Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

public schools are under church COM
troll 10 contains other charges equal
iv absurd
Vow everyone of these ACCUSATIONS
were brought before the Impartial tri-
bunol OF the United states senate. 200
"a vindictlve effort To- have one ~
Utah's Representatives in that body
expelled as indicator Tho charg-
cs were thoroughly Investigated dur
ing long and searching Inquiry. aud.
since the accus.rs knew that thOr vcro
preforrng falso charges. they dd not
teIr ou thu testimony of their witness
sas but thoy ava all iu thor power to
or.ruhcim tho Senate Boy an uva-
iauehc of petitions But uotwith-
standing 900 hclr efforts tho senate
declared that the accusations were mot
sustained by fbe evidence.
boo what l.ht does that place the
hlpocHtes who repent the samo charr-
o. DO platform" why dld they
BRING their sickb ease before tho SEM
ate. DO they had uo Intention OF abid-
Ink hy IJs decision Is So not clear
th3t the trainers of thBt platform OF
false accusations are ,ndeavorIng to
brand thc Senate a- body of false
judgos2 And o. % not evident that
au who endorse that platform place
thcmsalves u similar position OF
hostility Co one branch of the nation
Oh government Pray call YOU that
American"
we are aware that cowardIy ef-
fort has been made Co make 60 appear
that the Senators Who refused 10 Join
the nlotters Boz their assault upon the
Constitution. were n collision with the
Church. But what OF the press
of the country that fully indorscd the
senate decision1 Among this part Of
Tho press was The outlook This ably
conducted periodical uid
I'VE have not read au the evidence
On this case. lie le too short But wo
nave read with care The protest against
Mr. SmOots election signed by repre-
renmtiyes OF Che League OF Womaus
National ORGANIZATIONS and presented
90 the Senate boy Senator Dubois, of
Idaho and we find Bon Dr. no reason stat
90 that lustnes their demand for Mr.
Shoots exclusion. They have not exc
pressed and they cannot express too
strongly the Importance of protecting
The purity of the home and the suoUty
OF The family. But This cannot be done
by asking Congress tO violate both the
spirit OF the Constitution and the prin-
ciples Of political Justice. To refuse "a
seat in the Senate to "a man of irre-
proachable moral character because hc
entcriains "a religious faith and ls %
"a Iar#I H.
which are oppugnant TO the Judgment
aud conscience of "a vast majority y
the people OF the United states does
violate the spirit of the Constitution"
In the same article The outlook said
OF Senator smoot referring 90 another
charge:
"a society might be avowedly organ
lied for the purpose of destroying the
Nation. and a representative OF such
society should bc refused a seat In
either House: but there is no pretense
that the Mormon church Is organized
for any such reasonable purpose. Evi-
dence that Mr Smoot had taken an
oath or made a pledge of hostility 60
tho American Nation or or supreme
allegiance 20 the Mormon church. put
ting &c above his allc'iauce To- the Ma
ton. would be good ground for eNclud-
ing him from the Senate But the vote
Of the senate we take to- be equivalent
60 no declaration that he has taken no
such oath and made no such pledge
As we have commended. every charge
made directly or Indirectly in the so
called American platform. which is un-
American enough 10 be Russian. or
savage. was refuted by the decision OF
the Senate in the case brought before
SC boy the American party sponsors.
No one can successfully deny this. The
platform. therefore. is "a colossal false
hood worthy of it's authors