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Show B The Testimony. B Tho testimony of Scimtor Itoi'tl H Smool given in Saturcliiy nightH B Nowh is tlio lnont rotimrl'iililo B testimony over ghen beforo 11 B committuo it is 71 pugon in B length and conlitiiiH 111 1 toll inform- B nt:on on tho Mormon quoHtion B It is not only ronmrknblo for B its longth but also remarkable B for its cloarnosH on tho quostioiiH B now before tho nonuto committee B Tlio senator clearly routs those B who havo given tcHtimony against B him on ovory point rai.sed. He H lias given to tho American poo- H pie a testimony of himself which H is bound to ruiso him in tho cs- H timation of all honorable men H who may read it. Holms eslah- H United the factum! proven that he H has broken no law of the land H and his moral standing accord- B ing to his own testimony cannot H bo quostiouod and his whole life B is without a blomish so far as B his allegiance to his country and B its pooplo are concerned. If a- B ftor tho showing ho has mado he H should bo robbed of his seat in B tho sonato of tho United States it SIB will bo bocauso ho is 0110 of tho B loadors in tho Mormon church RBB and bocauso some of tho roligious K denominations' liavo" inaflo ' tho senators bohovo thcro is soino- H thing dreadfully wrong in tho , Mormon church nnd thorofore RBB Henittor Smoot ought to bo cx- pollod, But 0110 cannot for a momout think that two thirds of such an intollegent body of men B as the sonato is composed of will B bo swayed or carried olV thoir B feet by tho ravings of Ministers B and vvomou. The senate is up SpB against a question that will B conie linmo to plcg it in the fut- B uo if senator Smoot is expelled B after tho showing ho has mado 888B bofore tho committee. |