The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-12

Claims that no such government -as
the government OF the United states,
has any right TO exist.
| ! think ! have answered Mr.. Hop
kins' statement that Reed Smoot
discouraged polygamy by quoting
from Mr. Reed Smoot's own evidence
that while knowing that the presi-
dent of the church had i've wives
and forty-three children, he had
never protested against his conduct,
and never intended 20. think i /
have shown that in 1850, the Third
Judicial Court OF Utah found that
the oath OF vengeance taken by Nor. |
mons against this government was i
exactly the same as found by the |
senate committee, and when the
court found that John Moore and |
William J.. Edgar had taken the ex-
act oath that Reed Smoot had taken,
lthe court uses this language and ex-
Guided these two gentlemen from |
citizenship.
1.-The evidence establishes beyond |
any reasonable doubt that the endow-
ment ceremonies are inconsistent
with the oath an applicant for cIti- |
zenship Ii required to take, and that
the oaths, obligations, or covenants
there made or entered Into are In
! compatible with the obligations and
. duties Of citizens OF the United
States.
Is II not remarkable thing that
that organization OF slave-owners,
who we're deprived by the court from
. citizenship In 1850. have now so
, gained In wealth, power and influence
that, with the same oath OF ven
geance upon their lips and In theii
hearts, they can now become law
! makers for our country? Mr.. Hop
!, kins says, In his speech, which |
/, have quoted from, at page -: THE
!, oath that was taken by senator
Smooot when he became member
Of tho senate OF the United States
i supersedes any oath that he may
nave taken ut any period previous In
q life. How does that statement. OF
e law agree with the decision OF the
" Utah courts II MIR. Hopkins Is
Y right In that, then the court Is wrong
y In saying that the endowment oath
!. vas incompatible with the oaths
0 necessary for a citizen to take.
- The truth Of the whole matter ii
e that the Mormon society Is deter.
b mined TO gain control OF this govern.
I ment; they are determined, II pos.
!. ,ible, 10 make respectable theil
le teachings OF polygamous slavery
They do control absolutely Utah. ant
/. with the balance OF power In at leas
~ two or three other states they hop
ot 10 elect Mormons, some OF whom vii
es be republicans and some democrats
y. nut when the test comes and the
re have balance OF power In the Unit
o. ed States senate land we have fire.
Mt quently seen when two or three me
on could furnish the balance OF powe
n between the partiesl, then the IL
be dustIial and political differences wi
Is melt into thin air-then the repubi
~ can cloak and the democratic cloa
In will be torn aside and the men wi
he are sent 10 the senate To carry ct
me The present schemes OF that chure
ast may be republicans. democrats
M Americans. but above all, they WI
Jay he Mormons. FIRST, last and all Il
In time.
ut | was told the other day that n
lon objections TO this church were mer
uld ly sentimental. do not ADMIT tina
rty but In considering questions OF la
TIL no man can be entirely deprived
sentiment. The Americas home
tab the greatest OF American instit
J a lions. That we lead the nations
eh, the world In the march OF ciyiliz
Who ton Is due To the high standard
ort the American home, and no mo
leir disastrous blow can be struck TO d
the American home than the seating
sns a United States senator who teach
degradation OF American wome
OF The standing OF every nation in I
az world, so far as civilization Is O.
ties cerned, can be determined by I
treatment awarded Ia the moth,
bile Of the nation. Who Is 10 COVE
ned this country In few years. I
his boys who are today getting the
lid. SEPARATIONS OF patriotism from th
ter mothers. Can we forget the sta
OF Inents Of Lincoln, Garfield and
Kinley, every one OF whom said
ator substance: IAN that | am | owe
only my MOTHER For half a century
~, % women OF this country have been
. nj Iiged In shame 10 acknowledge d
polygamy is practiced under the
Top. of our dear country, and that in so
con- States there is not enough put
J be sentiment to pass and enforce
cept against IL.
liar The president has appealed to C
bis gress 10 amend our constitution
who that congress may deal with pol
.ltu. amy, and the senate Of the Uni
kins States replies u that message of
tate president by referring the presiden
de message 10 the dead-house OF
for senate committee, and rebukes
very suggestion by seating one OF