The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-20
TRICKS
COMPLETELY EXPOSED
Attempt to Drag Mormon Church Leaders Into
the Miro of Politics.
President Snow Indignant-IS Not Supporting Hammond
Gen. PenrOSe Also Victim of Hanna TrickSterS.

That the absolute certainty OF defeat
t,e driven the Republican party man
.-.rs 70 desperate and shameful deeds
- fully demonstrated yesterday,
,,.ra, one Of their vile tricks was eS-
,,.s5 Although the party is waginS
f,l,a crusade against pOlygamy and
TrI7--onism. for the purpose of playing
In the preiudices of one class or peo-
- the developments of yesterday
- that il is perfectly willing to pro-
mote q union of church and state, TO
Jrag pCcIesiastic robes through the
,lfrs of poIitics and to place the Nor
mon church leaders in false position
b,fora the people, in the miserable hope
- Gaming a small partisan advantage
Got Indignation was expressed in
,nsDv quarters when the facts became
mon the list of members of the re-
,.nticn committee for the Mark Hanna
,srentjon at the KENYON last night the
committee placed the name OF Fresl-
AIT T.orsuzo Snow, and it was so pub
lisbpd. TIE obvious purpose was, OF
goI1rsa 10 spread throughout the state
,to ironressio.. that the president Of
tbe Mormon church was supporting
lanes r. Hammond and was IN run
sympathy with the Tory admlnlstra-
ton. -,
Prasient Snow never authorized the
,,sa of his name. was never consulted
and did not even know that such re-
ception was to be held. He stated most
pmph9tioaIly Yesterday that he would
never think of serving upon RepuD-
Ican committed All citizens who
learned Of the contemplate trick yes
terdav denounced it as a low scheme
10 make it appear that church IT iu-
puca" was being exercised in behalf of
the Mckinley cause, and 1t was de-
cIared to be quite in line with the tao
ties employed in previous campaigns.
President Snow Indignant.
President Snow expressed himself
with some warmth over this attempt
t. drag his name into politics as a sup
porter Of Hammond and was naturally
indignant. When interviewed yesterday
afternoon, he stated that he desired it
10 be understood that he va taking no
part i'm politics and that he is doing
nothing to assist in the election of Mr..
Hammond, as the tricksters would
make out. President Snow further eX-
pressed himself as being friendly to
Judge Kihs.
.'tA'Nf MS - 7 ItNlAl-lll E1LlON y SldLC-
ment on the subject:
Il have never authorized the use of
my name as a member Of that commit
tee or any other of a political nature,
and 7 would never think of allowing it
90 Dee used. The first knowledge I had
that there was to be a reception was a
couple of hours ago, When a gentleman
asked me if I intended to be present.
] ;0li him no. that l should not attend,
and that my name had been used With
out my authority. 1 cannot imagine
Who ever suggested it, or who is re
sp1nsible, but I want to say right here
that / never would allow the Use of my
name I'm connection with any event OF
that nature. l am no more friendly to
one candidate than the other, and am
taking no hand in politics whatever.
You may state that as emphatiCally as
yCa desire
TIE names Of Presidents George O.
Cannon and Joseph F. Smith were also
published rs members Of the committee
by those INSCRIPTIONS tTicksters. As
matter Of fact. neither of these gen.
trmeu attended the reception and a
prominent church official expressed the
belief that they would be as strongly
opposed To such methods as President
Snow
Denounced by the News"
The DeScret News last night had the
Following TO say concerning the unau-
thortzet use of names on committees:
There rs strong objection on the part
a. ma .y persons 10 having their names
I.radoi ,n the public prints as mem
peES %. committees for various purposes
Nlthou. rhsir knowledge or consent.
Ihny .aiuk that the least that should
h. dom would De 10 ask their permits
SION to thus make their names so prom
lntnt. IL iS q piece of impertinence
h Say thu least % connect individuals
Win aims and purposes with which
laey may possibly not be in sympathy,