Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-22
SENATOR CULLom EXPLAINS


senator Cullom OF Illinois contributes
an lmportant article 10 me current
number Of the North American re
view. ON yha recent actiop OF tine senate
m thr case OF senator Reed smoot
sc,a,or Cullom sets forth very clearly
SIN, ibc Senate could not take any
Omar action than It did, in spite OF all
lac ,ctitions that flooded the body dur
ins the hearing of The case He strong
~ deprecates the attempt TO ln'iu'nee
the ssrate With petitions. because tna'
body sat as a judicial tribunal In this
case. On this polnt he says, % l'''''
ar can CONCEIVE of no more unfor-
sunatc rnfsuonceptiun than to SUPPOSE
1hc Senate VI the United Statss oPnls
Ia Inc influence Of These m anurluts atu
pelltlons when once II took eogulHa"ce
OF the cha1ges brought Against ihe SNm.
ator from Utah. with the view 70 PLolV
HIN unworthy of ms ssal ". .ia s,r5i ,,.
ats From that moment every Sellt't"'
vras Obliged. of necessity 10 assuUE
tbe uositieu of a Judge upon the DellNN
nudge from whose YcTdsCt tHele
es7lld be no appeal II was mot NJ ~,
islatlce but IN judicial caPec1ly va
testimony was heard and Witnesses 20
esnired, II was as . judicial hoQy- loE
- a. isgisint11re that the Senate had 10
PASS Judgment If the public had rsl.
izea fhls ia would have realized thal
In the nresonta,fon of testimony 10 es-
tnbIlsh the charges and make good tile
case my Its only legitimate Inetu .,,G ol
Influence. Memorials ana Fet,t.YIalo
Mere as much ont OF place, ln uiSllsS
one decision or another as ~ they nae
1,ne, nrese,tteA 10 court In the act OF
tying 0-case'
il is a charitable view to take that
the memortaIsts did not raplize the
inproprlety of the tactics they enl-
ployed. That WAS the case Perhaps'
with the majority OF them. But the m
stIgators Of the crusade we're not igN
norant. They knew they had no case
against the senior Senator from utah'
put they believed that by their clamor'
IL loud enough and persistent enough
they could influence the Senators Y" 90
n srls yous WRONG asainst thrF pe''eE
Judgment. In fact. one Of the lectur-
ors il reported to have said puplioN
that II only the women made enough
Noise the Senate would Hxpel the OBJ
iect OF their luminosity. right or wrong
senator CllIom further says
.rhe question Inc only question. be
fcre tho senate Was whether, under
these conditions there Wsis NAV III ieeeu
srnuot, individually, which rendered
lin unworthy OF the high office which
lie held. wholly without respect OF
,efererse to any Senators personal COT
victions concerning MoTrnonls SIN ana the
Mormon Church. the conclusion con-
cerning Mr.. Smoot S member OF lle
Senate was unavoidable. The Hsrdlet
was one concerning stnoOt's eonstilu'
tlonal right 10 his seat IN the senate
IA was in no way a verdict OF an opln-
ion concerning Mormonism
No. But that is just what the con-
sptrators intended TO make It, They
wanted to involve the Senate OF the
United states ia 4 religious controver-
81 and use the verdict OF that exalted
body as a weapon against au unpopu-
lar religious denomination. This
scheme was frustrated by the right
eous and loyal action OF the Senate
Senator Clllcm speaks of II Nor
mon hierarchy He says. I'VE muse
not for moment relax our efforts
against hierarchy, whether In church.
community state or country 1t must
not be allowed to Impress itself upon
ucross cur land
our institutions or cast Its shadow
Well, there is no Mormon hIer.
archy- Whatever hierarchical danger
may possibly threaten this country
1t Will not emanate from the Nor
non' Church The Church has a
ministry, as every church has but It's
ministers are not "herarohs" in the
generally accepted meaning Of that
word.
The trouble wl;h most people who
undertake to eaIlghten their fellow
men on the subject OF "Mormcnsln'
is that they 40 not understand thor
oughly the subject themselves They
tolta for granted, without inycstiKa-
tlon what they hear The term
''AIormon hierarchy Is nn inventions
of The enemies Of the Church used
entirely for the purpose OF prcludic-
Ing The public against the "Mormous'
because it Is we'll known That the word
In this country conveys lbc idea ot op-
preston and tyranny but as applied
90 any Mormon institution IL has
absolutely mo- menlne II stands far
nothing II is like the various terms
ior hobeobllNs with which children are
frightened though thCy represent no
real existenceS. A li1tle lnvestiga lion
into The organization of the Church
and the principle of Church govern