Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-04
THE SENATOR SMOOT CASE.

Winston's Weekly, a pungent paper
published at Spokane. Washington, and
edited by Patrick Henry Winston, has
the following editorial in It's Issue OF
Jan. 90 1904. While we are not respon-
sible for its personal comparisons, we
can but recognize It's cogent reasoning,
and We clip the article because we feel
sure It will give pleasure to large
number Of readers OF the News
"The senate committee to which was
referred the charges against Senator
Smoot OF Utah, has decided 10 lnvestl-
gate them. and hear testimony.
"The charges against Smoot are that
he Is a polygamist, and also an active
officer Of n church to which he ac-
knowledges allegiance superior TO that
he owes to the United States govern
ment.
IL is admitted that he Is not polyg-
amlst II he were that would be suf-
| flcient ground, under the Utah En-
abllng Act to exclude him from the
senate.
THE only question, then, II whether u
Mormon Apostle is prohibited from
| holding office under our government.
whether belief In the Mormon religion
! Is irreconcilable with American citizen
ship; whether Mormons owe their
church an allegiance which IL In con-
! fict with their allegiance TO the gov
eminent OF the United States?
I'VE believe all churches claim TO be
| divlnely appointed and put God above
country. All Of them claim to repre-
| sent God, and therefore all OF them
| claim that the allegiance due them
| from their members Is superior 70 their
allegiance to their country, II this Is
not so, then they put country above
| God.
"fo the extent that other churches
| demand allegiance from their members
"a. does the Mormon church, and no far
| thtr IL is true that the Mormon church
mixes IN politics to the extent OF pre-
| ferring It's members for office to out
slders So do all other churches. De-
signing politicians have been known TO
| abandon the church OF their fathers
| and wander after strange Gods for the
! purpose of lettering their political for
| tunes and some, who have no religion,
| have been known to join churches In
| order to yet church support. There IA
| InI n DflillNlt VI Nil''NhNN ~ eif' ~
spect between the Mormon church ana
the others
THAT the Mormon church is antae on
lstlc to the government nobody be-
lieves. II would be society u luna
ties II il were. Ii brought Utah INTO
the Union with an enabling act that
removes all doubt Of It's loyalty to the
government.
So far as Senator Shoots religious
belief Is concerned he Is as much en-
Titled 70 II as the rest Of us are to ours
Senator Hoar. we understand, Is a
Unitarian II 80. he denies that Christ
was the Son Of God; he denies the
truths OF the Christian religion. Smoot
believes IN them,
Senator Dubois, we believe, Ia an
Fpiscopalan. II 20, he believes III
APOSTOLIC succession and denies the d.
| vine authority OF any one TO preach the
Gt ppel, except Episcopalians. Senator
Smoot Is more liberal, he admits the
right OF any one To save souls Sena-
tor Hanna, we understand, Is q Pres
bvterlnn ana believes that before the
world was made certain men were pre-
destlned To damnatiOn Senator Sm0ot
| IN more charitable, he comedies the et-
hcacy Of prayer and good, works.
senator Hepburn, We believe Is a
Methodist, and believes In sanctiilca-
ton. that IL. that a man can become
40 holy that he can't get any holler'
senator smoot, while doubling the et-
nclency of grace TO so that far IL
nevertheless willing to affiliate win the
Idaho Senator
SENATOR quay, We understand, Il q
| Irnipcrsallst and therefore dishe-
llcver M hell while Senator Smoot, Ike
senator Tlllman, believes IN hell a be-
lief that Ia not absolutely inconsistent
with loyaltS 10 the aag.
~ we prescribe one sect today, what
sect viii the spirit OF prescription next
asyallf
,sis ID bccnuao the Church oi Jesus
| Christ OF lAtter.day Saints claim the
latest revelation that this attack, under
Inc gulso OF morality rs made upon
smOOt a'