Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-14
the Republicans in the Legislature OF
the State Of Utah.

the Republicans in the Legislature OF
the State Of Utah:
Evidence IN the Reed Smoot case.
II the protest against the Senator ever
advances that far, should be weighed
by the committee OF weights and meas
ures Of which the Utah Senator Is
chairman With this plan followed,
Smoot would not be found wanting
when placed In the scales, Portland,
Or, Telegram.
Those who want Senator Smoot un.
seated 10 insure the government
against seizure by the Mormon Church
are wasting time which might be prof
itably employed In the construction OF
cyclone cellars Butte, Mont, Inter-
mountain
Mrs. Reed smo0t. wife OF Senator
Smoot declares that the Mormons are
cruelty misJudged and that Mormonlsm
does not mean polygamy. Seattle
Wash, Argus.
Senator Reed Smoot may congratu-
late himself II isn't every senator
who can get half the women In the
country 10 camp on his trail with a
sharp stick. Washington Oracle,
Reed Smoot has chance TO make
hero Of himself with so many
thousand women In the United States
seeking his resignation, he could make
himself solid with each by resigning
for their sakes. Seattle Times,
III II Is found that Reed Smoot has
married two or three wives the Nor
mon senator should be ousted az once.
But perhaps he may not be guilty;
there Is a chance that he is Just living
with them like any other senator -
Seattle Argus.
Mrs. Reed smoot, the wife Of Utah's
besieged senator, Is an attractive,
youthful looking woman, much pleased
with her lot, She has known her hus-
band since his boyhood, Though a
devoted family woman, she takes a
keen interest in politics and has been
president OF the Womans Republican
club In Provo. Spokane Spokesman.
1T is all right to pray for the expul-
sion OF smoot, but the good women
who have adopted this course are re-
specially advised that action by the
Senate IL not guided by prayer TO an
appreclatlve extent. Baker City, Or,
Herald.
The opposition TO Senator Smoot Is
now said to be based on the fact that
he Is an apostle Of the Mormon
Church and has taken VOWS and oaths
which In the opinion OF certain esti-
mable women conflict with the Con-
stitution of the United States Unless
Il can be shown that Senator Smoot Is
a polygamist, which he denies, there
IL no reasonable ground for the protest
against his admission to the senate
Tacoma, Wash, News
III Reed Shoots only crime Is that
he r. q Mormon. we gee no reason why
he should be refused admission into the
United States senate rs Il member from
Utah. When that state was admitted
to the Union, Congress was well ac-
quainted with the fact that the Nor
mon Church controlled the then Utah
territory and would certainly place
some OF It's members In Congress, OF
course II II can be proven that SmoOt
Is a polygamlst he should go, but up
10 this time no proof Of that kind has
been submitted. "-Rltzville, Wash,
Times.
"The charges against Senator Smoot
are numerous but they all resolve
themselves into the simple one that he
Ii n member Of the Mormon Church.
We do not believe he will lose his seat
on this account. for II savors largely
OF persecution when n man Is debarred
from any OF the prerogatlves or priyil-
eyes Of citizenship by reason of his
religious belief II may be that the
Church OF which he Is a member Is
hierarchy; but We could name two or
three other denominations who have
the same ecclesiastical government,
The Mormons are citizens Of the United
States, and their Church Is only one OF
the many in this country Under the
spirit Of our laws We can place no re-
stricton upon cltlzenship."-Dalles,
Or, Chronicle,
III Senator Reed Smoot has more
than one wife the objection to his sit
ting IN the Senate VIII be sustained In
the minds Of the law-abldlng people OF
the country regardless of the action
taken by the senate, which Is the sole
judge Of the qualifications of its mem
hers. But II Reed Smoot Ii not a
polygamst his relation to the Mormon
Church should not be urged against
him Religious liberation Is the rule
OF this country. Freedom OF faith Is
guaranteed by the constitution and
Mormon should have the same priyll-
eyes as Methodist or a Baptist or
Presbyterian or Roman Catholic. The
Senate may be relied upon TO settle the
question of Reed Shoots eligibility on
It's merits without prejudice growing
out of any mere difference OF view on
the subject OF religious belief. Taco
ma, Wash, News
The following is taken from the st.
Louis, Mo, Chronicle
"The club women are still hot after
Senator Smoot, the Mormon. II Is In
expressibly awful, they declare, that
he should hold a seat In the Senate
Agitation has broken loose again,
True, 1t has not been made to ap-
pear that Mormon Smoot has, or ever
did have more that one wife. He has
clean bill Of health. legal and moral
In this respect he Is unquestionably
superior to the average Senator.
"But ne Is Mormon He was elect
ed To represent the Mormon people,
Therein lies the inexpressble awful
ness Of IT,
1T is no secret that many Senators
buy their seats in order to represent
trusts or to work other monumental
CRAFTS upon the people.
"These the women's clubs compla-
Gently swallow, hook, sinker and all.
but there ia no bait delectable enough
TO make them tolerate the man who
was honestly elected to represent an
honest people.
Russla's plan simply Is to ex.Korea-