Deseret Evening News | 1904-03-15 | Page 4 | New York News

New Now York New News The Senate cor mil to inquiring Into the right of at Meu Iee Smoot of o 0 Utah to re me retain ref tain his ts sent lI nt In iii tho the United Son ate has elicited Ill plenty of ut proof that President Smith of ot the Mormon Normon church has Imas several but bitt It hus line not lIot heard licari n a 11 I rap of ot evidence 1 t show that Mr hm has violated any l w Mr 11 Smoot has but hut one gnu Un wife wire and he ho huts not been a 0 party parly rt to violation by Ly others of ot limo tho ho uw forbidding polygamy lilt Ills opponents seek seok only to show that ho lie hohas has hns not mat protested against t the unlawful conduct of ot other members of ot the Mor Mar Mormon Mormon mon hierarchy and they thOy th argon that hIs hili silence makes him him nn aim accessory to n tho ho offenses of ot his hili asSociates The Tho practice ice tice of ot polygamy Is III unlawful but 1111 ballet In the morality of ot plural marriages Is III not nn an offense against the law and can call cannot not ba ha forbidden or without violence to tho the Constitutional guaran guarantee tee tco of freedom of ot religious belief heller In Inthe Inthe the tho absence of personal participation by hy Mr Smoot In h unlawful tul nets neb Inquiry concerning his imIs attitude toward tho time doc doo mines of amounts to tho time application of If a n religious tet te t to his bin qualification for or and that IH Is for forbidden forbIdden bidden n by b tho the Constitution