Show PETITION AGAINST SMOOT SENT FROM SALT LAKE gait lake fob IOA IO A special to the tribune from washington says senator burrows chairman of the committee on privileges and elections has received it protest against the scat ins of heed smoot as a senator from utah on the ground that he is an apostle of the church and that ns such he should not represent i alie people of Lt alini the senate the document is acry and quotes liberally from sermons speeches and other mormon utterances showing the power of the priesthood of the mormon church over fil matters spiritual and temporal senator frye as president of the senate read 1 l copy of the protest it was decided by Senators burrows and frye not to present the protest to the senate until mr smoots credentials arc presented both will bo referred to the committee on privileges and elections A statement furnis lied to the committee phoi 1 politics and occupation of the signers 10 show that all of I 1 them arc of hili landing in the state tt shows that fifteen of the signers arc republicans and four democrats on occupation the list includes railroad men mining men bankers editors ministers two former mayors ot salt lake and lawyers and teachers senator burrows was asked to tore cast the action of his committee on tho subject lilt declined stating that it would be obviously improper for him to do so in this connection it may be stated that much interest attaches to senator declaration on the floor saturday that ho would ask to be heard on the subject of mormonism m at an early date TASIS OF PROTEST the protest Mias been carefully arc pared in pamphlet form and consists ol 01 sixty two pages of printed matter quotations from sermons manifestos mani festos trials newspaper interviews etc arc made liberally with frequent to church books and church announcements it is contended 1 that alic mormon priesthood ac cording to alie doctrines of that church is vested with authority in all things temporal and spiritual 2 that the first presidency and twelve arc supreme in the exercise and transmission of this authority tho rity 3 that aliis body of men has not abandoned alic principles and practice of political dictation w also if lias not abandoned belief in polygamy and polygamous cohabitation 4 that this attitude first presidency and apostolato ever since the manifesto of 1800 is evidenced by the teachings binca alien 8 that this body of of whom senator elect khoot is one also practice or connito at and encourage the practice of polygamy and polygamous cohabitation and those whom they have permitted lo 10 hold a office have protect or objection ion from them sought to pasa a nullifying enactments against polygamous cohabitation 1 that the supreme in the church of whom senator elect smoot is one to wit the first presidency and twelve apostles not only comac nt uola tiona of but protect and honor the violators of the laws polygamy and polygamous cohabitation the protest in part with the names of alio signers t given below THE PROTEST to alie president und members of the senate of the united stancy we the undersigner undersigned under signed resident citizens and qualified electors of the ante rf utah do hereby most respectfully protest that apostle sinott senator elect from iho taic of utah to whom on or about ali slit day of january hlll n of election was imal in due form by the governor of baid state ought not t permitted to ciul afy by taking the onali oft allice or to ait as a member of tho I 1 cited states senate for lie honor and dignity af the united statch their he nalora in congress WP protest uon the ground and for the eliat ho i one hf a self perpetuating boda of fifteen men who constituting the ruling of alio church af jaw chant of lat ter day tor Mc church claim ami by their arc accord od alie right to claim authority divinely sanctioned to eliapo the belief and control the of jundef thein in all mattert civil and religion anil spiritual and who ali in i art in ond state so elc tc t c the daic a toa inculcate and gc a belica in polygamy and ialy f ali co aind at mutations of alie leiws of the ir ohi biting the same regard leia of llie muda for alie purpose if obtaining and of aide tho people of the and wlm liy the means m acir 1 and honor alio io who with the las if the annd ciul uie ui e guilty of practiced ei de of alic family and alio anime and w p do further pay an earnestly nd solemnly declare we arc moved helff hel tf iy ay no malice tr pl ann ard apostle ingot hiir the people whom be diun tiun eclas to in th hiigli we na y tl liis arlig boua ai aurli we do not to the slightest extent deny him alic samo freedom of thought the same freedom of action within the law which we claim for ourselves i we accuse him of no cognizable lv law nor do we peck to put him in jeopardy of his liberty or property we ask that lie be deprived of no natural right nor of any right which under the constitution or laws ofalia land he is to exercise with watchful jea lonky we claim for him whether as private citizen or an church official as for ourselves nil the rights privileges and safeguarded by alie constitution what we do deny to him is the right either natural or political to the high station of benator of the united states from which to wage war upon the home institution upon whose purity and perpetuity bests the very govern benl itself however braad alio grant ly federal enactments to the state of utah or ita citizens the enjoyment ot the privileges of statehood jaust il upon the observance of the upon which statehood was the rights thereby granted are and we do anti inti t that he is and ever must be unfitted to make laws who shown himself unalterably opposed to that which underlies all law wo submit however formal and regular may be apostle craden bial t or his by way of whatever his protestations bof patriotism and loyalty it IA clear that the obligations of any official oath which he may subscribe arc and of ne cesi ity inest lg a threads of tow compared vilath vilh th bcd which bind his intellect his will and his affections and which hold hi forever in accord with and to the will of 0 defiant and lawbreaking law breaking apostolate aposto lale we ak in behalf of ourselves and as we firmly believe in behalf of thousand of the members of his faith that the high honor of a be not ac voided man though temporarily rp leasca from home of the active duties of am ecclesiastical that tho people of this hatate be not put to an open atme ht me and that the the mormon church bo not permitted to succeed in thi their Mi prenie test of the forbearance of the american people we in the exercise of youra high prerogative lo 10 see that no harm come to alie He public ou do imbt chii man at loor of alie cenate alint ho may be there inquired of the matters we ha herein set forth dated at salt like calv january 6 W M 1 T WILLIAMS K B K W walson it C C lOOD Vl 1 U v W A charence T THOMPSON k SOW J 1 I W lenack iilo 11 i j If ACOCK M SCOTT K T abnel 11 tL A 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