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Show which they are in no way responsible their heretofore hereto-fore unquestioned right to hold a seat in Congress when elected thereto, should be jeopardized if not actually bartered away. "It would be most unfortunate if Congress should happily, it is not probable that Congress will act upcfn the ill-advised and incorrect utterance of Senator Sen-ator Smoot, and forbid a seat to Howell or King, even if the Senator himself shall be excluded." Must All Suffer for Sins of Laders? It is unjust to argue that every .Mormon in Utah should be disfranchised and debarred from holding Federal office on account of the actions of Apostle Smoot and of church leaders who are violating the laws and are defying the courts and State Government Gov-ernment of Utah. There are many members of thp Mormon church in this State who condemn in the strongest terms the lawlessness of the law-breakers who are directing direct-ing the policy of their church, but who are powerless power-less to change the order of things. These Mormons, especially the younger element; believe in obeying the law. jThey are not polygamists and do not believe be-lieve in the plural wife system. : They do not indorse the political policies of .the heads of the church. But it has meant ruin in more than one way to rebel. , Former Senator Frank Cannon, who was described de-scribed by President Smith as a "poor Mormon," says on this point: "The utterance of the Chicago Tribune is not far from an average of the comments of leading newspapers news-papers on the Smoot case. It contains, however, one paragraph so startling in sentiment as to entitle It to special consideration. That paragraph is emphasized em-phasized in order to call the reader's attention to the particular point. " 'To the end that no member of the Mormon church, whether polygamist or not, will be permitted permit-ted to hold a seat in Congress.' "Thus says the Chicago Tribune. And now recurs re-curs the" fatal effect of the declaration made publicly pub-licly by enator Smoot some weeks ago that if he could be expelled any or every other Mormon could also be deprived of a seat. "It Is most deplorable that leading papers and public men should have so suddenly adopted Senator Sena-tor Smoot's view. It must be annoying to men like Congressman Ilowell and Hon. W. II. King to find that through the words and actions of another for -. i ' i - i '! 1 ' |