The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-01
ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY.
SENATOR SHOOTS SPEECH.

senator Shoots speech I'm the thea
ter on Tuesday was of unusual interest
for several reasons 1t was his first
formal appearance on the platform in
this campaign: IT was one of the few
public speeches he has made i'm Salt
Lake since his election to the senatei
and it had a direct bearing or condl-
lions which every citizen Of the state
is studying intently.
In his predatory remarks the sena-
tor dwelt with emphasis on his LOYALTY
and devotion TO his state and coun-
try. There is no occasion TO doubt
either his sincerity or his loyalty: and.
for that matter. the same hing may
be said OF any OF the several hundred
thousand citizens of Utah Il is true,
too, as the senator said that he has
tried to represent all the citizens Of
the state and has worked faithfully in
Office for What he conceived to be the
best interests OF the people. What
ever his opponents may say of his Of
fetal career. he has done what he
could under conditions which have
hampered his usefulness and negatived
the influence of the whole Utah dele
cation in Washington. His federal ap-
pOintments have been bad. 1t is true.
but that was to be expected
But when the senator recounted the
circumstances which led up to and fol-
lowed his controversy with SENATOR
Kearns he touched upon the vital point
of the whole situation; the irrevocabIe
breach in the Republican party. the
certainty that there can be no peace
in the state so long as either faction Of
the party is in political power
Does any man who heard the the
atre speech suppose that this state
can have a campaign on purely politi-
cal lines so long as Senator Smoot and
his followers are in office? Does any
one imagine that either Senator Kearns
or Senator Smoot Will abate one whit
OF their personal hostility or take any|
step toward settlement OF the present
feud so long as either of them has no.
litical offices 10 bestow or any other IN
ducement for the perpetuation of an
organization?
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Even conceding all the good things
his friends say Of Senator Smoot il
must be clear by this time that his
presence as a dominant factor in Utah
politics involves continuance and az
gravation of the trouble that has kept
the state I'm turmoil for the past three
TC NH
people, the ordinary people who should
govern, want any more of it? WHY
should a whole state suffer because ri
walls in the Republican party have fall
len out? How much longer ought the
state be asked 10 tolerate such a feud
and encourage it by continuing to SUD.
port either faction?
These are questions Senator Smoot
did not discuss. He gave no reason
why he and his intimates i'm the Re-
publican party should be permitted to
repeat year after year the performance
that drove their antagonists 70 the for
nation of the American" party. that
Ostracised other Republicans who re-
manned loyal to their party and that
gave Salt Lake an American" CITY
administration. He offers no reason
unless it be his own natural desire to
retain political power.
AS il stands now. the controversy has
become Il sort Of circle with no begin
ming or END. The Republicans with
Senator Smoot as their leader insist
they are i'm the right. that the diff
Guilty originated With the Americans
and their leader Senator Kearns. Tie
Americans" Just as persistently de-
clare the trouble began with the cleo
ton of Senator Smoot and that it car
he ended only by the retirement of the
Provo senator and the disruption of hi:
following.
The feud Is irreconcila BILE. with ne
prospect Of a compromise, and mean
while the people of Utah of all politi-
cal opinions and religious beliefs arc
compelled TO suffer odium abroad and