and the indication that they will, with
practical unanimity, vote for the pledg
ing of their land for the supply
above the fifty second-foot reservation
for each canal company which the
Government will furnish, is now so
good that wc presume there need be no
further fears on the matter, and that
the spending by the Government of
substantially a million dollars to put in
this great Improvement, is now assured.
That this work and Improvement will
be worth to this valley many timc3 its
cost as the years go by. is perfectly evi
dent. It will be the great and redeem
ing thing for the farmers of this valley,
and that it may begin without delay
may well be the universal desire.
LET THE LAW PREVAIL.
It is queer reading that comes from
Springfield, Ohio, The people deplore
the lynching, but are "almost a unit In
believing it has taught the lawless ele
ment of the city a wholesome lesson."
If tho result is thus good, why should
the act be deplored?
But why should a lynching bo sup
posed, in a law-abiding community, to
teach the lawless element a wholesome
lesson? On the contrary, does not It
make a lawless element of the iVhole
community?
If the only way to teach the lawless
element a wholesome lesson is by the
conversion of the community Into law
less mob, it looks like pretty hard lines
for that city.
If that is in fact the situation there,
why not abolish the courts and deal di
rect by one lawless element with an
other, in whipping, slaughter, riding on
a rail, banishment from town, and the
like?
If in fact the mob rule Is better than
the court rule, why not clearly say so
and abide by it?
The ratification by the London stock
holders of the extension of the Grand
Trunk railway system to the Pacific
means tho extension of that line to
Port Simpson. The agreement was not
reached without difficulty, but Its rati
fication at nil Is a surprise. The lino
will run far -to the north of the present
Canadian Pacific, through the Saskat
chewan river region, and etrlke the sea
at the pOlnt named, a little below our
Alaskan border.
v
Tho speculation indulged in by the
Russians at Vladivostok, that the Ja
panese fleet Is cruising around there to
catch, the Russian ships, Is probably
correct. From all accounts, the 'Japan
ese fleet Is not much more than an even
match for the Russian fleet they are on
the watch for, so. that It nppcars they
arc willing to give the Russians a fight
ing chance, and about an even one. This
is certainly chivalrous, but whether It
Is wise or not will have to bo deter
mined by the event. The Japs certainly
do not err on the side of overrating tho
enemy.
A CONTEMPTIBLE VETO.
The veto by Mayor Morris of the
items in the Council appropriations as
directed to bo paid on' Wednesday of
lUBt week was the most contemptible
act that has yet been done in the war
he Is making on tho Council. Tha war
Is In Itself an aggression, ugly and In
defensible. But when It takes the form
that It bus done In this case, it Is pecu
liarly offensive.
Thero is no question but that the men
whose pay Is thus withheld have done
the work they claim to have done for
the city. Thore is no question whatever
but that they have earned the money
which the Council has appropriated to
them. There is no question but that
they should be paid. There Is no doubt,
further, that they will be paid, event
ually. Tho Mayor merely prolongs the
day of settlement, by his moan and
wretched exercise of the veto power.
And what Is tlse pretext on which this
Is done? Merely; a trumped-up and
technical claim, extremely doubtful tho
most favorable way it can be looked
upon, and almost certainly, invalid, that
he has the only right there is to employ
or appoint the persons or employees to
fill the positions and do this work.
A large-minded man would waive
this shadow of a technicality, even If
ho thought there was something lh it,
and it is more in the line of a small
bore politician than anything .clr?o to
push such an autocratic claim, especial
ly against poor people, who have to live
by the labor of their hands.
If tho Democrntlo party is at the back
of Mayor Morris in this matter, then it
Is the Democratic party that is commit
ting this wrong upon wage-earners. Wo
note that the Democratic city committee
and tho Democratic county committee
have been consolidated. Thore is there
fore but the one voice to speak tho local
Democratic opinion.
Presently there- will be a county, Slate
and National election. This consolidated
Democratic committee which is presu
mably backing Mayor Morris In his au
tocratic war and imperial assumptions,
to the wronging of laboring men by
keeping from them the money they have
earned, will be appealing to the work
ing men for their votes. And what a
position they will be in to make that ap
peal! No wonder the air Is thick with talk
that tho Democratic party is not back
ing Mayor Morris in this Avar he is
making on laboring men, in order to
carry his selfish and arrogant points I
against the Council.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Republican State convention for
the selection of delegates to the Na
tional Republican convention Avhich
meets In Chicago on June 21st next, is
called to meet in this city on Friday,
April Sth.
The convention will be composed of
1G9 delegates, the apportionment being
made on tho vote cast In November,
1902. for the Hon. Joseph Howell. The
basis of the A'ote cast at the last Pres
idential election Avould ha'o been bet
ter, and the natural basis for that oc
casion. There is somewhat of a departure
from the usual rule in vogue hero in
the manner of choosing the delegates,
as applied to this county especially.
The present call requires a county con-A-entlon;
but heretofore for some years
past the several election districts of
this county and city have chosen del
egates direct to the State con'entIon,
Whether the change will be satisfac
tory to the people or not remains to
be seen. Certain It Is, however, that
it makes more red tape in the trans
action, and requires an additional in
termediary convention.
The call avIII be receh'ed with general
Interest throughout the State, and ac
tivity In political matters can be ex
pected soon to become Intense.
GOOD" WORK BY THE COUNCIL.
Wc are glad to see that the Repub
lican Councllmen stand firm in resist
ing the autocratic aggressions of the
Mayor in undertaking to usurp the
Council functions as well as to more
than maintain his own in the matter
of appointments to municipal office.
This is due alike to the public, to their
own consistency, and to their parly.
Thoy owe it to the public first of nH
because the public has no desire to be
plagued with the Mayor's Itch to
control the appointments in his personal
and party Interest and to proclaim the"
doctrine of pergonal domination tho
one-man power. The public interest is
against his programme also because
the offices are now avcII filled by men
who are doing the city's work so Avell
that any service Avhich the Mayor could
trump up for the positions Avould be
bound to be inferior service.
They owo It to their own consistency
to keep on in this path Avhich is the
right pnth. They have already declared
their opinion on the main question, and
without any doubt Avhatever that
opinion is correct. To change It for
the Avorse Avould be' doing injustice to
themselves as men and A-lolatlng their
obligations to the public,
They oavo It to their party, because
their party elected them in opposition
to the same partisan Influence Avhich
Is now seeking to oA'erride them. They
oavo their first duty to the public, of
course; but when that duty agrees Avith
their personal consistency and their
party obligation, the bracer to stand
firm is three-fold.
The Councllmen aro also right and
the Mayor is wrong on- the very serious
point in controversy of payment to
men avIio have labored for the city.
They desire to pay these men Avhat they
have earned, and the Mayor-stands in-
the Avay, forbidding the payment. It is
an atrocious position for him to take.
We presume that the passage of
Councilman Black's resolution will
mend matters for the future. It is
plainly equitable and just. It is also
clearly Avlthin the province of the
Council to provide for the employment
specified In th,c resolution.
It Is avcII to keep in mind constantly
that In all this business Mayor Morris
is the aggressor, arid that whateA'cr Avar
or contention Is on is merely and
solely Avhat he himself has stirred up,
for his own and his party's advantage.
In short, It is a Avar for "the spoils."
- SMITH AND SMOOT.
Now York Commercial Advertiser: The
cool effrontery and callouf? Immorality of
iho testimony of Joseph F. Smith, presi
dent of tho Mormon church, before tho
Senato committee Is hardly calculated to
help tho caso of his fellow apostle. Reed
Smoot. Smith, by rapidly establishing
tho contention of the prosecution, Is
showing that tho unseating movement la
not an outgrowth merely of old-womanish,
fears and political scntlmrnlallsni.
but proceeds from .substantial facts.
Tho Mormon church, through Its head,
thus practically confesses that It Is as
dangerous In Its political activities as It
Ih Immoral In Its ethics and nuporslltlouH
In its religion. It Is fortunate that tho
Constitution lodges In both houses of
Congress plenary power with re.Tpect to
judging tho qualifications of members,
and that thereby tho Federal authority
has left In Its quiver ono kind of arrow
which It may dlschargo against polyga
mous and otherwise obnoxious Mormon
Ism. Springfield Republican: Tho "Saint"
who now presides over the Mormon
church admits under oath that since 1S90
hp has unlaAvXully cohabited with four of
his fivo wives, and tliat all of them, slnco
that year. havo borno him children. Mr.
Smith may as well abandon at onco all
hopo that tho peoplo of this country will
regard tills matter from his peculiar
point of vlow. Ills son60 of "obligation"
to his family is that of a Mohammedan
pasha to put oven a mild construction
upon It. As for tho Mormon church, tho
least that can bo said Is that It needs a
now head, who will obey the laws of tho
land, rather than Insolently defy them.
ChicaRO News: If President Smith is
not careful ho will prove that Utah camo
into tho union under folso pretenses,
M
St. Paul Globe: Wc have, no caro what
shall becomo of tho Mormon church so
long as Its members aro law-abiding citi
zens. Wo have, however, somo Interest
In tho caso of Mr. Smoot, and It appears
to us that It Is not fair to try him by
putting tho Mormon church on tho stand
It Is not fald to a man who hos not been
shown to havo any disqualifications to
parndo nn objectionable Institution and
mako him responsible for it.
Chicago Inter Ocean: From tho sup
port they haA'o given and continue to glvo
to polygamous leaders it logically follows
that an overwhelming majority of Mor
mors aro polygaml3ts at heart, and Avalt
only for opportunity and power to com
mit polygnmy. Edmund. Burko declared
it imposslblo to framo an Indictment
against a whole people. It is imposslblo,
unless that peoplo frame tho Indlctmont
against Itself. That Indictment the Mor
mon church, by the admissions of Its
loaders and by the support It has given
and continues to glvo thoso leaders, has
framed against Itself. Tho only possible
finding upon such self-lndlctment must bo
that tho Mormon church Is unworthy of
toleration or respect. By Its evldenco
against Itself, upon its Indictment of
ltsolf, it la a lawless church.
Loulsvillo Post: It docs not appear that
President Smith is helping Senator
Smqot's caso much in hie elaborate repre
sentation of tho principles and practices
of the Mormons. The moro that matter
Is discussed tho more offensive docs it be
come, 4
Kansas City Journal: Are his mcro
membership and official position in tho
Mormon church tho whole of his sinning?
If so, the Senate Avould violate the spirit,
although not tho loiter, of tho Constitu
tion by expelling him. for that would bo
persecuting him for his religious belief.
Has he been living In a state of polygamy.
In violation of decency, tho Iraa-s of his
State and the public opinion of tho na
tion? Has-he, while not doing these things
himself, been Inciting others to do so?
These aro altogether different matters.
Mr. Smoot has a right to bellcvo what ho
pleases, but neither his religious beliefs
and professions, nor anything elso can
Justify him In committing crimes or In
inciting others to commit thorn; and If ho
has dono cither of theso things tho Senato
would bo amply Justified In putting him
out Thero Is nothing either In law or
morals that requires tho dignified Sena
tors of the United Stntos to consort Avith
or harbor a criminal or tho alder and
abbetter of criminals. Tho evldenco at
tho Senato InA'cstlgation has homo hard
upon the Mormon church, and especially
upon Its president, Josoph Smith, By his
own confession Smith Is living In open
violation of tho laws of his State and
teaching others that It is right to do do.
Tho real question in Issue, however, Is
not what Smith has done and Is doing,
but what SmOot has done nnd Is doing.
It has boon proved that Smith Is a prac
tical polygamlst and unfit to bo a Sen
ator; but this does not domonstrato that
Smoot Is unfit to be Senator. Ho should
bo punished, not for tho sins of others,
but solely for his own,
PJttsburg Dispatch: While thero mav
bo posalblo divergencies of opinion na to
the effect of Smith s testimony on Smoot
thero can bo no doubt that an exceeding
ly interesting light Is throAvn by Smith
on Smith. Wo do not recall that this or
any other country has over before had
tho sensation of reading utterances under
cross-examination of a man whoso opin
ions and asserted bellofs present such a
curious mixture between half-clvlllzatlon
and tho progress of tho twentieth cen
tury. San Diego Union: Tho dellcato family
uiatiuauii;a wilii wiucn mormon .rresiucni
Smith Is regaling the Senato commltteo
and tho country at largo aro Interesting,
not to say amazing. The matter-of-fact
manner In which he relates his story of
domestic relations such as would cause
other men to be placed behind prison
bars. Is calculated almost to tako ono s
breath away. Novcr before, probably,
has a man In high position so frankly
proclaimed himself and his associates as
A'lolators of tho law of tho land.
Dayton fO.) Journal: Tho head of tho
Mormon church seems to consider him
self some degrees higher than United
States law. Theso Mormon "reve
lations' seem to bo mighty convenient
things to haA'o around, they'ro so con
sumedly elastic.
Mlhvaukeo Sontlnel: Tho startling tes
timony of President Smith of tho Mormon
church clearly puts Reed Smoot In a pre
carious position, and unless ho can man
ago to turn tho tldo of sentiment now
running against him ho Is likely to bo
expelled from tho Senato on general prin
ciples. True, Smoot himself Is not yet
shown to bo a lawbreaker, or even directly
and personally a violator of tho moral
law. But tho testimony of tho canting
old roprobatc. Smith, Indicates that
Smoot, as an apostle of tho church, has
been conniving at, constructively ap
proving, and In effcot concealing from tho
oyo of tho law tho polygamous and adul
terous practices of his associates. Tho
unexpected disclosure of tho extent to
Avhich such practices havo prcA'allcd In
Impudent violation of tho spirit of tho
law has given tho Senato and tho general
public a disagreeable shock. So unless
Smoot can make a stronger defense of his
failure to protest ngalnst and report tho
public offenses of his colleapues the Sen
ato Is likely to bo relieved of tho scandal
of his presence Cool-headed 8onators
versed in tho law and theory of our in
stitutions will and of courso should glvo
Mr. Smoot fair play and tho full benefit of
tho constitutional provision against re
ligious tests. Thoy will not.bo carried off
their fcot by popular clamor. But tho
testimony of Smith has clearly given
somethlngf a noAv turn to-tha-case, andi,
If tho protcstants can mako good their
contention that Smoot, whllo not direct
ly and personally a lawbreaker, has ap
proved and facilitated laAvbreaklng in
others, tho conclusion will bo that ho lo
not a fit man to sit in tho United States
Senate.
.
Lincoln Stato Journal: It would ap
pear from tho performances of tho Sen
ato Committee on Klectlons and Privi
leges that a gcntlomnn of tho namo of
Smith, had also been elected to that body
from Utah, and that tho commltteo had
him In hole. Either that or the committee
is making Itself q"ulto ridiculous In Its In
A'cstlgation of tho prlAato character and
domestic habit of Mr. Smth. It Is truo
that Mr. Smith Is also an apostle, but
apostles may perhaps dlffcrontlato them
solves more or less In these llttlo mat
ters. What power docs tho Constitution
1 confer upon the Senato to star chamber
a private citizen and mako him answer
such questions as thoso propounded to
Mr. Smith by Mr. Taylor, tho attorney of
tho women's clubs? What aro avo com
ing to, anyway' Chairman Buitoavs may
not know any better, but surely Senators
Hoar, Forakor and Pcttua must haA'o
lK-cd long enough to learn tho limitations
of Senatorial uuthorlty over Apostle
Smith.
4
Nashville News: Thero Is no doubt
that Mormonlsm. as It exists In Utah,
presents somo problematic aspects In our
scheme of government. Wo are pledged
as a nation to complete religious freedom
and toleration, and tho purely religious
clement of Mormonlsm should be as ex
empt from Interference as tho faith of any
othor sect or denomination. But this Go--ernmcnt
has set Its faco against any
union of church and state, and It Is hero
that Mormonlsm Is vulnerable. That the
Mormon church has assumed control and
dlrcotlon of ."ocular matters In Utah nerds
no argument, and tho Smoot Investiga
tion so far sterns to Indicate that the
church still holds lto' decrees superior to
tho laws of tho United States. This raiso3
somo very Interesting Issues which at the
proper tlmo and placo may engage tho
attention of our Government, but thoy
should not now affect tho seating of Mr.
Smoot.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: President
Smith of tho Mormon church doesn't
knoAV Just how many children ho has. but
ho Is sure ho loves them all so avcII ho
couldn't think of deserting any of them.
Chicago News: Somo of the Mormon
prophots aro about to get a "revelation"
straight from tho American people.
Chicago Tribune: Whenever tho Hon.
Roed Smoot Is ready ho may cut loose.
Tho toboggan slide has been glased.
Minneapolis Tribune: Ho defers to
custom so far as not to traA'cl with his
Avivcs in a body; but ho goes about Avith
them alternately, so that the lady who
enjoyed tho acqualntanco of Mrs. Smith
at a dinner might find herself a stranger
to Mrs. Smith at a reception tho following
afternoon. It would bo comparatively
easy to keep Mr. Smith out of tho Senato,
but avo don't see how Mr. Smoot Is to bo
kept out on evidence ngalnst Mr. Smith.
Tho caso against him rests on quit an
other basis. It is evident that foundation
Is being laid for it on tho questions asked
Smith aB to tho mutual relations between
tho apostles and tho control exercised by
the church over tho personal, business
and commercial act3 of members. It wa3
brought cut, for example, that Smoot
had to get tho consent of tho other apos
tles to run for Senator. That, wo tnko It,
Is leading up to tho main question wheth
er or not Senator Smoot's oath and alle
glanco as a Mormon apostio Is in con
Illct with tho oath ho avIII haA'o to tako
ns member of tho Senate. This Is tho
main point In tho case against Smoot To
dccldo it tho Senate will naAo to know tho
exact words of tho Mormon apostles' oath.
It avIU not be enough for Mr. Smith and
Mr. Smoot to testify that thero is noth
ing disloyal In tho church oath, and that
they can tako the civil oath with a clear
conscience. Tho Senate will haA'o to dc
cldo that for Itself, after comparing tho
two. It avIII bo a rather dellcato matter
to ask members of a religious secret hier
archy to lay baro all their esoteric oaths
and obligations; but there Is )thor Avay
to moot tho charge. It was ald at oijo
tlmo that Mr. Smoot would glvo up his
political ambition rather than betray tho
secrets of the church, but ho seems to
havo changed his mind.
Anaconda Standard: In his first epis
tle to tho Corinthians, moreover, Paul
says: "I At ovory mun have his own wife,
and let OA'ory woman havo her own hus
band." According to the Smithsonian
theology, this means, "Let ovcrv man
haA'o his own harem of wives, ana OA-ory
Avoman a fractional Interest in her own
husband."
Dos Moines Register: "Prophet Smith
of Utah has ono A'lrtuo; he Is frank In
confessing his sins.
New York Evening Post: Now. we
sj mpathlzo heartily Avith this attempt to
mako tho Senate an august assembly of
freo men. Its debates would bo vastly
moro earnest and offocllvo If its orators
knew that tho voto would go according
to the Avcight of argument. As it Is,
thero aro too many melancholy cases of a
Senator going to a colleague to congrat
ulate him on his magnificent speech, and
to add, "You haA-o thoroughly convinced
mc, but you can't have my vote " It is
not only tho Mormon church that has
power to bind and looso nominally Inde
pendent Senators. An "apostio" dictat
ing Senatorial votes Is a more novel fig
ure than a boss, who does the samo thing,
but really no moro fearsome. Logic Is
logic, that's all avc say; and if the Sen
ato is going to turn out a member for sub
mitting to outsido dictation, Senators
might well look at each other In alarm,
and ask, "Which of us is safe?"
It Is far from our wish to dlsparago tho
antl-Smoot movement. Behind It is a
great body of tho most respectable senti
ment In this country. It sees In tho Mor
mon Senator a slight cast upon a puro
family life tho foundation, certainly, of
all our public virtue. This sentiment
seems to us to bo striking a llttlo wildly
nt M. Smoot. and not to have clear legal
warrant for demanding his exclusion from
tho Senato; but that does not pnwent us
from perceiving the excellent ipotlves
which havo led honorable women not a
few to interest themselves so deeply in
this case. Our only point is that If tho
Senate, In casting about lo find a reason
for expolllng Smoot, filiall decldo that ho
must go because ho Is not a free agent.
It will haA'o accepted a prlnclplo Avhich, If
logically applied, would aocimato Its mem
bership OAcr moro rapidly than tho pro
cess of Indictment by grand Jury.
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Seattle Post-Intolllgoncer: Utah was
admitted Into tho Union on tho positive
pledge mado by tho authorities of tho
Mormon churcli that tho practlco of po
lygamy would bo abandoned Tho head
of tho Mormon church, under oath,
SAvears that OA'or slnco that tlmo he him
self has been living in polygamy with
fivo wives and that he has not tho re
motest Intention of observing tho pledge
Ought tho Mormon church bo permitted
a representative In tho United States
Senato under such circumstances? Thero
Ih only ono answer. No!
Chicago Tribune: President Smith's
testimony goes to show thnt in order to
be a good Mormon a man must hold Mor
monlsm first and everything clso second.
Houston Post: Tho Mormon church Is
getting lots of froo ad'ertlslng.
Helena Record: If President Smith has
been violating the laAVs of tho Stnto of
Utah, as ho himself admltts. then it Is tho
duty of tho State officers there to prose
cute him, This has nothing to do Avith
Sonator Smoot. If a leading official of
any other denomination should bo guilty
of immorality, or should admit that ho
had broken tho laws of tho land, would
that affect tho tltlo of any other Senator.
Avhb might happen to bo a member of that
church or denomination? Manifestly not.
And yot, this is the samo question pre
sented in tho caso of Senator Smoot and
President Smith.
Chicago News: Prosldont Smith did not
even tako tho precaution to bo known as
Jones or Brown when he dropped around
to spend a pleasant OA'enlng with ono of
his other wl'es.
Indianapolis Journal: Mr, Smoot is not
a practical polygamlst and never has
boon. Ho has nover had but ono wife. As
far as this question Ib concerned, there
fore, ho has not A'iolnted tho law and is
.not subject to any. penalty, xn dlsquallll- '
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cation. Tho fact that ho is a Mormoa and
that polygamy for formerly taught and
practiced by tho church and Is still prac
ticed by somo of Its mombers, docs not
affect his standing at all. The only ques
tion that could arlso in his caso on tills
point is whether ho practiced polygamy
not whether ho thcorotlcally believed In
it, but whether ho practiced it. As it is
not claimed thnt he has over had moro
than ono wife ho is immuno on this point.
But It la claimed that as an apostle In tho
Mormon church Mr Smoot has taken an
oath or assumed obligations to tho church
Inconsistent A'lth his obligations ns a
United States Senator. This Is a political
question and entirely distinct from the
religious phaso of the question and from
Eolygamy. If It can bo shown thnt Mr.
moot has assumed an obligation to tho
Mormon church which In tho posslblo
OA'ent of a conflict Avould oA'errlao and
nullify his oath as a Sonator to support
tho Constitution of tho United States ho
ought not to hold a scat In tho Senate.
This seems to bo tho real point at Issue
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