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Show .n,!., .,,- , 1 . JWk OOOD RKA80NS. " Th fw wonders what terrible danger to tH ftttijktr or to the Nation would be threatened were a Xiormon ecclesiast to obtain a seat in tae Senate. Possibly none. Possibly were a member mem-ber of the royal house of Great Britain or Germany Ger-many to obtain a seat there no harm would follow. fol-low. But the fathers shut out all foreign-born citizens until they should forswear their alle-gience alle-gience to native land and give full fealty to this. But Englishmen have been as free as Americans for a good many hundred years, and if in the Senate would not hold a purpose in their hearts i to do their part to eventually supercede this government gov-ernment by one of the old Asiatic kind which gave no rights to the citizen except to obey. Apostle Smoot was born on American soil, but what is his idea of a perfect government? What is his hope? What has he pledged himself by terrible oaths to work for to the end? Is it not to help build the kingdom to which he belongs until it shall triumph over all other governments, not excepting ex-cepting that of the United States? Suppose twenty-five other states should imitate the example of Utah, there being no "terrible danger," what then of the Great Republic? Would it not in all things except its form cease to exist? We are not speaking speak-ing of a kingdom beyond this world, a spiritual kingdom, but a matter of fact material kingdom, one that is of the earth earthly, that looks out snarply for honors, power and the loaves and fishes; the one that seeks for commercial advantages advant-ages and political power; the one that Apostle Smoot had in his mind's eye when he became a candidate for United States Senator; the one that holds his highest allegience, an allegience tnat he would sooner die than renounce. It is for this that he should be debarred from a seat with American Senators. The News cites the fact that the late George Q. Cannon was long a delegate in Congress, and did no harm. All the same he should have been ' denied a seat there even if he had no vote, for 1 he was not a bit squirmish in declaring that the f voice of the people was not the voice of God, but ( tnat the sentence should be transposed. ' , We do not suppose that Bishop Scanlan or Dr. jr 1 McNeice would do any harm were either to be I. : given a seat in the quorum of Apostles, but all the , same for manifest reasons either would rot be permitted to hold this seat there for a holy ; minute. Neither should Apostle Smoot hold a seat in the senate of the United States for this Republic is not his chiefest concern not for one minute. , |