Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-27

| papers OF the country DO not JON III
the hue and cry IN the manner desired
by the agltators, Some public Journals
it Is true, exhibit the usual mlsappre-
henslon OF Utah affairs, but quite a
number OF them touch on the subject
sensIbly and IN harmony with con-
stitutlonel principles. Among them
| Is the ST. Louis Globe Democrat, from
which we copy tho following
Some OF Senator Shoots enemies
are beginning to confess defeat They
| ought to have f0reseen this outcome
| from the beginning. There never
was anything tangible In the charges
| against the senator He was vaguely
| accused at first of being a polygamist.
| When confronted with the necessity
| of bringing some proof of this the ac-
| cusers were COMPOUNDED. Then they
| struck out on new line Of attack, By
| declaring that his oath as q high OIL
| Ger of the Mormon Church placed the
| Church first In his allegiance and his
country second. Here too, some OF
his accusers are acknowledging them
selves TO he beaten.
"'rne senator himself has declared
/ positively that he IL not now polyg-
amist, and never was As his enemies
have not brought any proof to the con-
trary, and as some OF them acknU We
edge that no proof can be brought, that
charge VIII be dismissed The senator
says that he holds his country higher
than his Church. None of his accusers
are attempting to bring any evidence
hat The senator is misleading the coun-
try on this point Therefore defeat.
al A.. atN..
for them, They have brought up an
issue which never had any basis In
TACT They have taken UP good deal
of the senator's time with charges that
never had an atom of truth. Some OF
them. Indeed have attempted to make
a partisan issue out OF the case, by say
ing that az the senator Is 81 Republican,
his party in his branch. which Is the
dominant party, Is bound to acquit him.
Not single Republican, II is safe
to gay, has ever allowed partisan con-
sideratlons TO sway him IN his attitude
toward this case The Republicans of
the senate like sensible, unbiased per-
sons OF all parties and Of all spheres
Of life, see that not one of the accusa-
lions against she senator has been
backed up by any semhance of proof.
When the accusers We're asked for evi-
denoe some OF them conceded that they
could not furnish II, They have con-
fessed that they have been bearing
false witness and the senate will make
quick work of their folly and fanatl
clsm. The real antagonism to the sena-
tor ~ on tie ground of religion, his ac-
cusers forgetting that the Constitution
has made all forms of religion and nom
religion equal before the law in the
United states. The Smoot episode viii
be lesson to the bigots who want TO
erect an established church in this
country and to force everybody to be-
long to that church under the penalty
of social and political ostracism,"
The Ogden Standard, non-"Mor-
mon Utah paper, takes up the quos-
ton vigorously, and editorially makes
these remarks:
The peculiar conditions that have
existed In our State In the past, have
engendered much bitterness on one
hand and much sorrow and priyation
on the other. IT Ia useless now TO dis
cuss or to attempt to fasten the re-
sponslbility for these conditions The
various elements of our population
have not always been able TO regard
each other with those sentiments of
sympathy that should mark the con-
duct of one class Of men toward an
other But for the past few years there
has been an honest effort made by most
of our citizens TO so adjust matters that
all could unite In the labor OF unifying
and controlling the forces that make
for the upbuildlng and strengthening
OF the commonwealth. There are, how
ever, a few residents OF the State who,
for purely political reaspns, seize upol
every opportunity to create discord,
and TO keep alive and foster acrimony.
Again there are some, who because
they are born agitators, seek TO awak.
en- all the bitterness of the past
why should citizens Of Utah periodi-
cally visit the east carrying with them
hatred and Misrepresentation What
excuse Is there at this time for sending
out reports to the effect that the dom
inant Church here has broken faith and
returned to the practise OF polygamy?
What good end can be subserved by
this gross misrepresentation? Yet, these
reports are being sent and carried for
the purpose of influencing the action of
United States senators In the investiga-
ton OF the charges preferred against
Senator Smoot, III the charges against
Mr.. Smoot rest upon the ground that
he Is polygamist, IL IL not sufficient
to produce evidence of that fact? Why
should whole people be characterized
as lawbreakers, when 1t Is sought to
reach but one of their number who is
an alleged yiolator of the law? Is II
possible that they, who are engaged in
the crusade against Mr.. Smoot, know
that their evidence Is faulty and uncon-
ylnclng, and fear that they may not
succeed unless they discredit the peo-
pie among whom he Is leader?
ut Is true thatsmarriage relations en-
tered into many years ago are stlll re-
spected by them. Who would have IT
otherwise? Where a man has families
by two wives who will undertake to
say which one of these wives he shall
desert? Who will advise that he nur-
ture, rear and educate one Of the fam
flies and neglect the other? And the
question assumes greater difficulties
when you consider that he married both
women with a fun and deep conviction
that he was doing Gods Will
There is a strong suspicion that the
imposition to Mr.. Smoot Is encouraged
hy certain disappointed politicians who
hope to prom In some way by his de-
feat. They are probably bearing the
expense Of the movement but dare not
openly appear ih the mater, They Wish
10 be in a receptive attitude for poiti-
cal honors I'm the future and OF course,
they dare not incur the dlspleasure OF