Show SOOT SMOOT I IN SENATE SPEECH 0 I t. t r J fi Senator Philander C. C Kno fA t Pennsylvania Defends II J Right to Seat t 7 J IS DANGEROUS PRECEDENT t. t t 1 J S S Only Fight Is Against n S J J J 1 v lief of or Utahan Personal V V T 1 lief c Air I actor Unblemished ti V 4 vV t S i f Washington Feb L-It L 1 11 If Ulf anything f l remained of tho the case se against s Senator p i f J j Reed Reet Smoot It was shattered to jI cafter c L T Lafter after Senator Knox had finished 1 r- r V speech In behalf of or tho the former nithi ta tOday t Knox was accorded the closest al r cation I by practically a full Cull since of senators and tho the attorney general of the tho United at States the desk In imi beginning his Speech p ech he said salt it was his unalterable cx n- n r that nothing less than thai a a. t a. two two- o n w thirds vote voto of ot tho the membership membership- could 1 deprive Senator Smoot of or his scat and i m that the only way wa tho the senate c could i proceed was b by expulsion which re requires I 4 S Squires quires a n two-thirds two vote ote I Religion lolI Not u u. ct r r. r He Hc should not be expelled for expelled for 01 bc bc- lieving In the Mormon religion said Senator Knox The Irrevocable Irrevocable- ti In expressly with in view guaranteed toleration in th tho state of or Utah lIe Ho should not bo ho cx- cx polled for member till being a or an tofU alit ofU P r cot er of the Mormon lormon church f for for- forth th h hd i f same ame reason Ho should bd 1 not nol M ex C- t. S 5 for a vindication of or W l violated by certain Mormons Mormons' polygamous relations with S Sena- Sena i S S tor or Smoots Smoot's consent or 01 Up- Up v posing ho did consent or a S Utah without being Ignorant qt f c r. r w elected him and the senate Would u 1 S S S Snot not bo 10 Justified In going out Qt ot of way to on enforce force r respect for a formerly S expressed 1 will Utah embodied t. t r law against polygamous relational rc by b i defeating its later hater expressed v win n. n 4 shown In its electing Senator Mormon Chruch Not TI S Senator Knox quoted fron froni- froni front s en S trines and Covenants pages page 4 frona a to to to oJ 85 verses versos one to eleven cleven Mr 11 1 President It seems to ne teu t I it would bo be difficult to dratt jr- jr L j more nearly antipodal to 10 U In Ings of than than tr t. t tho o. o c church l' l h h ju ad a.d. J V is u y 1 to b bd lid The exercise ot of paIit- paIit t. t Q lea leal authority by a 11 priest representing representing- the Deity The creed of tho ho Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon church chur h not only disclaims tho the right to exes exes-ciso political authority but enjoins obedience to the thc authority of oC tho the state slate in all ail things Concerning Concerning- III- III Tolerance TOI Concerning Senator Smoots Smoot's alleged tolerance of continued polygamous re relations ro- ro lations by certain Mormon 1 officials Senator Knox said ald The Tho only thing alleged against Senator Senator Sen Semi ator Smoot moot J is that lint he lets this sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- In ing dog lie He If It this disqualifies him him over every citizen of or Utah Mormon formon and Gentile is likewise who likewise refrains from prosecuting the theold theold old Mormon formon and and they all do Senator Knox declared that polygamy amy imy In Utah is dying out that po polygamous amous marriages have havo ended In Utah and in a few years cars persons plural married before Utah's admission will willbe willbe willbe be rare objects of curiosity As At practical men should we wc not bo be content with that lint asked Senator Knox In conclusion lon Senator Knox said Sanctity of ironies HOllies Not at Stake Sta lIt l'- l' It has been beon said frequently that Senator Smoot should bo expelled from flom the senate in order to protect the sanctity sanctity sanc sane thy of oC the American home I 1 do not see how the lie sanctity of or tho the American home is at stake In this issue If It the Mormon church teaches polygamy and encourages It Its practice surely tho the fact that Senator Smoot is a monogamist and arid ha has from his youth set his faco and lifted his voice against polygamy is conclusive ivo evidence that ho hc Is ia figur figuring lug ing by precept and example for the tho sanctity of the American homo against ag hl his church chinch and under circumstances requiring tho great greatest t moral courage Vindication Is Certain If on the other hand tho the Mormon church is 14 not teaching ant and encouraging encouraging encouraging aging polygamy the tho argument that tho the sanctity of tho the American home homo is In Involved Involve In- In volve hero utterly falls fails You ma may tal take e either cither position and it will load lead to Senator Smoots Smoot's vindication vindication vindi vindi- cation and ant to the tho certain conclusions that I have Indicated that tho time purity of or tho the American home Is not in ardy You may take tako eIther cither horn of ot tho the dilemma If IC the tho church Is Ig teaching teaching teach teach- ing polygamy Senator Smoot is preaching and practicing monogamy If tho ho church Is Js not riot teaching polygamy polygamy polygamy amy it is blameless and the tho caso case against Senator Smoot falls fails |