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Show FIGHTING SPOT IN NEW YORK CITY FormarSalt Laker Lectures at Manhattan Club. REABS MORMON BOOKS Ltrgt Crowd Testifies to Interests In-terests In Subjects. Schroeder Holds That Fight Against Smoot Is Based on. Legal Grounds, and Not Bcligion. TRIBUNE SPECIAL. Xey York, Jan. 22. Theodore Schroeder, Schroe-der, formerly of Salt Lake nnd well known for his anti-Mormon views, spoke tonight at the meeting of the Manhattan Liberal club in New York upon the subject, "Should Reed Smoot Be Expelled from the Senate?" The meeting waa an open one and the German Ger-man Masonic temple, where it was held, was packed to the doors. Mr. Schroeder has one of the best Mormon libraries on the continent and foriified all his statements by quotations from Mormon publications. The speaker began by saying that he wanted to put himself right with those who thought this Is a roliglous persecution, persecu-tion, and said he held with Christendom that everyone had a right to worship what he pleased fo long as it did not tramp on some one t-lse's toes. Said he: MUST OBEY THE LAW. "However, he is not entitled with impunity, im-punity, either Individually or by organized organ-ized effort, to encourage the violation of any such statutory inhibition which is in force. To do this has ever been, one of the III -concealed purposes of the leaders among the Latter-day Saints. That the leaders of the organization now connive at the continuance of unlawful un-lawful cohabitation. In violation of 'its solemn pledges, and State laws, no one denies that I know of unless it Is Senator Sen-ator Smoot HE CHAKGES DISLOYALTY. "This particular disregard of law is but an incident In that farther-reaching and deeper-seated disloyally, consequent conse-quent upon the recognition of a higher temporal allegiance, due to the heads of their church, than- that which is yielded the State. The evidence adduced in support sup-port of this charge, will bo taken wholly from statements of Mormon ecclesiasts of the highest rank. Their admissions are binding upon Senator-elect Smoot, because those who made them arc accepted ac-cepted by him as men whose voice is the voice of God. whose will 1h the will of God, and whose power Is the power of God unto salvation. Thus he recog-nlzus recog-nlzus them, not only as the literal mouthpieces of God and. Inferentlally, God-like, but by their express declaration, declara-tion, they arc to him veritable gods in their own being, wJjosm every utterance, oven in ordinary conversation, is a revelation rev-elation from God. To these apotheosized apotheo-sized men Mr. Smoot has sworn allegiance allegi-ance and obedience in all matters, whether right or wrong, including the determination of his scientific convictions convic-tions and his duty to tho State, he further fur-ther covenanting to forfeit his life for divulging their secrets, or becoming an apostate through disobedience. THE CriUnCII TO TRIUMPH. "Those to whom he yields this lilghpr allegiance, as the mouthpieces of an unchanging un-changing God, repeatedly proclaimed the purpose to make their church triumphant tri-umphant over the governments of the world, aa the temporal kingdom of God. The means was by an overthrow of all earthly governments, beginning with the Government of the United States." DEFIES UNCLE SAM. He went on to recount how the church 1 had trouble with the Government and how it stood in relation to the Federal court.s and ollicials. He told of successful success-ful efforts to thrwart justice in murder trials and recited the fact that the Hag was trampled in the dust at a religious meeting and on a Fourth of July hung at half mast. MOSES THATCHER'S CASE. "The organization of which Mi'. Bmoot is a leading official holds it to be treason to the temporal kingdom of God, for its officers to admit a higher allegiance in matters of state than that due to church chlefy. For asserting such higher allegiance alle-giance to the State, Moses Thatcher was excluded from the quorum of apostles, apos-tles, a distinction since attained by Mr. Smoot. STATE MUST BE FIRST. "The United States may and should affirm the converse of the proimsiiion, , namely. That no man is qualified for public office, who In matters of slate, owen a higher allegiance to any man, or set of men, than that which he owes lo the State, That test will exclude Mr. Smoot ;and for that reason we demand that he be excluded. This is not a matter mat-ter of religion, but of citizenship; not a question of liberty, but of loyalty." |