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Show I '" CASK OF HON. REED SMOOT. "The election of Reed Smoot as United States senator from Utah will present a very different problem , ' from the one Involved In the Roberts t s case. Hoberts was a polygamlst. and ; was prevented from taking his scat In ( the House on the ground that ho was alawbiakcr. Smoot, It is said, is not '' a polygamlst. The record will show j, merely that he is a Mormon Church. Jf this Is the limit oftho proof against 8 , him It is clear that the task of prevent- m j lug him fiom taking his scat or of un- pi ' scitlng him would encounter obstacles ' I ' f much more serious than any that K . Roberts could devise. For the ques- ls tlon raised would be whether a Mor- mon Is barred by his religion instead JJ '"' of by social practices that aro contrary . to the laws and customs of the coun- 3 try |