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Show T . 1 I Serious Intimations in the Smoot Case Northwcmern Christian Advocate. The Pittsburg Chrlstlun Advocate, whose editor. Dr. Charles W. Smith, is one of the most Judicial representatives of the religious press of America, says: Pdmo Intimations hav boon whispered about lately of a ory disquieting nature. It imn bt-in said that party jollt!c.i haa como Into tho caso;. that tho Republican leaders arc cmmnllttid to Smoot and his friends, and thnt parly conulderatlonn will kenp him In tho Senate. It if cwn said that President Rcoouvolt does not vlah him cxpHled, nnd la using his Ipiluenco to prevent such nttloij. It Is, therefor-;, predicted that Snicot will i:ot bo wcpollod. Wo name thoso things not to alflrni thorn, nor to oxpross n belief In them. Indeiid. wo cannot crodlt them. IJut they aro In tho nJr, and cannot bo Ignored. If thoso thin?!! should prove to ho true, or If tho public at larf,-o should como to belli be-lli o them, tho damage to the Republican party would bo Irreparable. It would cont the party moro than can now be estimated. Tho public conscience would be outraged, and tin people would show their disapproval nt lh Hint opportunity. It will bn wr-H for tho Politicians lo make a nolo of these things, and watch them. As the Pittsburg Advocate Intimates, I reports are widely circulated that Mr. Smoot's election to tho Senato was the result of a bargain between certain party leaders and leaders of the Mormon Mor-mon church. If tills be true, tho facts will In time become known. If It should appear that the moral character of the Nation has been nacriflced for party advantage, ad-vantage, the days of the party guilty of such .an act of dishonor will be numbered. num-bered. ' ... There has not been before the American Ameri-can people sinco the decision In the Dred Scott case an issue In which so much that affects tho moral welfare of the Nation has. been Involved. The Mor-'mon Mor-'mon church line broken the compact made by It with the Nation when Utah became a State While not personally 'guiltv of polygamy, 'as an official of the Mormon church Mr. Smoot connives con-nives at tho breach of the compact with the Nation by Joseph F. Smith, president presi-dent of the Mormon church, and other officials. No Mormon who holds an official of-ficial position In that church should be permitted to hold public ofilce while leaders or members of the churcli defy the law which they solemnly pledged their sacred honor to obey. Mr. Reed Smoot should be excluded from the Senate, and Congress should at an early date submit to the people an amendment to the Federal Constitution Consti-tution prohibiting polygamous mar-rlages mar-rlages and polygamous practices. |