Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-26
Bfalen Conduct May Result in Com.
mittee Making a Declaration as to
Where il Stands.
OPEN INSULT 70 SEN. BEvERlDGE
Light Thrown on the Campaign Which
Requires Preachers 10 Dcclaim
Against Utah Man.
lsncclal 10 the NewRl

Washington, D. G., March 2i,--There
are indications Of an ebb to the food
tide OF the abuse Of Utah people recent
ly poured through the columns OF the
eastern press. This Is due to the big
otry exhibited everywhere by those who
are trying to force the senate to yio-
late the Constitution and deprive Reed
smoot OF the seat to which he was un-
questionably fairly elected.
An indication OF this reversal OF SEN
timent and It's reasons are shown In n
dispatch sent to the Boston Transcript
by It's Washington correspondent to-
day. He says many members OF the
senate committee on privileges and
elections which has been hearing the
Smoot case are booming much vexed by
the nature OF the letters which they are
receiving.
In one state the story was circulated
by the leader of an organization of ex-
celent women that certain senator
was not standing firm"
Just what this meant when he had
not heard all the testimony at the time
and had done little but listen 70 what
had been presented, was hard to un-
! derstand,
WHAT "FIRMNEss" MEANS.
The obvious Implication was that he
ought TO vote to expel Senator Smoot
| on suspicion before ne heard any OF
the testimony and boldly announce in
the senate that this was his purpose.
| Nothing else Is apparently standing
firm within the view of some critics.
MAY MAKE STATEMENT.
II is possible that before this case Ia
over some OF the senator's involved will
make a public statement Of their reia-
| ton TO these petitions and announce
| what they esteem to be their judicial
duty In Weighing them. The IndanapO-
| lis News, for example. relates that at
meeting OF Methodist ministers at
| Meridian Street church, Mrs. McCrea
| was heard on a subject she desired to
| bring before the ministers Of the city.
MAD AT BEvERIDGE.
ut Is of Senator Beverage that
| wish to speak, she said, II have re-
ceiyed n number of letters concerning
| his conduct In the Smoot investigation"
GRATUIToUs INSULT
Mrs. James OF the Presbyterian Wo-
| mems Missionary society, has attended
| the investigation and she and others
say that from Senator Beveridges atti-
| tude one might think him to be the
paid attorney for the Mormon Church
| rather than senator representing the
| people OF Indiana. beg OF you IN your
| service next Sunday to bring this mat
| ter before your people in such way that
Senator Beverage may be flooded with
letters and kilograms, that he may
know how people OF Indiana feel on
this question" -..
BEVERIDGE EXPLAINS.
| Fortunately Rev. Or. Joshua STAN
| field was able to read the letter he had
received from Senator Beveridge eS-
| planning his position. saying
| "Under our oaths as senators, sitting
| upon the qualifications OF senator II Is
| impossible, or at least not proper, for
| any senator to form opinion until all
testimony Is IN and all arguments on
both sides are made"
NO EXPULSION EVIDENCE.
This is common experience with
senator's who serve on the committee.
| Nothing has yet been presented In tho
minds OF conservative men which
would justify the exclusion Of Mr..
smoot from the senate. Just at pres
ent the committee is waiting for mora
| witnesses.
POLYGAMOUS MARRIAGES.
Mr.. Tayler the attorney against
| Smoot, has implied that he purposes TO
show that polygamous marriages were
| now contracted with the consent Of the
| Church authorities but he has not as
| yet shown this and there seems to be n
suspicion that he will not be able to do
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