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Show I Whit Others Say. K Lincoln State Journal: Only one pertinent question lias been raised since the election of Mi. Smoot has been called up and contested, and H that is that ho has taken an oath as an apostlo that con II lets with his oath ofoillce, wherein ho piomlsed obedl-, obedl-, lUicc to the constitution of the United J' Wf "tes. What Is t he uso of Investigate I "igthe Mormon methods of procur- revelations? I Kansas City Journal: What Mr. H Smoot or anybodj olso belloves In re- iM gard to religion is not, in the picscut ' instance, or at least ought not to be, a matter of Inquiry. So long as he , obeys the laws and commits no oert act which outrages the moral sensibilities sensibil-ities of the nation, Mr. Smoot Is entitled en-titled to the piotcctlon of its laws and to whatever oMces, pioperty or other advantages he may acquiic under them. The fanatical and persecuting persecut-ing spirit which has been manifested in the Smoot case does no ciedlt to a nation which expressly guarantees religious re-ligious freedom to all Its people. Chicago Inter Ocean: The only lem-cdy lem-cdy the only way to make the law reach the Mormon situation would seem to be such constitutional amendment amend-ment as would take the regulation of marriage out of the hands of the States and vest that power wholly In national Goorment. Indianapolis Journal: The latest charge against Senator Reed Smoot Is that even If he is not a pol.vg.unlst, he "associates with them". That Is to say, his crime consists In living In Utah. Topeka State Journal: The piesl-dent piesl-dent of the Mormon church tells the Smoot investigating committee that he has live wives and by his manner If not In so many words sajs: "What are jou going to do about it"V Perhaps Per-haps there aie others who mentally ate asking the same question. Chicago Chronicle: This Smoot in-estigatlon in-estigatlon bears a strong resemblance to a icliglous pet seat t ion, and as such Is better calculated to aggiavate the e II than to remedy It. Denver Times: The testimony of President Smith of the Moimon chinch before the Smoot investlga-Ing investlga-Ing committee may or may not have a bearing on the qtiallticatlons of Senator Sena-tor Smoot to hold his otllcc, but It gives an astonishing re elation of the standaids of the Mormon chinch. Omaha llee: As a trial of the Mormon Mor-mon chinch for pernicious pi act Ices tho Smoot case Is pioceedlng with Senator Smoot mcicly an Incident Instead of the issue. Chicago Tribune: When thewoid-Ingof thewoid-Ingof the oath is known, If It shall appear that by It Senator Smoot bound himself to oppose actively or passively the enfoicement of any of the laws of his country laws of polygamy, poly-gamy, for Instance the aerage man w 111 speedily reach the conclusion that he Is not a til person to hold a seat In the Senate. Rolse Statesman: There weie many incongruities In what he said, and the thought is unavoidably suggested that they arose from the necessity of laying out several roads upon which to travel In the different branches of the case. Helena Independent: There is no doubt that he was In duly bound to provide for all his wives, and this lie seems to have done, which was very manly of him, but he appears to have gone further than that for he tcstllles that since Utah has became a State all his wives have borne him children to the total number of eleven. $ Ilutte Miner: The testimony cannot can-not be read, as reported by the Assc-lated Assc-lated Press, without the conclusion being reached that President Smith scored several Important points In behalf be-half of his organization and Senator Smoot, despite the malevolent methods of Inquiry pursued by Mr. Hoar. Hutte Intermountaln: Most people will agree that it is desirable to keep all church oaganlzatlons out of politics, poli-tics, with better respect to the church than to politics. Rut It docs not follow fol-low that most people will appiove of the proposition, that this end should bo accomplished by defeating the legally expressed will of a clear majority major-ity of the people of any State. |