The Irish standard., 1907-02-23
SM0OT TO retain
SEAT IN Senate
RESOLUTION TO GUST UTAH MAN
DEFEATED BY VOTE OF
42 TO %.
CROWD ON HAND TO
HEAR FINAL DEBATE

Senator Du sois Makes Warm Speech
in Opposition to Mormon Prophet
-Beveridge Says He Is a Victim
Of Misrepresentation.
Washington, Feb. 21.-The senate
Wednesday defeated the resolution
to unseat Senator Smoot from Utah
by vote Of AZ to 2S. The Hopkins
amendment to the resolution that two
thirds Of the senate is required to
unseat the senator was agreed to by
q vote of 40 yeas, % nays.
Galleries Are Well Filled.
In anticipation Of the closing debate
and the final vote ON the resolution,
the galleries were we'll filled at the
beginning of the session at IL o'clock
The resolution was Immediately laid
before the senate, but before tho dis
cussion on Its merits was permitted to
proceed there was short skir1nish to
secure a division OF time among those
desiring to speak for and against the
resolution.
When Senator Hopkins suggested Il
division of timo there were many neg
ative observations among senators.
THAT Is Il procedure of tho house
where they have no parliamentary
law and l object asserted Senator
Money. Fifteen minutes were occu-
pied In discussing the question Of pro.
cedure when all further effo.ts in that
direction were abandoned and Senator
Du Dois took the floor in opposition to
Senator Smoot
Takes Issue With knop's Statement.
Senator Dubois took direct issue
with Senator Knox's recent statement:
"Polygamy in Utah has ended"
Five out of the II apostles have
gone into it since the manifesto" as
serted Senator Dubois. "The presi-
dent of the church performed the core
mony between All apostle and his
fourth wife," he added.
Turning his attention to Senator
Smoot, Senator Du Bois remarked:
Senator Smoot is the son of polyg-
amist. His father had four wives.
When he reached the age of manhood
he married a polygamist child, his
wife being the daughter of IL fourth
wife of her father. would not say
this II 1t hurt the feelings Of the SEN
ator. It does not. No one in Utah
will blame him for it. Many will
honor him"
Concluding Senator Dubois declared
there were not ten senators who would
vote for Reed Snoot il they had read
tho testimony. But l know that
strong influences are at work here.
The president of the United States is
the open friend of the senator from
Utah. You all know 1t. The country
knows it. lie wants him seated. You
have got the Mormon vote. You have
every one Of them. my friends, on the
Republican side. But 1t has cost you
tho moral support Of the Christian
women and men Of the United States" "
severldge UphoIds smoot.
Senator Bcveridge followed with a
plea for Mi. Shoots retention. lie
believed the greatest wrong that could
be done any man was the ruin of his
reputation when his life had been
stainless, and this was what was being
done In the case Of the senator from
Utah. The millions OF petition signers
against MIR. Smoot, he said, expressed
the sentiments of a misinfor1ned pub
lie. The senate. which was in this
case acting as judge, should no more
regard these petitions than would any
other court regard petitions to influ-
ence its verdict.
Senator Bevcridgc devoted much
OF his speech to illustrating tho gen
eral prevalent opinion that Senator
Smoot was a. polygamist. He had
talked to more than 800 men and
woman as to their belief in the mat
ter and had found an almost universal
opinion that Senator Smoot was a
polygamlst. AS an illustration of the
misstatements Of the press OF the
country, Senator Beveridge presented
half dozen clippings, books which he
said were full Of the statements of
oCAoIo1 houlOOt pOlS SdHly.
Since the speech OF Senator Bur-
rows a few days ago, he said a news
paper clipping from a middle north
western paper had come to his notice.
1t stated that Senator Burrows had
shown that Senator Smoot had five
wives and AZ children, three of whom
were born during the present year.
Another Illustration was clipped lit
orally from a Washington newspaper
bulletin board the day following Sen.
ator knox's recent speech which
read: Senator Knox defends Polyg-
amist Smoot." All of this misinfor-
nation he said was in the face OF
absolute and undisputed testimony
that Senator Smoot never had but one
wife.