The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-12-02

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Blalne......... 981 971
Cassla. ........ 470 815
Custer. ..... 457 5O4
Elmore ..... 445 421
Lincoln ..... 315 1853
Totals. ........ 1868 8174
majority sos
Mrs. Ed. O'Neil and children.
and Miss Ruth Cameron are ex-
pected in Challis this week from
their extended visit with relatlv-
es and friends in Nova Scotia.
Goodwin's Weekly is opposed
to the election of Reed Smoot as
o. S. Senator from Utah. It
says
Reed Smoot is bound by the
most binding oaths that can hold
a mortal to a cause; to him the
president of the Mormon church
is, in authority, far superior to
the President of the United Stat
es, though backed by both hous-
es of Congress and the Supreme
court. We saw this during the
reign of terror" in the '8Os. when
the then president of the church
was defying all the authorities
and laws of the United States,
and when that president was tell
ing his people that if the laws of
the United States conficted with
the laws of God-by which he
meant the despotism of the Nor
mon church-to obey the latter.
And when hundreds of poor
Mormons were being sent to the
penitentiary because of the fear
In their hearts of what would fol-
low if they disobeyed the man
dates of that church, Reed Smoota
had neither the courage nor de-.
sire to proclaim that it was the
the first duty of Mormon to
submit to the laws of this free
Republic. We affirm that such a
man is no citizen of the United
States in the sense of the under
standing of earthly governments
of what citizenship means.
"But there is another and most
serious reason why Reed Smoot
should be denied a seat in the
Senate of the United States. To
give him that seat would be a
notice to every young and old
Mormon in Utah that the only
path to promotion for them must
be through their church. No
matter what their abilities may
be, no matter what just hopes
may be theirs; no matter how
eminent may be their achieve
ments as citizens; their only hope
of preferment lies in their oh
tanning honors in their church.
This is direct perversion of the
spirit and of the principles on
which our Government was foun-
ded and through which triumphs
so magnificent and wonderful
have been won.
Finally, Reed Smoot is not,
either by education nor training,
fitted to hold the exalted posi-
tion of Senator. He grew up in
a narrow groove; he knows less
of the genus of American institu-
tions than the ordinary boy of
fourteen years of age. His life
has been narrow from the begin
ming; all his ambition has been
limited to devotion to a despot-
ism and to gaining money, and
save for his priestly Office, there
is not soul in Utah that would
have the audacity to even sup
pose him fitted for seat in that
hall that was originally dedicat-
ed as reward for greatness and
patriotism, and which is hallow-
ed by the memories of a Clay, a
Calhoun, Webster, a Thurman,
Baker, a Benton and scores
more of immortals who in the
past made of it more honored
place than was the Roman Sen
lte, when the awed Greek wrote
back to his country that it i'm
pressed him as an assemblage of
Kings"
The Wood Hagenbarth Cattle
company have purchased 1000
square miles or $500, 900 acres of
aud in Mexico at a cost 1872, 500,
or cattle ranch, and will stock
t with 10000 head of cows this
winter F. j. Hagenbarth will
lave charge for the company.