The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-01
Retiring Senate i !! 4 # from. I'm
Utah Sa s Church 9 i i u as
Violated ], C,OrnlpaC1 4
SPEEC CH Il G r e ATES
GREA Il Sc SATl'IIO.l'N''l. : I \ N
Probable That j T Will Influence
4 congress il Instituting Search Il
ing Investig ation at Next n, ,:;'s S53
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one Is the most rcmark nd nd
dresses the senat heard since II he
days immediate " prece ling the var X r;
when Southern sta testne S leaving
the Senate StoS cast In thelr L tunes with
the new government ished & $ofI &
tho Potomnca sena tor enTr Dtah. tAa;l1I
who IL retlres from ny bli lfe 4. on N next
Saturday, " thre d Q oWIlI he go g
the Mormon ChIreh Il and den o,l need it$ as ,
nss mace II The gov ernInen tas no
United States. Here are ~ feWs sentences g
from tic spec Oh, 4 which by 4 far5sthe
most 81 r1lportar IL ichs has been gd civ
cred III Il he 81 Senate this sessi on NJ fe-s
vealIng the appalling condl Tons u existing III
irS u tall h:
"a I, Sc cured q her ,st atehood 8 BY
g sol emn n COM act m ado II he M orsgsSS
3s mon leaders ii be half Of 81 erf1selye S
s and the H. peopl .s s vs.
at lag been
II. yslls1iy ana frequen tIy y apostle
$Si 81 the Morn1onS G hurch has pub! Js5; S
II bro ote AZ ed aaainst that Iol at 9 .
the a. of sthe utter ss
AM that i have lust ade,a know
Ss NJ ysoIf sf
aut d ave po1dcrcd lono al ar-s
nestly Il Upon 4 his II sub Jeot,, and have5g8
Nm come to the conclusion y at duty e s
he ocer,t people 8of my state at nd IL
country req ulre tn at 5sha N lear sss 4.
53 .s$s define my tttude.
53 Created Sensat ton,
9si Mr.. Kearnst secured IS the floor for the
nurpose OF "A lscussng the p Dubois Y #reso- g
luton pro posing a sconstl tuti tional amend
ment prohibiting POI 8 gum Il. d He did not
at once launch forth IL rains tS the M ortrloli
Church, but 4 N sSwas evident that his coll
leagues expected III tg T Tho chnmb Der ms
filled 4. Senator Smoot, u the her Senator
from Uta h, and who Is an al postla OF he
Mormon Church. listened q intently, and
when Senator Il earns n was IN denouncing
the q church H loaned M for ward u rs hough
fearing he might III lose q word b. Senator:
elect Sutherland, who wi II ucceed sSfAi e.
iKearns, had Sa seat near sena or sToo'ty 2, i
Il Perhaps the Sdcclnratio lon q Which.$ most
ia.stounded the senate was that made in
measured n tones, plainly. directly. WI th-
out orntory,s and with no grent amount
Of feeling displayed q that the Mormon
Church cxtlcts Il tollSa from the United
States Governments t-af ter putting M or
mons ss to- office through exercise Of
church influence by talsings from such
office holders onc-tenth Of their: SO larles
from tho & government. every yaS 81 900
paid Federal Officials s In Y tah, Who '1re
.Mornnons, 500 goes NJ to- & the church .sSSa In
tile same why Stnte5 of ficih Is q re iEl made
TO pay tribut ute. " 55S3
ss The speech prod duced ~ Il seltsa ton, and
1t can scarcely be doubted that as u q
result Congress Will !, mt ii I he mex 3scssio on
tho most searching tnYestigu-
ton Of the conditions existing In Utnli.
The smoot invest t!gatlonj8 brought out
enough to convince the Il FIJI lir-lnlnded thAt
Utah Is VI thoroughly y permen ted til
church corruptlon threat tenlng to Al merit
can institutions, but ID Is We'll nder-
stood that In consid derat ION q az pre-
election bargain nWith& the r epublican Ma
5tional Commit ttee.$ II MI. snoot VII not DO
disturbed @in& the possession 90 Ills seat. .sa3