The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-14
ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT.
Senator Dubois Resented the Taft In
Vaslon of Idaho.

Senator Dubois Resented the Taft In
vaslon of Idaho.
Washington, Dec 1S.-The senate to-
day listened to the second speech which
has been made this session against the
continuance of Reed Smoot as senator
from Utah. 1t was delivered by Senator
Dubois of Idaho, who, after reviewing
in detail the workings of the Mormon
church and Mr.. Shoots prominent
connection Herewith, concluded with
the charge that President Roosevelt
used the weight of his administration
to assist the Republican Mormon vote
in the last election.
Dubois Speech.
President Roosevelt was directly
charged with using his influence for the
election of Republican Mormon candi-
dates 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 address was of considerable length,
the first portion being devoted to re-
view of the Mormon church. Mr.. Du-
bois asserted the control of the church
to be complete in the hierarchy, con-
sisting of the presidency and the twelve
apostles, of which Mr.. Smoot was one.
his COnIOl, lie was tCClc-
siastical, political and commercial, and
was exercised completely over followers
who come principally from foreign
countries. The constant tendency, he
said, was to make the church and state
one, with the control in the church.
PoIyeamous Marriages.
Polygamous relations were being sus-
tanned, Mr.. Dubois said, by President
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twelve apostles. Continually there was
contracting of new polygamous mar
riages surreptitiously arranged by the
church in Canada, Mexico or on the
high seas. POlygamists, he said, Oc-
cupy the highest positions politically
and in the church. and constitute the
wealthiest and most powerful members
of the church organization. This is
change, he asserted, from the old days
when polygamy was entered into in
discriminatory. Now the polygamists
are selected by officers in the church, |
and in this way is being built up cult
and aristocracy of polygamists. But
no record of polygamous marriages is
kept which is available for the Amer |
lean people. Because of this he pointed !
out the futility of passing a national |
law prohibiting the practice.
Holds Absolute Sway.
Politically. he said, the Mormon |
church holds absolute sway in Utah, /
and Is extending its control in WyO-
ming. Idaho and Oregon. When Brig |
ham H. Roberts was expelled from con-
gress because he was a self-confessed /
polygamist, Mr.. Dubois said, he was
at once elevated to high position in
the church
As to Senator Smoot, he said, It made |
no difference whether he was or was
not a polygamist- The senator was a
pillar in the church and in control of |
its temporal, spiritual and political pol
icies, and was selected for the senate |
because Of this position in the church.
Smoct Represents the Church.
"Smoot." he said, represents the
church and not the state, and would do i
the bidding of the church before he |
would serve the real interests of the /
state or the nation. By being an apos-
tie of the church, Smoot is a member of
chief conspirators, and by his acquies-
cence supports the plans and aims of
the conspiracy"
The breaking down of the influence
Of the church IN politics, Mr.. Dubois
asserted. would do more than anything
else to put stop to polygamy.
Roosevelt on Mormon Side.
Turning his attention to the cam
paign preceding the recent election,
Mr.. Dubois read the press dispatches of
Oct %. which stated that the president
had sent Secretary Taft to Idaho in
order to speak in advocacy of law and
order. At that time, Mr.. Dubois said,
he had telegraphed to the president
that the only issue in Idaho was desire
of the Mormon hierarchy to continue
to dominate the politics of the state,
and that the president had been mis-
led If he thought there was any other
issue. The Republican state platform,
he said was absolutely silent regarding
law and order, and Notwithstanding
the Democratic platform had de-
nOunced the murder of former Governor
and demanded the convic-
ton of the guilty party, none of the
Democratic speakers had discussed any
subject save Mormonism, hence there
was no other issue IN the Idaho cam
paign. Il
Views of Former Presidents.
Mr.. Dubois referred to messages of
Presidents Buchanan, Johnson, Grant,
Hayes, Garfield. Arthur and Cleveland
citing what he termed the menace of
Mormonism," and proceeded:
Il call attention to the messages of
the presidents for two purposes: one to
indicate the views of our former exec
utives; the other to mark the contrast
between them and the present occu-
pant of the White House. Mormon
ism is more inSidious, more dangerous
and a greater danger to our govern
ment and civilization today than it 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
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