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Show A PARTIAL REVIEW. The cry of the Latter Day Saints that they have been followed by persecution from the first, is and has been a slander upon the generous people peo-ple of the United States for sixty years. There has been no more disposition or desire to persecute or oppress Mormons than there has been to oppress op-press any other class of people; there has been the same desire to live in peace with the Mormons Mor-mons that there has with all other people. But from the first there have been two ruling passions pas-sions with them, one, to be a law unto themselves them-selves without regard to the laws of the Republic, Repub-lic, the other a thirst for political power as a I means to the end of "building up this kingdom," with the settled purpose beneath all to eventually substitute for the free government of this country, coun-try, a government modeled on Asiatic forms, where the only liberty granted to the people is the liberty to obey. Of course there have been clashings, there always will be clashings until this determination is relinquished or until all political power shall be struck from Mormon hands. It was a dangerous experiment to elect Reed Smoot a Senator of the United States. The News foreshadows what he will do when he reaches Washington. He will declare that he is an American citizen and that the Mormon church as a church, is entirely out of politics. Everyone Every-one familiar with the facts will know that this is lot true, because he cannot, while an apostle, of the Mormon church, give any such fealty to the government of the United States, as he has sworn to give to this political government within the government of the United States called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. By this we do not mean a spiritual kingdom beyond tiie grave, but a temporal, political kingdom in this world which aims at nothing less than the eentual overthrow ot the government "of the Iple by the people, and for the people," framed hy the immortals of 1787. As to the other statement state-ment that the Mormon church as a church is out of Politics, it is enough to say that the absolute control of the Mormon church is in Its priesthood heginr.lng with the First Presidency and running flown through all the lower grades of priests, and k$t summer all these save the First Presidency, ere active in the nomination and election of men ho were bound to vote for Reed Smoot for, united States Senator. We all know, too, that tiie inspiration for all the work came from the' irst Presidency. It was sufficient to make whole neighborhoods of people vote a ticket which, had they been left to themselves, they would have fought up to the hour when the polls closed. Again, Apostle Smoot will repeat his claim of a great love for the Constitution of the United States. We all in Utah know what that means. It was seized upon in Nauvoo as supplying full protection to all men to do what they pleased to do, if they but claimed their act to be a sacrament sac-rament commanded by their religion. They never nev-er would admit that religious liberty was like all other forms of liberty in enlightening countries coun-tries liberty under the law. In clinging to this and in fear of the priesthood, hundreds of them suffered terms of imprisonment rather than to promise to obey the laws of the United States, or, perhaps more properly speaking, rather than promise to cease defying those laws, and we suspect sus-pect the adherence would have been clung to yet, if there had not been a bill introduced into Congress Con-gress to disfranchise all members of the sect. That brought the qualified manifesto put out by President Woodruff, which brought the further promise that henceforth all Mormons should be absolutely politically free, and that brought statehood. state-hood. That was clung to for a little while and there were no happier people under the flag than the Mormons in Utah. But the high priests could not bear to see their ancient power In the least abridged and the old priestly rule began to be insidiously in-sidiously restored. This year it has culminated in the election of an apostle to a senatorship. It is right up against the senate now to say whether this broken faith shall be rewarded by giving him a seat or not. We do not believe that Apostle Smoot will be seated, or if seated in the United States Senate that he will be able to hold his seat. The debate in the Senate last week was an indication. What will thrust him out will be his devotion to something some-thing which is a menace to free institutions. The only place where Mormanism ever had undisputed sway was in Utah during the first few years of Mormon occupancy here. The government then was a pure theocracy. That is the government was Brigham Young and no one ever thought of questioning his perfect right to rule. If only Mormons were here now the government would be Joseph F. Smith. When confronted with this in the Senate Apostle Smoot will be forced to admit that it Is true. When he does then it will suddenly dawn upon the Senate Sen-ate that there is in Utah an imperi' n,'in imperio, a government within the government of the United Unit-ed States which lacks only the power to push our republic aside and on its ruins to establish the despotism of a church which does not mince matters, mat-ters, but which claims that it is the government of God, through his priesthood, and which, of course, is the only legitimate of earthly governments. govern-ments. When the Senate of the United States fully realizes that fact, we do not believe that it will permit an ambassador of that government to hold a seat as Senator of the United States. Then, in considering the case of Smoot, the polygamy poly-gamy feature of this centralized government in Utah will have its effect. Of course no one can under our laws, be punished for a belief, but there is much more to this matter. The revelation, revela-tion, so-called, of polygamy, is held as a revelation revela-tion from God, it is to all Mormons a fundamental doctrine. It has been suspended, not recalled. 'VB Should President Smith declare tomorrow that i!! the suspension was over, that the doctrine was i I f HH henceforth to be as binding as ever, Reed Smoot , iH would have to accept it, and were President '''V'iB Smith to deliver to him an ultimatum to become t a polygamist or give up his apostleship, Reed !lj"fH Smoot would have to obey, which proves that his vVM first allegiance is not to the country in which he ft jl was born and which has drawn its protection '''l&S :iM around him since his cradle was first rocked. ' 'ifH We pointed out the danger of electing Apostle l$iM Smoot to the Senate and besought the church rvf'l chiefs not to do it. We tell them now that his '! :l demand for a seat in the Senate will imperii the Irfli'B standing of every Mormon's citizenship, for the K.JH people of this country are being stirred to the r'Mwfl depths over this attempt to push Into the Senate ' 1 Jsfl a man who holds another government as more pjL$B binding upon him than the government under I VffM which he was born. tlsMB Reed Smoot has been brought up from child- f'ffliU hood to believe that Jesus Christ when on earth &If !1H was a polygamist. That fact alone will mightily fliifj ill prejudice his case before the Senate of the Unit- I fli itfl ed States, and when coupled with it is the fact ffj JH that, despite his oath as Senator, Reed Smoot S H holds a command of Joseph F. Smith as more ,P H binding upon him than any law or all the laws 1 f f1 BH of the United States, the natural result will be 1 1$ f that he will be denied a seat. It would be better l J' - lM for him and for the prestige of his creed, could Vl $ he be ordered away on a mission before the fourth tJl'H of March. i 1H |