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Show ROBERTS WILL BE SEATED. Under tho bending, "Don't Got Hysterical," Hys-terical," tho Wash I rig ton Post has an editorial on tho question of the smiling t Cougri'ssmau-eli'cl 11. II. Roberts which fully treats of Hie absurd claim made by tho partisan opponents of Utah's honored citizen. In tho course of tho editorial tho Post 8 iyst Congress will not expel or rcfuo to sent liny Senator or Reoresi'iilallvc .bfiti'lng proper credentials bucausc he belongs to "the Mormon chinch" "tho Church of Jesus Christ of Liiltnr-day Liiltnr-day Saints." Congress never inquires and has no business lo inquire what ehurch nil applicant for a seat boloogs to, or whether he has any rellglmi whatever. Its doors are wide opon to men of nil crei'ds or men of no un cd; to the devout linllcvet' lu Chrl't, or to the Ifitlilel Atheists, deiils and ag-noslles ag-noslles sll'sldc by Nido In Senato and lloii-n. Ono of the greatest of our Presidents, a statesman and patriot whom all Americans respectund whom tho Louisville Kvenlng Post regards with an almost Idoluttoui veneration, held views on religion' vcy much like Ihosn of the author of "Tho Ago of Reason." Ifveryono admits thnt Congress has tho power to hear charges against any member nnd to expel such member by n two-thlnlg vote, but no one who watches tho course of Congress or con slders the political complexion of the House believes that such action In the case of Roberts Is oven a possibility, Tho light ng.tinst our Congressman-elect Congressman-elect Iikb developed Into solely a partisan parti-san contest and even those who In tho start claimed their opposition on purely moral grounds have largely forgotten for-gotten tho moral phnzo for tho partisan parti-san sldo of thu question. The Post also Btatos a truth when It says: Congress has nothing to do with Mormonlsm In ntty State. Tho d iy tvhen Utah ceased to bo a Territory the right of Congress to Interfere with the religious or Irreligious beliefs of her citizens terminated foruvor. Referring to tho claim being mado that the people of the Mormon church bavo again takcy uj polygamy in violation vio-lation of tho pledges mado before Statehood, wo aro plensed lo noto that Utah has a friend in tho Post, which couoludes lis article ns follows: Tho Post has more faith than many of Its contemporaries In tho progressive force of our civilization, It does not belluvo that the polygamy tonel, form-allv form-allv dropped out of tho Mormon creed, wl l over bo put back. It does not be. jtove that polygamous marriages nre now contracted lu Utnh. And lldxcs firmly and wlir. great cheerfulness bo-llovo bo-llovo thai Christian civlllzitlon Is not novo mat unnsuan civuizition is not , going to suffer a knockout nt tho hands of nny sect or religion. If the churches of tho United States believe there Is danger lu Utah. It Is for ihuui to avert It. Tho United Slates govern-niontiiurronilernd govern-niontiiurronilernd Its right t dibtate to tho Moimons in Uinli whon it. ad mltted her Into the family of States. To the Fe.dur.il eyo ull churches lu tho Slates look alike. |