Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-14

I Congress and although he is attached
| 10 the Mormon religion. he has never
been accused OF the violation OF the
| law IA any particular But there arc
| o certain number Of would-be reform-
| ers IN this country who forget appar-
entity that the Constitution guarantees
| 20 each individual absolute religious
| liberty. Fortunately this bigotry is
| dying out rapidly. Thirty years ago
any president who invited either a
| Catholic or a jew into his cabinet
| would have stirred up a hornets nest.
| But President Roosevelt appointed Mr..
| Wynne a deNout Catholic, postmaster
| general, and he has just invited Mr.,
| strauss, Of New York, one Of the most
eminent Hebrews in America 10 take
the portfolio VI the department Of com.
merce and labor.
Senator Smoot is an apostle Of tho
Mormon Church, and thar fact was
the cause OF one Of the most bitter
tights ever made TO unseat a senator.
Compared with the onslaught upon
Senator Smoot tho attacks against the
validity Of the election Of Senator
Bryce and Senator Clark Of Montana,
some years ago were as the tickling Of
house NY TO the kick OF an ostrich.
Senator SmOot Still retains his seat
ana he viii probably continue to do so
until the end OF his term. There Is no
chance 10 reopen the contest against
him In the senate and in consequence
the scene Is 20 be transferred to the
house. Mr. Howell is 10 be put to the
expense and inconvenience Of defend
ing himself In a contest simply because
the Mormons who are American citl-
zens, continue to exercise their political
rights and refuse to abstain from vot-
ing a ticket which suits them just 10
please Senator Dubois. That gentles
man will retire from the senate IN
March largely because the Mormons
and other Republicans Of Idaho Joined
In electing q legislature which WIZ
choose a Republican as his successor.
FIRST MAN APPOINTED.
james d. Yeomans, who died here
two weeks ago, was the first man ever
appointed TO the Interstate commerce.
commission from outside the legal fra
ternity. Mr. Yeomans knew nothing OF
the technIcalties OF the law, but he
was a railroad man literally from the
ground Up. He had served on an engine,
In charg, Of trains, as superintendent
OF railroads and a builder Of iron ana
steel highways There was no branch
OF the railroad business with which he
was not familiar, ana his connection
with the federal railway commission
was a distinct benefit to that body as
we'll as to the railroads and the ship
pers. Scores Of intricate and annoying
problems We're solved by his common
sense, HIS knowledge Of men and roads
and his sterling II blunt way at reach
ing for results. He resigned from the
commission a year ago last March 10
devote himself to his farm holdings In
Virginia. and as he was a lover Of out
door life as well as a practical agrl-
culturlst, he accomplished great re-
suits with lands which had for years
been unproductive. He was the prln-
cipal ogper in the High Point dairy
farm, 20 miles below Washington,
whore a herd Of upwards Of 300 cows
is maintained. The property consists OF
about 5000 acres and the appointments
of the dairy are second to none in the
country.
About three years ago he purchased
another farm OF about 800 acres, also
In Virginia, but above Washington on
the Potomac, where he made his sum-
mer home. 1t was here that the disease
developed last summer which resulted
IN his death
!. ID. Yeomans was an example OF
stirling, sturdy Amerlcanism. He was
short on education but he made UP for
the disadvantages Of his early school
ing by using the hard common sense
with which he was endowed to the
very best advantage of his country,
his family and himself.