Show I q I I o i THE WORLDS WOR OPINION f i The Tho New N Ne w York World orId ot of May II 3 has h ll L nn an editorial which tho thu 1 Ut of vr u anti and legal minds Irre t U of considerations i F j Sj JYom tho the attitude of ot the tho majority of Or Orthe the t Senate Henat committee on oIl privileges and anul I J In III the case caso ot of Heed moot Smout It ItH itc f c 1 Ii H hi evident that they the are oro opposed to tho thoI 11 I j exclusion theory of IlC Senators Burrows I Dubois Dubole but most inot of at them at least I iu I favor the proposition to tn him himl l It Jt la lu not clear however that a n t ma ilia majority I of ot the thO whole committee will tip up upI 1 I t I port the proposition now under oon on onI I 1 I federation and which III I H to tt be taken up UI upon upi i to I 1 on VII Friday FrIda May M U I if It a II u post postponement p t 11 il fJ I uncut IH lM not nol nn ordered oni ered t j Ij L iI L The run f ho excitement 1 11 13 y the O crl rr their theil female follower which tH fiercely for Cor a 1 time hils 1 fliRt lh tho the sober thought low haa f p fr come como to tc tic reflecting portion of ot the tf i public Constitutional principles I t F I the tho rights ot of nil all religions r have h vo i j In Sn the minds of the people leople and anI their heir t q l I I sentiments flu expression In articles s sf f I flint t appear In leading publications Hi I iI such audi us liS the tho editorial In the WorM World r 1 fl which h wo here h rc copy In lt lIe entirety and arni J j commend to the careful CarMul perusal of every everybody nver IiI i bod body Vho Iio takes any Interest In this t I The Constitution of or the United f t States tute In tt 3 I of section 3 of I article 1 defines the qualifications of ot ofa f a 11 United States State Senator l Ii Vo Xo person 1 shall hall be a II Senator Who ho t 1 not have bave attained the uge IIO of ot thirty years and been nine nino years u a c of It the tho United States who i shall hali not when elected be ho an Inhabitant I of or It that state fur tor which he shall I 16 bO b chosen chason I I The Constitution provides further Curt her that ach I house be the judge judi e of the tha returns and qualifications of ot Us Its lt members 1 Li It SIt also al o provides that 1 Each t house may ma determine the lher rules rUlo r les of ot Its Its it I member H for tor disorderly dl behavior and I Ii i with willi the concurrence of ex cx expel I t I pel a member h None of ot these provisions te III 1 In none stone of them can ean b be found ro o much moth ns as a ti hint that after Arter a 1 ahas i I lias has been permitted to take tho ti oath Ii t of or and to serve cerve fur tur three I i 1101 lint two months a mere IMre re majority of ot Ills 1119 colleagues can exclude him That the tho Senate tuna haM power lower by a 1 vote yote of ot of ot Its m mb ra to toI I expel Mr cannot be questioned I Moreover It Il Is I the wIt sole Judge jude of ot the tho reasons for s ah and no noI noI f I f i M MM I M I If I other authority exists under the tho Con Can Constitution n which could examine liAo lito those reasons or determine whether they lucy were or Tint Hut It Is quite another matter when whenn n a bare majority of ot Senators under undertake take to exclude a 1 Senator who cho has hall I taken tall ll the oath of on o and served more moro than halt half of Qt his hIli term Such ac uc action tion establishes qualifications which were neither fixed nor contemplated by hy ihs th Constitution It l create a predent prel pregnant with of evil It If Mr ran be ex u eluded by b n II majority vote 01 other senator tor can b bv bg excluded for tor any ony whim that may take tao of U II majority In III n a time of ot excite I ment and party Whatever Mr 11 relations may mn bo be With the Mormon hierarchy republican institutions Institution have managed ll to exist during the tho th three years find I two months in which hf h has hall sat nt In III ui tho tha I senate They rh could probably two years and tOil ten months more Inore of at him It would be ho wiser wilier to mak tho the experiment than to create the prece dent tient of excluding a IL senator by b a 11 ma mn majority majority vote otc The time to exclude a I Is III before he has ban hn taken the oath at of Tho The Senators who contend that thet I there can cnn be bp b no exclusion by hr a n mere Inere i majority after uCler the oath Is taken not lOt only have the language of the Constitution on their th lr side but the practices of ot the tho senate r tho the hG years year of ot Itt Its existence |