Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-01-14

date for the United States senate from
Utah, was a daughter of John ID. Lee,
who was executed for participation IN
the Mountain Meadow massacre, was
inspired by the senatorial sorehead
candidates for the United States SEN
atorship. The Washington Star for
some time has to some extent been
mouthpiece for Senator Kearns, the
paper having been imposed upon by
writer's and correspondents employed
by Kearns, who has moved this por-
ton of the earth and maybe a portion
of hades, hoping to secure his re-elec-
ton.
Since Judge Bartch became a candi-
date for senatorial honors, it is fact
that he has been "snooping around"
trying to find out and give publicity to
anything detrimental to Mr.. Suther-
lands candidacy.
Judge Bartch, standing on his high
morality platform, thought that as
Mr.. Sutherland was now a senatorial
candidate leading him (Bartch) by
miles, the public should be informed
of any shortcomings of Mr.. Suther-
land The judge importuned a lead
ing lawyer in the city to reduce to
writing some rumor about Mr.. Suther-
land so that the judge might carry
it east and use it in his Pennsylvania
campaign against Mr.. Suther-
land The lawyer refused to
execute the writing, but it is
well known that Bartch used every
thing he could think of against Suther-
land in both his local and eastern cam
paigns.
The idea of a senatorial candidate
in Utah trying to bring pressure from
outside sources on the legislature OF
his state is not only reprehensible, but
silly and stupid and justly calculated
to create resentment in the minds of
the people of the state, and the mem
bers of the legislature. What right
has any senator or any resident of any
other state or the president of the
United States himself to dictate to or
advise the legislators of any state as
to who they will choose to represent
their state in the senate? It's piece
of gross impertinence which ought to
be resented. But what can be expected
from sycophants? They believe in
sycophancy and have no comprehen-
sion of real independence.
"A GeuJlle, an dHIl-MOTHdH VINO Will
secretly trot to the church offices for
years and years seeking ecclesiastical
influence in favor of his political or
judicial aspirations, to such an extent
that the churchmen thanked God when
he had secured an Office so that they
would be rid of him for while, is not
a man to be admired.
But reverting to the John D. Lee
rumor. Mrs. Sutherland is no relative
Of John ID. Lee, not in the remotest
degree. Her father is of the old and
Lee family of Virginia, and
Is now alive and well, residing in Ten
nessee.
The candidacy of Judge Bartch for
the United States senate is so i'll ad-
vised and so hopeless, in view of all
the circumstances, that it is matter
Of wonder that the judge entered upon
1t at ALL The contest for the place has
been waged for two years between
Senator Kearns and George Suther-
land, and the latter won overwhelm-
ingly. The people, when they voted
for members of the legislature, and
who were elected, thoroughly under.
stood that Mr.. Sutherland was to be
senator If his party won. They voted
for Mr.. Sutherland just as much as
they voted for President Roosevelt in
voting for the Republican Presiden-
tial electors. 1t would be a breach of
faith for the legislature to elect any,
one but Mr.. Sutherland as much as it