| Show ABOUT SENATOR SMOOT Los Angeles Angelea Record We of ot tho the other oIlier states latel are quite eager to 10 forget our own marriage and nd dl d vorce shame shomo and put our finger Into mt this affair ot of the people of ot Utah Indeed wo we show Immensely moro more en enthusiasm and unanimity of C opinion In I dealing with the tho sins sine of Suit Salt Hal Lake than with those of our neighbor neighborhoods hoods limit Hut that Is human nature the time world won over oven An amendment to tb the tho federal constitution permitting the thu enactment ot of n 1 uniform marriage law by congress for tor to nil all tho the states state seems to be ba the time only practical solution of the tho problem But Hut this Is Jo a n method that may amy mn affect some of ot OUI our own precious evils Crib as 08 well wel as those of ot the tho Mormons Such amendment And law taw to be ef et against the polygamy of oC Utah must encroach also upon UllOn the polygamy divorce an and remarriage so beloved In the other othe states And that Is where tho the oo will wll pinch For years the several states have hao has openly competed for tor the Iho divorce busi business ness noes shamelessly shattering homes for tor forthe to the sake of or legal fees The legalized polygamIst of ot Dakota Ohio anti and Now New York does doe not hold his hl two or three wives at nt once ante but In sue Rue cession casting each cuch asIde as he lie tires tire of ot her and espouses another Statistics show that In the tho CO 50 O years year CUs that Utah has been heen settled tho persons person divorced divorce In this country countr outnumber more than six elx times the total present population of ot Utah True Trite Tr e wo we vIolate no law 11 for tor we have haVO prostituted the tho laws lairs to this endA end endA endA A national marriage and divorce lay law III that will compel morality and decency In the marriages of or Utah and at the thi same time antI and In the thc same degree com compel compel pel morality and decency In the mar marriages of ot all afi time the rest reat of ot the Iho states would ba fine flue Indeed Rut nut lot let nobody Imagine that the th two thirds vote ote of or the Iho senate Bonate and house o and ant the vote ote o ot of the states neo necessary necessary essary to amendment la in 11 going to bo ho hoea easily ea ll secured A measure to 10 mend m tha tho th morals of ot tho thc Mormons alone would bo be carried through brough with cyclonic conscientiousness but ut n a measure to mend our own morals morale bitts different Calumet Mining Gazette Looking at nt tho thu situation from any nimy standpoint It must appear that limit the one ono million women slightly In n their condemnation ot of Smoot Hated Jus Justice Ice tice In lii 11 every en case BO demands that both sides ides be given Riven a 0 hearing MarinA yet ot tho the wo woo women men mien demand retirement before the ito senate committee lint lias finished re ro receiving thin tho testimony In the tho case Does Docs It ii riot not seem seeni that they should unit until Smoot has hOIl a n chance to 10 finish tell lell telling lellI ing I ng his side of ot the tho story Is It not ul nl ways fair to giVe RIVo nn an accused man a it 1 chance to explain his hili vase Nobody has hns las proven proon that Smoot has hns moro more than ono dna wife He lie 11 can cau hardly he held ro to for tor or Joseph Smith mitt and other othor Mormons who have violated all rights In Ii the polygamous relationships A mann man may nay not necessarily be a 0 criminal be because beauto cause auto ho lie happens to associate U with criminals although tile the ice association does docs him no good and ond unIes ho Omits hUll n a 1 very ery strong treat character will of y do 10 him lila some somo harm Smith may bo be u me friend fr friend end of f but It doc doci not necessarily limply Imply any ony wrongdoing on SmootH Smoot case eMe Philadelphia Record On tho limo other hand tho time question Is What weight Voight hints has title this evidence upon Ullon the tho JULIO Issue Salle whether Steed Heed Smoot can bo ho de do deprived rived of the tha senatorial to which tho h Legislature ot of Utah into has elected him The Tho Legislature which had hall an nn undoubted right to elect him was not n I Mormon body bod but Jut was composed of ot t U 12 2 Republicans awl amid 11 U Democrats Ho lo does not live In iii polygamy and amid the Inc fact act that he ho belongs to a ft 1 fanatical that hat holds polygamy to bo be In accord accordance flee ance with teaching hM has nothing to a do Ih his hIli right to be tie chosen Bonn sonn tor or liven von If It could coull bo ho proved proved that ho nil tho ho Mormon Mornion In Iii eluding luding polygamy that Is II I not su ground round for tor rejecting him him Tho The lous mu opinions opinion of ot a n nina bo ho they over so souse false use cannot deprive him of ot hie hla rights r as 18 N n citizen In tn the estimation ot of the orthodox people ot or this country countr Chris Christian tian Science Is II a n very vory absurd creed but Jut butH Its 1111 H devotees can enn bo ho punished only they ey violate the limo laws IRU In their practices If It cannot be bo shown that Reed neel Is I a violator of the laws or line has instigated soled gated atod others othera to violate them lit lie Is U pro ru 1 by W the tho guarantee of ot the tIme States Constitution against religious tests In tho tIm earlier history ot of this thin country count sonic gome of ot time the colonies excluded Catholics Jews anti and Quakers not nol merely from but from roam the right to vot ot The senate of ot the United States will bo to 10 exceedingly careful to sot set no precedent that might tend to lessen lesen time the guardia guaran guarantees tees of ot religious liberty II be r There Thero Is la no predicting what might bo be the extent of It ru ruthe the rebound against religious toleration under a Q plea ot of maintaining moral or order order der dor and observance Arizona Republican From II u practical viewpoint the time whole business of ot tho the Smoot Investigation lion tion Is profitless to tho the publio good Rood goodAll goodAll All A the Mormons who now have hae more anore In ore than one ono wife are old alt men umen there thero are arc hut html a few faw hundred ot of them No good can be bo b accomplished by b tIme tho Investigation tion lion and It would have been bean Infinitely hotter better to drop the Investigation tha the mo mao moment merit ment It was found that Smoot himself and Ind limit hill was Wall not lint a 1 never been The senate us tie the tho sole lole Judge ju lIo of ot the of Its members might have havo ejected Mr because of ot u a I alack lack Illek of ot respectability haul had It been shown that he was Willi a 1 polygamist poly but tint If ho be lit bu tic unseated now It will be manifestly In response to a I a public which does not reflect credit upon American polio 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