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Show ity a political government, to overthrow all other governments. - , Reed Smoot from birth has been a faithful subject sub-ject of this kingdom; he is still. . Since he has been in the Senate, he has used the power of this system sys-tem to name and have elected to office members of It, and he holds himself today subject to any command com-mand that may be made him by the head of it It needs no gift of prophecy to know where he stands. t - -- SMOOrS ATTORNEY. Mr. Worthington is not a profound lawyer. At least if he is, it has only been of late that he acquired ac-quired fame as such. However, he made an ingeni- otis argument in behalf of Mr. Smoot. The point he dwelt most upon was. that no matter whether Apos-! Apos-! tie Smoot got into the Senate by the door, through a window or shinned down the dome, being there, it would require a two-thirds vote to fire him out. ' Of course, if that is true,, then in case a French count,- an English baron or an Irish lord were to j come to New York, in disguise, obtain naturalization naturaliza-tion papers by purchase, and be elected to Congress, Con-gress, he could not be dropped from the rolls as an alien, but would have to be fired out by a two-thirds vote. ' But that is not of much consequence. If . two-thirds two-thirds of the Senate, on the final arguments, do not ! decide that Mr. Smoot has no place there,- why, let i him remain. . ':' But Mr. Worthington presented one statement which must have taxed his self-control as nothing 'else ever did, when he said,' without a smile, that the president of the church was always under con-trol con-trol of the apostles and the reason of the una-. una-. nimity of the people was because the chiefs always kept their ears close to the ground and kept in touch with, the desires of the people. And further, that if any attempt by the chiefs to re-establish polygamy' polyg-amy' were to be made, they would be voted down. But that is what was practically done a year ago, for the' people were asked to confirm apostles who ; have taken new wives since the manifesto and there ' ; were but two or three hands raised in protest. And ' that rote has never been reversed. It is the rule " now.- ' v '. ' ' ' Again. Mr. Worthington held that there was i nothing in the Constitution to prevent a church as a church from engaging in politics. The very pre-; pre-; amble to the Constitution forbids it, for it tells that ' the object of the Constitution is "to establish justice, jus-tice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the ' common. defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of Liberty." And when a trea-' trea-' sonable organization, bent on the overthrow of free . , institutions, combines to build up Its power, no I matter whether it calls itself a church or anything else, it certainly cannot prevent the Republic from self-defense. Mr. Worthington defends the Mormon church . courts, but has nothing to say about their power to - reverse a case already decided in a Federal court, Lwhich in itself is enough to show the inherent trea-: trea-: son of this organization. , In. conclusion Mr. Worthington thought that no one could tell if Senator Smoot. took the oath of - office with a mental reservation without dissecting ; his brain. . ; ' ' - There is a much easier way. First, Mr.-Smoot, , on pain of being damned, long ago gave his allegi- ance to the Mormon church. That allegiance Was ; emphasized by a blood-curdling oath. The Mormon church is notmerely a system dealing with the souls of men and women, but is as much a temporal kingdom king-dom as is the kingdom of Spain or Norway. More, it is founded on the assumption that its head is the very vicegerent on earth of Almighty God; that he i3 the only legitimate sovereign on earth; that all , ctLcr governments are usurpations, and that it is i ' ? A ' ' i $ t ilia so-called creed, which is ia real |