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Show SM00T WILL NOT DO. j !?gfl It is said that Apostle Reed Smoot fully en- I !, )' Ifl dorses the ranting of Ben Rich and Deacon Smith f II in the Tabernacle a few days ago, because the sup- & J jfl posed crime of a grandson of the Prophet Brig- W ' " Ifl ham had in the East awakened criticism of the j K( :'4fl Mormon creed. Probably that Is but natural, for L t jjfl anything that assails the purity of the life of Brig- I j ''3fl ham Young, even by implication, as some- L" 1H thing which the Mormons of this genera- I ifc '? jfl tion feel bound to resent as an insult. f m. jSfl The effort is to apothesize the ancient Brig- 1 fi', ffl ham and to draw around his life such a man- 3 ''H tie of sanctity as the ghosts of Daniel and Isaiah V ffl are robed in. It is a little soon to press the mat- ! f '' j ;fl ter, for many people with excellent memories still , , I ! Jfl remain who knew the Prophet in his lifetime and ! 1jB who feel bound to still believe that there was M ulH exceeding much in his make up which was of the 111 ifl Earth earthy. But no matter. There is much Ib.jlJH of romance in many a history besides that of Blsh- I j lifjH op Whitney's. We can afford to let the old world 'Bl'JHfl grind on, but a present question is whether a iBIfl narrow fanatic like Reed Smoot is made of such SaH timber as will adorn the Senate chamber of the SIHH United States? We must keep in mind that in 'UbI ancient days Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. BnHfl Ij 1 Calhoun, Stephen A. Douglas, E. D. Baker, Itohert nil Toombs, Allen G. Thurman and kindred spirits jj j , had seats there; that in modern times that hall H 1 1 has heen graced by a Wellington, a Clark, a Tlll- f I man and a Kearns, and Utah should be most care- ful that the prestige of the august place shall not r j S be lowered by any selection that she may make III for Senator. i j J One of the biggest and best men, judged by both :i brain and heart, that ever gave sanctity to the I 1 I streets of Salt Lake City is Bishop Scanlan. j i But if appealed to we think the closest friends H I of tho Bishop would be constrained to say that the I IEI I very intensity of his life, his years of effort to m sh follow acceptable his Master, have unfitted him to B ij 1 1 become a politician and the holder of a political H '!: , mcG- H 'j 'j '' But he is ,thus far, only a bishop. Is it not B $J - plain that one who has been so absorbed in the j -. work of the Master as to reach by natural gravi- m i - tation the apostleship; to a place in close fellow- Hf , ship with prophets and seers, cannot bend down B U: ;t to the ruff-scruff manipulation of worldly politics? B : jjj' Such a man would be shocked to have to meet B '. jM? '; and mingle daily with the average worldly Sena- B ' W tor, to hear daily of jobs and combines and to B m learn that the spirit prevailing there is in great B W j part the exact opposite of work for the Master. B ; ' 'th Jjf Some worldly man who knows him should see the fl ' r JJ Apostle and try to arouse him from the coarse fl I '4, 1 dream of winning mere political honors. He .H v m $ should read the sermon on the Mount and then H 'H $T ' fe one Senator Tillman's arraignments of his col- B ffl a league, and then try to estimate whether he will B lf e n tlie PrPer place for an Apostle in such com- B fi MK r pany as would greet him in Washington. H I wlw He woud e better off singing hymns with H II ULn Heber Grant in Japan; he ould be more at home H k P wIth Ben Ricl1 folding services in the Piney B fl ! 'i woods of Georgia, being careful not to become B jj p like those told of by Jeremiah: "And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; Sa-maria; they prophesied in Baal and caused my people of Israel to err' |