| Show i 01 or H lt SMOOT Life LICo and lid Health Is ts n a monthly publication cation Issued at ot Lungren Jungren Inn Barber arb r tulle Co Florida The Thu Janu January ary my Issue contains several Items rebut relating ing lag to o the tho missionary work of the Ihl Kl m tiers dot in Florida and also alHo nn on editorial on in tho the agitation against Senator Smoot In this the thc editor says At Al the tbt union Thanksgiving service serIce In Sanford Fla Ill la the tho worshippers tUt lcJ aside from the tho legitimate observance of or the Ih Jay day to do n a lithe Hide of C tho the persecution business nail and adopted a petition to the thu United States SIn tea Senate enalo requesting an nn In to bo be made of ot the charge I against Senator Reed feed the Mor Mur Mormon mon member from Utah The Time DeLond churches also forwarded a n similar pe po titian presented these hose petitions to the Iho Senate In Decent Decem December ber her All such petitions are absurd mind and sill lIh evincing Ignorance ff tIC the Mor Mar Mormon Marhlon mon question on the purt part of or nil all those who vho get fidgety or go RO Into hysterics over oer this matter There are aro no charges charged Senator Smoot further than that he ire Is IR u a 1 member of ot the Mormon Church hurch and there l iii no ground what whatever whatever ever eer for tor his exclusion The Senate might n as well exclude a n Methodist Presbyterian lre or Catholic because h of ot his religion Senator i has hos already he been en admitted to 10 the Senate nod that ought to 10 settle the The Tu a Con makes Congress the solo sole Judge ot of if the qualifications of ot Its cn mem mom hers her or not outsiders outsider Senator moot Smoot wo us o Is un nn able upright and use useful ful citizen of ot Provo Prove city Utah where ho he 10 owns awns an Interest In a woolen mill until lie Ho lo Is III the husband of ot only one wife For Joor for the Senate Benato to engage In III an discussion slon of this question would be bo boo to 10 o Impair the dignity of ot that body bp bt besides sides consuming valuable time lime which should bo La devoted to 10 other questions que Iho Tha misguided people throughout tho the country who arc are sending Bending In lu those these silly lllY petitions might ns nil well vell cense cease for tor the tha Senate will probably pay P lY little or no attention to such luch requests The Oakland Enquirer briefly ro no roo marks mark Senator Smoot In his defense admits that hint ha hue U Is a II Mormon but says that he ho heH Is III H not n B polygamist and that nothing In his ils faith prevents him front from being n a 1 good American citizen To disprove his statements will require on nn Investigation of anti to 10 have the Senate pass pain upon UI on the tho relative merits of at va 11 religious sects Beets will be bo a II danger dangerous angor ous ou M thins thing The Pueblo Chieftain an enterprising and Influential publication of ot our neigh neighbor tor hor state slate on the east cast comments as nil tel fol follows lows It U must bo be admitted by any fair tall minded person that Senator need Reed Smoot of ot Utah has hili made mado a I very able and a n very ery logical defense to the cluing fo ea that have hao been lodged against him himIn In tho the senate In support of or a demand for tor his hula expulsion from Crom that body There Them were lelo two accusations made against t Mr lr Smoot the first being that he was a polygamist and therefore a 1 lawbreaker the second that ho was a 1 member of or the Iho he Mormon council and ns as such Much hound bound by an oath Inconsistent with his allegiance to the tho United States Mates and aMlI hula hi duty ditty no an a senator of ot the United Slates HUtts Other minor have hOve been charged against Mr but hut It hardly be Ie claimed that they worn wore of ot Importance to warrant his expulsion from the tho senate enate In regard to tho the two principal charges Mr r Smoot makes a positive denial He declares that ho ire Is not a II polygamist pol and that thu ho I is not a mem mom member ber her of ot tiny any hOlly body of men whose purposes are Inconsistent loyalty to 10 tho thin national government Under the with nit all duo dUI respect to tho ho excellent people who train from the beet beat of ot motives have ho been try tn Ing InK to got Kot Mr Smoot out of or tho thin senate It looks as It though It II was waR going to be a avery 1 avery very ery thing thin to accomplish In Innet net fact U It would appear from Mr lr Smoots defense ns nil well as from the reputation that ho hen haa been able to establish for tor himself In Washington that ho lie Is by no mucous means the least of ot his colleagues cither olther In III Intellect or moral character There unity may b bo be a 1 question as to tn t whether any Mormon should bo ho admit ted lell to tn the senate and a question ns as to whether Utah should hould b be a state and n question nn is to whether Mormons should he be permitted to voto ete 1 In Utah But those Chore questions eel some Bome years corll ago wl when the tho Iho mutter matter off of ot admission was Villi being considered and the tho discus alert of oC them has ball nothing to 10 do ria with the ther present r r case cace cn With Utah Ulah n state stale and with the thC Mormons having ns much right to 10 vote voto as a any other religious sect It would appear that Mr Ir Smoot Is IR en cut titled to his hili scat In to Iho tho senate and that ho hI Is III a 1 much letter bolter representative re of or the tho people of Utah than would be he same romo of ot thosa who arc Beeking his hits ex cx expulsion |
