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Show A LIVING WITNESS. If the Senate committee shall seek further information concerning the political po-litical dominance of the Mormon church in I'tah, well Informed people possessed pos-sessed of any power of logic w ill r. - gard the effort ns needless. Under the political manifesto, i m l by the church ami accepted by the-twenty-six members or the hierarchy, no one of that hierarchy could out. r Into political activity without the assent as-sent of his superiors. The hierarchy Is the church Its entire ruling government govern-ment absolute and self-perpetuating. When on, ,.f that class asks permlssl i: to run for office and Is refused, if In-persist In-persist In his political ambition the declination or taboo of the hierarchy Immediately places the whole church against him. When one of that class asks for permission nnd receives It. the asssnt of the hierarchy immediately places the whole church in the field le.i him. Taking the foregoing unoontradir u-el and indisputable facts into com-'d- i -tlon, the mere presence of Heed Pmoot, an apostio of the Mormon church, in the Senate of the United States Is the highest possible proof that the Mi rinon . hurch thu s dictate and dominate the politics of this State. There Is a rule of Judicial proceeding which requires that the best evidence obtainable shall le adduced in any given case instead of second rate r hearsay evidence. If the Senate will apply this rule it will need no further te stimony than the presence of Apostle Ke-c.l Smoot as a Se nator for 'hat is tin- best, being absolutely i om lu:.. , evidence that the Mormon church has sent him there as its missionary and Us - m has s;nlr |