The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
TWO STORIES
TOLD TO VOTERS
Crooked Game Being Played by
Smoot-Kearns Managers.
wnpglNG BOTH SIDES
CARVING TALES TO MoRMoNs
AND NoN-MoRMoNs.

1.-THE Republican legislative eandl-
" dates are not pledged t'
smoot"
.rla Republican legislative candi-
dates are pledged TO Smoot"
These TWO dialretrically opposed
s-.rau-nrs are being assiduOusiy cir
,rgteG among the voters, especially
jr Sail Lake county, by The managers
III rEa kaaruS-Smoot machine.
All through Utah the Republican
.r.f4 committee IS sending workers tC
,,8ruaa voters claiming that the
church authorities desire the election
M smoot ana that good Mormons
uusr support them. Wherever Re
rrbfi-aus ae- found who are strongly
..9rasad to the candidacy OF an apostle
an The United states senate. they are
,.d errea by the same men, that the
l...sIsfIg. candidates are not pledged
IN Suoot. and that some other man
gH r.Daaay b- sent 10 the United
States senate.
Before ta.-EE more about this two
y...s serem. of the men who are pos
ias as che Republican party in Utah.
n NAV Doe we'll 20 rciJerate the actual
an H.r lu candidates FOR legis-
arF- nominations VINO declined 10
,.aIse themselves for SmoOt were cold
f. turned down la the conventions by
III. Sm0ut- Eelrus combination.
ra Salt Lake county the feeling Is
sl strong against the wisdom OF send
lgz Reed sm0ot 90 Washington that
sana OF the legislative candidates have
bern seriously considering an open
declaration that they are not pledged
rl Suoat. This was deemed unwise,
however. because the falsity Of such
declaration. if made, is so widely
k.0Wa.
The other course was decided upon
as better and 10 IS said that the exc
utiuu was left largely 10 Chairman
l. II. Anderson Of the Republican state
committee The plan generally adopted
ir handling the Mormon voters is TO
select Ter the work men identified in
some official way with the church or
r8uiztou Apostle Reed Smoot him
ff has picked "a large number of the
Mau. These workers are sent out with
statement substantially as follows:
we come not with the authority
ont with the consent. Of the Caurch
authorities 90 aly 10 is desired that
The Republican legislative candidates
Ia elected SO that Brother SmOCJ may
Dr. sent 20 the United States sem
ate"
This appeal Is cunningly worded 10
imply that President Joseph F. Smith
himself ie I'll marty 10 The blot where
as 90 Is declared by those who enjoy
his confidence that ne is strongly op-
posed 10 any such scheme.
So Ear this trickery has had little
effect. &c is stated. The workers for
tae Kcarns-Sm00t machine have be-
come frightened at the strong senti-
uaat among Mormons against the cleo
tion Of an apostle 20 the senate. The
feeling has been found 10 be that such
course would be- sure 90 result in
ga upro8r which would hurt the church
and the state. To deal with this SEN
umeHt among both Mof1n0us and non
Momons, Republicans and Democrats,
The Ke5rus-SmOot workers are denying
that SmO0t will be elected if the Re
publican ticket succeeds next week.
Now the people who have been told
one story are repeating il TO those who
have been told the other. confusion
& spreading and the machine manag-
CTS are finding themselves in worse
shape than ever.