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Show SHOOT IS SURE I . TOjEJOKD I Apostle Will Be Retired From H Senate 'Before Christ-mas Christ-mas Holidays. - SENATOR DUBOIS CONFIDEN H CHURCHMAN IS TO u Case Will Be Called in Senate I as Soon as It Convenes in December. Senator Fred T. Dubois Is a visitor In Zion, en route to his home in Blackfoot. Ida., after the winter and spring spent In Congress. Senator Dubois is a picture JJH of health. He will remain here today JJJJ and will leave for his Idaho home to- JH night. Senator Dubois is accompanied JJJJ by his private secretary, C. E. Arney. In a talk with The Tribune Senator Dubois declared that there was no ques- tlou as to Smoot being bounced from the Senate. The case of the apostle will IJJI come up just as soon as Congress con- JJH venesP and a vote will be had and the apostle retired before the holiday ad Jourumeut. In general, Senator Dubois "How about politics in Idaho!" was JJJJ asked. JJJJ "There will be no political issues, to speak of, in Idaho in the coining campaign Thuro are 'no political differences of any great moment between the two parties. This 13 true, also, pretty generally, in the coun- try at large. It has been so ever since Mr Itoosovell was elected Prcsidont. JJJJ "Tho Republican county conventions in IH Idaho indorsed the record made in Congress IH by Senator Heyburn aud Congressman French, nnd the Republican State conven-tioa conven-tioa will, no doubt, do tho same. The Dem-oc Dem-oc ratio county conventions in Idaho indorsed the record made by me in Congress, and, Ho doubt, tho Democratic State convention will likowise indorso my Congressional record. It would bo quite appropriate if tho Repub-lican Repub-lican conventions Indorsed my record in Con-gress, Con-gress, as well as that of Heyburn and Fr.-mch, and if the Democratic conventions indorsed the record in Congress of Senator Heyburn and Congressman French, as well JJH as mine. JJH "To illustrate: Congressman French voted for the railroad rate bill in the House; Sena-tor Sena-tor Heyburn and myself' voted for the rail' road rate bill in tho Senate, Tho Senate amended the House ..! a crcat many purts; in my judgment they 'hcned it in places, and tliny weakened it in places However, when the conferees of the twu huuGes agreed on their report, Congressman JJH French, Senator Heyburn and myself all JJJJ voted for the conference report. Senator JJH Heyburn and I voted in the Senate to incpr- JJH purato tho meat inspection bill as a part JJH of (lie agricultural appropriation bill', the JJH I House Committee on Agrioulture changed the JJJJ ; Senate meat inspection bill in a great many JJH I ways, and Congressman French voted for JJH tho House bill. When tho conferees of the JJH two houses adjusted their differences, Con JJH grcssman French, Senator Heyburn and T JJH voted to adopt the report of the conferees. JJJ Senator Heyburn and I, in the Senate, voted JJH for the pure fond bill. Sonator Heyburn had JJH charge of this bill in the Senate, and I voted JJH with him nil the way through, on every JJH amendment which he proposed. I am glad JJJ to say in passing, that Senator Heyburn JJJ acquitted himself most admirably in the JJH handling of this great subject. J was proud JJH of him, and the State ought to be proud JJH of him I fear that he receives moro credit JJH abroad, however, than ho docs at homo. The JJJ House made many amendments to the pure food bill, and Congressman French voted IH for the House bill. Whnn tho conferees be- IH tweon the two house.8 settled their differences IH and agreed on a pure food bill, Senator Hey- burn and I, and Congressman French, all M voted for the conference report. H Administration Moasures. JH "These subjects were great Administra- IH tiou measures of the session. Thoy were all IH earnestly advocated by President Roosevelt. Ho used all his powers for the enactment IH I of this legislation. All the Democrats of IH the House and Sonatc. and all the Republi- IH cans of the House and Senate, with very few jH executions, supported them. I do not recall IH a single vote cast by me during tho entire IH session which was not in perfect accord 1 witli tho votes of my Democratic colleagues. I doubt if there are one hundred persons IH in Idaho who feel like criticising any of their ' IH representatives in Congress for their votes in favor of this legislation. IH "The Administration, in addition to this IH legislation which has passed, strongly and H persistently urged tho paseoge of the Phil- H ippino tniiff bill, admitting Philippino (sugar IH to the L'uitcd States free of duty. Congres-man Congres-man French voted against the Philippino bill in the House; it passed the House, however. and riiino to the Senate Senator Heyburn is opposed to the Philippine tariff bill and would have voted against it had it come be- H fore the Senate. I am a member of the Senate Philippine committee and helped kill IH the- bill in committee. I voted against it H in committee, nnd was ono of the members ll of tho committee who refused to allow it to IH bo reported from committee I am held, gen- IH crully. responsible, I think, and I am in- jH cliucd to ngrec that I was chiefly rosponti- H hie for the defeat uf the Philippine tariff IH bill. I had the confidence and aid of Senator IH Heyburn nnd Cougrossniau French. H "The Administration also was very aux- B inns for joint Statehood for New Moxico aud B Arizona. Congressman French voted In tho HBVJ House against the measure. It passed the pBVJ House and came to tho Senate. Sonator HHVH Heyburn and I voted iu tho Scnato against joint Statehood for Arizona and New IH Mexico. I do not recall any other mtUrfl HftfJ I A of national importanoa or grail political i-iiiflranr.' whirl) rnm lind-ir Oinrri'mi. As to Bryan. ' I ropported Mr Bryan In 1898. mid in 1000 "ii iiln.r ormB pledging him find his party lo (ha arjactmant of juet moh lcgis '.llon n wns written ir t our 4WI during Uo lt sihion i f Oongrosi Praitdont Knosnvi'li is urging lha fory reform for which Mr Hrynn contended, and on aooonnt i which L ami en-iit many others in Matin, vrtid for Mr. Bryan, and dm aooount f which wo were kbnaad bl Ropubtloana. The RepubUoan party had alwayi opposed nd stood against the (toTurnmcnt control .'f corporation! nr.d ths gMal DOnopoliM Of lir- eOUntry. TheM trenl nonOpoltai con-relied con-relied the Republican party and dictated I policiet. Mr RoOlorall looll i -' "illl i'he leaders ef hi pnrt.i and gathered to him n-lf tli- support of nil the I ii-inocra I I ni.d rtibstantialty nil of the Republlcana. During ;he next session of OooCCOtS mid In biio ceding Oonaxostoe, if I Kara i iari I -hall vote consistentiv for whal Mr Bryan :md Mr. Roosevelt are oontonding n these lines of reform. I shall mokt cordially nnd "amestly kuipirt Mr. Bryan for President sain. knowing tlni! ha "ill iirr on the policial which lie h always advocated mid ihich President Boosovoll now advocates ''I voted ugiiiiibl Ula Philippine tiiruT bill l-ecaiiso I would nol rata to destroy the lieet augur Industry of the West. 1 have msde a somewhat close stun; of this quOs Mort and am satisfied that the heel sugar pdUCtry cannot compete with Oriental labor i the production of sugar. President ROOSS-I'ldt ROOSS-I'ldt will, almost certainly, insist on a r iion of the tariff in tho nrl Congress, When it oonai to a revision of the tariff t shall instil that nnr juSl nml equable duties he Ir-f t on Mir.sr. wool, lead ore and lumber. There arc no fraa Iradart In anj party now Free trade is an abkurdlty It sis ua n billion dollars jrear to run OUT iioveriimen t Tin money mnJtl be Collectod roni somebody. The easiest, most limpid va.v i to eollael it by the levying ol mriiT !n-ies. If it were not collected from tariff duties, it would have to be collected by tax mion upon the people directly Any parly rhlch would eavocetc dtract tivation to maintain the running expenses of our (Jo riiment would" be hooted out of existence. The tariff should be so adjusted ss to pro-'pet pro-'pet our laborers against cheap foreign laborers la-borers In rr.y judgment, and in thll 1 ni" 'a accord with the Democratic party, duties -hould he levied first on the raw material. There is more danger from the Republican party than there it- fro-ji the Democratic perly that the tariff will be taken off of the raw materials New England and especially Massachusetts, is clamoriLg for free hides i :md demanding a high duty n shoes and 'he manufactured produotl of hides. They are demanding free wool, although Insisting on a hifh duty on articles manufacl ured from vno) ; they are demanding reciprocity with I triads, and insisting that in the reciprocal .sreement with t'nnnda. Canadian lumber ind wool shall come Into thll country without with-out paying dutv If revision of the tariff does not come ir. President Roosevelt's administration, ad-ministration, if will come under President j rlryin. It has been 10 dearly proven that i is no longer denied, that our highly pro t acted Industries in many InitanCM are sell ig their manufactured products in foreign countries at a much lower p'-'ice than thy are selling the same article for at home We. Protect these gTeat combinations .from competition com-petition abroad by a prohibitive tariff and hey, being fafe from outside competition. I proceed through unlawful combinations. to sfifle and break down competition a' 00010, ir.d in consequence r-.rh mo&Opoly can. and does, charge the America people exorbli ar.tiy for the prodncta of their unjust!, pro tsetad foctoriei Demand for Tariff Reform ' The demand for tariff reform is so universal univer-sal and so just ths' i- will ronie. th- eame the railroad rate legislation came. If President Roosevelt advocates H and sends his mecsagp to Congress in fnvor 'if it and trivee for it as larneatl as he has for the jther reform, he will find 'he Democrats in Congress standing with h'm. I am of the opinion that if Bryan were President and he advocated those same measures, including ariff revision not only the Democrat, but 'ikewiBe the Republican-, would stand with him. The great monopolies which bsvS proWTS up on tr .,r.ial privileges granted c-rporaiions, and through excessive ir'T protection, are ao hurtful and pern:-eioue pern:-eioue thai the people are determiucd there -hall be reformation. I heiievn that the neople of the country are iti full accord in "heir determination to bring about th- reforms re-forms advocated so ably by Mr Bryan, and luring the lasr fongress. b President ItooseTOlt I am quit sure that ."senator Hey burn mad Congressman French would have eted if thev aid. in regard m railroad leg station, meat inspection, pure food. Philippine Philip-pine tariff and joint Statehood, if Mr Bryan instead of Mr. Roosevelt had been Prn dnt, and had advocated these measures. I am rure it makes no difference to mo who is President so far as. such legislation la con-emed. con-emed. If the President advocates what I believe in. and have always believed i ,- . I s glad to support hitn. "and If he urges legislation which I do not believe in I hare no hesitation in opposing him. "In looking over the "Ri-cord. I find that he Congressional delegation from Idaho sup ported the measures which were m ear harmony with the policies advocated by Mr. Bryan, and likewise by President Roosevelt There were but few exceptions and only one Of rauoh consequence and more or et national na-tional interest and scope. "I am in complete accord with President Roaaerelt in regard to forest reserve and ir rigation. have upheld him as strongly as possible in his effort for the reclamation of our arid lands and th preservation of our forests. T am not jn accord with Senator Kayburn and f'ongrcssman French in this. I 'hunk they were justified in opposing the President, as I did on the Philippine tariff ill and joint Statehood for New Mexico and Arson In ruy judgment, they hou!d fus lain him In his efforts to reclaim our barren noil and protect our liiable forest. The 1 President is undoubtedly right, and should I bo supported in his front and irrigation poh, -j We ihall probably discuss forestry mid "irrigation during the campaign, and I hell uphold the Praildont. it will not. however, become political laaua In the Htnte it will merely be a difference of opin" Ion between Senator Heyburn and OongrCii-man OongrCii-man French on the one hand and myealf oo the other, as to whether the policy advocated b) the Prealdenl li righl or wrong. Mormon Question in Politics, ' A v I Mated there are no very great ' difference ol opinion uiiioiig the people of i Idaho in r.-gard to any political issues There is orje question, h- wever, which is of vary greal concern to the people of Idaho The Uormon hierarchy Intendi to damlpate the politics of Idaho as it dominate! the politic , of 1'toh. Pohgamons living is u- common in Idaho as it is in I'tah, and new polyguin-1 polyguin-1 One marriages are being contracted in Idaho : as they are m i rnh 'Hie Democratic party n our last campaign demanded legieietion for the punishment of those liing in poly I gamy bo our Btafe, ami lawi to mirb the po- ; lltical power of the hierarchy. The Mormoni I In Idaho voted against the pnriy which In lilted thai such laws should be enacted The Republicani promlaed on the itump thai they would puss adeqnate laws if given the power. They failed moal miaerably w redeem re-deem (his promise. The Democratic party will again demand in the State convention that there be a complete leparation of state and church In our politics, and Ihnt thOlfl living in polygamy, and th'-s" who are bring ing children into the world 'coptrnrv to the laws of God nnd man' shall he punished. " s there will he no political issues to disturb our people. 1 am inclined to think they will pay closer attention to this Mor mon menace ' This qUaatiOU of Mormon doffl ination In our politics overshadows all others, and I am hopeful that ihe people of Idaho will make i' plain bj their vote, this foil that they will no longer tolerate the dictation of the hierarchy In our political affairs. As to Smoot Case. "Mow abOUl the Smoot easel" "The condition of the Stnool case is entirely en-tirely letllfaotory to every one who desires 10 pul an end to polygamous living among the Mormons and to destroy the political power of tho higher hierarchy. To those who aro making the fight with this olm, the situation could not be better Tho Commit tee on Privileges and K.lection of the Sen-at, Sen-at, after hearing all the teitlmony inede a majority report against, the Apostle, which i unanswerable This committee consists of thirteen members, eight of whom were agoinM Smoot and five for him The chair man of the committee. Senator Burrows of Michigan. Senators Dolliver of Iowa. Pettus of Alabama, Bailey of Texas. Overman of North Carolina and Frarier of Tennessee and myielf Mgned the majority report while Senators I orakor of Ohio, Knox of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, Hopkins of Illinois. Beveridge of Indiana In-diana and Dillingham of Vermont signed the minority report 3ornfor Depew of New York who was obsnnt on account of illness, sent ,i written communication to the chair nmn that. h was against the Apostle's re-taintng re-taintng his seat, but by the conseut of all, nil vote III not recorded. 'Smoot will bo turned out on two grounds First. Beacuse he is one of the governing powers of the Movmon organ lea tion. and he is one of the higher hierorcliT which dominates the Mormon people in poll- tics and makes a close union of church and i stale wherever they control. Second. Because the Mormon church ia I a polygamous institution and Reed Siuoot, as an oposilo of the organization, is directly 1 responsible for the continuation of polygamous polyg-amous practices and the contracting of new polygamous relations, and thus become not oniv sponsor but responsible for violations of law. "The fact that Joseph F Smith, the pnlyg i :v us president of the church and Ked BmOOt, the apostle, both testified that Reed Smoot. under the rules of tha orgiiiixat.on, was required to receive and did receive the QOnient Of the nreaiden! Of the church before he could become a candidate fOT the United StatM Senate, practically settled the case. 1 lie does not have to secure the consent j j of his constituents and he is not responsible to his ConatitneSte, If he should perform i I his duties as a Senator la a manner satis- ' 1 factory to his constituents, but not to the president of the church, the president of the j church would refuse his consent for the I Apostle Senator to become n candidate for I the Senate to succeed himself. The testimony testi-mony of the president of the church, of Brignam H. Young, and of all those in authority au-thority was plain and distinct that the J president of the church gave his consent to ' ; r,ii one person to beenme a candidate for : any one office at the same lection The testimony tes-timony was especially plain and distinct tha' no one had ever bjen defeated, either for nomination or for election for an oflic when the president of the church had given his COnaanl 10 the individual to become a candidate can-didate The testimony w-as just as conrinc lag that no one had ev-r been elected to on j office af'er the president of the church had refused hia consent to that individual to he- come a candidate for the office Polygamous Institution. "That tho Mormon organization is a polygamous institution is abundantly proved. ! 'Some Senators belire that on eonstlfu tion a grounds Reed fimoot must be expelled and s resolution to expel him will, no ooubt. I be introduced It will require a two-thlrdl vote to expel hiui. I sm inclined to think that twe thirds of the Senate will so vote If the necessary two-thirds should be lack ing. however, the Senate would then vote on j tho resolution now pending in the Senate, i which was reported by the majority of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Eke tioni and which reads ss follows: " 'Resolved. That Reed Smoot is not en titled to a seat as a Senator of the I nited StatM from the State of I'tah ' "It requires a majority of the Senate only to pass this resolution, which would make i ! acont the seat now occupied hy Apostle 1 SmOOt. This vacancy, under tho precedent I of the Senate in kindred cases, would re main unfilled until the Legislature of Utah makes another election. "I am positive that a majority of the Son c.to will voto to declare tho seot vacant if tho necessary two thirds do not expel. "Other legislation of a national character to separate church und statu in politics, and to eradicate polygamy and pnlj puiuoiis liv ing, will follow the unseating of Apostlo Smoot. Smoot Playing Desperate Game. "I cannot help but admire tho ingenuity and 'he versatility of the npoitlc lie is I playing a tleiporatC game for high itakt I I and is playing it exceedingly wall from 1 i . standpoint lie fails, however, I think, to glte those who are opposed to what he repre I sonts credit f'T luflclenl intelligence. He aaeuroj the polltiolani at Washington, for I Instance that the UormOft people will resent any harm which might ctinie to hiui, and thai those politicians and the party to which thev belong would ie destroyed politloalb where er the Mormons have control lie j makes it an antirelj pi'litioal question in W ashington nnd stands iquarely on his rights as u Republican United Btatea Senator elect cd by free and independent Republican!, "As soon as he return;! to I'tah he care fully Lay I away hi"- Senatorial toa and puis on the robes of an apostlo of the Mormon church As an apostle he goes among his people, at their conferences at meeting' of their various quorums, and assures them that they are heiiiK persecuted on account of their religion; that this is nothing new. that theirs is the only true faith, that their teach Ingl in the rock of safety for the faithful I and for the Republic nnd admonishes them in fh name of tho Lord "to continue in the future as tlni- have m the past to 'acoopl eounfel,' 'obey their leaders. and nil will be well Will Call Up Smoot Case Senator Burrows gave notice just before Congress adjourned that hi would call the Smoot case u)i foC consideration on the first day of the next session, which convenes ' on Monday. December 3 i had ft long eon fennel with Senator Hurrows last Priday in Philadelphia When he calls the case up he will make the opening speech against BmOOl I probably will make the closing : speech Senators who desire to take part in the debate will be ready, and It is the intention of all those against and those m favor of Smoot, alike, to vote on tho case before the Christinas holidays " |
