The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21
COL. DAUGHERTY
ISSUES A Def
Challenges Senator SmOot to
Joint Debate.
MEETINGS TO BE M EAST
SUBJECT TO BE MORMON INTER
FERENCE IN POLITICS.


When Senator Smoot prepared his
letter TO the Deseret News he doubtless
realized il would cause some uneasiness
ia the Kearns wing Of the Republican
party. IN case any lingering doubt ex-
listed in the mind of the junior senator
the following letter from Colonel Mat
thew A. Daugherty has probably dis
PEELED it. The letter. which was mailed
to Provo On Friday. takes the form Of
a challenge. thus:
Salt Lake city Utah, Aug g. 1904
To Hon Reed SmC5t. Provo. Utan:
My Dear Sir-I read your letter IN the
issue OF the Deseret Evening News OF
Aug. IS 1904.
it was intended In order 10 bring the
matter before the bar OF the American
people as judges, and to the end that
there BE- no further hypocrisy or dissem-
bling. and as the questions reach beyond
Utah and threatens the very foundations
OF this republic. / challenge you to JOINT
debate in states east Of the Mississippi
river IN this campaign beginning not later
tnan Sept Is. 1901.
Basis Of Proposition.
You to MAINTAIN that the Mormon church
does not, or that you, as an apostle OF
the Mormon church. or as an agent OF the
Mormon church, first having obtained rs
tf-1-AA----ar
pacity as a private citizen of the United
states. DO not dictate Republican politics
IN the state Of Utah as stated IN your
letter OF yesterday 1 TO maintain thaJ
the Mormon church, through your
self as agent. and otherwise and you N
whatever capacity you may choose 10 as
sumo, both dictate Republcali pnillcs 70
the Mormon people n the state OF tan
Both being Republicans, you a Mormon
and I a Gentle. my first vote having been
cast for the lamented Garfield Tor con-
So in
having voted the Republican ticket ever
since. and as this question Is one or the
issues now on trial before the cominlItee
on privileges and elections OF me Unltea
States senate and of interest 20 he whole
people of this country. 10 take the matter
entirely out of politics, 1 suggest tnat our
debates be called and arranged for at
dimes and in states TO be agreed upon by
the 1nterdenominationaI Cocncii OF
Women
Should this not meet your approval
please name 3 gentleman 10 confer with
one whom ] shall name TO arrange Tor our
meetings TO be held in states 20 DC Sc
lected by the gentlemen named AWAITING
an early response / remain respectfully
'O'S' MATTHEW A. DAUGHERTY.
Daugherty a Kearns Man.
Colonel Daugherty came to Utah
about four years ago and has been one
Of the stalwarts in the Kearns camp
since that time. The colonel takes the
position that SmOOt created the opening
for the challenge when he sent MS let
ter 20 the News. The colonel insists he
is in earnest and points to his record
IS stump speaker in Nebraska TO jus
tffy his proposition to enter a joint de-
hate The colonel claims to have
spoken twice daily over 5000 square
miles of territory while he was can
didate for congress in the Sixth Nebras-
ka district in 1894. he maintains that
il he could get SmOOt to accept the
challenge ne would do many things in
an oratOricaI way to the junior senator
from Utah,
Smoot has not yet replied to the col
onels letter. and many believe he viii
not II he could be induced to take 1t
I'D the combination would easily be the
greatest Republican show on the road
IF some clever manager could get hold
of ii the performance ought 10 go TO
crowded houses everywhere. because
SmOot is one Of the most widely adver-
tised men in the country, and If the
colonel made things as hot as he says
he can make then the other end of the
combination would be a good drawing
card as we'll