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Show Theology ao Bar. The St. Paul Globe of recent date, 'u the following paragraph discussed tho election of Hon. Reed Smoot to ' the United States Senate; 1 'Senator-elect Reed Smoot, of Utah, jvlo an Apostle of the Mormon CWurch, Is not himself a polygamist. At least, no one has yet been ablo to 1 . . namohs polygamous wives or produce pro-duce tho record. Are tho principals of the Mormon Church so antagonistic to tho principles of the United States government, that a man may not belong to tho one and hold office under un-der the other? That seems to bo tho point on which tho fight on tho seating seat-ing of Smoot will hang. Can a man's theology disbar him from holding federal office? There Is Httlo doubt that many a man's theology is anything any-thing but Republican; indeed, theology theo-logy tends to tho monarchlal or paternal pater-nal theory of government. It would bo well, under tho circumstances, for tho people who aro managing the fight on Smoot to have in their possession posses-sion facts of a moro tangible nature than his theology." |