Show i SENATOR KNOst OX ON OX JUSTICE A AND nr REASON sox f. f It I I la is not profitable to cry down own United States Senator t. t l. l Philander C. C Knox who has Just made mn e so masterly an nn ar argument art arS argument ar- ar ar- ar of Senator Smoot It Is un- un nt against the unseating t gum I S to refer to him as a a w weakling or controlled l S by base motives The man Is la ono oo of ot the ablest statesmen 1 l the nation naton has ha pro produced uce On every hand hand It Is admitted S J J that he ho Is a n leader Jea er among the lie very er able lawyers of the t United States ie He Ie has no motive but that of honesty to toi i Inspire him to action acton An And what he has ha sal said In opposition f tion to tu the Kearns Reams campaign for Cor tho the unseating of oC the senior sen zen i S Jur br Utah senator Is based base on law and truth an and Justice r o 5 S and an right as firmly as arty aly cause has been from fro the foundation bun foun 1 dation aton of or th the republic 4 Only little men will vilt wl pretend he ho Is a little man The Judgment of or America Americ the estimate of or the time world Is better i S. S I Wo We commend as a a starting point the following sumI summing summing sum sum- I 4 ming minI up tip of or Senator Knox's ad address le In tho the senate enate Tuesday S i It I has been sal said frequently that Senator Smoot S should be expelled from th the senate In order to protect the sanctity of or the American home I do o not see how howS the sanctity of or tho the American Am home Is I at t stake In this S Issue If tho thu Mormon church teaches polygamy an and I encourages Its Is practice surely the fact act that Senator Smoot Is H a 3 monogamist nn and hns has from his youth set get hIs his S face an and Ine lifted hl his voice against poly polygamy my Is 15 conclusive S f evidence that he Is IH figuring by precept and amid example for forthe the sanctity of or time the American Amerian homo borne against his church I r l I f an and un under tinder er circumstances requiring tho tim greatest morn mora courage I If I on tho time other hand tho ho Mormon church Is no not teaching and an encouraging polygamy tho the argument tha the sanctity of or the American home Is Involved Involve here hero u Ut Utterly utterly ut- ut terly fn falls fails I s. s How empty does docs the cause caus of ot the tho seem In the tho light of ur the calm reason such a n man man brIngs to heal upon iti It In no case can en the people of or tho the United State I Justly justy demand lemand the tho expulsion of Ot Senator Smoot Morand Morand Mor fore an and more the tho country Is Js awakening to the truth Tom Toi Kearns Kearn after having aided al e in tho the election of Mr 11 Smoot to the rho senate and n after having a n little later found that tha tho ho Mormon church and people would not consent to h hown his own return to the senate he began n his campaign for th thc the unseating of the tho man whom he ho had just helped to sea seaMore sent seat More an and more the tho nation Is learning the motive behind tho the Smoot anti agitation th the tho animus o of the perJury perjury per per- ju Jury behind tho the crus crusade e of falsehood behind the lie work In Ili women's clubs and behind b the colossal colos al do In of ot tho Women's Christian Temperance Unions Union throughout tho the Jan land S Right up UI to the day n of Senator Burrows's speech th the thi people who had been enlisted In the tho cause causo of ot Kearns be be- Senator Smoot t to he be a polygamist All l over th thc nation naton Ih time wor women n It It I. I When hen th they boy found from rom th tho Michigan senators senator's u add i res ess that they had hUl been deceived the thc they halted haled And back o of them the lie more effective arm army army- the public s sentiment of th the began gaii began to reform It Is lines Then Ilien came the tirade o of Dubols ml Dubols-ml maudlin maudlin wit with wih abuse drunken with unfounded accusation malign with will wih ill i temper An And there developed a state of o the public mind entirely ripe for the calm cairn statement of or Senator Hopkins Hop Hop- l kins kils ns of If Illinois That was vas a revelation to tho the people Before Before Deore Be De- fore ore tho the echoes of It had died away Tom rom Kearns and an hi his l pestilent brood folded ohl their tents and arni got out o of Washing Washing- ton It I was well for Cor them timO they did Clo Close o on th the tho heel of that charge charSe came the even finer speech of Senator Senate Sutherland ai ad not a vestige of the l Kearns carns cause causo was wa wasIe Ie left C. C Horse foot and dragoons they were defeat defeated el Then camo caine the ml address res of Senator Knox Knox ool Knox cool cool as Ice I convincing as ns life Jfe And the time nation naton found the right o othe of the situation was on tho side they the had hn not lut previously been willing even evon to consider I When hon the Illinois senator clator spoke the public public from from from th the Hock Rocky mountains to tu the tho Atlantic ocean ocean was was surprised The They sw saw a man rIse ilso In the United States senate am antI and speak In defense of o Senator Smoot They hey had been told toll Much credit fo for no ono ono of ot repute held such opinions checking the onward rush of oC the Kearns cohorts Is du duto duo duoto u uto to the Senator from front Illinois Much Is due clue Ii to Mr Knox nox No one will wi reply to hi his argument No one will wi contradict contra lct his facts The he case o othe of the protestors protestO's Is Js lost The rhe They have If lied ll to tho the nation naton They hey have defamed their thelt own state The TimeS TimeS' have descended e cende to the basest of or methods metho s and have enlisted tho the service ser o of the basest of men Senator Smoot will vilI wl not be expelled The thing Is now Impossible The Time nation naton will wi not again believe Kearns an and Clemenson Tho The country will viII wi no not bo be deceived by the tho perjurer The country countr wi get et a better beter opinion of ot the tho Mormons because they ivill have learned the truth about them An And In tho the betLer beter better bet bet- ter er Ler opinion entertained ente of or Mormons there will wi be a n consequent conse conse- luent quent fairness in In Inthe the judgment of Utah Tho The state will wil wl b by the corrected Impression tho the more enlightened opinion This whole Inel Incident ont of the tho protest against Senator Smoot moot seemed a misfortune at one time But nut probably nothing could coul so completely have checked the campaign or f Utah's defamation the thc movement for dragooning Utah wih federal troops as th the very ver condition which has hns It I has been a bitter blUer thing for tho the people of the tate state It I has been a frightfully severe severo experience for Senator Smoot But tho the sacrifice has brought a better beter of or Utah a fairer judgment of Utah a mora mor molt view view ol of Utah th than could h hv Sp S b e 1 c rC I wih Je less impressive l If p the tre peace p c which will come como as a result of ot this trIal rial pitilessly prolonged savagely prosecuted prosecute will wi be permanent Never again can cn any man rise with wih the of or Kearns and Clemenson nn and Leleh an and get getan an n nu audience anywhere In the East Never again agin will wl the goo rood people of the nation noton men or women permit them them- themselves elves selves to be use used as tools by so conscienceless a coterie or if f political pirates and sanctimonious scoundrels Hopkins Sutherland and Knox havo have won tho the case The he rime few remaining speeches will wi pronounce ju judgment and nid execute it I. I An And the day ay of peace In Utah should dawn next Wednesday e nes ay I |