| Show COMMENTS cOI OF Ol TIm THE PR I SS i iI the I Comments of the tho northwestern press continue continuo to bo trade made on tho the question of tho the charges against Senator Heed teed Scoot of oC Utah Wo So have havo reproduced d a n number of them and now add n ft few Cew more The Seattle Times TimeR has hn the an annexed flexed special dispatch from tram Everett l I Fob Feb l I Rev W D of at tho the ian inn church Seattle Beattie preached rather n a sensational sermon cermon here last lut night hit hili subject benig A Mormon In the Sea Sen Senate mute ate Mr Ir Simonds said sald In part Joseph Smith founder of the Mor Mormon Mormon mon men Church onre on predicted that u II Mor lor Mormon mon loon would be b President ot of the United Untied States Stales That there thIC l le Is n a possibility of or that prediction becoming true Is proved Ly by the election of ot u II Mormon lormon to the United Senate S Time question Should ho he be lie admit admitted ted tel to n a stilt Is hi of o less consequence than Ihan tills Dues Does he hold that lib his al allegiance to the tho Church Is l greater than his allegiance to the Hut we should hould not noi stop atop at n a Mormon Mor Mormon mon man The rho Catholics should receive the tha rune faint consideration on and DI If IC t It show happen that a 1 senator shows allegiance to a t corporation or trust than to 1 a government then he ho should be expelled We Wo should not make our efforts the tho Mormon atone Wo We would w like some sortie of or the preachers who Iho repent repeat the story about n out Joseph Jo smiths I prophecy told from Crom the nn an pulpit at nt Everett to give sho us their Authority for the Ill ged prediction It Is like many fanny other utes that are aI tell toU tol uy by 11 the seine same class ot of prevaricators the then mention invention n of tome same pious ant antl minister The Tie sane sama bigotry exhibited men In because they the are ar areV V Mormons Hormone was ss OS at al one time c Catholics This has hue greatly sub as to tho the latter but It U is eviden that the tho same hostility ex exists t though I Ii IU IiI bIs U Is I slumbering and would be very er If tide the u io IU break brea out omit again the Mormons should prow pro We have hac already noticed the endear endeavors ende ors ra that are aro being made malle o push th Yale sale of ot Rev Hev ne Alfred 11 H Henrys ro no nance on the tho ground that It h Is III i by some jome of o the committee on out and elections In the senator il I 1 case C sc and wo WI notice that sent ent out trout from in nr I J that effect are ore being North orth where the gentleman I l Installed le ns 08 pastor Time The Seattle Post among other papers pub ilhes tho the communication from which ve we take lake the tho following with the remark hat It If tho the committee want to learn about the foundations on which poly pul polygamy limy gamy Is based common sense sene a would w utI that a Il lurid novel noel published tu t ull the sensational tastes of or the multi uLle ude for financial considerations wid vid videa Iea ea a poor guide to the goal they desire de to reach Tho The book Jook that Is l Just now receiving a great groat deal of attention by liy the time lures committee co In to the tho teed Heed Smoot ase Vase before the tho United States SUrtes senate ena te written lv h ItC Alfred It H JI Henry Henr Jr f the tho Methodist Episcopal church of or this city Mr Ir Henry spent live th years ears earsIn In Salt Lake Uke City Utah and while there gathered hl his material for the tho book It Is now being considered by b the committee with the view Iel of ot as asI I sarie Hl re of the foundations on an which polygamy la is l based d In an Inter Interview Interview interview view today tollay Mr Ir Henry said paid T r f know Heed Smoot well swell I am nm ac ne acquainted with his wife Ho lie Is a n god godfellow fellow and she Rha Is la n IL good woman In my Judgment there Is hI no better reason why n moan man who believes In tha Mormon religion should be b excluded 1 from tho limo senate that than there would be for the exclusion of or n Methodist I 1 have In la mind merely Iller the legal aspect of ot the matter The Seattle Mall Mail and Herald says editorially alluding to the lime he remarkable electric storm we awe had hall here In January I havo hlo noticed that since Senator Smoot of ot Utah sprung Into prominence on account of or his hili matrimonial much ness ne that ho been heen accused of ot many things but somehow It appears to mo fao motho III tho the press has hall entirely overlooked tho pyrotechnical display In tho the heavens around about time the th dwelling place of or this disciple of or Joseph Smith on the night of or December 10 and of or course courM the Iho Utah statesman was ryas responsible for Cor It ItOn ItOn itOn On that awful night nl ht Jove Joined hands with Boreas Borcus and anti Aeolus and tile the result was teas something unheard unbound of out outside outside side of Utah a n snow thunderstorm If l Senator Snot can produce doings like that they the had hal better batter admit him hint nt at once Into the national body boLly or he ho will snow them under The Tho Portland Oregon Oreon Telegram re reo recently recently had hall this editorial squib Senator or Smoot moot should In his hia hl next statement refer to the tho of ot a II scientist that men are aro becom becoming becomIng ing more scarce s and that In years there ther will only be bo one ono man moan to every cery women Tim Tho Hiker Biker City Oregon Herald has hos the subjoined bit of or humor Tile The nanny many mothers organizations lighting Smoot are respectfully advised that moots Smoots K church Is In not opposed to tomother mothers mother The following effusion Is taken from the tho N M Herald All this Chia clatter about tho time man with the classic name of Smoot Is I merely to give I 0 tho the Mormon Church n a swat upon the tho snout not because the man maim Is bad that wo we would fain decry him liln But hiM hie l ln religion Is s not our sort and well we I crucify him hint |
