Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-13

NEW -: Sal u hDA II
ian church, Seattle, preached rather a
sensational sermon here last night, his
subject benig A Mormon In the Sen.
ate. Mr.. simonds said In part'
Joseph Smith, founder OF the Nor
mon Church, once predicted that a Nor
mon would be President OF the United
States. That there Is a possibility OF
that prediction becoming true Is proved
by the election OF u Mormon TO the
United States Senate.
The question. Should he be admit
ted 70 seat? Is OK less consequence
than this. Does he hold that his al
legiance TO the Church is greater than
his allegiance to the government?
"But we should not stop at Nor
mon. The Catholics should receive the
same consideration, and II 1t should
happen that "a senator shows greater
allegiance 10 a corporation or trust
han to II government. then he should
be expelled. We should not make our
efforts against the Mormon alone.
We would like some OF the preachers
who repeat the story about Joseph
smiths prophecy, told from the Unfair
AN pulpit at Everett, to give us their
authority for the alleged prediction
II is like many other tales that are told
1y the same class OF preyarcators, the
invention OF some pious anti-"Mormon
minister. The same blgotry exhibited
against men In office because they are
Mormons, was at one time active
against Catholics. This has greatly sub
.lded as to the latter, but II is evident
hat the same hostility exists though Il
J, slumberlng, and would be very likely
Id break out again II the movement
against the "Mormons' should prove
successful.
We have already noticed the endeav-
ors that are being made 10 push IN
sale OF Rev. Alfred H. Henry's ro-
nance, on the ground that II Is being
Considered by some OF the committee on
privileges and elections In the senator
.nl case, and we notice that dispatches
10 that effect are being sent out from
North Yakima, where the gentleman Is
installed as pastor. The Seattle Post
ntelligencer, among other papers, pub
shes the communication. from which
re take the following. with the remark
hat II the committee want TO learn
about "the foundations on which poly
amy is based" common sense would
uggest that a lurd novel, published TO
uit the sensational tastes Of the multi
.ude, for financial considerations, will
ne poor guide to the goal they desire
10 reach:
"The book that is just now receiving
4 great deal of attention by the inVes-
igatng committee in the Reed Smoot
ase before the United States senate,
vas written ty Rev. Alfred II Henry,
If the Methodist Episcopal church Of
this city. Mr.. Henry spent five years
in Salt Lake City, Utah, and while
there gathered his material for the
book. Ii is now being considered by the
senate committee with the view Of as
certalnlng sorie OF the foundations on
which polygamy Is based. In an inter-
view today Mr.. Henry said
"I know Reed Smo0t well. | am ac-
quainted with his wife He Is a good
fellow and she Is a good woman.
In my Judgment there Is no better
reason why man who believes In tha
Mormon religion should be excluded
from the senate than there would be
for the exclusion OF Methodist. |
have In mind merely the legal aspect
Of the matter
The Seattle Mail and Herald says
editorially abiding to the remarkable
electric storm We had here In January;
II have noticed that since Senator
Smoot of Utah sprung into prominence
on account OF his matrimonial much
ness, that he has been accused OF many
things, but somehow II appears TO me
the press has entirely overlooked the
pyrotechnlca display in the heavens
around about the dwelling place Of this
disciple Of Joseph Smith on the night
Of December 10, and OF course the Utah
statesman was responsible for 1t.
"On that awful night Joye Joined
hands with Boreas and Aeolus and the
result was something unheard Of out
side Of Utah, a snow thunderstorm.
III Senator Smoot can produce doings
like that they had better admit him
at once into the national body or he will
snow them under"
The Portland oregon Telegram re-
Gently had this editorial squib,
Senator Smoot should, in his next
statement, refer TO the assertion of a
German scientist that men are becom-
ing more scarce and that In 5000 years
there will only be one man TO every 22O
women"
The Baker City Oregon, Herald has
the subjoined bit OF humor:
"The many mothers organizations
fighting Smoot are respectfully advised
that Shoots church Is not opposed to
mothers"
The following effusion Is taken from
the Albuquerque n. NJ. Herald:
"All this clatter about the man with
the classic name Of Smoot,
Is merely to give the Mormon Church
swat upon the snoot.
It's not because the man Is bad that We
would fain decry him.
But his religion is not our sort, and
hence we'll cruelty him"
To the victor belongs the spoils Of