Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-14
THE HARANGUE OF DUBOIS.


II further proof were needed OF the
true callbre OF the leaders OF the anti
mormon crusade, Senator Dubois fur
rlshed It in his insolont attack upon
President Roosevelt. which he made
Part Of his plea for the exclusion Of
Senator Smoot from the place TO which
Tho people Of Utah have elected him.
Senator Burrows built an argument up
on the false assumption that Senator
Enoot is a "hierarch," member Of an
ecclesiastical body exercising secular
government. There Is no such body,
and bis entire assault was based upon
phantom, delusion. fata morgana.
II was left for Dubois, the defeated, to
vent his venom upon the President OF
the United States, as well as upon the
"Mormons," by virtually charging him
with being a party to a conspiracy
confederate OF law-breakers. What
other construction does this Infamous
sentence permit Of;
when Gov. Goodlng Of Idaho and
the chairman OF the Republican state
committee were engaged In melting
iaw-breaklng and law-derying Mormons
TO additional lawlessness, the president
OF the United States sent his secretary
Of war to Idaho 10 plead with the peo-
pie 10 stand by Gov. Gooding, In order
to maintain law and order in Idaho
IF that" TO quote local contempo-
rary. does not attract the attention Of
thinking men IN Washington and
arouse their opposition and disgust,
they must be less sensible Of the de-
cenoies than most people give them
credit for"
II Is not uncommon for latter-day
nnti-"Mormons" to rave against the
Chief Executive. We have always main
tanned that they are the enemies Of the
American form of government, and that
their plots and schemes, If successful
will be menace to American instltu-
lions. This being true, It is natural
that they should occasionally break out
against the President, who has earned
the reputation Of being true, repre-
sentative American citizen, with whom
fair play Is a natural necessity Du-
bois only went a little further than
others have gone.
Senator Dubois told number Of fairy
tales concerning Church control" and
the selection of polygamists by ON
GERS In the Church" He presented
piece Of fiction concerning the elevation
OF Elder b. II. Roberts to a high po-
sition" after his expulsion from Con-
gress. II II had not been reported that
the Senator from Idaho some time ago
suffered from ''ptomalne poisoning"
which possibly left some bad effects
upon his otherwise brilliant intellect,
1t would be difficult to account for those
tales, which have no more substance
than the wonderful stories of Munc-
hansen.
Senator Dubois, too, raves about a
Hierarchy" And, be ii understood,
this is the only argument he and his
co-consplrators rely upon. against
Senator smoot And what an argu-
ment There was a time. when Prot
estants commonly referred to the pope
OF Rome as antlchrist and the Roman
church as Babylon. In the pulpit and
IN current literature these expressions
We're frequent Now let US suppose
that Roman Catholic In the Senate
becomes the object of a political plot
10 expel him. Let US suppose that the
only objection his enemies can urge
against him is that he is member of
church who is called Babylon and
who is ruled by "antIchrist.' That
would be a silly ground upon which TO
urge tho exclusion OF Senator from
the Senate, but It would not be more
silly, nor would It be evidence of more
venom, than the introduction In the
Senate OF the malicious and abusive
term 'hlerarch" into the discussion OF
the case Of Senator Smoot.
One Of the ntl-"Mormon" ladies Is
reported to have said that, Whether
smoot is In the Senate lawfully or con-
additionally or not, II the women Of
America fuss enough about II, we will
get him out" That Is antl-"Mormon-
ism" In a nutshell. az manifested at
present. Constitution or no Coustltu-
ton, "fuss enough and we will get him
out. That is the principle on which
Burrows and Dubois seem to act.