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Show TRU TJHL. 2 The last was on the day of election. There Is no doubt that the members of the senate committee and the country generally have been shocked by the disclosures made. Rut there are other matters of grave moment awaiting Inquiry. If Senator Hoar wants to elicit something calculated to throw light on the question of church influence, let him make a few inquiries about the way Clark, Kerens and Kearns have been soliciting it Let him make Inquiries about the plan; the job fixed up to foist upon the people of this state, this fellow Perry S. Heath, for United States senator. Let the famous interview with Roosevelt be made the subject of a few questions; let some of the statements alleged to have been made by the late Senator Hanna bo Inquired into, There Is the meatiest kind of a subject for the senators to handle and we commend Die topic to the venerable senator from Massachusetts, because ,we believe him to be an honest, well man, who seeks the truth and nothing but the truth and at the samo time desires to conceal nothing. This must not be construed as a reflection upon tho Integrity of the other members of the committee, because must of them seem to be men of honesty of. purpose and ruggedness, of character. What effect this investigation will have upon the seat occupied by Senator Smoot we are at this time unable to prognosticate. Until there is some evidence connecting him with the question of polygamy, we are of tfie opinion that tho senate, in Its calih, judicial rovlew of tho findings of fact by its committee will decline to unseat him. We make this assertion In face of the fact that popular clamor all oyer the country is in favor of expelling ed ASK FOR Wm. A. STIKNEY CIGAR CO. FI CICARS NE that the expression will come from are forever prohibited; and so they the committee before the investiga- have been. The testimony introduced tion closes, that the officers whose so far before the committee has had duty it has been to prosecute poly- no bearing whatever upon this prohigamy cases fn this state, will receive bition. Utah kept the compact The a wordy castigation at the hands of protestants against Smoot have efthe senators In their report that it fectually demonstrated that fact, howwill not be conducive to good feeling ever distasteful to them it may be. be- between the two classes, although it is not in the province of the senate to punish any recalcitrant or derelict official for the of President statement of The duty. Smith that he had been living in violation of law, ready at all times to be prosecuted, and was not harmed, arrested or annoyed is one not calculated to reflect much credit upon thoso whose duty it was to prosecute him for the offense. By this statement we mean of course as relates to the opinions of those living outside of Utah. Here in Utah the .fget that President Smith and others 'Were living with their several wives was patent to everyone, and as long as new polygamous relations were not being entered into the tacit undemanding was that the old fellows should be let non-performan- ce alone. him. o As to its effect upon the state of Utah, we believe that this investiga- .NOT A THING AGAINST SMOOT. . tion will causo the enactment of an amendment to tho constitution, which Truth has some more reading matwill be ratified by tho states, prohibit- ter: this week that is highly entering polygamy and that congress will enact the legislation necessary to pun- taining, not only to people here, but ish offenders against the law in the to dignified United States senators Foderal Courts. As to depriving Utah and the enlightened newspaper ediof statehood, that is all tommyrot. tors of the country. Before this Sinoot There seems to be no reason why all of the people of this state should be investigation began we stated that we made to suffer for tho errors of a few. feared it would prove a whimpering If congress enacts legislation .against senile .farce. .And how it has done! and polygamy places all such how the objectors to Smoot have made cases under the jurisdiction . of the Federal courts, it would seem monkeys of the senate committee on that such action would be sufficient. privileges and elections, by leading it It is expected, and we have no doubt into a hullababoo about the Mormon church, but not a thing against Senator Smoot! As predicted by Truth i auAiaiiimumiiiuamiimmiammin some weeks ago, the prosecution has e of gone into the ' : KRUGS OMAHA BEER. Krugs Cabinet As nutritious si snj English Ports ra or Malt Tonies, anfl s Connoisseur's delight. Krugs Extra Pale Light, sad mild, snd pelsv-sbl- e, snd spproprlsts on sU oocMlons. Either of the shore brands delivered In snj part of the city. The Old Resort, 276 South Main Street. ADAM SNYDER. Proprle raLiPNOM foer r. CnimiHniifnwiMMMinnnwuMuisnuiJ on old-tim- polygamists with their plural wives, for the purpose of creating excitement and prejudice against Smoot, and thereby influencing those who are uninformed on Utah affairs. That these old cases existed has been of common knowledge here, and elsewhere too; and there never was ony sentiment among the Gentiles here to prosecute them. In fact, the rontiment was the other way. The G entiles here knew the situation knew that nioh prosecutions would be Inhume under existing conditions hero Tho American people are not nrd cruel, and those who knew the situation and were not d bigots were quite willing to 'et tro old relations continue undis-tiu-bebut they insisted that no new "Minns bo formed, realizing that in the course of nature the grave would rover rll the others within a few voaro. The claim made by some s tint this state has broken its rom with the general government is. in the light of facts, ridiculous, and pven mendacious. The Enabling Act, by which the state was admitted, specifically stipulates as a condition of the compact with the people of Utah that polygamous or plural marriages he-irtl'v- .That a distinction was drawn tween polygamy and polygamous cohabitation in the constitutional convention, and by the prominent Gentiles at that, is well known and can be proved readily, as can he seen right here. Take a look at the constitutional convention proceedings, comHon. C. S. mencing on page 1736. Varian, a leading Gentile member of the convention, introduced the following as an amendment to Section 2 of the schedule, and it is now a part of our constitution: The act of the governor and the legislative assembly of the territory of Utah,- entitled An act to punish polygamy and other kindred offenses, approved February 4, 1892 in so far as the same defines and imposes penalties for polygamy, is hereby declared to be in force in the state of Utah. The act referred to imposed a penalty for polygamous cohabitation, known to the law as unlawful cohabitation. Why was that territorial statute modified, if it was not the intention of the leading Gentiles in the convention to leave the old cases of polygamous families alone? Remember, this amendment was offered by C. S. Varian, former United States district attorney for Utah, a man who had been vigilant and determined in prosecuting a large number of unlawful cohabitation cases, and who had full knowledge of what this modification meant. He was backed up in this by Judge C. C. Goodwin, then editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, by present Senator Thomas Kearns, by Judge W. G. Van Home, now in Egypt, and by other leading Gentiles. Section 19 of the Enabling Act provides that all laws in force made by said territory at the time of its admission into the union shall be in force in said state, except as modified or changed by this act or by. the con. - stitution of the state.' That the convention had a right' to modify the territorial staute, and that it was modified by striking out unlawful cohabitation, there is no question. Consequently there was no law in this state against unlawful cohabitation from statehood until the Revised Statutes of 1898 went into effect. The government officials ceased 'years before unlawful cohabitation cases here. case-Wdene- l; -- pa-ro-- p-r- Kearns organ expresses surprise the condition of affairs made kn at Washington by the witnesses in Smoot case. Truth asks that he given a trip to Washington, and asked to explain why the Tribune leading Gentiles here supported A tie Moses Thatcher, a polygai known to be living with his wive the time, for United States senate 1897, if he and the others did not derstand that existing polygamous lations were to be passed by u ticed. Also, let him tell he h a detective, in December, why 1902, to a list of children born to apostles since 1890. In the latter case, if he tels the truth, he will inform you that the list was not for publication, but wa5 to be used in the interest of Perry g Heath, his manager, for U. S. senator; that the object hoped to he accomplished was to make the leader; of the Mormon church withdraw Ree Smoot and elect Perry S. Heath, but that the church did not scare worth a cent. Is, a dignified body like the senate of the United States going to unseat a senator for associating with men that; are guilty of a misdemeanor by violating what is virtually a dead law? We think not. How many dead laws are there upon the statute-bookof New ; states? England the; Why not unseat some other senators for the same reason? It is farcical to suppose that the senate will establish such a precedent. -- s o HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE. With a full knowledge of the matter, Truth is prepared to state authoritatively that former Senator Frank J. Gannon is not a candidate for United States senator in the event of Democratic success this fall. That he is not a candidate for governor of Utah; that not a candidate for member of the national house of representatives. Senator Gannon has established a he-i- s newspaper in Ogden; the only Democratic daily newspaper in all Utah, and he'intends devoting his time, attention and energy to the building up of that newspaper, and to advancing the interests of the Democratic party in Utah. To do this will require all of his time and no political position will attract him from the work. 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