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Show B Some Reasons T HE NEWS tells Its readers that an effort was made to oust Senator Smoot ZiOia Kf li' senatorial oat because he was a Mor- H nion. Some stranger leading that might believe HH it, hence it Is proper to state the truth. Mr. Hjg Howell was all the time that controversy wts Hfn ioing on a member of congress, but no one object- Ej td and Mr. Howell would be offended If anyone HRf should say he was not as good a Mormon as HnE Mr. Smoot. Hijl Hero arc a few reasons why the effort was Bi made to oust Mr. Smoot: He is an apostle. As H ; such Jie has taken an oath to avenge the pro H H II As such h4s first allegiance is to the rellgio- M political f-ystem, which is called "The Church of M I Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." H I A command from Joseph F. Smith would bo H I of more weight to him than any law of tho United Stales, which -would -conflict with that H !f command, and the congress of the United States H is supposed to be made up of men whose first If fealty if to the government of the republic. nl He was elected, not because he was a scholar, jlj or statesman or because of services rendered to H h's etate or to the United Staes, but because he Hfjj was an apostle, which made his election a vio Hf latlon of the constitution of Utah, which declares Htjj that there shall be no union of church and state. H Nor shall any church usurp any of the functions H of the state. Ho had to ask the permission of the HF head of the church in order to become a candl j date. He knew without that permission, he would H be overthrown in the election, that with that H permission there were slaves enough to elect him H As an apostle he has repeatedly endorsed, and H ; continues to endorse the absolute rightfulness H i and righteousness of polygamy as a command and H I solemn sacrament of his church. H 1 The above are some of the reasons why the H loyal Americans of Utah thought he should ba P refused a seat in the senate of the United States, am1 because were there fifty more men in tho B senate who believed what he bel'eves and prac- H ticed what he practices, the republic of the H, J United States would pass away in a day and H "the kingdom of God on earth" would be the gov- IH crnment witfli headquarters at the corner of State j and South Temple streets in this city. h , Tho wails of the News that there are men ' who would, if they could prevent all Mormons ij from holding political office; that all they desire of Mormons is that they pay taxes, Is ludicrous considering the past, j Will the News kindly look over its files for the K urst forty years after the first settlement of Utah ni, and give to its readers a few figures? l How many gentiles ever held any political H office here? H' How many gentile teachers could be found W in the schools of tho territory? L How many gentiles could ever get employ- H ment here in all those forty years from Mormons? Hi Finally, will it, from the record, llguro out any- H thing that the Mormbns wanted of gentiles "ex- Hjj cept to pay taxes?" |
