| Show r WHO IS THE rIlE DICTATOR lI Yesterday morning the Tribune re's res repeated re re- re I ti r s 's pealed the ugly charge chargo It IL has hns recently recent recent- ly Iy been goaded Into making that that the Mormon ormon church had compelled the y I. I United States senate to permit Senator Sena- Sena his office Interest Int In Ii I tor N Smoot to retain t terest rest lest In the Smoot Case Caso Is Intense shouts the Tribune In a headline and anI andin in then on It adds The Threat of oC the thO Hierarchy Hie Ilie- J to Defeat the lie Republican CanI Can- Can I 1 Is the Cause Only a a. few days lays a ago u that thai paper dc- dc 4 1 dared that President noo Roosevelt had Interested himself In the case and was using his Influence to compel the f b senate seBato to favor Senator Smoot It JJ is 1 i rather a serious charge and ani raise false s a-s asit it S f Is unseemly H. But that thai view of oC the case has been Levies federally published over the em eastern tern part of tho countr country Ever Every possible t effort has has' been made to convince th tha j I re l of oC the tho countr country that a 1 great leat outrage outrage out out- I rage ruSe was being ted perpetrated that a 1 aman t man lOan unfit was being held by force In his office and that the hl big Republican f I can majority had been intimidated b bj bjone e jr one twe little state and that even cn the President I had ad been bought or bullied r Into hito supporting the claim claIn of oC a man mw i- i who deserved expulsion i ij V And yet et the rest or ot tile the countr Vf should hould not be deceived Men In other stales tates t tes have ha reason and judgment It J 1 f is not likely that they can bo be foaled I h li J JI tactics so 50 baldly insincere as these N h I employed ed by th the Salt Lake Tribune Suppose the Mormon 1 church leaders J j Vi j-Vi i f were doing precisely what tho Tub Tub- Jr unc une declares they are doing making loing-making making threats Suppose the officials of oC Unit that church were demanding that thal Senator Sen- Sen S stor ator Smoot retain his scat andS and S S. S S threatening to o defeat tho Republican I party varty If It their demand were not tom oni- p Plied with What would the an answer anver S be lie Could the Mormon 1 church even evenS S If jf it t held absolute power over th theote theS the t S ote Voters oters of Its Ms membership do the Rei ReS Re- Re i 1 S publican party part of the na nation nn any v II K harm Here Herc is a state stale with three votes otes In fn congress six congress six In au an electoral i r college Supposing the Mormon Ini In- In In-I In i i- i fluence controlled the state absoluteS absolute absolute- S i ly Iy and that the they could deliver the vote with the precision of staple merchandise mer riser chandise and that the managers of oC oft t the lie H fi party part knew It it The TheyS They S would tell tel the Mormon church ch to do S its Is worst they would defy any power making making such a threat as that Three Three votes voles otes are re Ie not riot so o Important S to any pad party One lone congressman t v r. r the hou house th e-th e are paw pawns s not nol S. S valuable to warrant him himS who ho has them In IR his S S f seep keep pep to make malc lh the bullying demands represented inS Int in inthe S t the Tribune S Even E If tho the sons Morn conti controlled I Idalo Idaho completely Even if Ir they had had tho the state tate of it Wyoming signed scaled sailed and delivered They ley could not nol go to the tho Republican managers and arid make a any ally y such stick d demand mand and threat as an that I that S They could not nol dictate S anything They be bc laughed out of the room S S They rhey would bo ho defied I oy would l be he S SS S f l back ack with the reply of or the Uw I I Republicans that the good old party r S could rould not nol be bullied by any anyone one one- And I 0 S r 4 a practical proposition rI they would 1 5 S' S bo bc told tOil the they were rere far too small smal ti to I I assume tho the role of dictator nut hUt the Mormon chinch does S ormon not nol nol control Wyoming at Wyoming at all l It I docs eg c not nol L.-l- L. I m-arly m control Idaho And Anc It II lacks a lot of or controlling Utah Ulan True Truc i a n majority majolly of tho the voters voter of the tho state slate aO are Mormons But Dut these voters are S like the tho voters In In Inan an any other stateS state I S 'S They are are not not cattle catte to be bc sold and without consulting them thorn Some ome of them theirL arc ale Democrats and S R some mc of oC them 5 aro aio Republicans Tho They S vote volo as they see sec fit fiL ft The Easl Easi may have been d deluded Into Inlo believing that S tho authorities s of if the church chUch could control the action acton of tho the electorate of or Utah hut but It I is hs b by no means the tho fact fact 5 1 It I cant can't be C dono lono cono In the first frt place S. S S tho thu church do not nol teck el an any such dictation They would be beS S Punished punched with rebellion If Ir they ld lid did Got Gol t it out of ot your head that the Mormon Mor Mor- own mon man man or OJ woman Is different from men and women otherwise They arc human beings beings and and free The They do a as ns I S the thc they pI please case quite as W nearly us as do other church members And the they are arc not nol L dictated to lo any uny more than are arc com com- In Iii other othel churches churcheK It I Is Is S f I. I folly and It is s untrue to say tay y that thaL th tho I 7 Church could deliver r Utah f tc That runt fact is h certain Now suppose S of the Mornion church I were ere to make snake tho the threat credited t toi to S it i by tho the Tribune Supposing the Republican Re publican managers did not believe S Senator Smoot should retain hl his his seat Meat 5 I 2 or for Cor any reason did not want him hin ii S there What Vhal would be their course coursel 7 S l By one word they could destroy th the e it power of the Mormon church forever They could simply say IY to the countr country y that the Mormon ormon hierarchy had hai I threatened to defeat tho the Republican a candidates candidates wo wo arc are quoting the Trib Tribunes Tribune's rl S une's unes own wor words and sand and there thero would b I be e J ii such an aroused loused nation naton a as would take talo the Mormon church out of oC politics for for- ever el Vh Why hy not nol a o state stale but bul would back the thc Republicans In giving gi a defiant defant reply to so arrogant a threat And the result would bo ho a n strengthened Republican Re Re- publican party and a Mormon church overwhelmed b the Indignant in indignant In- In Indignant simply o er by ju Justly t rage of the nation naton That would be dictation and It would not be bo tolerated In the United States of America Which brings us to another phase of or this vcr very Interesting question queston What Is Js back of lie Iho demand of or other churches What hat Is the lie alternative Su suggested b by the demand o of conferences and as assemblies as- as bies What hat Is to lo be he understood b by the voluminous dictation of clubs club Every morning we read In the Tribune Trib Trib- uric une that such and religious lous hod body 01 or federation has demanded that thai the Iho senate expel Senator Smoot That looks like Mke dictation It 1001 looks R like Iw a threat of punishment if It the lie demand bo be not with wih In truth that Is what It I Is iii And we mn may s l say without fear of successful contradiction tion ton that open dictation t doest look looka a bit bi better beleI from ono church than hams thul from rum rom another Senator case Is In the Iho hands o of the senate It I Is probably safe fe there Can not slot the the rest rest of the country country coun coun- t. t try trust tJust the senate enate to decide this matteI mailer mat mai Eel ler in iii accordance with wih the la laws of I ho holand land hand The mailer is as ns yet jet undecided and there thelo Is a n certain Impropriety In these those demands for a certain action action- acton acton- demands based hosed on ex cx statements and it I is wholly improper as as' as would bo be b ba a demand on a jury or a court were the lie case on trial there Let us repeat with wih nil all al the emphasis that lint can bo br giver given to words The he Mormon Mormon Mor Mom mon moo church chUch hia has not threatened the lie Republican part party parly It I would be bo re rebuked re- re rebuked by a stinging in defeat If IC It tried to 0 Influence action acton b by threats this threats The Republican PartY parly of oC the nation would Jau laugh h at such uch threats ats from a state so unimportant In the general enell result result result- resul- resul even if the Mormon church could use he hie Ma sIn ta t a as a n club cub which club II It can cun not nol The state stalo of Utah at such a n threat at would rebel against hierarchal dictation die die- lallon tation and anI would express at the polls the independence of this commonwealth common coaliTion wealth as would nn any other And nd let us add this Tho The light fight on Senator Smoot Is not due to a ft n belief belef In his unfitness for that o ce It I Is not made because he ho Is a traitor It I Is made because e if this protest is successful success success- ful fuh Tom Torn Kerns will wi regain control of oC the state stat of oC Utah Utah a a control ho he lost because he was unfit to lo retain I It The Tue protest Is not nol In the Interest of oC humanity humanity hu hu- manity 01 or the home or Independence nce In iii politics Neither of these Is threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened in the he retention of oC his se seat t by Senator Smoot But tho the delay for tw two years secured In every instance by the enemies of Mr Mi Smoot and over hl hi his protest is a violation of every prin principle riu- riu ciple of justice common among men and a violation of oC ever every precedent that thai has been ob observed er ed in the senate senale since Us Its HI organization No doubt there thero Is now recognized a resolve on the part of oC senators to decide de tIe- e- e cide clde the lie case in favor of Senator Smoot Smoot But Dut that hat result has hag not noL been brought about a as aH a result resul of oC an any trade or 0 because of any threat made by the Mormon church It I Is a result of obedience to the simple rules of right the principles of or justice tardy tardy but bul not to lo be a averted |
