Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16
WHAT CATHOLICS SAY.

The Union and Times, published at
Buffalo, n. " has the following TO
say, on the widely discussed topic
which Is bringing the Mormon
Church into renewed notice:
"Anent the agitation for the unseat-
| ing Of United states Senator Smoot'
| Of Utah, because Of his connection with
the Mormon Church, Washington
correspondent says.
1.-The corridors Of the Capitol are
| thronged with women, assisted by a
sbrinklng OF reluctant men, who IN
| tercept unwary Senators TO treat them
| to n piece Of their minds or call upon
them In their committee rooms TO lee
ture them at length. The only way the
Senator'S can save themselves, When
these swarms bear down upon the Cap
itol, Is TO go I'm hiding In some quiet
retreat and remain prisoners until the
visitation has passed by
1.-THE war on SmOot is certain TO rail-
Of it's object, unless It's main purpose
is to secure notorlety for the child
less women Of the Mothers Clubs who
are the chief promoters Of the attack
on the Mormon Senator The arrant
hypocrisy OF the movement Is so APP
parent that IL IL the laugh-stock and
scorn Of official Washington.
The correspondent quoted above
writes further;
Thousands Of petitions and me-
MORALS on the subject have been pre-
scented in the Senate by the different
Senators by requesO, but not single
one By any Catholic individuals. So
ciety or parish. A prominent politician
of the North told me, referring To this
matter, that the dignIfed position OF
the Catholic church was In agreeable
contrast to the hsysterlcal behavior OF
these fanatics
"The ever. conservative old Church
could not have been expected to lend
itself to the fancy OF the hour In the
SmOot case. There Is no sincerity IN
the attack on Smo0t, and there Is no
case against him that will stand the
test Of any court
The Inter Mountain-Cathoiic OF this
city reproduces the foregoing and re-
marks editOrialy
"The case of Senator Smoot, now
attracted widespread attention, II his
admission to the senate rested on his
legal and constitutional rights, the
committee would make short work OF
the discussion now occupying the pub
lie mind. But, unfortunately, such Is
not the case, Busybodles, with long
petitions, strive TO interfere with con-
stltutIonal rights. 1t IL an attempt to
arouse popular opinion, and provoke
resentment against those members OF
the senate who will dare oppose the
sovereignty OF the people. They forget
that the sovereignty Of the people ceas-
I'd when the government was formed
and the Constitution adopted, II then
rested with the governing body, who
derive their power from God, In the
first place through the medium Of the
people, The theory that sovereignty
always rests in the people, even after
the institution OF government, Is false
In principle ana Is the origin Of 81
many petitions TO the governing powers
to disregard legal and constitutional
rights. Herein Is the secret OF the radi-
cal movement exerted by so many petit
tons to deprive Senator SmOOt OF his
seat IN the senate,
ION principle only does the writer
defend the senator's rights, Reed
Shoots reputation In the state stands
high, his character IL blameless and
his record stainless Already ne has
presented his defense to the senate
committee 1t would be better had II
been curtailed II goes farther than
the cXigcncies of the case demanded,
and aa the loglcians say What
proves too much, proves nothing.
II the writer OF the foregoing last
paragraph had closely followed the
controversy, ne would have observed
that the Committee Of the Senate
which has this matter IN hand present
ed TO Senator Smoot the several points
which he was expected to meet, II he
had failed to notice them his answer
would have been open TO objection, H.
replied to them, not because he con-
sdorcd them pertinent to his case, but
to fulfil the requirement implied In
their presentation AZ the same time,
he claimed and argued that they were
irrelevant TO the issue, Ills responses,
then do not prove too much and II
is a mistake to say that they prove
nothing