Show r f oice of aI C CS 21 ote 7 t SEATING G OF SE SENATOR ATOR SMOOT New 1011 York The sena senate te b by a vote ote of or 43 42 to 27 7 refused cuse last week weck to expel Senator Reed heed leec Smoot of ot Utah who vho since his election electon nearly neatly neat near nel ly Iy four foU years ago hAS been under Ire fire tle as ineligible because of his hiM official connection with a church which It tt has s haq been charged still sti practices polygamy Many an senators evaded evadNI voting and with time the exception of Senator Hale Tale of Maine nil all ni New England's senators either refrained from voting t oV 01 voted for tor Senator Smoot Senators from the South where the tho Ideal of ot religious tolerance J Is not so dominant and from the Vest Wewt t. t where Mot Mormonism Is better beler I known as a n political factor fact r. voted otel Wi with h moro more against Mr Smoot It I must utmost be said that his dc demeanor H anor since he hc became senator has hns been exemplary ex cx- e- e and that his speech setting forth his record as a citizen of ot Utah Utah and as a a public official made a n do day or two before the 8 senate voted w was amodel a amodel n model of or restraint of or feeling and apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent larent candor and hacked backed by the strong constitutional argument of ot Senator Knox of ot Pennsylvania had hal Its Is weight Ight with men who were regardful t nf f t wih 1 a t i ill InnA 1 AA p ct- ct ctt of t lh ti the i- i j pr President i t Roosevelt Roose velt Is fg reported as Indorsing to the tho oe-I oe full ful the argument of or Mr Knox and the administration undoubtedly has thrown Its Influence in favor of Mr 1 Smoot and the tue Mormon church We can not avoid the conviction that politics poll poli tics ha has Imas entered Into the lie settlement of this matter somewhat at tho the same time it i mu must t be bo admitted that Sir Mr Smoot's Smoots case cae w was s not one best suited from Crom the time Mormon anti Mormon standpoint on which to mal make e a contest The present difficulty now in getting restrictive j Ic legislation limiting In any wa way the tue j peril peri to life Io which comes fl from coin m Christian Chris Chris- I m tian Uan Science practitioners shows bow how I Ingrained in the UK American J mind Is the noton notion that nothing must mUt be le done dooc to Interfere with anything which calls cBs itself religion So with the time Mormon church Ou Our federal legislators and judges have been and are ame art still loath to todo todo too do o au aught ht that seems to Interfere with religious liberty THE TUE rIE REED nEED SMOOT CASE Doston Boston Journal Tiu The long agitation for Cor the exclusion from the United States Slates senate of ot Reed need Smoot of oC Utah has hos ended in a victory for Cor or th the senator 1 by a vote of or 12 42 to 2 28 If I Mr AIr Smoot had lund been cn himself a n polygamist the Issue is issue is- is sue uc doubtless would h have vc been heen differ been differ different enl ent but his personal influence ample have havo been heen a against that practice und and the the majority of the senate evidently evi evi- dently denty believed his declaration that there thele was nothing in his ll relations to lo the time Mormon church which in any aimy way vay Impaired his loyalty to the time govern govern- m ment nt Senator Smoot is personally popular and hn has conducted I with dignity under somewhat trying circumstances s Time The vote In his favor I can caim not fairly he be Interpreted ted as a In any my way Va involving sanction either of Mormon Mor mon he beliefs or 01 1 practices J I MORE IOnE THAN lIAN WAS AS CO COMING INq New Ne' York Nation Nalon Thero were wore 28 senators who voted to unseat unsent Senator Smoot in fn spite simile of or the fact act that he was not n a lol or 01 an nn apologist for polygamy polygamy and ten tel of or them Item belonged to his own party That hat was waH as really realy 10 more moore th than m time the proponents of or so well wella weak I a Case ease lund had a right light to lo l h expect The ho i fact wa was that an application of ff the time reasoning on out Oi which tIme the thc anti anti- I I n agitation uns alt i Wf based to tn t imet tim than n u l K igi il ui-c. ui uld Lu I d hi ha v. v front fronted Ial I ed 01 Cd h havi in jut il m IM- IM ii h. h si it 11 m r hi hl j If I a man i is ii disqualified for tor senatorial 1 honors by serving on a u church governing govern govern- lag ing board with polygamists what wo wanto was wan to 0 be said salti sia of or senators who sit on boards o ot oC directors along with reputed reputed ed and financial pirates or others who have taken Ot orders from bosses boses The Mormon senator has hns nearly completed ted the fourth year yeul of his hlA term but hut the tho decision decision de de- de- de of ot last lat week quiets quiet any anxiety as am to the time remaining remaininG two MINDLESS AND BIGOTED CRUSADE I Literary Digest While most most of of ot the religious press oppose oppose- Smoot most of ot the secular press press press' sustain sustin him hm Tb Time The New York Times Dem calls the Smoot anti ant Smoot campaign a a mindless and bigoted crusade and says It could havo have triumphed only uy by such a n denial of or the right light of oC a state to to equal In i the time senate as ns would have rent reimt the constitution constitution- In twain And the tho Brooklyn Union Standard Rep I remarks s similarly A more lamentable and Ill Ill- advised attempt to attack polygamy polygamy poly amy by excluding from Crom the Rena sena sen- sen a ci a man who Is Js not a could coue hardly have been made and nna were It not that the time Institution has imas already U Its deathblow deathblow death death- blow there might be grave Slave fears ears that the thc unwise Smoot anti Smoot campaign cam cam- would woul react against the thc moral moral issue it Jt purported to favor Perhaps the best hest plea for Mr Smoot was the one be made himself on the thedoor t door loor foor of ot the time senate on Tuesday of last lasteel week eel After declaring that he is not and never has been a polygamist h he said sid that the Mormon revelation concerning polygamy was merely permissive per per- missive never mandatory and us as lS a 1 matter maUEr of fact only a small smal pPl percentage percent percent- ont ont- age of oC that faith have fv over ever r been In 11 1890 1810 the church adopted the thA manifesto forbidding polygamy and thereupon time the practise Use tise of polygamy for the future was abs abandoned nd C ned PROTESTORS NOT JUSTIFIED New Nev York Outlook We e have read mead ad with care the he protest against Aim Mr MI Smoots Smoot's election electon signed by representatives tives of the League of Woman's Womans National Na Na- tonal Organ Organizations and ami scum pet presented ted tedI to I the thc senate by Senator Dubois of Idaho and we find nd in it no reason stated stated stat stat- ed ell that hat justifies es their demand for Cor Mr 11 Smoots Smoot's exclusion lon They hey have not ex expressed ex- ex pressed and they can not express too strongly th the importance of protecting the Lime purity of the home and the sanctity sane sanc tty of oC the fatally family Tint But this can not be bo done by asking congress to 10 violate both the time spirit si of the constitution and I the principles of political To refuse 41 a sent seat in the s senate note note- to 10 a n man maim manof manof of 11 irreproachable morn moral character bo- bo cause lie ito entertains a I religious faith CaUl and is a n member of religious a organization organisation or or- which are repugnant nant to the judgment and conscience of if a vast t majority majority ma ma- of the people of th the l United States Stales does violate the spirit of or the eon constitution tH i I um l Unit Ol CONGRESS Philadelphia Public J Lodger Ledger lg r The ThC s session s iol ha has done man many thin timings things s tumid and ald has las passed et several se useful laws lout hut as the Lime years cars Ila pass it i will wi appear that thai as a stone mile in itt constitutional I development develop lop lop- ment the lie most notable act was the tho de decision tie tie- c iol II by thu time tho puna to ln of Te Rood ll Smoot time the the Mormon th thus hums lS establish ing lA time tho tH principle Elm that t a 1 duly 1 oil fled Idi in itt i t. t in II his ut sc-ut at under the hit i it lit ii and ald I lh Ih it law la |