Show AFTER THE STORM When time shall have o given opportunity opportunity for calm reflection the protestors protestors pro pro- ro- ro In the case o of or Senator Smoot i will rc regret having tal taken cn the strong ground which I la is a assumed umed In their theil protests protests pro pro- tests now before the senate At present present pres pres- ent there thelo Is a a. goo good deal of aroused sentiment In tho country and a n positive tive tl movement on the part of or an army of uninformed They seek to control b by menace menaco and the tho threat of or influence influence ence the tho decision of or a n. legal al They seek seel to take from Crom an elected elect elect- cd ed officer the place pl to which under the law Jaw h he has been chosen an and n. n j that without a n. vestige of or evidence o Vv r against against his character or his deeds And they seek to apply without a thought of hesitation a n religious test In the tho bestowal of franchise rights Inthe in inthe inthe the United States Slates of America That looks Jools like Jlko a n. pretty strong strong- statement The constitution has been sot to clear lear and explicit on tho the subject that men have havo conned no adage more diligently than han that one so carefully I written Into the constitution of this nation NO RELIGIOUS TEST SHALL EVER EVEn BE REQUIRED AS S A Q QUALIFICATION TO ANY Y OFFICE OR OR PUBLIC TRUST UNDER TIlE THE lj UNITED STATES Startling as is the statement these people who protest against Senator Smoot arc are violating that fundamental principle of the basic law of the land Th They j arc are arc making a religious test a criterion The They are arc halting a citizen w with th the the one objection that thc they do donot donot donot not approve his religion We Ve present here nn an abstract from the recorded words of the protests It will be seen l t that at Mr loll Smoot is opposed because because because be be- cause he Is ls a Mormon There Thero can canno canno canno no longer bo ho denial dental of that fact Read the words that have been written South Dakota through Senator Kittredge Kittredge Kit Kit- We are arc for the cleansing of our land from Crom the cur curse e and blight of Mormonism J F m Maryland lalland b by Senator Rn Rayner ner th he ic woman keep on with this ell eli vork nr t only until Smoot Is 18 tIll fAI I hr e. e is s but until the tho o odo od- od o uC of Mormonism has been driven from out beloved land South Carolina through Senator T Mope Hope and pray pra r that this t Mormon evil e will be bo swept from the i f face c of the earth I j Senator Hansbrough h from North orth ot Dakota May Ia fay it t help to remove this i i r man n man from the senate enat Senator Carter presented the Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- fot f tana protest Express the tho hope hOle th that t the they will twill do all that can be done t to suppress an evil the great de lat la t l of which words are arc feeble to tol l The women of Texas are el very eli i eata nest In their opposition lon to tho the 1 7 Mormon representative was the thc in- in I. I on the memorial sl signed lIed h by i Texas women and submitted by Sen- Sen Senator r fator Bailey ator atol 1 Wisconsin by Senator Spooner f c Reed need Smoot Is s a disgrace to tho the naThe nation na- na tion II The rho rank and file of women of New cW York state are heart and soul against any representative ot of the thc Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon hierarchy being given Iven a voice In do Inthe dothe the tho making makin of laws law for the people of or orthe the United States But Dut tho the position of the protestors should not be judged too loo har harshly They The have havo In their theil thought another tying thing when the they lay the tho Inhibition against the Mormon church Stripped of the false falso Interpretation which has hasl l been en given to the tho word by those of oJ Utah who are mal making ln capital In the present strife the people who protest pro- pro test lest are protesting against polygamy As a rule people outside this state are arc arcas areas as reasonable and as ai fair as are arc people peo peo- people pic hero helo Men and ancI women of tho the United Slates States are arc much alike wherever ever cr they are aro found oun And AntI these who have g gone no on record with a u test lest of or religious belief really mean man a test Of quite a different character Once convince con con- vince sluice them thorn that polygamy is not an ana ordinance a of the Mormon church chulch that the practice of taking plural wives Is h forbidden b by the church hurch as by the laws of or the thc lan land an and that it I is a rule ulo that Is obeyed wherever cl Mormon In Influence Influence influence In- In fluence extends and they will regret legret that they have been placed in so false a a. position When cn the they have become informed i in this this matter maUer matter and und and that will not be he rt l they have o lo lost t this fight they fight they will never again be bc drawn Into an cx- cx I 1 Im lon o 0 of- of hostility to this l or any form or I religious faith It may possess ten tenets ts which do not commend themselves them them- selves selves- selves to to the tho m men ll and anti women who arc are uttering the pret protests There may be he things In the Mormon ritual which the average man would cull unnecessary or ot unreasonable n But t we wc submit that tho the same te test t applied to other churches by persons uninfluenced by b bythe bythe the environment of those othel other churches might be open to the tho same objection To the thc agnostic and agnostic and no noone noone noone one would seek eek to stop ono one of or these from entering enterIng- on public duties under the government the government the whole ordinance r i of r baptism Is 1 regarded as silly Indeed m members of different churches do not agree gree on the form torm of that ordinance at 5 all 1 And no harder word can b be said mid of or Presbyterians In reference to their eels celebration bration of or the than the B-a B Baptists or the ChrIstians Christians have sal said What has hns been beell called the Lords Lord's Supper perhaps tho the moa most solemn ceremony of tho whole ChristIan ChristIan Christ Christ- 1 Ian church has been held up to densIon dens derl Ion b by men who today hold an unquestioned un un- questioned place In the evans evangelical churches There are alo do dogmas mas of one Christian church chUlch which are arc wholly disputed dis- dis b by others Men olen do not all agree on the forms Corms of religion And Anti that Is s why tho the wise fathers laid this restriction upon the people who should come after them Thc They the fathers Cathels of the country kIH knew kno V I what religious per persecution meant The They knew know what religious liberty meant An And they sou sought ht to safeguard through all nil the years of the future th their h children from making the fatal mi mistake talie of putting pulling any uny citizen of the republic to a n. test lest of religion lon We Vc have ha said Mid that men differ In lit the matter of religious expression We may not all accept n as true truo all the creeds of or all the tho churches l that aru are free and equal under our law But Dut It will har hardly I be he denied that tho the Mor lol mons moos have a religion It will hardly be held that the they have havo no right to their own conception of oC the Great Father of all the thc earth It will hardI hardly hardly hard hard- I ly be held that they have no right to worship that Being as the they desire According to the tho dictates of their own consciences is the way that privilege has las been expressed ed Mormons mn may not nol worship God Cod according ne- ne ac according cording to the dictates of oC those who have signed these III-all III Ill advised protests But It will be bc a hardy hartly man than a daring judge who shall pretend to look into their heir con consciences and say that they ther are not worshipping God at nt all A tree Is known by its fruits The Mormon people are arc not the bad people people people peo peo- the Tribune has taught the pro pro- testers to believe They arc are found by those hose who know them to be pretty prett much nuch like other people It may bethey be bethey they hey have individual fallings It may be e the they reveal Infirmities Incident to humanity But no man who knows them hem will sa say that the they are arc not good hood citizens No 0 one will say gay they do not maintain happy happ and virtuous homes No one will contend they are arc not IndustrIous industrious In- In or 01 honest or truthful in their heir statements or 01 loyal to their friends No one will contend that the they are arc re criminals The They are the tho original settlers of ot this state the founders of I this ils elt city The They redeemed a desert desert des des- ert rt and made it blo blossom som as ns tho the rose Iose If IC f the they wished to keep It for themselves them- them selves el having chosen tho place before be- be fore fOIe ore It camo came under the tho Jurisdiction of the ic United States thc they mn may be par- par done It was a n natural desire And If the they have havo evidenced a preference tor Cor or men of their faith In then their dealIngs dealIngs deal deal- Ings th they have done no more than have representatives es of other churches when hen these have been found foun In great majority in nn any community Once the ordinance of polygamy was as countenanced by the Mormon church hurch Once it was practiced by byman man many members of that church ChUlch But Dut Buthe the he law of the nation forbade it ft an and andic the ic law Jaw of the church added its I pro prohibition Never did half haIr ot of pus men members of the church chulch live 11 in pol gam g am amy my There are arc hundreds of Mormons here ere In Salt Lake men of or past fifty years ears CalS who arc are fathers of sons and daughters who constitute as estimable able ble an clement as there thero is in any cit city ity And these men were not polygamists mists Each was tho the husband of ono one no wife and no more either publicly pub- pub cly or 01 secretly This is a thing that the thc ic protesters misled by the Tribune do o not understand If the they did they would rould never novel have ha permitted themselves themselves them- them selves to sign these protests Mormons are no more maIo a n menace to the ic country than are aro members o of any other ther church fhe They are aIe of the tho bone and nd sinew of the tho country They constitute constitute con- con a majority of the people of the thc talc state and If this Tribune war which makes Utah undesirable ground for Cor forthe the tic westward moving citizen shall shull continuo con- con the Mormons will always retain a majority of the people If It shall cease case If a temperate view be bo taken talen of or orthe the he matter If Ir the test of religion be abandoned the influx of citizens will probably change tho the proportion and Mormons non will become the dominant domin- domin ant n t force Corce Now no matter what shall bo be the result of or this contest now going on dothe Inthe in do the he senate of the United States Mormons Mor- Mor mons will wilt not be deprived of their political rights The sound common commonsense sense ense of the tho nation omo awak- awak ened ned It will compel a a. fair and Just judgment in tho the I. I settlement of all ques- ques ions It will forbid the tho rancorous and angry disfranchisement of men because of the tho peculiar form of their religIon Tho The case can be ended In n only one way There Thero will be a general understanding by tho the people in every section of the states that Mormonism does dues not spell polygamy lol garny that polygamy polygamy amy Is dead that it can never again he be c a recognized ed ordinance ordinance- in any church chulch or community of the country And when hen thc they shall understand that they hey will brand as It deserves the wicked effort of oC designing designing- men to embroil embroil em- em broil an any state slate In tho the horrors of a religious struggle |