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Show Sl.iOOT WILL LOSE SEAT, - ! IS WASHINGTON OPINION TEBJUELE CHESS OF DOMINATION' . THREATENS COUNTRY. I "The South-has 1U negro prob- 0 lem. Other part of the country have local questions of their own, which ther consider of far-reach- - Ins; importance. But let me tell you that the solution of the Mormon problem must be mad here and now, or the whole country will suffer and the foundation of Its government be weakened. Before this hearing Is concluded the coun- try will learn that the States of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and, to a large degree, Colorado and Oregon are threatened with a terrible curse likely to spread beyond the West and Southwest unless it la, checked." SENATOR DUBOIS Of IDAHO. - Predicted that All Members Mem-bers of Committee" Will ' Eventually BeJBpposed to Utah Senator. -- ' - -. : PHILADELPHIA, March 14. A "Washington special to : the Inquirer says: It Is In the atmosphere that Reed Smoot will not be allowed to retain re-tain his seat in the United States Sen-.' Sen-.' ate. -J -i" ' The 'revelations of President Joseph " P. Smith of the Mormon church, which in the; last few days have been styled - by Senators and Representatives as both brazen and vulgar, have turned) the ' tide. One Senator after another on the committee has deserted the Smoot cause.: The question is now very much broader and deeper than mere politics . and strikes directly at the roots of government. gov-ernment. ' ' Senator. Dubois of Idaho, a member of thjj committee now trying the Smoot vcase. expressed the deepest feeling on the Mormon question. Mr. Dubois emphatically em-phatically said that he did not now con-, rider Jt a political question. ; .Would Oust Smoot on. Principle. "It js far more Important to me and the people of my State,"" he continued, "that I Reed Smoot -should be denied a seat in the United States Senate on the question of a great principle. I would rather have this Ione than be assured that a Democrat would be elected to the Senate for forty years to come. We wish to be relieved of the thraldom of this hierarchy. It enters into every relation re-lation of life, business, political, social and moral. - It is a drawback to the civilization of the community, a constant con-stant I threat to its social and political progress and a menace to popular government gov-ernment itself. Polygamy is, of course, an important phase of the quection to T be considered, and it enables us perhaps ' I . more than any other to make this fight. w ' But after all. it ia only an incident among the great dangers of the Mormon hierarchy." "Do you consider th expulsion of B. II. Roberts from the House of Repre-. Repre-. sentatlves a direct precedent for the case of Reed Smoot?" was asked. ' The Question Involved. . "I io." the Senator replied. "In the . case bf Roberts it was proved that he was practicing polygamy, and this might have had a dirtct effect on the if suit. But the present question Is only a bit broader in that we are seeking to establish a principle that no man who ' 13 a high officer in a church which countenances coun-tenances polygamy should be allowed to a seat in each branch of Congress. The same general principle is involved, and. therefore, the Roberts case should operate as a precedent. Whether or not Keed; Smoot . actually practices polyg- , amy lis not the important question so long as he Is an apostle In the Mormon thurch, which has encouraged this practice prac-tice and which in other relations of life i. a menace to any community.'' The prediction Is made that before the bearings are concluded the entire Committee Com-mittee of Privileges and Elections will be opposed to the retention of Mr. Emoot. Senators Foraker, Dillingham and .Beveridge. by their questions, are the :only members of the committee who have in the last few days Indicated Indi-cated any sympathy for Smoot. All of the Democratic members and .the other " Republicans are supposed to be in opposition op-position to him In view of the revela-tione revela-tione of President Smith. . . EXPULSION-VIBTUALLY ASSUEED, ACCORDING TO VIEW OF MRS. SCHOFT. PHILADELPHIA, March 14. "Shocking as are the admissions that have been drawn from Prophet Smith, there are worse stories to come," said Mrsj Frederic Schoff. chairman of the committee of the women's organizations who are fighting for the unseating of Senator Smoot. "The expulsion of Reed Smoot Is now virtually assured, but that Is only an In-olden In-olden t of our fight on polygamy. We have mode it a means for bringing forth the j truth before all the country. We were greatly afraid that he would re-W re-W vign and prevent the Senatorial inves-"f inves-"f tipation. "Some of the testimony our lawyers have to present is horrible, quite unfit to print, and even unfit to be heard were it not that the evil itself may cease. "We knew all this before we entered on the fight. We had learned by jer-sonnl jer-sonnl investigation and through the sworn testimony of other? just how bad the! actual condition of affairs was, and w e j knew that If something were not :one soon the sanctity of the home ihrcughout the whole country would be ' menaced. "We need the people's support now both morally and financially. They can aid by writing to their Senators and I ' Representatives and by sending money to aid in the work. We need money to pay our lawyers and to pay the trans- ! portatlon of witnesses. Now is the time j to crush out polygamy, and we intend J to do it before the tiyht is over. "Let those who wifh to aid send their i hcks to Mrs. Teunfs Hamlin. 1316 Con-n-ticut avenue, Washington, D. C. Thus far the women have borne all the xptnfe. Now, I think It is only fair that the men ehould aid. "The Americans In Salt Lake City are doing their part nobly. Tou know the Mormons do not call themselves Americans; they apply that appellation to ell who are not Mormons. , "One of our troubles now its that many of the Mormons who were to be fvbpoenaed have fled the country or are in hiding. There is enough other testimony, however, to accomplish the purpose." Mrs. Schoflf Is the president of the-National the-National Union of Women's Organizations Organiza-tions and chairman of the committee that secured the trial of Senator Smoot. |