Show r t t SENATOR BURROWS BURROWS' I ARGUMENT IE I t r Senator Bui Burrows rows of Michigan seems seem to to have o made matle the greatest effort o ohis Of oC S his life in his address on Tuesday i f He occupies rather a prominent poI poI- 11 2 t Ion tion in the senate and so 50 o far ar as we tJ L h have ha c been able to discover r from tho the I. I record hi hIs limelight position Is chief chief- I ly due duc to his activity In the case cas against Senator Smoot Aside from fron d that we ve tb do not remember that SenAtor Senator Senator Sena SenA- tor Burrows has exceptionally ly distinguished distin listin- himself J And AmI he has been peculiarly i in handling this tills his greatest it For one thing thInS he lie has been In- In J I accurate Whether this is due to his hI d sources of Information w we wo can not say One Ono would haTch hard hardly I like to charge a r senator of the United States with de dek deliberate de- de k t tr t liberate falsehood And bc besides tho the j de-j argument that has been made matle by the 7 Salt Sail J. J Lake Tribune for fOI or the pa past t three l 4 i J years ears One seems to be reading over o again the tUes files of or that paper as one onet tt t peruses the arguments of or tho the senator A from Michigan For Tor example Mr lr Burrows said Mid that E every cly state o office in Utah with the J exception of oC Attorney general has al always always al- al 5 ways been seized by the Mormons and from the date of the states state's admission t. t t to the Union has been held by th m t. t There are alc a great man many people In Salt Sail Lake who believe bellevo that to be true Yet it i is not true true- When the first state election was vas wa held there were were to elect elec L Ij One governor go one secretary of state o one o auditor one treasurer one atI at- at i I 1 I torne general one congressman two jt c j United States senators and three Supreme Sur Su- Su r preme premo court Judges 0 Of Ot the tho Morl Mor- Mor ori or- or i l j 1 Thons mons elected the governor go and secre secretary fa tary 1 o of s state atc the thc auditor and one United States senator The Supreme court was composed entirely of non- non Mormons Mormons The congressman was a ai i Jon Jon- non Mormon C. C. C E. E Allen Attorney Attorney- General Bishop was vas wa a non non James Chipmon secretary of state was wasa wa a non-Mormon non and there was one Gentile United States Slates senator In the matter of or numbers Senator Burrows has been been mislead ad Into an egregious error In the matter mater of ot salI salary sal- sal 2 I ar ary tho the balance in favor of the non- non r Mormons is particularly heavy There was not then and there has not since been a Mormon on the Supreme bench f. f t J. J M. M 11 Tanner a Mormon was a candidate can can- en- en for the Supreme Supreme- Supreme court and was f 1 defeated in the state slate although a large largo I I majority of the tho voters of tho the state were were Mormons And we believe e belc we express the sound Judgment of or tho the people of or the state when we say sy that JM J. J M. M Tanner measures head and shoulders tl ders rs above c at least one man who ha has oc occupied pied a position on that bench In 1890 four our or five general officers ut ur the state stale were Mormons and they arc are so to still That hat Is to say sy the governo governor gov gov- erno secretary treasurer and auditor auditor audi audi- tor are arc all al Mormons Mormons But the three Si members of the Supreme court and th the t i general attorney general at a bigger salary salary- are non non s. s Besides Beside Utah has ha a number of oC ex ex- bodies like tho the p pa I F board which is composed of oC the thre three I. I Supreme court Justices the attorney general generl and tho governor This 1 Is L 1 one ono of the mo mot most mOlt t Important and power power- 1 fu ful agencies agences of or the th state and it IL ha habut has but one Mormon in its It make There was g a a. time when all al three 5 0 members of or the tho congressional dolega- dolega tion Senator Ion Senator Kern nd Ra Rawlins an and Congressman Sutherland were Sutherland were non non- Mormons and that continued for tw two years ears J The fhe statement that that the Mollon Mormon monopolize the offices in Utah Uth will wi no not stand the test of oC the record Sena Sena- tor tar Burrows in hUH has leen lied ed to In another e essential th tim tho chief adr ad ad- r- r against Senator Smoot an and ag against Utah gO goes wrong wh when n h he f c speaks of 01 th the wrongful use uso of or th the public funds for religion classes casses class class- cass cass- es Cs In th the Mormon church chulch He Ie sa says that teachers paid ald by the public m mono n noy of ot the state are required to instruct th the children in tho Mormon church chUch duct duct- In public ulc school buildings and amid I Ithe In Inthe inthe the regular course courbe of their educational work This is absolutely untrue There Ther was u a time when the public school teachers outside of Salt Sal Lake county If they wel were MOt mOns held religion classes in the public school buildings building aCter after the close of the regular school day They dismissed school hool at the usual us us- u ual l hour and specifically released a aU all pupils who did not nol care to remain t to the religion class clas These teachers being Mormons usually were selected by the authorities of ot their church t to impart the religious instruction o of that church It I was wa a perfectly natural natural natural na na- na- na tural arrangement and in no sense eons trespassed upon the rights of or tho the state v 1 i r schools or 01 invaded the thc PUb c ian teach teaching Ins Ins- S This is of importance to tobe tobe tobe There be considered rather carefully was a n strong objection to having tho Mormon religion taught In the public school buildings under any circumstances circum stances and und years ngo ngo the tho practice Ice was terminated It I Is not now followed fol foi- lowed anywhere In Utah The people of tho the Enst East have been told that children chil chil- dren of Gentiles could not attend public pub pub- lie lic lc school s-chool without being instructed In In Inthe tho the Mormon faith and especially that the they were forced to lo hear henr arguments supporting the Institution of p The TIme truth Is as has hns been stated There are no religion classes taught In the public schools of oC Utah or have havo not been for fOI years years Such classes never Interfered with wih the school work vork for they were not open until after aCer the Jho end i of the public school day I These are essentials cs The They go to the kernel of ot the whole contention Let the people of oC the East and the people of Utah understand the truth about these t things and thc they will wi find the tho general generalI I corner cormier jorner stono stone of oC Senator Sena or Burrows' Burrows position position I tion has ha been utterly removed cd S S S There Is another point in Jn his argument argument ment mont which will wf go 10 far tar to to affect the tho Judgment o of Eastern people And it I is isone isone one o of these things s where the thc veracity of ot Senator Smoot will wi have ha to be placed against the questionable testimony testimony testman test test- i I man mony of or questionable people Mr Burrows says S 'S Senator Smoot has taken 1 an o oath th of or allegiance to his church which will prevent pre him yielding his al allegiance allegiance al- al to the government of the United States States Senator Smoot says he never has taken such an oath and solemnly declares es that the owes no al allegiance allegiance al- al in person peron or power above his allegiance to Next wo we are arc going to take his word for tor that against any testimony on Information that doubtful witnesses presented and against the broad statements of Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Burrows himself S S There is another point which must not lot be overlooked These rhese Eastern men who have ha the deciding of or this case be greatly Influenced J y tho the fact tact that the same agencies agences which now seek I tho the expulsion of or Senator Smoot sought as earnest earnestly for his nomination and election Every reason which which exists against his retaining his scat seat existed tor for his securing it I. I He was an apostle aposto then as he ho is an apostle aposto now And yet Tom Kearns and his friends held meetings s in tho the Kerns Kearns home and laid their plans for for- forthe the election electon of oC an allegiance ales Ianco pledged to send Reed Smoot to the United States Stated senate When the senators senators- understood understood understood under under- stood this point we do not believe I they will wJ follow Senator Burrows Burrow ver very far And we do not believe beleve the nation naton in general will vill expect them tem to If I the best case ce po possible has been beci made against Senator Smoot b by the tIme Burrows addles there thelo I Is no lio mote moio of or Mn Smoot being expelled th than n there thero Is that the capitol of the nation nalon will wi bo he moved to Kokomo |