Show PRAY FOR SCALP OF REED SMOOT A Avalanche of Petitions Asking the Expulsion of the Utah Senator te mU l ly y toa D c May petitions from ten tea states stale and aDd C containing names were presented in ht the sea sett ate today The petition from Georgia had bad this le Ic gend Every true Geor Georgian ian is in arms agaInst Reed Smoot and mon sm Ohio Petitioners There can be but one attitude toward that thal is the attitudE of condemnation n nOne One of the petitioners from New e Jersey wrote There Is power in prayer and in non The qu question of petitions was treated editorially t the New NewYork ew York Sun which recalled a speech of former Senator Hoar deprecating the use of petitions to influence and intimidate the senate in cases of this kind In cbs clos closIng lug Ing its editorial the Sun said If Mr lIr Smoot is disqualified for membership in inthe Inthe the senate his disqualification rests on the fact of his membership In the llor mon church and the obligation he owes to that organization and not on prejudice prejudice dice against that church that exists many worthy persons In con considering his bis ease case the senate should be guided only by the evidence that has bas been produced against him Cartloads of petitions that have been got up against him show a distinct plan to intimidate indivIdual senators and sway their judg judgment mont ment by Introducing outside considerations It is seriously to be hoped that no such scheme will wIil bear fruit and that ev every ry senat senatOr r will Vote In the Smoot case on the evidence and not In accord accordance accordance ance with the prejudices of the res respect respectable ct able but mostly uninformed signers of the petitions peti |