Show I SI TOn TRACKS LOGIC y Every Evory man has a rl right hl to his opinion Senator fl Berry nerr rry of or Arkansas Monday ollda In opposition to Sen on- on Smoot and his address was vas as always s 's courteous t lc an and l clean c r But nut wo we think there thero la Is a lack a k of logic log in it that will w weaken It it if argument is to bo vo considered Here Hele is one ono ol of hi his most niost emphasized points l So Su St tar far a as I have been able aLle to ascertain there Is Isn n no case se either cither In this house or 01 tho other where any Senator or member has ever er been expelled for an any act which occurred prior to tn the time when he ho was elected It I Is b laid down L by the text writers MI so fur as s I untie have been able ahle to lo read them that the senate hu hus no right to ex- ex pol a member except It be Lc for some act after ho lie I Is elected to the office ollice or 01 some somo wrongful act which occurred 1 In connection with that election So far as the tho proper actions In this ca case they show the senator from Utah Ulah Is not entitled to a U teat Heat on this timis floor So So far car ar as ag the Arkansas senator Is concerned col then Own If iC Senator Smoot was as entitled to ht ins hiS certificate hi tn I. I r u. u place he can not be e removed ell For FIJI it will no nobe not be h. pj b by an any one that Senator l' l oo n noo oo has Ius t I his election been guilty of or An any act act ace which warrants Iti his expulsion as expulsion as in Ute tho ho case of or Senator Burton Durton of r Kansa for example Mr Berry Derry Ea says s 's a n little later late We Wo have haye 10 O right Tight to say that hc ho shall shaH be of or a a. certaIn certain politics or 01 Ii a ft certain religion or anything of or that kind But Dut s' s s r r W wo we It havo ve a aright aright aright right to say he shall not n t be a man of or Infamous char char- actor acter Does Docs even Senator Berry Derry pretend that Mr lIr Is an Infamous character There Is not a a. man rum in the sonata senate bar one who would even hint that charge We V think Senator Dubois Dubols would accuse Smoot of or infamy But Dut it Is not ell belle and It will vilI not bo ho ac- ac d by an any one else even cven among those those- who may vote vot against n him Senator Smoot Is not infamous Mr IJ Berry rry does docs not pretend he lie is The Tho report of or the committee does not so 80 indict him lie stands by that very hostile report acquit on the tho one accusation which Senator Berry rc regards ar as the solo cause for Cor which tho the senate would IJ be warranted in expelling him Farther along Mr 1 rr Borry Derry cited tho the case of or Thomas of or 1 Maryland who was refused a sent seat b because causo acts committed com corn by him prior to his election disqualified him as asa asa asa a senator And nothing In the tho nature of or acts committed prior prior- to his 1118 election antI and that would disqualify him for a n. seat seal in the United States senate Is charged against Mr l Smoot Now then If Jt Senator Smoot did nothing before hip his election which would woul ren render him him Ineligible and nothing since his election Which would Woula warrant his expulsion what basis basIs' is there for defending a n. vote voto against him I Mr 11 Berrys Berry's whole point Is that thaL Senator Smoot Is believed to owe an allegiance to his church above the tho allegiance which ho he owes 0 to lo the nation There Is only one competent ju Judge of that antI and It is Senator Smoot Ho He has stated under oath that he owes no obligation to toan an any authority which prevents prevents' his giving p. p perfect glance g- g lance to the United SL States lie He has declared under oath that he hc recognizes first of all the obligations upon him liEs his to the tho republic That was his position before beCore his Ills election It is his position now nO And Anti by hy that logic logie Senator Berry should not vote ote a against him Let us go a little way Into the enemy's count country y Mr ir Berry who fought In the tile confederate army as he JJ believed be be- etl to be bc right and who was was n maimed in that struggle struggle gb gle as many another man on either side of or the line was maimed J declares We Yo th the confederates never pledged l fidelity to this nation and then sought by lY in indirection to violate it When our chief laid down his arms at ApPomattox Appomattox Ap- Ap ho promised for 01 us future peace and submission don sion to the the- laws WE VE HA HAVE VE KEPT THE ritE PLEDGE But Dut have you Sen Senator tor Berry erry Have you you- given equal rights to the tho colored man Is hc lie an equal an-equal Is there thero an any place In tim the Yh whole lc Southland where the tho vote of or the time negro population Is expressed In cast t and counted ballots Mr ller Berry will sa say t that nt Is a a. different matter that it will not nol do to give the blacks control of tho ho government govern ment mont of or time the state or any part thereof that the tho blacks aro are unfit for self government t and that it would be a palpable injustice to put the time making law power of the South into the hands of the tho irresponsible tho the impecunious ious and the tho vicious An And 1 we cheerfully concede there Is reason for Cor his claim But take lake the thc case a tvs ni lt it stands South kept tho the faith w Why Vh 11 t the the to holo holo ss of the Vl hole 10 catic sl side e o nat r rh h hWe IFft n t. t t tWe We Vc are arc no not looking r for r parallels The Th Th ls that thal Mr Berry BerTY has not respected the Fifteenth amen amendment amend amend- 1 mont ment to the time constitution of the United States Stales And Anti Sen- Sen nor has IHl respected anti and ob observed el ed and amid OBEYED ever every law lawor of or tile tho land Jand Senator Berry Borry will not vote for tor Senator Smoot But Buthis Buthis Buthis his refusal to do so will have to be he based base 1 on something moro more than the logic he used in his speech ori on Mon Monday a |