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Show -55where in their as oot, apostlel an the accusation that he charges to be held was the doctrine. practiced responsible for the possible poly gamous acts of others, because in his Church position he could not help being aware them in of these spi te acts, and because he had made of their protest, went practiced it. when it was the Senate was on Privileges 1907. by This charge was of the subject given only believed thrown out a very early March and allowed all the A His lodge the original opponents protst, of in were presented he was seated City was was as as a to the Senate member of the aroused throughout the nation utah, of whom had some claimed that the not chosen Senate Committee membership. mere helped fact of the tion had serious detrimental effects upon the state. that Salt Lake the January 16, 1904, and February 20, 5, 1903 and privileges proceedings represent utah in thorough investigation by great deal of controversy the Smoot case. in the separate but that he polygamy of Reed Smoot to right In the meantime Smoot9s credentials on in a basis.57 no and Elections between Senator Kearns body by that Smoot not discovered that it had The signed the original farther than the other citizens, and in even protest claimed Protestant minister who a stop to law. being contrary J. L. Leilich, effort to no It was to investiga claimed the site of the National Mining Congress because of the disrepute in which the city was held These critics claimed that Smoot was holding Utah up Mormon apostle to sit ized" Easterners. to national shame by insisting on the right of a by "civil in the United States Senate. II |
