The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-22
FRANK CANNON DISCUSSES KEARNS
AND HIS ATTITUDE IN SM00T INQUIRY

weight TO the opposition which has been
developed I'D Washington against enc re-
tention of q seat oy the apostolic sena-
It. seems d8a0Iy surprising for any Re
publican writer of tus state 20 threaten
Senator hearns with Destruction, because
fClded Go the country Air. Smu0t and the
people TO whom he belongs 81 his silence
spgusiblc. III selected Thomas kearns Ior
the senate vel knowing that be made 80
eise5 re Lhe possession Of me N eo-
s-eiien power 1i oratorl inaj palD
selected Reed Smopr for the senate aiter
due notice lhat Storm would rage tHe
country over and THAT bis seat ana state
too. that AIR. Sm01t had not the forensic
ability to defend himself, and that Mr.
81 -1e were 90 make such on effort. triil-
cism Qf Mr. iAearus for silence is q re-
so..ei-- e-i.--i en- on .-e - l, 81.
Tor which it had deliberately failed 20
ma BE provision Of defence
But il is extremely Improbable that j
tho iuVeslEatiou-eVe II he possessed
The eloqueuce OF an lngersoN and the
ee'e.i.5 power cl tgsl-1 3- -s8 -
present any defence or Senator Smool 81
the people OF Utah The senate itself
might resent aHy SUCH am .nopportune
case is reported from the committee
There was buL one time when either or
the senators from Utah could have prop-
senate, ana thau was in the opening hours
of the session when the petitions began
Reed emcot hae possessed me genius ne
could have settled the question in thirty
minutes by am address TO the senate ana
somewhat Unfair 10 blame kearns.
The congressional delegation from Utah
i= not composed of hFpocrIts ana lgn0-
men of their party iu this state, but they
are far above the average I'D point vi
Hon Joseph Howell. representative in
congress is q man on wide experience lh
business affairs aud i'm state legislation
medite rank with the average nemoer OF
congress; he is clean of life. conscientious,
devoted 20 his state senator 5nool + Il
good man. a moral man, am enersetlc
man. an intrepid man the one criticism
which the people of Oiah utter against
hum 3 tnat ne has sacT.Iicee lne ptaJe
of his state in his iuseHsate ambition TO
secure political prefcrmeut-Uheu he was
already oVeTburdcucd with business and
ecclesiastical cares and hOuors- senator
hearns is an ADLER man today Jnan ne
hepuDncan party ne mas ueLnqhselIal1u
that ne can command as mucn lnlluertr
as any new senator in NasnHgt4h- his
committee work has been sulkluBiJ sue
Cessful, and his personal relations Win
his fellow senators have been of the clos
est and most valuable character.
Probably no one would have lh0uEhL
of calling Senator hearns d hypocrite ana
an fgn0ramus IF Apostle Sm0ot had not
been elected 60 the senate and lf Titan
had not been deluged by q flood of ma
U0ual disap DrOVaL M neu senator hcdILS
and Senator Rawlins were colleagues, no
such charge was made. the state was in
high TcpUte and tdh interests IN me
national legislature received admirable
care.
There has been serious blunderIng lu
the selection Of men oy the Repubtcah
party. The whole nation attacks Sena-
TOR Sm0Ot and Utah Republicans are now
attacking Senator kearus for not saving
the Republican party from its own de-
liberate and suicidal act.
The best way 10 do is TO. elect a Demo
Republican viii charge that King OF Rich
ards Powers or Newhouse, HaWItnS or
Evans Henderson or MOyle Is both
hyp0crite and an iguoramus-