Show 1 SEN SENATOR ATOR SMART it j stupid of Sena S ma It was extremely t tor or Smart to cite the ns of his reason why wily legislature legislature legis legis- hurch church as a own o wn o tax an income lature should pass fantastic and It It was s preposterous re tried to prove an income he ho when h comparing it with the tax divine by p payment a Yn lent of to his church That That Th t ho he waS was rebuked by fellow of his own members s solons lons who are church is gratifying because it reveals reveals re- re the disposition of all right- right thinking to escape a revival of religious antagonism in politics No one wants political division along religious ous lines and yet many people are are arc talking about a third party like the good old American party 1 It would be a deplorable outcome 0 of f our golden g olden era of good feeling ii it reli religious g ions issues should become the tale warp and w woof of o of of- p political cam cam- p signs Division of that kind hurts in man many many y ways ways' A a state or a community that is divided on religious lines line cannot prosper permanently permanently per per- in a business wa way Y Tle commercial as well as the social anc ant political machinery is in confusion and progress pro ess is retarded If we are to get along together wisely we must not hesitate to condemn con cen mn de-mn too pernicious religiosity of of those who can not keep their own church or its doctrines out of polL pelf poli tics ti s. s before Senator Smart of of- fended When the tobacco bill was being discussed ho he cited the sacred writings of his church to demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- strate strafe that tobacco was good only as asa asa a for animals The implication in both of his speeches was that the particular he favored should be enacted enacted enacted en- en en en- acted into law beaus because e eto it conformed conformed to the teachings of his leis church And the fact that he holds a 11 high ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ec ec- position tended to c confirm confirm con con- n- n firm voters of other faiths in their belief that he was speaking for the higher authorities of his church It was a consummation tio devoutly Y to be wished that some som e of the th e legislators le leg leg- fi s of his own faith should call him to account and all of us can rejoice rejoice rei re- re i joice that they performed such an 1 essential task The The Citizen |