Show Chicago Chronicle Tho The proceedings of ot tho the committee now non Investigating the thu Smoot case ense so 80 sotar till tar no as they thoy have hILO been reported do not reflect any great credit on tho time com coin committee on the Investigation or on those who ore are at t the back of ot It II A whole ses see session sloe sion recently was devoted to the tho ex of ot Joseph F o Smith president dent of ot the tho Mormon Church on the subject of at Mormon revelations the col color color 01 or of ot the different angels who com corn them and tho binding effect of ot one ono revelation over oer another preceding precedIng ing revelation Some Somo members of or the committee had to inquire over ocr and over oer what was the time purport of ot the tho examine examina examination tion Iton The Tho position of at tho the Mormon Church In regard to polygamy and civil government govern nen IH is well known It claims to have had hall a IL divine divino revelation establish establishing ing III polygamy but that after th the United States Stales law was ns passed forbid forbidding ding It tho lime first revelation way waa suspend suspended cd ed by b a n second It IP believes behoves that the Mormon Church Is IB ultimately to des Oli ell place all nil civil governments but In the meanwhile Inculcates loyalty and obo thence to tho state stale and United States Slates governments As All Senator Smoot repudiates dimes polygamy both theoretically and practically and ond has taken an oath to support the constitution of ot tho the States It Il Is difficult to understand how he IH is disqualified for tor by holding nn an apostleship In tho the Mormon Monnon Church |