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Show THE REAL TEST. Referring to Apostle Smoot's candidacy, the News remarks that, "If a religious test is to be interposed in-terposed in political affairs in this country, it will be a radical departure from the spirit of our national na-tional institutions, and a direct violation of a provision pro-vision of the National Constitution." We think that is true, but will it be a departure from the spirit of our institutions or a violation of the Constitution to question a gentleman as to his real nationality; as to whether in fact he Is a citizen citi-zen of the United States or whether he has not voluntarily vol-untarily alienated himself from citizenship under our Government and given his fealty, under appalling appall-ing oaths, to another earthly government, which would overthrow the Government of the United States in twenty minutes if It possessed the power to do so? |