Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-25

Editor Deseret Evening News-To
every fair minded man or woman the
farce being enacted In the trial Of Sem
ator Smoot, now going on In the United
states senate, certainly takes on the
appearance OF most dlsgraceful per-
secution. II | read Alright the Constl-
tuition Of these United states, explicit
~ says, THAT an men shall have
the right 10 worship God according to
the dictates Of His own conscience"
Therefore the Constitution Of these
United states, has granted and guar
anteed TO Senator Smoot the privilege
Of serving God az a member Of the
Mormon Church And why not? The
creed or Church teuets Of the Nor
mon church are not ~ vastly dit
fereut from other churches ass TO bar
any ChHstlan man or woman from ac-
ceptlng thelI teachings And 10 follow
the teachings OF the Mormon Church,
certainly viii lead no one to crime, Yet
to witness the venom, the bitter and
from Utah, one would be led 60 be-
neve that Senator Smoot was "a most
ynlainous criminal,
II am not mistaken, Senator smoot
has but the one wife, the motherof his
legal ana legitimate children. His wife
is most estimable woman, their chill
dren interesting and charming who
objects to such families Surely no
one wl.h reason. Senator Smoot was
the choice Of the people Of Utah, in
trusted with the welfare Of his con-
stiments, and known to be thoroughly
competent to represent the best in
tcrest Of this people.
Senator Smoot is a gentleman Of the
most strict integrity a man who will
no doubt prove credit to the people
whom he represents Then why this
hulablloo about polygamy? Senator
Smoot Is not a poygdmist, never has
been nor probably never win be.
The men In the senate would much
better be employed In other matters
Of far moro interest to the American
people, than IN wasting time and money
In playing FOOLS game. 1 have heard
Of people who were considered insane
on some one subject, while perfectly
rational on all others, So | think the
people who are making a mountain out
OF mole hill, are fooishly wasting
their time on a matter that they
through prejudice have lost their rea-
son. The time Of the senate is being
taken IN and the peoples interest neg
lected with this nonsense that two
school boys, 10 years of age could de-
eide In less than an hour
There arc a great many and very
important interests that really concern
the American peonle with which the
United States senate could be much
better employed saving time, time
which rightly belongs to their con-
sttuents by whom they were sent to
pass laws beneficial to their interest
and TO the best interest OF their re-
spectiye states,
The people are being taxed to the
limit rhe big corporations are steadily
securing laws for their benefit and
by which they are adding to the poor
mans burden. our government is con-
tinually reaching out for further gains,
making continuous wars Of conquest,
for greed, and power, over weaker ma
lions, while the American people, the
supporters of this government and by
whom this government Is made pos
sible, are the last and the least TO be
considered,
There are thousands, yea; hundreds
of thousands, who toll and reap NOT,
while the few toll not neither do they !