Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
ARRA|GNED BY DUBOIS
The President Charged With
Support of the Mormons.
AMERICAN PARTY IGNORED
Alleged Contrast With Course of
Former Executives.
DENUNCIATION Is VERY BITTER
Claimed That the President is Using
His Power in the Interest of Law
Defying Organizations.
AMERICAN PARTY IGNORED
DENUNCIATI0N IS VERY BITTER

President Roosevelt was directly charged
In the Senate today with using his infiu-
ence for the election of republican, Nor
mon candidates In the recent election in
Idaho and Utah. The charge was made by
Senator Dubois in the course of a speech
in which he discussed the right of Reed
Smoot to a seat in the Senate. The ad-
dress was of considerable length the first
portion being devoted to a review of the
Mormon Church.
Mr.. Dubois asserted the control OF the
church to be complete in the hierarchy.
consisting of the president and the twelve
apostles, of which Mr.. Smoot was one.
Turning his attention to the campaign
preceding the recent election. Mr.. Dubois
read the press dispatches of October %.
which stated the President had sent Sec
rotary Taft into Idaho to speak in advo-
cacy of law and order. At that time Mr..
Dubois said he had telegraphed the Pres
ident that the only issue in Idaho was the
desire of the Mormon hierarchy to con-
tnue to dominate the politics of the state,
and that the President had been mislead III
he thought there was any other issue. The
republican state platform. he said, was alb
solutely silent regarding law and order. and
Notwithstanding the democratic platform
had denounced the murder of Gov Steu-
Henburg and demanded the convection OF
the guilty party. none of the democratic
speakers had discussed any subject save
that of Mormonism. hence there was no
other issue in the Idaho campaign
Messages of Former Presidents.
Mr.. Dubois referred to the messages Of
Presidents Buchanan. johnson. Grant.
Hayes. Garfield. Arthur and Cleveland. in
dicating what he termed the menace of
Mormonism' and proceeded:
Il call attention to these messages of the
Presidents for two purposes: one to indicate
the views of our former executives. the
other to make the contrast between them
| and the present occupant OF the White
| House. Mormonism Is more insidious. more
dangerous, and greater menace TO our gov
eminent and civilization today than IL was at
any particular period when these messages
were addressed to Congress. Yet President
Roosevelt does not deem the subject worthy
| of mention in a message filled with sugges-
tions A majority of a great committee OF
\ the Senate after patient and exhaustive re-
| search, have reported that Reed Smoot IL
not entitled to his seat as senator 1t was
not a partisan report. 1t should not be
partisan subject. No President heretofore
| has made 1t a matter of partisan politics;
President Roosevelt has.
when Governor Gooding of Idaho and
| the chairman of the republican state COM
mittee were engaged in melting law-break-
| ing and law-defying Mormons to additional
| lawlessness. the President of the United
| States sent his Secretary Of War to Idaho
to plead with the people to stand by Gov
| ernor Cooling In order to maintain law and
| order in Idaho .-.-f - ~
Feelings of Non-Mormons.
| 1.-The non Mormon citizenship of Utah
and of Idaho think that they are, erffitled to
the support of lava biding citizens every
| where in their efforts to maintain Ameri-
can citizenship in these Mormon states. and
| If they cannot receive that. they have the
right to demand that the President of the
United States shall not use the great power
vested i'm him in the interest of those law
defying and un-American organizations in
| their determination to rule the politics OF
| this section of our country.
| I'm Utah there is a republican-Mormon
| party, and a democraticM Mormon party,
both equally controlled by the Mormon HER
| archy The American party in Utah is COM
posed of Gentles, both republicans and
4 democrats who are battling there, under
! the very shadow of this tremendous eccle-
tsiasticai power, for American citizenship
| for the separation of church and state. and
| against the degradation of womanhood and
| home 1t is a noble, magnificent contest
| they are making. 80
| They have abandoned all hope of polit-
| ical preferment and suffer financially In their
unequal struggle, for American principles.
President Roosevelt throws the weight or
| his mighty influence against the Americans
| and for the republican-Mormons in Utah
| led by President Smith and Senator Smoot.
| He demands In Utah an Endorsement Oh
Smith and Smoot