Show MORMONS IN IlliNOIS CONDEMN REED SMOOT CHICAGO Nov 18 The The Tribune Tribuna says United States Senator Hopkins will try to forget the tho last time timo he discussed the tho Reed Smoot case in a Mormon com corn This was last Friday night at ata ata a a. dinner he atten attended ed at Piano Plano Ill IU an anold anold anold old stamping ground of tho Latter Day Saints Salute Some time ago ao Postmaster George Geore Faxon invited the te senator to address the tho members and guests of the s club on the United States Senator Smoot charge of polygamy The senator who opposed the sion accepted with alacrity Piano with its old stone Mormon church seemed to offer as safe a proposition as could be desired The dinner attended 1 5 was by bJ persons per per- Sons sons Senator Hopkins made a len lengthy th address reviewing n the part he ho took in inthe inthe inthe the successful opposition to the expulsion expulsion sion of Smoot At its close Dr I. I E E. Bennett president of the club called on Elder EJder Cooper leader of the local church of the tho Latter Latter-Da Saints for a fow remarks They're Against Smoot In the thc course of an hours hour's talk Elder Cooper made it apparent that the position position position tion of Senator Hopkins in defending Smoot was disapproved by the Piano Mormons who disavow pol polygamy am He lh pitched into tho the senator no so acrimoniously acri acri- that the latter lost his temper temper tem tern per and called the elder a bi bigot ot After a heated colloquy the st senator was induced to withdraw this appella appella- tion |