The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-12-30
SMOOT NAY BIZ SEATED
Washington Men Think That
He Will Win.
BUT MORMONISM WILL BE SCORED
Nothing Proved Against Apostle
SmOot, but High Church officials.
According To the Evidence, Are stil
Openly Living In PoIyEmy.

Washington, Dee. 81. - Special -
"The Mormon church will be severely
scored and condemned, but no cause
will be found for depriying Senator
Reed Smoot of his seat in the senate"
That is the Judgment of the best in
formed men of the ultimate outcome Of
the investigation which has been going
on for many months and which will
continue for Il month longer during
the present session. 1t has been proved
that many of the higher officials of the
Mormon church are pOlygamists that
they do not deny it ana that they bold
ly assert they intend to live in polyga-
my with their plural wives. But moth
ing has been proved against Smoot
save that he is a member Of that
church in good standing. 1t has been
proved that the church leaders believe
in and practice polygamy, that the
church is a great political machine and
that it dominates one state completely
and has vast influence in others. But
the question which will arise in the
minds of senators is whether that is
sufficient to deprive Smoot Of his seat
one thing is certain-theTe viii not be
time enough to dispose of the matter
at this session.
Women Are In Earnest.
But the women who are behind this
movement will not rest content with
any such result. Many Of them have
been encouraged to believe that Smoot
will have to go; that the senate will
not allow him to retain his seat in the
face of all that has been proved. Some
of the organizations are rebuilding
their efforts and are bringing pressure
to bear in high places TO force vote
against the Mormon senator. But it
looks as if the members Of the COM
mittee had made up their minds. Only
two senators attended regularly during
the later days of the investigation.
Others dropped in for half an hour oc-
casonally and then departed, and an
inference is drawn that they had reach
ed conclusion. No one can tell what
the committee will report, and it is
only an opinion of those who have fol
lowed the case that Smoot will not be
disturbed. but that his church will be
vigorously condemned.
Fight Over the Ball.
Every four years the same opposition
to making the Inauguration Il grand
demonstration develops, but the large
majority of the people want display.
q celebration, a parade and a ball.
When congress adjourned for the holt
4 Of l. h,1
would be held was very much up in
the air" for the house had not yielded
to the senate. 1t will i'm time, and the
ball will be held in the pension build
ing. ut seems TO me-" remarked Champ
Clark of Missouri, that il is very
strange that we cannot pull off a func-
ton 1000 years after the Apostle Of
Peace appeared without bayonets and
a dance" The bayonets he referred to
were those of the troops, few regu-
lars and large number of militia,
which always are part of the parade.
His "Man Friday"
1t was something of surprise that
Speaker Cannon consented that an at
tempt should be made to get the bill
for the Inauguration ball before the
house on the day of the recess adjourn
ment. Some thought he had with
drawn his opposition.
Hell defeat that bill if he can" re-
marked a man from his own state.
"Then why did he allow it to come
up" l asked.
"Oh didn't you see that he had his
Man Friday there to object. Jim
Mann is the Man Friday and is al
ways fighting Uncle Joe's battles on
the floor"
Mann has announced that he will de
feat the bill if he can. GAS near as |
can learn the house opposes the use of
any government building for the in
auguration ball." said Mann. LAS a
matter of fact the government ought to
take full charge of the Inauguration
pay the expenses and manage the
whole affair; then a ball would not be
necessary to pay the bills"
Beveridge to the Front.
AS Senator Fairbanks leaves the SEN
ate on the 18th of March he will leave
vacancies in the judiciary and foreign
relations committees. This gives Sen
ator Beveridge an opportunity he has
long been seeking to get on the foreign
relations committee. He is ambitious
to have his colleagues place and has
been working hard for it. One Of
the influential senator's speaking Of
this matter, said: 1T is a case of MUIR
der or suicide if Beveridge doesn't get
on the foreign relations. He will eli
ther murder some of us or commit sui
eide. Wen have to put him on as a
matter of safety"
a Paper From Alaska.
Senator Fairbanks receives regularly,
or at least somewhat regularly, pa
per called the Fairbanks Weekly News.
1t is published at Fairbanks, Alaska,
town named i'm honor of the vice
president elect. 1t is a very creditable
publication, too, although the news of
the world is somewhat belated when
it reaches the capital The paper is
only about two months old, and the
first number received by the Indiana
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