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Show i. CASE OF HON. REED SMOOT. IB. "The election of Kccd Smoot as ffl United States senator from Utah jfl will present a very different problem J from the one involved in the Roberts .H case. Roberts was a polygamist. and f was prcentcd from taking his scat In H the House on the ground that lie was H a lawbrakcr. Smoot, It is said, Is not H , a polygamist. The record will show H merely that he Is a Mormon Church. If this is the limit of the proof against H ' him It is clear that the task of prevent-H prevent-H lug him fiom taking his scat or of mill mi-ll serting him would cncoiintcrobstaclcs Ipti much more serious than any that 'ML--. Kolierts could devise. For the ques- 19 tlon raised would be whether a Mor- M moo is baned by his lcligion instead ttv of by social practices that are contrary frnM'' to the laws and customs of the conn- HI try. |