Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-04
WE BEG TO DIFFER.

We beg TO differ with our esteemed
contemporary. the Salt Lake Herald. I'm
the opinion 81 volunteers that:
There would have been no Amori-
can party 10 Reed Smoot apostle OF
the dominant Church. had not been
elected 10 the United States senate.
Ihere would be no excuse for the
American party. and it would dissolve
automatically nov for lack OF support
II senator Smoot were to resign either
his apostleship or his senatorshlp. or IL
ne were 90 retire from active control
OF The Republican party ln this state"
n that were true. why do not tho
party organs conhne themselves TO the
discussion Of that point instead OF
raising all kinds Of questions foreign 10
legitimate American politics.
The agitation against the seating Of
Senator Smoot In the United states
Senate. which emanated from the chief
onginators Of the so-caIled American
party was not based on the maye fact
that the Senator Is am apostle In the
Church That fact alone would Of
course. not have justified them 600 rails
ing storm. or laying the foundations
FOR a new political party since there is
no law. written OF unwritten. against
the election OF amy American citizen m
good standing to the office of "a United
states senator because of amy ectlasI-
astical office De- may hold The aglta-
ton was therefore based anon Cd NUM-
her Of charges against the church and
The Church leaders ana tbe American
party WAS raked together or tho os-
tensible purpose of correcting tha evils
Of which the Church was accused But
that was only the ostcns.1i. purpose.
There was Another
The allegations made were principal
~ thar the Church bad broEeu certain
pledges relating 10 plural marriages.
that the leaders claim authority 1
control the belief and conduct OFF OBJ.
members. and thai Jhoy use this au-
thorty 10 teach uolyg3my that the
Church controls tho rolitica of the
state. ana that senator smo0l uHs not
elected 10y the proper electors but went
10 tho senate aa the representative of
the Church. such werc Iu substance.
tho chargcs made and such arc the 3l-
legations by which tho oHginatofs of
the party of strife sought t1 Justify
their assaults upon the people of This
State and CITY such au the grounds
upon which they arc Hu tyng t1
Justify the existence of the party
But am the Charge made bon iuuldca-
ton of hat agitation wore utterly
false. as was proved before the Sou-
ate. 90 tho satisfaction of 300 who lra
capable of discerning between truth
ana error m was proved fhaf tho
Church has kept whatever pledge. we've
made Boz lts behalf 90 the American peo-
Pile % was proved that the Church is
not interfering ln politics. Even exc
senator Dubois WAS quoted as O. Wlt-
ness 90 that fact % Was proved that
Senator smoot was property elected.
and that ho Is the representative of
the people and not of any faction. pee
liglous or political ln brief every
allegation made was proved t1 De-
false. because NOT sustained by tho
evidence. and the accuserf were finally
driven 10 the extremity ~ HsE.na thu
tho Constitution bo SCI aside lor the
"unwniten law" which in tnia Instance
would nave been no better than mob
law. That is che kind of Amer.vauH
they are. Everything considered tho
truth seems 40 be that the election of
senator smoot was but an excuse Tor
tho attack that had boon pIauurd for
entirely different reaHonH
And these are no secret Wo drnIy
believe that n Hon. kcarns had had
his ambition grained, there would
have been 40 American party. Tho