Show s m SALIENT SAIm 1 POINTS 15 The Tho resolution by bi tho iho Senate committee on privileges mid and elections to recommend n a 1 full tull Investigation of the charges preferred by tho the protestors Against Senator Sector Heel will no doubt elicit many comments and ments menta by tho the press pres of ot this country There Thero ore lira two t 10 or three In the controversy which ought to be ho made clear elMr to our but which appear to bo be surrounded by U a mist nest If it not clouded In mystery J First Is th question of ot the tho need neel of oC tho the Senators replies replied to f tho the charges preferred There Is no doubt In legal minds that la le HIDEO capable of oC growing n 1 legal leant proposition that much of the tho matter presented not notI germane to the tho ho real I mentions or ineligibility of oC tho the c for a II sent ent In the tho United States Slates Senate Jt ft t may ma therefore appear reasonable at nt first nut sight to argue that his hIli reply should bo ho limited to those hose charges that were made against him personally personal And wo we are aro surprised tint that writers on thu llio subject hero and ant elsewhere leap to this conclusion without even n a glance nt ot a avery II avery very vory Important feature of ot the conten contention contention tion lion lioni i It Is le a 1 great reat mistake to 10 suppose that hut Senator ot voluntarily vent elt Into Inlo r tho the details of hIli 1118 reply reIJI and HO so opened tho the door as all claimed to the remaria remarkable n ble Investigation now recommended Ho lie vas aa furnished by the tho committee teo with n a statement of ot charges which lie ho was ex peeled pertell to meet before that body Our contemporaries published them They ought to know what they the wore ware Whet was waa the tio licensed to do Answer those on an tho the ll list that he ho and his attorney recognised im tie pertinent anti and Ignore tho thi others n nn Ii Irrelevant On their own Draa style of oC controversy In reference to tu any anything an anthine thing thine Mormon would not nol hla hIli declination lion tion to answer those tho o n be he construed construct as a a 1 tacit shat of ot his Inability to meet them th Would It not no bo claimed that they must be he true c itri they the cad t boon beet denied It IS very er J to ti j Sen and to Ids hili attorney If to attempt to cast Clist upon the opening ej sp ss da daa a Q told of oC Inquiry In reference to the th Mormon Church Chulch Who the th Who backed them up and I urged them then Who rent relt lii the tho land to work olle up III popular lar mar sentiment sea on these extraneous mead Irrelevant matters And Anti when whon they th were Introduced In the hc committee com It tee wino who ho presented them hen n ns 1111 points to 10 which ro fites j He were d Not the Ihl Senator I nor til tho lawyers who trained framed the tho an un answer unI 1 I Who then theil tiro 1110 responsible tor tho tine turmoil and that onto Homo people pretend to bo be sorry for or Ol Beast Smoot i elected ele It fairly mud and with the tho full Cull understanding of or his hla candidacy by h the political party to which he belong bl Tim Tho persons ona and papers of oC that ty here i that are arc I In the hue hu ant cry i lignin against lit him by their th lr oxen own logic nil min n nother other matters are from Crom rant that party part They Thoy kick klIt up lip III dust I light their f own party comrades try tr to defeat detent tho thu of ot tho the majority In to their own or ur deplore the tumult they have Bove helped to raise and aul try uy to throw the tho blame blime on nn tho the person on who l is at nt attacked attacked tacked he lie fully Cully defends him hint hims s self lf Another i point to lie he considered Is tho the confusion lon purposely made by b the s sec MC c lariat tarlan and anti pross press opponents of oC the tho Hona Honn tor for on In the iy The ilia en e n net act for fOl Utah that this thin th Constitution of at tho the State should provide a Hint or plural marriages t tarn lira forever prohibited The rue Constitution ton tion did HO so o provide by b ordinance In b Ar Article r tide Three Laws Bass WIO parsed by II tho tiro In III pursuance thereof Hut Hilt tho the deceptive enemies of ot the tho Bena Seua d r tot tae and of ot tho the State Slate of ot tho the Church hurch to 10 which ho belongs h continuously miss mis misrepresent represent this provision lon and speak of ot the relations still f between perSons per Sons fons In plural family relations us liS vio violations Jo lations of at that compact Let anybody who can an rend read examine tho the requirement I i and Its It II fulfilment nail ani he ho or alma Rho ho will willace r ace ICO eo in III n a 1 moment If It Mlle ease that the tho pro provision prot t vision relates simply ft hn lIb and entirely to tos s the lime contracting of ot polygamous mar marriages marI lIr I r The Tha term polygamy as na understood un In Ini i w 4 law and anil AS ns It relates to this hue question means tho the act of ot polygamous marring Utah Ulah Is not responsible for this delimit defini definition lion tion Tho The Mormon Church did dill not so s ea It Neither did this State do doDO doso oo so It the Act of at Congress of March 22 IBS m that gave gao It that I IO cation The Thc act of ot with more wo two women men mon than one ona li Is not polygamy under tho the law It Is la given another nother name And Andis IB Jo punished by a different penalty That there ure are some men in Utah who married plural wives many years ago and till fUll regard them thorn as 8 In that rela rile Ion la Is not disputed Out But when writers unit and preachers here hero call that practising polygamy and nM hold It out to the tho world ns nil a II violation ot of tho Enabling I Act and the tho Constitution Con of ot the ha std and by bi Juggling with terns terms Impress upon up upon upon on the tha minds of ot excitable persons tho the false Idea that tho the Mormons are arc still marrying plural wives they thy knew 1111 they th y are uro lying liln and If It they had any n nr of confidence would shrink under tho the sharp sense of oC st self nut ut legally J morally or In to common common sonic ponce ene what has hall tho the relation continued by b some nine persons persona hero here with their plural famines to 10 do with the tho qualifications j for tal a 1 ton sent t In the Senate l of ot eta a 1 man inn who Is he admitted to bo be free from irom such entangle meiks 1 n al to bo ho above reproach h In that and In any moral or statutory require requirement meat ment Oh Ohm ho he Is n a prominent official In III the tho Mormon Church Just Juet eo so And AndIs Andis Is he hI therefore responsible for tor nil all the limo of ot other members of oC that Church Are Aro the tho grave and reverent reverend seigniors of or Iho tho United d States Henao each ench responsible for tor tho the actual or al at alleged peccadilloes ot of their brother Sell Her Senators store Is n II minister of ot either of the sectarian churches to bo be held helt account accountable Accountable able for tor tho the doings of oC some seine other min main minister minIster ister later of ot the same s me sect n II precedent will wilt bo ho established under this government 1 If It an Inquiry Into In Into Into to the tho qualifications of or n a duly tuly elected Senator to his hili seat Is to bo be not as nH to his hia hl personal Illness fitness the tho fairness of or Ma hIli election or any Constitutional C require requirement niche ment but as liS to thu iho tenets tenet II claims duo doc trines practices of ot the tho church to which ho hu belongs and tho the alleged nets Acts of oC Individuals over oer whom who ho lie has no min control and who If Ir criminals are arc I i untenable to tho the law Jaw In III their own pro proper I per lIeI person That Is point wor WOI worthy worthy thy of r thought It does Indeed open a n 1 wide wid door amid one that may lOll lend lead to many i In the direction ot of a 1 departure from tho the spirit and the tho letter of ot that Instrument on whiten this gov government gO Is founded and which wile Is III the tha palladium of oC our OUI civil and religious lib ant ond rights In any event cent we can walt wait with pa patience patience tience thence for Cor tho the movement having this that no matter to 10 what ex extent extent tent tont It Is IA pushed It will advertise to tho the ends of ot tho the earth mud and result finally In time the spread of or truth and tho the triumph of ot right |