| Show r h i lie T Conclude That Thai Ik fila Senator Who Was i I iI Bg BIg 9 1 dra Ike Unanimous Choice of Op Ike IC Utah Ual Legisla fure arc Shall Sia vol soI be bt Sealed We He Tc Vont Don onI Hall HUll Him in 11 Effect 1 Text of T e Protest Tc kcf February 9 c r J 1 Ihu Irman Ot o the themI urt r JIll u h nd elections ri mI I pr r I l the ot a senatOr from a s IL d 1 ill IU U Ic that Iw h lH 1 all flO i o lilt t ii in ri UK hi and ami that thoth if f th Ih Iran nut nul n present tho thOl h M t 1 The Tho doe doo dood d l c lq I 11 d inu and quotes iI 1 anti and antie allowing e w 11 t I iii of or the then mutters I II n h in 01 C i It til Ki e i ir it t i t J l i 1 I It i the HI mlle mite I III r f F de le i im II I H i si I It ANUS I I t tw I m 10 IH s C and Rd Frye L rye ryer t tn J e r h i Hult n I 1 u 11 4 t to 10 Ui till sen Ren are arc j jt I I M t x t u i I it II Jl ill be Ie ii I and dec clec I gee t II i I II A liil to u th tum cm tumid i id OCl t ih Ltd u all ull ii i I 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practice t I I i n fl ilo tt it t not noti i i gm and po pot poI 11 MI I M I l I Ii I t I i 1 I f r the Hist FI Ill t tI I J 1 I 1 I ili It ever since e rr f j y n II nil I d nf r i i IR ev PV e eh t h lu hr t r t I II Ii nis Bin Rin i Ihn I Is s t t 1 t f f whom hom homr tion M r rt t I is i one onto aisi alp alA Irac 1 1 IK lI th thI t I i I v I n ni nd 1 pol i i whom they th thI I I 1 INh I i I t ii i t ft m mi I II I i I Ja Iatt iu l lt t f V n ii hah hab haht i t 0 nith h 1 In ielli nh lI i i 1 11 i t J 1 Fir PIr 1 M Mi I 1 It I t i tle t t nor no only a I v but iu 1 if r Ili h laws n I 1 I ni c 0 t I with ith tI t i 1 Ii hlo lott Tin TIll PI j 1 0 T n I ST STi T Tf f 1 s 01 i M of o tha the I II I v taltA iti n I It j I n jent 1 I a I r i i i r It of or O the th state I J r t hy h ru respectfully Il l Aps A s f t I J 1 A niMit senator r l tab tili to whom hom r I 11 I fl 1 L of January t 4 J h I Hun un was Wa lesu I f I nf tf said a It to toc t t c tilt lib 1 h of fir t PI or orI It 11 1 r I I tr r f t f r ting ui the honor p f i F t i states State anti and IJ 1 upon pon the r f a n that hI Is I rr r rt t II hod ot 1 11 g the ruling aU ot of tho the Church Ch of ot JosU of or I or Mormon Church claim by hy II theft theil are accorded the tho to 10 claim in mu u Irem authority divinely to shape halle the belief bellot anti control the con conduct conduct conduct duct of ot those under them bent th m In nit alt matter civil elvil mill mid religious tern tem and anti and willi thu thui unit uniting lug ing III In authority In hi Church anti state do llo HO so exercise the sumo same urt li lito to Inculcate and anti encourage n a In itt and and at violations of ot the tho laws of or the Iho state pro itro the Baitie r Kar of u made fur for the of ot u statehood and amI of or covenants made with tho People of ot the United and arni who by all nil the lie means In III their power honor hOllor those who with violate the laws of ot the land HID guilty of ot practices destructive of or the family and the UI homo home AntI And wo WI your do further say lUY find earnestly anti declare that wo we lire are moved hereto b 11 no malice or at personal toward Apostle Smoot nor toward the people whom he lie seeks to represent In hI high po io Wo We n wage no war u hi his religious belief b m such Uch We do IC not Hot to tu the alight et tilt extent deny dens him hitti th the seine same freedom of thought the of ot action within the tho law which we claim for tor our ouri i relves Iven t We Ve accuse him of ot no offense co cognizable able ahle by law II nor do 10 wo we seek leek to 10 put pUl him hint himIn himIn In of ot his bin liberty or his hll hi prop ei ell eity ly VV 1 t nak that he he tie deprived of ot no nn natural right rl ht nor of ot any right which the Constitution or laws of or the tho theland theland land he hI Is IB fitted to eurcle With watchful jealousy wo we claim for tor him whether in private citizen or ns nl church as ni for lor all nil the IhA rights privileges privilege and Immunities safeguarded by h the Constitution What we do deny deity to him Is the right either olther natural or political to high station of ot senator of ot the United states State from flom which to ta WAg WaI war upon the home the basic Institution Upon ion whose pur lIr purity its ity It anti and PerPetuitY r tOBIS the very gov government go Itself t el However brond bronil the grant by b federal enactments to 10 the of t Utah Urah or Ui Its n the enjoyment Of Ic the of ot statehood must depend upon tho the ob oL of ot the snored sacred compact upon I which statehood WIll was secured The rights granted are ure nut not Inalien mallen Inalienable able anti and vu 1 Oo tie It iut t he jie IB is nUll and ever cyer must be unfitted jo to make laws who shows himself unalterably opposed to that which underlies all nil law tl t w V VWe We however formal anti regular may 1111 he be Apostle Smoots creden lain or his by way WIY of ot citizenship whatever his of ot patriotism and loyalty It IB Is clear that the obligations of o any all oath which he may subscribe ore and nd of must U be as a threads of ot tow compared with the covenants which bl hi his Intellect Int let his lila will 1 anti and his af nt affections and which hold him forever In accord with wih anti and subject to the will viii 1 of o n 0 defiant and ond lawbreaking apes tolate We Ve Wl aSk In behalf behal of ot ns as WP firmly believe belloe In of oC thousands of ot the members of o his faith that the thu high honor of ot n a be not ar an ar tattled this thin man thought though temporarily Id i l from rom oom of ot the active dutO of t his hid hil olce that the pee peo people Pie of or this ht stats state tat bo lie not nol put Jut to an In open of ot th this hame and arni III that the Mormon Church be I not hot permitted to 10 succeed In tills this their supreme test of o othe the forbearance of at the th American p We ask nak that In II the Ule exercise of ot your our high prerogative as to see cec le that no harm tome Ime to the republic you do 10 halt hat this thu thuman man Inon at nt th Ui door loor Of o the senate innate that hu he humay may 11 be 1 there tIters tl Inquired of at o touching the matter batterS we WC hay have heroin herein net tet forth Dated at nt Salt Fait Sai Lake City Jan 20 1903 1 W v M I I II I WILLIAMS n Ii U II H j W v WILSON VILSON WISON C ci e C GOODWIN 7 1 II U W A NEIDEN T 1 mm THOMPSON TO JOHN JOn JolI J 1 COt I IJ J 3 W v W v IT I EIB H C S R H II 1 LEWIS G II It Jt HANCOCK G OnOE M SCOTT Cl K E E N AlIU LIONARD II I 0 |
