Show 1 Sl SNOOTS CASK CASE Wo Wa loday In III full tull the answer of ot Senator Heed Smoot to the protest of ot nineteen of ot Utah against t his Ms retention of ot the pout seiti In the tho United States Stales Senate to which he tens elected by b the majority of ot the legislature of ot the of or Utah We printed tha th furnished by the ll Frees irese tin fin Saturday It U wan waA it a 1 very cr piece of ot uton and gave the th points of ot the reply We commend thu complete rejoinder IB lIB It now 1101 In our column to the candid render reader It Is clear ex CX explicit amt emphatic That Heed I Smoot was wn spoken of ot nH nit a n for tor forthe forr r the position of oe Untied United States Senator He ator 1 before befort he was ordained one of oe the 9 Twelve Apostles I of ot the tho Church of ot Jesus II Christ of or Latler day Saint alms t In Is well lIell known wn to people who Ill ore lire posted on Oil political affaire The fhe stater ant that lint his awns the came couso of ot his nomination Is therefore untrue When hen the tho was WOI In progress It was generally understood End SO eo o stated In public journals that f the election of ot Republican members of ot i the Legislature meant the choice of ot Heed Smoot for tor United l States Senator I Ho was the tho candidate of ot his hh party All 1 the proc proceedings H that led lcd up u to his elec clec were open and without II taint of or fraud or un Improper He was lIs chosen ChOS not he ho Woe was an on Apostle but In III spite of or the tho objection raised on that ground for tOI It II was wan con can considered li no bar har to his hie of or the thet t It was I nu no more a n real cool and tangible lc I objection than could have been beun against any allY Elder In the Chuch Church George Q J Cannon served ten years carll in III inthe the House e of or when ho he howan won was an nn Apostle antI and part of ot the tho time when he win wan wn ore one of ot the First IreM Ire dency deney lie He did not net act In tho the of ot an nn Apostle Apo when representing Utah i In Congress but hut a us a II citizen duly elect I cd ed by his hili nt lit the th polls So with the Elders EllIer Eiders who hove have served In Congress In the tho lower or 01 the upper I louse House whether they wore were Demo Democrats emo ant or All the talk that HUH has been h el indulged Induced In the tine oath of or nn 11 Apostle Is Ish sheer h r i bulled upon guess guesswork nol work There Thore U is no ouch Huch thing as ns the i oath of ot an nn or o of ot tiny any IIII other Kl 11 tier der In the tho Church Nor or In ls there sty t covenant JI or III agreement ment In III Int t any nn u l public 1111 IC or o pi i ate c that thatIs Is Antagonistic or at has hilS any re to lotion lation to the anent of the 11 Unit id II States M The and aid or o ordinance of It the Church hoe hAIP nothing to toda todo da do II with the thu stole state either lither local or na nit r I I i Some Home persons who have 1111 W fr ni the Church Chinch and have become hitter lii In InI I their thole has o mu to I about iU oaths some Olno of or them therm maliciously fabricated but Jut odious und more through bad memory of ue the facts han from wilful Hut every try truthful I person who huts has carefully stu I lied fled sad and 11 l tho those snored 8 knows that there re IH is no oath if IC t any kind therein ncr nog any nn nl al to the tho of or this or ormy my ony other country So o 11 lint there here w le In tho cr that s enders a II season unfit to l tho the I ull nil duties dulle of u a citizen of cr thu 1 or 01 out of of ot harmony with an nn oath It if civil Tho under antler the direction or of the First Irol I n n 3 lency of ot the hurch when In Ij hell heir apostleship apo When In ht n a ocular coiling an lH a n director r of or a n hUIlI busi tp i less Ie Institution or fir working on a farm loran T following any nil industrial i pursuit forI for tal I living they th ore not nerving In their fining calling Nor N r do du they need 1 a 0 t lay It down or I nut east It oft off any ony more him has they th would their membership In ini i i he Church Chulch IH s nothing In their or a i Ith their work or duty duly dut In III any public i Il r private capacity Tho rho calling of or an nn i need not Interfere In ht the tho slight plight it I it degree with n mans fealty to Ills hie II t II or the duties of ot position I I i II QI the tho government or Ills his perfect I tUII to ob ro mid hold d I his hili 1 Hh of nince i i c The rho Council Counell ut of the tho Twelve Apostles w III I i i tl I Is equal to that of ot the tho First I I whon ivhon the latter Is for tor ony nn cause CHU I Llis dis I Iro moved ro So Is the tM First Quorum af of Sev HOY j enty nt with Its seven presidents pr when there Is III no First Iro ld ncy ne or Coun COUll Council ell cil of ot the Twelve T e Kach Apostle Is IA su LI ns as a II Prophet Seer and Revelator tor HO so that when the one on man holding the keys kers of ot the sealing scaling power and au nil authorized to receive recel revelations for the hunch Church Is l removed by death LI nth or other oilier otherwise otherwise wise the C of ot th the Twelve to t tern tent succeed him hint and his hili ors ora may inny lna be b composed of ot persons duly 1111 qualified nHI nH as n A body bUll to preside over the Church and receive recelle the word of the I Lord rd 1 Hut Nut the tho revelations are plain and definite on the authority of or the thu President resident of 0 the whole Church to di direct direel reel all Its lIB affairs temporal and nn 1 and alone the tiro word of or orthe the Lord lorLi by b revelation for tor Its 1111 ment mentOne mentOne One Olle of or the of the tho protest against a S Senator Smoot comes out with witha a n purported reply reI 1 to the Senators an answer sever sr Ho lie tries to expound Mormon MormonIsm Ism lem to the tho Mormons and simply airs his hill hI own ova Ignorance lie J Ie acts like n a 1 who has hIU learned numeration when whoa at It attempting attempting tempting to explain algebra We WI nr nN are of ot the tha opinion that the doctrines and discipline of or the Mormon Church arc alo better understood anti and more properly explained e by II Its lis authorized exponent exponents than by Iy tho rho most learned suit bump bumptious of ot KM Its virulent opponents There Them are arc many mony of ot his own creed and congre congregation congregation gation who think he hI should attend to his own ministerial business allt leave political affairs not other oilier peoples re reo alone The controversy now noll before the Sen Senate Senale ate ale be lc confined l to the question of the of ot need Smoot to serve FerlO as nil asa asa a II United States tel Senator And tiro th al ul allegations legations of lit his lute enemies should b bt be limit limited limited ed ell to that Hint alone The rhe Mormon Church Is able to defend Itself It elf when brought before the bar of ot tho the world ns as n nn n religious religion system but It Is U not tho the province of ot the United States Senate to ring bring f that t Church to trial when In investigating the election of ot a n citizen of the United States Hates mud and his under r tho Constitution and mails and the tho rules of ot the Senate to tn occupy u 11 seat neat eat therein That Is the only proper prayer Issue l sut before beton the committee to whom this case IB is I referred |