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Show fnBiKSE iSEMTErELECnOHLeOiKnEE President Rooseyelt Gets j Off a Me at the Ex-I Ex-I :, ipensc of.the New Sen-! Sen-! xatcr From Utah. : "WASHINGTON, Feb.'21. The protest, pro-test, made by citizens of Utah, the pro-teat pro-teat ; of. the National Christian league against -the seating; of Apostle Reedi Smoot in the United States Senate, and Mr, Smoot's certificate of election are nQWt.in the hands of, the Senate Committee Com-mittee on Privileges and Elections. Here the whole matter will rest until the convening of "the Fifty-eighth Congress,, Con-gress,, or until the calling of an extra session, should President Roosevelt decide de-cide to follow .'this, course. Another Protest'' Filed. :' Jr9 prbtestjof the National Christian I"tgue; tor - the . Promotion , of Social rarity against -the seating of Senator-eflect Senator-eflect Smoot recites that the Smoot case is one of greater difficulty than that of Brigham H. Roberts, tor the reason that Smoot while professing to be antl-1 antl-1 "polygamous, has. according to common I report., pledged .himself to uphold po-! po-! lygamy.- The . basis of the protest is ! ! the statement that a monogamies home and-family "is the' foundation of the , well-being (of: the State. Senatorrelect Smoot, in company with Representative-elect Howell, and Mr. Anderson; called upon the - President yesterday. "Mrl Roosevelt held a short private conference . with Mr. Smoot, which the Utah man afterward described de-scribed as extremely satisfactory. Luncheon In Senate Cafe. ' After the presentation of his credentials creden-tials by Senator Kearns, Smoot was introduced in-troduced to and shook hands with many of the Senators. Durlngthe afternoon af-ternoon he took luncheon in the Senate restaurant with Senators -Millard, Kearns and Rawlins. ZIon's Co-operative Mercantile Institution Insti-tution has entered the lists in support of Mr. Smoot's cause. It buys exten-" exten-" eively of wholesale merchants throughout through-out the United States, and these have been enlisted, to some extent, through a strong letter signed by President Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith. Vice-President George ' Romney. Secretary" Thomas G. Webber and Treasurer A. W. Carlson? also six directors of the Institution, Reed Smoot being one. This document, embodying - a strong defense of Smoot, is being forwarded for-warded to Senators from various States by wholesale merchants therein who . seW heavily to the Co-op. V? esident Springs a Joke. - Representative Alexander of Buffalo yesterday escorted a delegation of fifteen fif-teen ladies, all Daughters of the American Ameri-can Revolution delegates, to the White House to Introduce them to the President. Presi-dent. As the New York Congressman entered en-tered the President's office with the ladies la-dies filing after him. President Roosevelt Roose-velt surprised them by quickly stepping forward with the remark; ' "Senator Smoot believe me, I am glad to see you present me to your family." Congressman Alexander was so surprised sur-prised by this greeting and the chorus of laughter from the ladies that he for got the names of his friends and stood in confusion, while - the ladies , introduced intro-duced themselves. Anti-Mormon Sermon - - A strong anti-Mormon sermon was preached in the English Lutheran church of Washington ffcmday by the Rev.. A. W. Moot. In the course of his remarks he saidr ' "I do not expect to live to preach the funeral, sermon Of the Mormon chiirch, but I expect that the Church of Jesus Christ wilj rise up in my day and expose ex-pose the Immoral, vile teachings of that religion. I am confident that some day political parties will have the courage to stand for the-flag and to teach the Mormons what the flag means. The attitude at-titude of 'that church; as it knocks at the door of the Senate, indicates that it would knock until it is admitted everywhere.- Of one thing I am sure in future fu-ture Mormonism will have no. place except ex-cept in darkest Africa or some island of the sea." Civil 'Service Examination. The Civil Service commission announces an-nounces that examinations will be held .at. sait Lake City. Ogden, Boise and Ofeyenne on-March 31st for the position ofbaker (female) in the Pawnee school, Oklahoma, at a salary of $400 per. annum, an-num, and on April 7th for the position of nurse- (female) in the Seger school, Oklahoma, at a salary of $600 per aji-num. aji-num. Full information can be obtained by addressing the Civil Service commission, commis-sion, Washington. . |