Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-22
Mr., SUTHERLAND
$ DEFENDS sMOO1
,,..,, Junior Senator Makes
O' sa,sudid Argument in Behalf
S'ot the Senior Senator.
NJ CRUSADE AGAINST HIM.
r,I,e charge That He is a 70
IL voamist One Of the Chief
Causes.
.,.r.c That Conditions in ut'h
~ Are perfect But Better Today
Than Ever Before

40 Perfect But pe''
Than Ever Before
,..,,ngtou, Jan. Ex-senator SUN =.
Wasn ms came TO the defense OF ms
srsna 'o1I Senator smoot of Utah. de-
,O" his right to retain ms SEA- e,nn
ienu, r,s,,sd states senate. Prefacins
tne .,,rspt with observations on tne
~ ar,, If Of the charges against MI. MA
s,S' the junior Utah senator sal, ~
snoO' ere extreme views held IN MS
'nS.' ~ both sides of the question:
s ~ .sid he did not expect TO Satisfy
.rssr II these extreme classes
~ ~, not here to justify wrongdo'ns
n s,ate." he said, amy more
~ : am here TO justify wronsdoing
W. -, otber state. Whoever may pe
~ a ,r,ovAd must bear his own re-
sponsibillties,' he said 80 :, thu
r. Mr. smoot was a violator OIL '"e
,sw either as principal or accessory '.
soo,n,zed any allegiance to any power
,.ramo,,nt to the allegiance he owen
H. eag and country. or if by reason
:, h,s conduct he was so morally un-
a that his continued presence III '"o
senate would bring reproach OF shame
mon II ne should not retain ms seo''
,,,.rudsa he should.
Wv no,vcANy
CHARGE VI tOl
=. .ha ,,,,,lic understanding, said MT.
~ ''-S e.., Vas a nolysamist,
fpiheriahu' Si'4oo' 80. 40, mis-
md notwithstanding tle laS' ''N -.
<eharge, originally made by one ihal''
49,, ronud,ated nv everybody con-
na' ~ 1850 a was still as
nectee Wl,n Wv 20 -~s y,srs and was given
serleu VI .''e Tn
Egeneral ereoenee IN ING vous
al, probability this belief mat MI
Sr,oot was n polygamlst had much to
IN. ~ a., ,,u,nher M neti,ions
po Mili. 'nS ,,,n sao-
Which have Deoii lnessA'su W '"'
lie. Mr.. Sutherland declared that'
however numerous these peilsiohs. sen
Rtors could not AFFORD to- pc s"ayeu
kfronl just determination OF the case
Ippon its merits Each OF them must
bender his judgment AFTER passion,
Jess consideration oil the evidence ana
'N's' a--..a ..,,rs.
4
discussing ihe endtse nat ~.
smoot haa lahen an oaeh % :.pos.,e
mat cohHicted WIN ms opiisasivii. ~
senator, ihe seiialor s.a.eu ina. li,in
eharse had orislnaily peen ilaue uy
lne same man WHO hau ciialseu
snool WIN polygalns, anu lnat u .ns
Ns witnesses VINO les'iiieu 10 ~ lou,
~ osen snomn W usiSon. s-.iu,oo
mluence 70 De persons OF Dad ,eputa
s wv, u.u'lhaIue. or VI ulsoulu ,nliiu'
ala ne, glyen oS thoroughly reputable
a.ens u the STATE TO tne erect
"a, "a ~ suIn odtn was taken, anu
~, ssag az OF me testimony together
~s m eHssse Wts utterly ulscIeoiteo.
."o WV ChaIses remaining were
49,. vi 'ssaliy anu p3lysathous conap-
. .snUn were s'lil being practlsed by
that tic Church interfered in poiiticaI
,tsreo ~ - -. ~ " -" 49,
,sx s.,,s ,ue speaker Traced the ms.
sslyes ~ i reis,e ne, 10 me grown OF
* Ss a;Sr ua,l' l's maj apandonmeht
~ N"ufeh III 1sSV'
GETTING RID OF pOI,YGANry
~. .,.
q. ny t,iss when the government of
NJ NJ V ~ states as well as the Gen.
sJ Mr. Sutherland peT Vas s' ~ ne, iI ,i
y u's =, institution Of polygamy. He
,5ssd w POSITION tnat 1t was recog-
Nh baH e.s nam, that the people
tta,Ian ' az entered into this unlawful
lsson, ,t uiu 50 under o religious de-
tooS ro,n @. uley were good mon and
niratan q, tnough or course utterly
| natter az ~, .leir views regarding this
sAn er ~nu SAID SAID
| laost difftcmi, relglous belief is the
enbat !, ming IN the world TO
| losir. /, u submits 10 no rule OF
| Premises ana MAJOR and minor
Ine dogmatic ass'in VIusloh rolled into
| DE Lord suu So mus saith
sela 10 tho ,, n Dellef does not
Iiy runs q. "ppeul OF reason; IL SIM
l,phoId. 80 eouISe Iike 4 case OF
Reyle,vlr, h,.,.,.
higlol,s ds,u vr,elly some of the famous
6 the crussdos OF me past, such
vitchrraft a spanish inqulsition,
that nfror, 1 ~. otnets' the speaker said
eholy fac, sse Deglhling the melan-
that nothlnc Ils through all history
tothing too cru, naH oeeh to absurd ana
and done IN ~ 10 pe believed, taught
-, o's name OF religion.
END OF COMTEgsr
isle sa oD1 iast that golysamy was there
" American TO nsd me unit united thought OF