The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
SENATOR SMOOT
AND M0RMONISM
Uld Charges to Be Threshed Out
Once More.
MANY PETITIONS NOW ON FILE
SPECULATION AS TO THE EXTRA
SESSION.
MANY PETITIONS NOW ON FILE
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fsDeciaI 20 The Herald)
Washington, Nov. IA western mem
her Of the senate committee on priv
Aeges and elections has stated that
the investigation the committee viii
make Of the Smoor case will not be a
perfunctory affair by any manner of
means. This senator and others have
been quietly looking into the Mormon
question during the past recess of
congress and express the opinion that
/. is time some action is taken to
bring the essential facts in relation TO
Mormonism before the public. These
senators have been informed that po-
lygamy. instead Of decreasing, is on
the increase in many western oOu7-
muniues where MOrmonism is the SUI
preme religion. Many children, IL is
said, are being born as the result Of
pciygamOus marriages. this being par
ticularly true of districts in southeast
crn Idaho and southern Utah. The
senate committee on privileges and
elections is daily receiving many pc
titons from church organizations ask
ing that there be a thorough investi-
cation, not only of the SmoOt case. but
OF Mormonism, and nearly every mem
Der of congress is receiving similar pc
uuons. 20 be filed when congress meets.
~-lfA AAi'fAAA0Ill fattAA itlllS 10 tue rAoAE-
1nenrs of several members of the priv
ileges and elections committee. is to be
given an opportunity through the
SmoOt case, to either succeed or fail
I'm purging ITSELF of the charge that
IL is inimicaI 90 American insGtu-
lions.
The New Congress
Tomorrow the new congress win con-
Vene i'm extra session. I'm the house
there VIII be- pos Republicans out Of
total of 3S3 members. while of the
ninety senators, fifty-seven belong to
the Republican party. Just a dozen
new senators saw their first expert
ence I'm the chamber during the ten
days extra session of the senate last
spring, but to the house there are us
raw recruits. Some of the new sena-
tors have served what might be termed
preparatory course i'm the house. The
new member Of congress- no matter TO
which branch he belongs. is more or
less an object of conjecture. TO tell
the truth, he is dropped into that leg
islative body much as a cock is thrown
into the pit He really must have re-
markable qualities If he is not i'm
mediately lost I'm the hUrly-burly of
the house, or the solemn calm of the
senate.
There are two points Of much inter-
Isl IN the extra session HOW VIII
the house like Joe CannOns welding
OF the gavel. and will Senator German
be able to concentrate those little
groups OF Democratic senators who
seemed anxious last congress to each
set UP principally and a leader for
itself
Reed smoot Of Utah bids fair to be
head and shoulders over all his col
leagues, though his leanness and the
TcmnnEf i'm the
the spectacle of q reed shaken I'm the
wind.
Prince Cupid Of Hawaii.
OF the new men i'm the house the
most picturesque is the new delegate
from Hawaii. He must be called
Prince Cupid, since his real name is
a Jawbreaker. The prince is very dark.
though handsome and without a single
feature that would give the impress
sion that he is of African descent. He
is pure Hawaiian and deeply resents
any hint of negro blood. indeed, with
such Indignation that he has CHALLENGED
more than one scOffer at his ancestry
10 instant combat. He brings with
him as his adviser, Joseph Pratt, who.
during the last congress, aided ma
terially i'm pushing through the bill to
pay the Honolulu fire claims.
William Hearst is a figure Of inter
est 60 New Workers and Californians.
He is expected to cut a wide swath
politically and socially.
There is always a bit Of prying on
the part Of returning members Of the
various committees. They keep a wary
eye out for neglected cobwebs. as well
as improvements. The other day Sen
ator Cockerel of Missouri took a peep
into his committee room. Now the
senator is one of the most absent
minded old gentlemen I'm the Capitol.
After careful survey Of the prem
Uses he said to his secretary:
Making lots or improvements this
season. ain't they" pointing az the
same time to a brass bolt on the COM
mittee room door.
Why that bolts been there about
ten years said Mr.. Mitchell.
Well do tell" said the wondering