Show 1 t IN rl CASK lAJ OF ol 0 A SENATOR 1 t Dispatches cs from from Crom Washington are arc lo to lotho toa a 4 tho thu effect that thul tho committee investigating invest invest- i gating the tho charges es against United States Slates Senator Reed Smoot of oC Utah wIll cr very soon recommend to the that Mr h Smoot senate be bl expelled Jus wi why Is' Is Is' Is not lot stated One Ono r bo Q insincere to say ay it Is not known why vh And Amid one would be he cowardly toI to tc I I tl that lint the case against him IH is li Vit tI but hut a response to the deWIll demand de de- mand WIll for vengeance and d that the Interested in Indicting pun Pun- on the tIme pre present ent Incumbent o or of that ollice olec ar are alj Utah men whose de tic- cc- cc 91 political overthrow o is Es u unfairly unfair unfair- ly b attributed to tu Reed Smoot These helo pretenders to concern for 01 or tho the morals moral r f he nation naton themselves notoriously I Immoral have crt craftily secured the thc in In- In of goo good women In other states and of organized societies composed com coma posed of people who have ha c made n no 1 Investigation est In of or the tho cane cale but bu i o la havo have com committed mi themselves to a campaign cam cam- which their credit will wi not permit per per- er- er mit them to abandon Tho The charges against Senator Smout Smoot have havo been pending since his entry entry's s 's Into the senate more senate more than three thre f years ago The crus crusade c Co for I his hil Unseating un unseating un- un seating began with the beginning o obis of his bis term and ana has been pushed wit with vt energy maintained with wih tho the expend lure tutt of oC mone money aided by much cation caton and strengthened b by paid advocates advocates ad ad- s who vho have traveled over O the thc eastern section of or country holding public meetings at nt which thc they have ha b bj by Ii no means menns he hesitated at Untruths un- un UI- UI truths to lo make good gool their case ease Never Nevel In the hi history tol of or the nation nalon has a n chairman challman of committee permit permit- ted led the time gross gros unfairness which has characterized Senator Burrows's ss s's policy poley In iii this ca case e Never el e has a brother senator senator sena sena- tor tOI pursued with wih such malignity the he cause against an enemy as aM Senator Dubols of Idaho ha has pursued IhU quest for fot fol the Iho tl discrediting l of oC a man min manfrom I from a sister I state stale Never e cI has lc ll- ll t- t mony on unrelated subjects been so I permitted to lo color a case on trial A And Amid 11 never lc cr has limit a verdict so o foreign to time the matter maUel at I issue sue been given a 1 forecast l as In the tIme case of or Senator SenatorS S nm 00 t It I Is unjust to him because e it fixes the lie belief belef in the minds of oC many who rend read only one side llo of the time ca case e that tat Senator Smoot moot is a or 01 a n cl of or polygamy Members of or orthe the committee and anti of oC congress have ha e long ong ago accepted the fact which Is I well veil recognized here hen in Utah that th the tho man nan Is not a violator of oC any aimy law and that hat hIs Ills personal onal life is as ns clean n as that hat of or an any other man maim There arc are thou of good gooi but bu prejudiced people In the time older who ho have receIved recel clI the Impression that the case caso 3 against l him Is because c he heis hes hei i is s a pUI polygamIst and the they have hove never been corrected b by the time prints which aro arc hostile hostle to lo the time senator Anti And this Is the 11 more lo tu be Ie deplored because 11 Mr Smoot Is certainly ono one of the he most industrious anti and effective mon men menn iii II n the senate llo lu lie is recognized by au ni II his colleagues as a practical bu busl- busl l- l ness ess man with wIh a sound grasp Jas 11 of big biga a affairs f nh'S that he Ime Is a worker and aud thai he c is helpful to tu every one of oC them In Ill n committee particularly ho imo has won I hl high h rank mank among among senators An And In Inis I his is personal 1 relations with wih his brother senators he Ime is 15 appreciated as a 3 com courte- courte teus te- te ow ous us sensible informed man and anti a 3 acry avery very cry In loyal al friend It Ic I Is unfair to the tate state of oC Utah heie is naturally a tendency lo to this this- credit l tho time efficiency of a now stales stale's c representatives Older states have havo much luch the elder brother habit habit aim an ns- ns of oC UIel as al if Ir their greater realer a age e were vere a timing thing of their own owl wn ln achieving A man of oC or ordinary strength th Is helpless s when he ime goes oes lo to loic time the ic halls hals of oC eon congress JeHS mont a state so 10 o new nev v c and so o remote as Is II Utah Ulah That the ic representation from hero here has been enabled to secure so much recognition do 0 so o much for CO their mend amend rules of oC departments for the benefit of oC actual betler settlers and anI Increase the le area of oC possible productivity I 8 Js Jsn aim al n absolute testimony to lo their super super- lor br or ability When hen It I Is considered th that t thc they icy have haye achieved this result even wIh the handicap of a noh noisy pi ote otest l la a against aln t the thc title of oC one omme ole of oC them It I 1 is ad additional f e evidence of or their heit strength At tt the tho beginning tho time case against Senator Smoot was hns based d on the beef be hc- lief ef popular In the thc east cast that he hr 11 had violated the law relating to marriage That hat position has been abandoned The he prosecution sh shafts tp p the thc ground that hat he I is a member of oC a church which is hostile hostle to the government HO of he time United States Slates It I is conten contended er that hat he Is bound boun by hr allegiance to lo an authority other that of or the time laton mm- mm la- la un ion tion ton If I the char charge e were ivere true tue It I could be e established If It I It i were established the lie scat cat should be lie declared vacant vacant here has hns been abundant time line to sc- sc e- e cute uie and 3 1 submit proof prof Through the activities of oC two sessions of oC congress s. s I Ithe he time inquiry has imas been continued The Thc unrest attributable lo tu repeated d char charges chal- chal g es has grown until time the scandal can al in llio tho case ease is the shu delay the time repeated repeat- repeat ed d d postponements the thc dallying with wih a public duty the thc reiterated promise ofa oCa of oC a 1 conclusion und and the ever recurring e cl of lC still Ill further dela delay 1 lf fc there Is a ca case e a against Senator Smoot Smout the people would have known Imo 1 it It L The he national government HO ha has had federal officials hostile hostle to lo the senator an and amid thc they have hud had years calS in itt il which to assemble evidence e There are arc witnesses witnesses wit wit- wl- wl nesses nemes to be he found fould for time the proving IIo of evel e cr every y charge made malic If IC the charges were true That there has been bean ho imo l vote taut there mere has huts been no lie conclusion conclusion sion of or the lie matter either cither b by i quilting whIch It-whIch t which would be cowardly coi or vot- vot ol olIni Ini ng a it vacancy which vacancy which would be braver CI at al lea least t or 01 b by recommending a formal dismissal al of ff tho the ch charge charge- which would be ri right right right-Is Is ht-Is Is pu positively II el to the time discredit of tho the men who l ha have hav managed the time case of tho Limo Time Tho senate of oC the greatest republic In iii the time world has lent itself to lo a little coterie of oC time the most Intemperate time the themo mo most t vicious the most an and unprincipled revenge revene seekers that thal thale cr ever offended decency h by their private lives or 01 rn invited the time of oC the b 01 world by their efforts ts in public There are good men and sincere Incer women who have ha e supported the tho f fight ht against Senator Smoot a l given mc means n to promote the time a agitation lalon hol wholly falling failing lo tO tl understand the tho animus ani ani- mus which Is back of the movement mo to unseat him These Thee people have havo a arIght aright 3 right to the truth The committee has the truth tm and ha Imams has had hal It IL for or years The They have needlessly gl prolonged 1 a hearing needlessly I nd added ed to lo the time ex- ex x pen Pease and tho ho annoyance of If in Iii InVa Washington Va I ln ton and Interests l here Utah l is II a 3 state in the fe federal elal Union It I has complied with wih the Jaw law luw and has s hasas hasas ha as good a right in time the ranks of or th the commonwealths aM as has hal an any other Lo Lol there ho bo no imo mistaking that B By the policy of or dallying alln b by the habit of halt halt- haI- haI In log Ing by br the custom of or procrastination the they have inflicted a damage amage on Utah Uth Sleater greater than can be bo computed compute It I I is time the right of oC the tho state late that time the or ordinary I promptness and courtesy courtes an and fairness conceded ell to tn New York or Illinois be given s1 cn Utah Anti And Ane It U is for ff that equality of oC justice which we contend If I Senator Smoot is a traitor the fact I fact act can Ican be he proved PIo and h he should then thel be expelled expelled Instantly If I he Ime Is a n polygamist l he lie can cn be convicted mind convicted con and should bo at be-at al once If I thel Is an any i reason In law or justice why he should hould not retain his seat eat il it I can cali ClU be established and im he Iw should not be lie r retained an hOI hour That none of oC has been hen shown is 19 ample evidence c that they can not aoL be Perfect rankness frankness g on the time part of or I 11 his mis enemies would Insure tho lie c confession confes sion ion that Mr Ir Smoot Is pursued bo- bo lo- lo cau causo o he lie is a member of oC the Mormon church This paper Is in no sense onse either cither tiLe Ike exponent or defender of oC that or 01 any HW other religion V Wo Ve know of oC no reason an and certainly none nono has hns been shown n at Washington ton why wl a member of that church as us well as of oC any ammy other church church ma may not nol hold of or- flee fice We 0 lc regard arll it as ns exceedingly unfortunate un un- fortunate for foi time the nation nalon that the time test of or religion lon is h applied In tho the matter of franchise If because he I Is I a Mormon Mor Mo- moo mon mOI Mr h. h Smoot may not nol sit si In the time senate he can nOL not nol ote vote No 0 more can cnn an any other oilier Mormon If H he is Inel ineligible ihl to lo ollice ho Imo is ineligible ible lo Ui the tho fran Crun- ran ran- chise And Amid Anc that Is in fn perilous viola viola- lion lon iou of or every principle of our OUI re re- re- re public It I seems that a better test lest would be bethe bethe the manhood of oC ihu thu h. h claimant him him- self His Ils right to lo the time franchise e hIs ills right mIght to time the to which his his nel neighbors neigh neigh- h- h bors hors elect him his imis right to the lie consideration consideration con cun- of uC tho the public should depend depenti de de- pend penti on himself and not Co for I au an In Instant Instant Instant In- In stant on vim any affiliations he may mar maIntain maintain main maui tain talim either chimer of or a religious or 0 political or UI secret society character This must be 10 a nation naton of or American citizens citizens citi citi- ell ell- zens and anti so far fm as aM franchise or 01 of- of lice ice Is c concerned neither Mormon nor 10 Methodist t ChrIstan Christian Catholic or 01 Greek Greel should be considered either cither as asan asan C an advantage or 01 the tho reverse re We Ve ilo do o not nol know what time the senate will wi do In n th the Hie ca case caso o of f Senator Smoot We Vo do do thu not believe e he lie will h be expelled lie should not be Wo Vo 0 do O not nol believe e there here is a majority of the senate In favor of IJ position lun We do know hat thal every ely friend of Senator Smoot and amid of Utah lah will wi dc desire an au early sot set of the tho case caso and a term Inn Inn- lon ton of the harmful accusations a against one of or the states stales of uC this Union |