Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09


That is signed by every non-Niol,-
mon resident of his home. except four
men, The first who signs Is one OF the
most eminent lawyers In Utah, And
now listen--the second signature on
this petition is that of a Christian
minister. James Stoddard of Provo
city. rector OF Emanuel Episcopal
church.
OPINION OF ANOTHER EPISCOPAL
MINISTER,
Yesterday Senator snoot received.
and was Kind enough this morning
when came In the senate to hand
me, the following letter. which / think
II is worth while reading
Clifton Springs. n. Y. Feb. Is. 1907.
Hon. Reed SmOot, Senate, Washington,
D. c.
My Dear Senator: About an hour ago
j was waited upon by a committee that
urged me to send telegram to the "rc.
form bureau at Washington. asking
Iof your expulsion from the senate
This ! declined To Do for the reason I
consider YOU an honorable, upright.
loyal citisen and entitled TO your Seat in
: that honora BILE body.
l nave lived In your city, have heen in
Your home. ana know Your family, and
am frank to say that you Impressed
me t4Eonbly us one worthy on the
confidence OF the people OF Titan. Mat
| remind you that you We're one thar
helped me In my work?
He was an Episcopal minister re-
member And he goes on
You have my sympathy and good will.
and j hope YOU may be permitted to
Keep your seat.
WIN Kind regards for yourself and
an the members of your household. be-
lleNe me, / remain,
Most cordially,
REV, L. i. JOHNSTON.
Rector ST. Johns Church.
=. S-~lf telegram in your behalf
"lll help from me, wire
Yet. MIR President. notwithstanding ..
all OF this, even now and here, mis-
man Is held up as a supporter or the
| crime which all his friends say he hn 9
| peen fighting for l6 years. The other
uay. In his brilliant, his exhaustive. his
able speech. which had required and no
uouDt received months OF preparation.
Ahe senator from Michigan (A1r. Bur-
IoNs) read what purpUrted TO be an ex-
tract from an address OF Senator slnoot
uellVered in Salt Lake City In 1905.
SINCE ne has been q member of the SEN
a'e. This was dOne-and / viii read
,he extract In moment--t0 show that
nc is stun an upholdor of crime and
sane lions all the practises OF his Church
in the past
INCORRECT QUOTATION FROM AC-
CUSEDS SPEECH
Before go into this j wish to say.
mat acqutt the senator from Michi-
gan for what | am about to refer ia.
ne is Incapable of doing any human
d. Ge sn an Injustice knowingly. He ha .
Iaoofea through his mighty task, h 4
has performed his enormous duties
with industry, fidelity, courage, and
uniform courtesy 10 his associates. or
course, know perfectly we'll that this
] ctlPplhg Was prepared for him as our
material Is sometimes prepared for all
OF us, by those who would help us or
VINO are interested in the cause.
80 before say word about the
clipping | entirely exonerate the sena
tor from Michigan from any blame /,
any blame there be. and tina Is for the
senate to Judge. i do not think that i
would refer TO II even now II 1t had
not had such an effect as to make fine
senator from Arkansas CAIr. Berry, de-
llNer most OF his speech upon II.
rms Is the question This is quoted
from a report in the Deseret Even I'm q,
News, Of Salt Lake. OF the remarks az
senator Snoot at Salt Lake City, in
1903, before a great Mormon congre-
cation;
believe hat the Lattor-day Saints.
who have the Spirit OF God In them.
never had more confidence In a man
or set Of men than they have In the
presidency Of the Church today.
am, indeed. thankful for my stand :
ing In the Church OF Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints CMormOn)- When +
study the history OF the Church I find
that it Is al all times the same,
ana not ashamed Of the power and posi-
tl0n of the Mormon Church / saw Ia
Joseph j. smith today, this people win
never turn against thee on the testi-
mony of traitor
Very Well
Now Mr.. President. that appears as
one solid quotation. Here is the ad-
dress Itself In the Doseret EVENING
News from which identical paper the
senator from Michigan said IL was
"a ken. rs matter OF fact the sen-
tences, ave of them, OF this quotation
are taken from aggregated portions of
the address some 6l5 words apart. The
hIst one is from there Ondcnting). tho
second one Is from there 0ndicatingl.
the third one Is from here Indicating
M. Foraker-l5Ow far apart?
MI Beveridge--I am trying TO show,
Each sentence rs separated from any
other by from COO 70 1900 words. The
first one Is there dndlcatlng): the Sec
0nd one Is there dndicatlng). tbs third
one Is here dndIcating), three columns
away he fourth one here Qndicatlnu)
iive columns away. and The nfth there
nndieatnsl, al the end OF the third
column on that page, They were dis
connected and taken utterly our OF
their context and rearranged.
But. Mr. President, this was not the
worst. Two OF them were actual1..
changed The sentence as read by the
senator from Michigan is as follows.
when l study the history OF IN.
Church ] find that It Is AZ all times
the same.
Appears IN reality. as printed IN the
paper from which the senator said IL
was taken, as follows
When ] study the history OF the peo-
Pile l md that IL II bout the same AZ
II mas always been, with but a few ex-
ceptionS
Where the senator quotes Mr.. smoot
In another place as saying that be Is
not ashamed Of the power and position
" me Mormon Church. tho true quoia.
ton ~.
am not ashamed Of the gospel OF
the LOrd Jesus Christ, for 1t Is the pow
ef Of Goo unto salvation.
Doesn't that sound famlliarY IL
should, for that sentence 10 quotation
from Paul