The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-03
REED SMOOT TO
TAKE HIS SEAT
Special Session Of the Senate
Will Find Him Present
CONTEST WILL LIE DORMANT
NO CHANCE OF ITS BEING TAX
EN- UP BEFORE DECEMBER.
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UTAsHINGTON. March 2.-senator-
w elect Smoot was among the new
senators-Heyburn qda). AM
keny CWash) and McCreary QEy.J-
calling on President Roosevelt today.
They were assured their presence would
be needed after March TO attend
special session OF the senate. smoot.
it is believed, viii be sworn In on
March and win have an the privi-
leges of any other senator. During
the special session the various pro-
tests in the Smoot case now on flo
VIII be printed and referred to the
privileges and elections committee.
There VIII be q vacancy on the com
mlttee caused by the retirement OF
Senator Pritchard, which may not be-
nlled for some time, and for this rea-
son the Smoot case probably viii not
De taken up until December next when
The new congress cOnvenes.
Watching the Case.
A number of Utah politicians are
here at the present time watching the
smoot case with much interest Among
The number are Major r. w. Young.
Judge Bartch and David Eccles. The
latter said today;
lit rs astonishing what news one
can learn of his home when ne gets
away from it. For instance. / have
known Reed Smo0t an his life. and
thought I knew all about him. but IL
was not until i got east that i learned
that he was a polygamist. None OF
his Utah friends knew this. and they
ha. f.I Is pa .F
he is alleged to possess. The charge
against Mr.. SmoOt is utterly without
foundation. The people who sent him
here 10 represent them in the United
States senate know him to be a worthy
and honorable gentleman, His whole
life has been blameless and there was
never a man I'm cur state who held iu
a greater degree the confidence OF all
classes Of our population, Gentiles and
MormOns alike"
Dudley Nonplussed.
General Dudley of counsel for Rev.
Leiich, said today he was nonplussed
at the action of the Ministerial assOci-
alton in telegraphing Senator Burrows
that il deprecated the charge Of
pOlygamy made against Smoot by Mr..
Leilich.
"The association must be off its
base" he said, FOR I can't see how the
charge made by Leilich can obscure the
main issue in the case. Leilich made
the charges on his own responsibility
and says he is prepared 10 prove
them"
Dudley does not expect any action
on the SmoOt case during the special
session
Washington Post story.
The Washington Post today relates
the following Kearns- SmOot story;
Senator Burrows met Kearns just
after the committee on privileges and
elect 3n- had received the protest
against seating Sm0Ot. Burrows laid
his hand affectiOnately on the shoulder
of the Utah senator and said:
Brother Kearns. 1 am afraid we
VIII have to make an example Of You
MormOns; we Christians cannot stand
for polygamy"
THAT depends retOrted Kearns
promptly. upon how you view the sub
ject. The difference between the peo-
pie Of Utah and the people Of Michigan
is that we believe ia polygamy, but
do not practice it, while you Of Michi-
gan do not believe IN pOlygamy but
practice &c by wholesale"
This pointed cOllOquy was good
natured, created laughter al the eX-
pense of Senator Burrows and put an
end to the discussion.