Show Philadelphia Inquirer The Tho question q before the Senate to com corn mitten Is s rather a n 1 delicate one une It 11 is 15 not charged that lint Smoot la a n polygamist t tHo Ho lIe H Is not lie Q has hns but ono one wife WIe Ho lie Hos lieis Is s however one ot of tho the Apostles and all these Apostles uphold nt nl least leo t In 11 ii NI private vote vate lIt the doctrine of ot plural marriages as a n a cardinal one Now tho the problem arises may n a Sena Senn Senator tor lor or of ot the United States believe bellevo In tho the morality of pt a 1 doctrine which the laws have pronounced d immoral HO so long as hs he does doeH not violate the tho law In practice And It Is no 10 longer contended that Mr goes BOOB further than to a 1 mental adherence to the tho principle of ot plural marriage as nil n divine revelation LIo Iio must assert rt this thin for tot he ho Is la nn an Apos Apostle loa tie tiC one of the tho governors so 80 to speak of ot the Iho Church and onn ono of the he defenders of ot Its faith Before Detore becoming a can dilate 1 for the tho he first hind had to obtain the assent of ot the other Apos Apostles ties tl s The case cn e would seem to rest on the proposition whether an un oath required by D the tho Church In is antagonistic to tD that hint required by the Constitution of ot th this United Un lied States Slates Toward that end the Inquiry Is tending In n any Uny event the tho country at III largo Is III likely to obtain n a very verr good Idea Mee of tho the exact conditions lions which surround time the Mormon lormon movement movement of today Spokane Spokesman The Tho Smoot Investigation Is be giving the tho public store more or less les Interesting If not rending but It II IH ill not clear rIel what relevancy It has haR to Smoots Smoot right to a n I sent In the United States senate A Y good deal of Cf light has hOIl been thrown on Oil the Ibe history of the Mormon Monson Church and the tho beliefs lIeI and ami practises of 01 Us Its members it Jl may mn be bo Interesting to loam leal loam n mm about n tho the revelations experienced eared by joins cone of ot the tho early Mormon find end to 10 uncertain how holl many wives some sane of ot the Ih have but hUI all nil this makes make the tho Investigation ono of ot the tho church nail and not pot o of 01 teed Heed Smoot S t The Tho mutter matter to be determined l Is III nut not tho time Mormons have a 0 number of ut peculiar religious beliefs heles or whether they limey regard 1 time the o of ot polygamy nn na It consistent lon with religion and good mor mort ale Thu Xhu real rell question nt nl Issue Is II whether or not lIot Reed neNI Smoot t has hns violated or Is III now violating time the laws law of ot ids his mate mill anil oC of bits hla country or 01 lute hns com cony or Is III committing nay acts that unfit him to bo be a n 1 United States senator Mr Smoot Is 18 a n 1 Mormon Monson and he lie hasas has Ima hURns tu ns much right to his hll religion as ns hn huts hilS tho the Jew JIW tho the Catholic or the Lutheran To 10 mike tako his hla moio niece beliefs and opinions Into and attempt to deprive him bin of oC rights l of ot citizenship Is IB ally illy nIl persecution of ot the tho mean man because of ot ofila othIs hIs ila religion r and upon the tho pretense of ot public morals and amI Is la violat tug nit that lint freedom of ot worship which Is l guaranteed by tho the constitution of or the tho Ih United states and ami of ut thin the several states So long ns as Mr Smoot obeys obe time tho lawn mad mul In l commits no overt ort nets acts which offend the tho moral amoral sensibilities ot of the tho nation he ho is entitled d to tho time protection of or the 1110 lUll laws and to 10 whatever properly and nd other advantages he may acquire under thorn them tho If Congress wish PS IS to 10 Investigate tho time Mormon Church It t probably lute a I right to do 10 It ILi hint but that hut IH Is something quite III lie apart from rout roll hired lUcil I Smoots right to hold n a treat cent to 10 which ho lie has hilS been botn elected by time the people of ot Utah |