| Show OJ qt r SPEECH I i ON SMOOT CASE CASEI CASEd d 4 I JI jt i JI i Able Opposing 1 tion Reported Against Senior J I ii Utah Senator I KEARNS CROWD DONT LIKE KE IT ITt ITi ITI t i I nn Ive lofts 1011 i heH J I U Is full ot of the able or nt Hon C Knox I Unit ell iI now from jO In thu I 1 bol tO III which Wbk be on Feb H 14 It luis 1111 made hl If I ero crowd thu country and lia gIven them themI I III they try ITY 10 ti think ut u the News will up UI upI I 1 I It fl In hR 1111 entirety 1111 1 thu Ihus It ItIs Itis I Is reproduced 11 r Knox Mr lIr Ir fhe of Dr Utah Ulah I I iti Il stIlle J b tion or of Ij d Jan i 1 29 21 t l that Blat L 76 territory having J b Jj j 1 i the ot us ot of Nov NovA ov A j 18 fullY 1 the teroW ot at oty y l t t enabling net or of JulY J 1 net act stated 07 which Utah Ulah ho I the upon le Into the tho UnIon s h l att ct the thel I of Utah on It l t Ilsa au without ut if f the nl nail t tIu popo people o of Haiti providing tl t pct ICI feet teel toleration ot or hall be Ild hut no II be molested In of vcr IJ person 1 ot or property tn on ot of or her hel ot O Pta Ito 11 or miu 1 00 orver hla Wi the Iho the oC the of Utah and and the Iho tl the Whirl ti or their heln benefit the wa u 1 a concerning I Lt the Mormon UI 10 h Mar mon vere to 10 It Ing at 1 Otherwise they thoy were 1101 I 0 be about on 1111 were vI f not flot lu hl to he cl I rho dt dl Of theIr Was as lot required Utah UH ott lerms l 01 CIU with the thc oilier states Iy by reason ot at the It bed hod to be Sie She Is bluer to 1101 In Inthe the ihie I II 1 tI aH J I J upon I it II WItH the irrevocable fI Perfect tol 1101 lt of and ira Iro 1 I I a g was elected to it the ot t II hi t the senate clat 1 Tile tittO O is 18 nol now to him III the state tte o of one ot Of Is Its Jin Cun It do doun 10 un It hila Ih ti but onh as C e 1 IH bower to tn refuse i t 11 ill UI 01 the Iho lelU o e to fy all Q or ul cli Utah ha Pot not the 10 0 ls Its rl right hl 1 to but thIs tact fact 1 to the Iho ot at the IU sell ute tI JU when the tho right oft lo I IB B choIce II hi t n It nI lila tho ho he hei I 1 nOI i hIl than Ing Powers powers I cad and the tho would confirm or Dr DrI I refuse to Ilch nominations This Is nut not t the 11 pre I I olce ot of tite Hn ate ateI I nut But tile the Senator antI and whY 10 lie should lot not ho bo ox ex fur O In the lo 01 r re 1 lilon lol The ordinance ex x IWO pressy ly Jill with Whit In I relIgious toleration In thu tho HUlle of Utah JI ic should not ho bo c ec 11 lcd for or n a at 01 ot of the Mormon fOl or th the sanie rc rca lIe Hc not b he expelled for or WI hi oC It ICI violated by Mormons continuing polyp relations with lh Senn tar loOtS J V lIe In ti for Utah belul being Ignorant nC If the Iho clentel elected him tIlt tho uld tInt ha In nut alit or of Il its way n to respect Ol the formerly viii 11 of loh lohr r Id 11 I ii I I s iii tY I go I list foil S b by Us litter ex cx wil will In lt his For I t ShoUld ho he IJ be cx uni 1114 Utah he be ot of it IL ote Ii I It fOE tOr his or 01 to toor toor Jaw or the violation of federal II Ill 11 II law against III ii lily or Jol amols relations applicable ho lOW lInt Ulal Utah II i f a state and tho she WUK S ted to ot of stales I It was a Imol known that there would I Ihil coulT bt be 1011 Wi r I Id 11 son aen ft rID sino t It is IH lie he Is In this that 01 It of his bill 11 hl wih with several before IL llio COil cnn to 10 do so o ald that lie or Of them ni Ai embers ot of a v II nil I t tn ho he Is Isu u LI aut thi lollon Is IsI II I disloyal to 10 lur our nhi wi vii I h I 14 10 Ii obey Jay II r Ihl lIEi vides 11 be tile Iho Cf It tile tho qualificatIons or of Its a I ip of oe be lenol 0 alit 1 ii ha 01 lInt It II thom I Till hl otist Itu I Ion is isI I lUlL it II the he I I ot of t ii I I U I J I hl I I ly tl I I Ih 1110 lOst lt it Ii IX I dl 10 nut Lb 1011 III C lel wil viii ni itIl II is or Of ml ax ng n Li VOte Volo halI II Is 10 1 i to 10 Iho IHO 1110 b tl t hI I I titi LI I fore WI o 1111 VU hIm III 18 If of his ull ft tiP by LI a vote ot no lb wal at til o of hIs VOl 30 or of orf f jo 1111 nine 11 lILl 1 I II citizen I t the thu States when t 11 cli at itse I f olly onh y lieu I hUlls nal lii In Iho ho I I Ito I hall It 1111 I I I II lOt II Ill nUt 00 I 1010 I It t l IV to In til iia states Ihl or era not 01 l ugh 10 10 lj 1 LuLl to tolls I I 0 nm tl ny that Wil we cannot Ih tile Ju Jim of In tho nr ICI 1101 Ind did at therefore to Iii fur fOl thit Ih 11 01 is claIm 0 if right to In disapprove II is r 70 IVOl In 10 LIlly ruin rulo ot of 1 I I t 1 I lIt t II t IU aL the nt I thair rs irs hut but it II II is III I tO hl be i tt I s h coca UI 11 iii It url by Y I canon or 1 thum theory r A WIll tithes tile tho Ln Lii f 11 11 the history or of this tho ur of Iho I ho I lull n OM lu U t i I nf Ill I 1 OI t It II WIlS thin Iho I I lImit or of a Jh COl calI i loath 1 It tillIt tIle the bUttes tel ho tile tho f 11 I o Of Ihl the tei of I I I In 1 the Iho s to Ibis ou A IU bust t 11 U Years of I le nine YI TI 1 ol lh tIme titIe ald ni ItO or of tho all whIch fl I lO thc Ii 2 h by the tho ConStitUtIon the tho no art leC loft ili their right to 10 hoo t their senators II Thil This c nAt I or o n ft In anti nt itt least I it nt lit In Ilc the welfare or of the tho and state sinh J By another that to 10 the tho to I It ton t improper characters IW bY telf them Iy by 1 II you vot It If they tre lire guilty ot of crime or 01 gross 1081 tIn ProPriety their term ot of Mr ice Ico J I these reasons Ionson h because I Icon ICan con Can Oct the n a member for tOl I a hot ot within ono coo ot of thom them thomI Mi President 1 woUld h be tulsa to I the tIlO If of I state ot of hc 1101 history and the tho relations she hns su to 10 end Ir of th the govern moot ment It I failed to ratio my voice In protest nu all up Ull the tho reserved to thu Ihu 01 when sl silL 1 10 and un I the tho ot of th tho United SPites lon 1 WS r t to 10 take to Ih so pray Ih wUI he be tile tho to 10 RO no pry II In til th ot If In In this heresy herosy of oC to t Lull do to the 1 Of senators kindred 1 11 rod modern H or of COI con Thuu h perfection o or un under del der law wil ani b hO attained 11 11 the ho ConstItution elch or the lull 11 tta 1111 exerts 11 powe tO 10 th the for lor Ihl tile public the tho anti the hal creat d celsI to den deny nl leist I the Ind HOd tul exercise of the power ower 01 Ovel when thoe thele uro ure no to el en Ih undenIable ble reserved POW ISI Cl do for tOI the o of power h tho between wise 1111 designed I tO moet fleet the of DC modern 1111 leIlla demA 10 lc I saul upon the Iho fe It Ih the republic CO for 01 or porion at al when the people shall not he be vexed liy hy unnecessary legislation laton their daily ly and 11 normal ar arc h c oso IIRI less fomented d db b by all mill Just and of tho tinie which had hada 1 a dul dUe b have a rason reason for tor theIr mind shall have L IL luo due when their work Is h I 1 know iio In Il new ot of that begins to contain tilo tho to ou our involved In ill tito tho that a 1 lenn senator ot of the tho United States may Hilly Iw of hIs scot lio the ot of the tho that there thero UIO too doe trines taught or 01 have l taught to In tin Ih IO Past I I by church to 10 which Il lie belol s which that ma jOtt uoleVI belIeves tl ii he 0 II 01 have hae been dangerous us usI I it t II is n no n easy step after 11 the ono one oneil II il taken ot of I a mans religion to Inlo the noL and logical oni ot of lt 01 II a nl multi thOu ot of his because of ot at certain I 1 the same Jo be JI In ot It tl till In 1 LII lii In lS Ii is now ivah ell lilt OUI duty to 10 nih tile tho OUI Cor flail tho lt hf false t I Imo ot of no defect ill hI tho lOla Iule of the tho for which I Irn rn rUn I know mo ot of 10 caso It Itle does le not teach I can not see seo that IDY lilly lungel danger to the senate senat les lies II In the fac fact that an LI Improper cUll lot he without a vote I it I requires the tho unanimous VotO volo ot of n a jury jl to lo lL it of Dr crime it should require and Iho I iio hove It does require l a vote ote to eject a Ills poal ton of if and power to which Iw hi has hell by a 8 Th ot of do not In any n Wl tile Iho moral quality ot of aho thy they relate to fuels tue realm or of ethical consideration and ne o of 11 stab Properly enough al as no partisan an or r lous feeling coull could attach aci to an Issue I as to 10 or not IL a limo n n Is 30 years of ne ago hall had been I a citizen If of the Un United lIen States SItes anc and nn an Inhabitant of IL statu for tor thu periods prescribed the leellon decision o n to theIr cd lenci rests wih With 1 a ot of the he senate Whon however n a 1 is the upon nic ot of tile e or of n a s senator InE log II a ot of questions and In tl th favor ly bY Ih thu or of his state stalo In him tile Iho Uon I ii hol changed 1111 it t II Is to be per por performed formed Jy by tl tha caling fol for 18 Its proper exercise tho 1110 highest delicacy dIscretion In reviewing the action of another sovereignty If f I were wre asked to state the true Irue theol theory 4 Ihl tue Constitution upon this Ihl point r I unhesitatingly 1 sly 1111 First that thai tle Ito tInder Iskes to Prescribe Il morn or it nta Ilc lId irs In rC respect to 10 us I It does pre prescribe I Ithe tilt the h i I a voId judge ot of olst In eloh Ouch ca ease whether the queSton II Is I before or utter the senator hl has taken lakel his scat I That ne t nil matters Ice In Pig a 0 amoral or 01 menial tl tIC states Blate are tl to 10 the tho II In tile the first II subject however to 10 the power n If Ihl the 1111 to 10 reverse Judgment 1 n a vote ot of when an all II 11 11 x tends 1110 the hue Period of at senatorial sir H HIe vice Ie a nil lud It IL I lA Ca I a oll be made ath tue Iho hl lout If to Ihl tilts I It is 18 that It Ion con conI I tos t I ag n IL IllS 0 Inay hI lIe r f reply reilly that it II Is hardly proper to 10 adopt n IL rule of con 11 1111 action alon ti thIn Iho theory that the tho wi or In 10 the hue 8 I ii doe not to In mo iou to 10 he bo much to U a state It hUf deliberately anti elected IL II ator Ih thu fullest to t COl 1011 of hil II is I tS to 11 on 1 tile Unit o of the th 1111 tOs I lIt ide COn en 1 duct u by 11 it Iho iv VI In ti tile od In 11 h iN H Karll Smoot al all 11 agreed he in IH I it o of 1111 character ven con tonal 18 us ii or of t tb I What Ih n II Is till charge e him 1 W Si IY th or Ih r nt itt to go rOll I Il It I is only this II lit la is I ii I I omi officer ot of the nothing more There I iS 10 tiC other chalo All oilier brought 1 hn 1 charI of tile tho Cs nr are In or nr grew lt el lii I 1101 one of that thai II IS n Ii lorron thi oune to the ot of tho that Church Clearly hunt In cnn can not nol dl disqualify him 1 In thIS govern Mr J JUstice Story Saul fluent where as Ial a and the tile Ie rho 0 Calvinist 1111 lt the the Jew and the flit down at the or of Ihl the an any nto their faith or plod mod or of It is ellI that the MormOn Church Is It theocracy 0 a hierarchy a of 01 prieSts claiming to rule divine authority In tern tem hy maler ly ns As wel well an aa whom ni nil Its ohe I oven to the to thu laws of the tho land It if they shOUld with ench other Mormons allegiance Is lits that to his Church nOd and secondly to 10 hi lint the Ow or At God hod as asit s sIt It Is is the tho only nl legal I govern government ment Ihl that cnn can cist lal In ill OIlY part o Of Ihl the universe and that ni nil oIlier r govern sovern mont sure Illegal and unauthorized nOd Smoot beIng 1 a member and un nn ot of tills this Is 1 thereby and yield Ild ohiO obe to the tho dictates or of his Church to thO ot of the land alOt therefore Is not nud cal can not b be u a loyal cl u If of the United States and 1011 colt ill hOt to 10 sit a LB a of the tho United States One o hO borne In mind In n with these alms ald nod that thatIs wih Is we are aN to take tak 1110 ne onlY th the Mormon Church IN teach In today lodor Ind not what It laughl tIll did tO 10 years UN ago Now w la 15 It truo true that must obey the hue Church Oln to the or of the In law o of land that thata n a Mormons nee is s fr first t to his Church Chuch and to his countr countr 11 that us U Mr lr Smoot would oho obey the of his Church rather ruther than the tho II innS W o of the he lund lundI I 1 again 18 1 this Irle true For I II It I it II is Senator Smoot should huld 10 ha his hiM country countr for Cor dIsloyalty to 10 al hy by the tact fact of i l higher alel alice rlee Of at course Mr President no Ole One Is enough tl U ask Mk the tho to 10 these charge to be true rue 01 or to o ask us to deprive Utah of If her senator iii they nrc proven II tO tIe be ue I It would In III reSpect ot of of this that the tho could be euti ly h old and provell If IC true because of tIu th nature of oC the the publicity that would he be mci Inci Incident dent to Its ItH I If you want to krio ai as to the he lo loyal loyalty nl t ty ot of I it great grent numMI or of people organ organized un an ho body whose Iro ale promulgated and whose be dal daIly It to 10 1110 tho th obvioUs way tO 10 nS tile would ou be to 10 exam examIne Inc Ine their and search Into theIr nets nels Their und their acts I ought to the best ot of which the caso In Itt Its Is 18 susceptIble susceptible Ible I ii ought to lIe te VC very el euSY to Ir If the Mormon Church requires a me mehel menu her hel to 10 obe obey Is its law than the tho 1 bit bitof of the land and to I f It II re l a Mormon senator or 01 other pUb hI his judg 11 Ito officer to 10 fluent ment to 10 church thIng to do II 11 such n it case II is to 10 thu ot of the tho Church as ate alC tt no promulGated jd und if IC you hind they teach no such as Is but quito to 10 the contrary thou It If dubIous tile steil would seem t to he be to look over the rca ree o of the wile who hare served Utah o her admission lon af as I a Itle state It if tuch sUcil disloyalty can be shown nO as I a fact A thud be taken for Cor th the benell benefit ot of those who ho InsIst up Ih the ut utmost Utmost most absence of nay legal proof that Is to 10 subJect each MOlIon Mormon officer I ii inquisition Ut us to lO lOhi hi his mental state ot of I these to 10 alt tents I 1 Now ow how tOCO the Church this duty ot of to the coon try 11 In Its d und rove reve revelations lations I fInd upon an examination ot of the o of Faith ot of the Church anti I its Hook ot of Doctrines anti Cove that tile Mormon re hating t tO human governments anti and the tho rule duties ot of citizenship is 15 lt set out In Ill great d detail al quote Church of t Faith Ko Io 1 Wo we being subject to kings oll anti magistrates lit In honorIng and sustaining tile the lu Also front tho Doctrine C Cove ve Jage pages verses 1 1 to i 11 I 1 e hulle believe that were Instituted Ad of oC God GI for jr Iha hent ft fit ot lIt luau nUl that lie He m n accountable tor br their ads In relation to them either In matting Insor laws or them for tor the good and safety of society 2 We Ve lelce believe that no nD can exist In ill pence peace except such laws lairs are framed held Inviolate as wi still secure to 10 each ach individual the Iho trIo free ex cx ercla ot of conscience the tight rIght anul con contra control tra of PropertY anil the of Dr life a we 1 that thal 11 all governments necessarIly require cIvi antI ma magistrates to enforce the lInn laws of lIla samoa and that such tl Is trill J administer hue Iho 11 mw In iii equity anti and justice should b sought for tor and upheld b by the voice ot of tile tite people sovereign If a republic or the wi wiil of Dr 4 We Vo believe that religion is 15 tut tilted I of Goo Goi anti that len men aro amen abla to 10 him and to Hm only for tor tIll the exercise of It unless their religious opinions prompt theta to 10 infringe upon Ullon IhA tim rights and liberties ot of others hut we do not bellevo that but al has 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