| Show I I i j I THEY SEE TIlE THE POINT I sentiment n II by ly b to 10 be hr op 01 crl to the methods lA recoiled to 10 by b a tl ty nt ot the 1111 th on Oil privileges 0 iid lou lo to t a I Senator Heed from 1001 th upper i tJ of C l Thi hr re appears nr how hol ver r to 10 bo a It general c nM to hn action of or o the committee In III the tho then thel l I case n l While It hns iA been Inti 1 that thit I I ht of ct it the committee wore wrt ready eniy to o voto II I II t Senators i i md inI five In favor of ot Ji Jt notion ActIon linn lIali lin brett been bl postponed until Maj It In IS on nit n a 1 resolution Introduced by Senator l Jett if n ii vote sot I by h the committee on 1 it hero Ihne e I III no ito certainty as II iu to the position will vII be l 1 by b Mii hi Ii IiII II member With ibis explanation wo ID w reproduce nn nil which In III tho Boston Herald Ih at 1111 ti follow i Tho action of the committee c cun L on un et In thu Iho rase ot of n Smoot wilt will 11 surprise ninny mAny who Mho ho have havo ha tried Irl 11 lo to keep k I track or nf tho the proceedings A mn ma 1 jort of oC those tho e we think Imd come lo to lotho 1 tot 1 tho t ho opinion t ton Hint t Ii 1 t he M Ii C would not Iu t bo be III 1 I In to hi hl bug place till lit commit committee I tee tro would take Ink no Jl decisive 11 tHIo unfavorable action Th matter r ban in dragged along alongi i In III committee for fol more than three I irs irso Bomo o ti io who wele e i v members in of lit the tho com I ti e when li ii the lie I fist t of or bin Ii I 9 t cation wn tiK referred to III It II left I tt It II Th ThO III In flor of I his hili expulsion was WAil wa S to 10 K p IP Ir io charge of M personal tic t of polygamy him nud the iho theroun I roun I of or the decision b ho bo that Uw of ot his hili ht oath of or to In tho Ih e 1 Is with o fidelity In III to In the tho J oJ 1 State Thill would io to tor t r nil who ulio have taken tho Iho xam oath tt Ii lo 10 I 0 which li kb Mr II t iati ll f ThIll IH IR the thi utne nB OH aIng Hn that the Mormon lormon l t nn nil I that thit If l in or may tiia bo lit 1 to In thi th thi i not net I pi PlY In III morals but in n nI I political i Tho Ie of or n der lon uch nil its Iho tho Herald mentions 1 net att forth no au the tho conclusion of or nueh urh action Thin Thill I ia 10 heel licer hoc r reached by h other public Joui jour nn nud nm Indeed Was cit so xo lit at tho ot of the The News Iw 1111 ha hn referred to it on Veril lI occasions but bin dill did not tho the argument The TJi e n ns rot ret ot I forth l h hy j the III Hoton no lon E r the tho should fell fall to the ground The Tho hns hn h not uy oath of oC to the Mormon Church nor liar have iny finy of ot Its lt It II member m taken III uh an Th Thele r Is nothing I in any ny Ie or principle o Jn In Jl that tha t L Church whIch la Is t with tilt full I fidelity In to the Iho United States Siales We V C have explained this be before before before fore but repeat the statement nt now nolY In III Int t to the reasoning of ot the f We will hereunto append nn nil 1 from another Influential public journal on question which et forth tim tho subject in Iii n 11 I and amI ni conI manner Wo We ll It front tim the Kansas I lt Poat which sa all says 4 S ins Hns It ever crr occurred to it those e who Iho no to hysterically demand 11 that thit Smoot lit of t be IJ expelled or excluded from torn the II ho he it Is n a Mor Mur Mormon mon ilon that they mIght 1 be wrongS ronK or nr that thai there ero at lit least In t t o sidus to the tha He lie Is III not nut n a believer rr er In plural certainly not nut a II of ot oti i it and all nil tho the evidence co u o jar far adduced how him tutu to bo bC b a man or of pure puru PilI lit III his home boms life and an nil observer r of I the low law of ot the tho tI land He lIe po s MCH all 1111 the 1 he constitutional con II t Ut lona I titia I I for fOl thu tIn tIni i high all h omee olilee n nfl tu to agi and n l and other reason be found to war ar lant his or III b befort fort te Ie ishou 11 be he disturbed d I to Tho Constitution that shall he be tho the JullIo if ot the Ihl ti elec electrons tron return and of ot Its members her It also ilso provides that nin determine the rules ot or Its III proceedings punish Its 1111 members for disorderly behavior l and anti with the tho con of or n II member I Mr Ir l r fc Smoot moot has lias been a member of or thin that body bOil for tor over oer three thren ears In none nono of or the provisions quoted 1 can them thero b he found a i hint hat I a n majority of oC hIs bin hi colleagues ran 1111 ai exclude Cellule him hInt or that tio tl fin un him for conduct which no 01 if it stretching can cati tor lor turf lure Into being bad particularly when whon hIs hilI badness l It III ini ii nI hII to 10 It ft it member of cit the iho Ih Mormon Mornion Church Chur h ThU hat Ito Iho Ih i tin at by Iw such two t I we n third th I I y x pe I a it member IH I mi denied tI but hut to tl do tie so thy would at least Ibo lI to gIve 1110 a 1 reason for tor or rim dma drastic tic action and arul as n no ni reason exists ox Isis It may 11 a well be asserted u ertell that hi ho ht wIt will re me remain 4 main n II member of or the Senate until his term torm term He tie IMS over Oer two yours years yet It to serve nerve Her and as IIA it the old olti ship of nt state has haR ha not Hen even felt a 1 treasonable tremor by h reason or of f hl It eem the till acme of ot folly toll to tn think of ut c IX I dud Iti him Ii hot tot now It II I t would wo hI sta hush a I bail bad precedent Inflict n n dl sn H antI and upon a 1 Senator it how Iho and un his worst t enemy cannot suei r BH WI nut 1111 do nn on hla wrong to his equally innocent family The Senate frequently does thoe ICH things which seem t anti and wrong hut but nen re i Kiting plausible and ar AI argumentative ard d reasons ons for Cor hunt and to 10 deprIVe of his hili seat now how would bo be without or reason |
