The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-21

to suifer this TO be donel Are you salts
with conditionsl Do you want your local ca;
affairs governed from PTovof You can an
swer 1t the polls.
smootisrn seat its emissnrics 10 District
Judge aad endeavored TO control ms decislon q
upon an important matter. because II feared
! that an adverse decision might Inihtate
against the Republican party. II any branch
oil the government should be free from par
tisan influence IL is the judiciary. The judge
who holds lives, liberty and property In
his charge should not he swayed by other
| than law and Justice When 4 political ma,
chine becomes so bold that IL lays its hand
upon the judicial ermine. when IL sends its
| spokesmen 70 whisper into the ear OF the
! Judge upon the bench, oven q blind man can
| see that the time has come for the people 20
smash il snd to bury II ont oi sight beneath
| their votes.
What Smootism Means.
Smootism appeals in brszen fashion to the
| reli gious preiudiccs OF the people, Its news
| paper organ with no more regard TO decency
| than a woman Of the street; with no more re-
| gard for the interests Of the people than
midnight burglar or character assassin, IN an
| editorial published September %, 1906, urged
| all Mormons TO vote the Republican ticket,
! falsely stating that unless they do so tho
American party will ride into power. eonhS-
| cate their property, take from them thcsr
! votes and drive them from the State. inns
ncendiary appeal is the bugle call to the
| people OF Utah to engage IN religious war
Smootsm cares not for peace in Utah. II
cares not for the we'll being and good name
! Of the State. 1t cares only for power, ana ~
is willing, il necessary 10 secure power. TO
plu? gc the State into religious war, WIN
strife and woe and bitterness and tenrs. ls
there not reason for strong opposition 10
Smootism Is IL not treason foT IN" state
for men to remain silcntl Am not jusuhed
as citizen and as 3 taxpayer IN den0uhclng
the system and In calling for It's oownialt
] rei.era,e agnin. lest l be mlsun9ers'ooo.
that the man who fights Smootism docs not
tight the Mormon church. The DemoCratc
party will never fight the Mormon church
unless the Mormon church starts fight upon
the Democratic party and compela the party
OF Jefferson 10 defend its life.
No Assault on Church.
The Democratic party makes no assault
unon the Mormon church OF its leaders. II
is keeping track of rhe main ISSUE ara pro
poses 10 smash the machine that Is now rul-
ing Utah. But assault has been made
unon the Mormon church and upon the MoI-
mon church leaders serious in its character
and IN its nature. which seems 10 nave peen
overlooked That assault was made by the
personal organ OF Senator Smoot In Salt
Lake City By n paper in which he is a large
stockholder. by the paper that speaks by
the card and carries on Its front page the
declaration that il is the official organ OF
the Republican party in Utah 1t is the
paper that is the consistent exponent OF
Smootism. In editorial in that paper
under date OF September 2s, 1906, and ad,
dressed ITO the Average Voter, l find
these words;
But there is the complaint that the Nor
mon church interfe-es in politics. IL Is cur
the influence OF It's FIRST president, did in
terfere in the politics of Utah in the cleo
tion of Tom kearns," And again in the
same editorial, I ind the following words:
Tom kearns was elected. There was die
tation by the church, aud Tom Keams was
the beneficiary OF it. He didn't compl1in
of Mormon church dictation then" lad
still again, in the same editorial, 1 Ind
these words: Possibly President Snow
believed that il would be best Tor the State
10 be Represented by Gentle, and he may
have boen influenced by the known fortune
which Kearns possessed. and which he had
won in tho State. He may have been intlu.
enced by other considerations.
This editorial was published over twenty
ono days ago 1t has not been retracted.
There has been no denial disavowal from
Senator Smoot No Republican in the State
has ropudiated the ptterance 1t has gone
forth to the people as statement Of fact,
and published in the personal organ OF SEN
ator Synoot; published in the ''oflical organ
of the Republican party of Utah. which
voices the views OF the Republican organiza-
ZION and OF the Republican State commit
tee.
Besmirches the Dead.
And this utterancc OF the official orgau''
is Smootism with vengeance. To gain
votes. it besmirches the dead 1t holds up
TO public scorn President Lorenzo Snow, and
virtually declares him to have been yenal
enced by the known fortune Kcarns pos
sessed.' Here is an assault upon u dead
leader OF the Mormon chulGh that has gone
unrebuked, Why was it nfadea What was
the purposel Why was IL necessary TO de.
fame whose lips sealed 1t is clear
that tho purpose was 20 advance Smootism.
And who is it that openly declares that Sen.
ator kearns was elected by church dicia-
ericau party that the Mormon church leaders
and the Mormon church itself dictates and
controls our poiticsl II is the mouthpiece
OF the Republican party Of Utah. II is the
special and personal defender OF Senator
Smoot in Salt Lake City. II is the polit.
ical organ for whose utterances the Repub.
hean State committee is responsible, Ii any
Republican, from Senator Smoot down. has
disapproyed OF the charge made and which
I have quoted. he has had ample time TO
say SO: but not one Republican has uttered
a word II any Republican has known tho
charge TO be untrue, there has been ample
time for him SO to have declared, but
denial has been made. Ii the statement so
boldly made be true, it throws discredit upon
Senator Smoot's own title. For il his own
church. in which he holds the position Of an
apostle dictated ag stated by his organ.
the election OF a Gontile Senator because OF
his wealth. people viii believe that the same
church dictated tho election OF Senator Smoot
because Of his piety.
smoot Elevated by Snow.
In this connection I desire TO call atten.
tion TO the fact that snoot was put into the
quorum OF the twelve apostles By President
Lorenzo Snow.
II the charge be untrue, what have Nor.
mons 10 say OF the men who are willing 10
be the benedciaries. politically, OF such
hideous statement People who accept the
fruits OF such utterances as I have quoted
had better go slow before charging the Dem.
ocrstic party with lighting tine Mormon
church and It's leaders because the Democrat
ic party attacks Smootism. II does seem
10 me, in view OF the utterauces I have
quoted from the Republican organ, that
Democratic Mormons ought TO see as clearly
as ! sec that the time has come 10 smash
the machine and they should help to roll
up majority that will put an end 10 ring
rule and unworthy cmbition
News Denied Charge Against Kearns
The charge that Senator Kearns was elect.
cd 20 the Senate through the dictution OF
the leaders OF the Mormon church was first
made almost Immediately after his election
| The charge was then indignantly denied by
the Deseret News, and it remains for the
newspaper in which Senator Smoot holds
stock to renew the charge. Suppose the
charge had been made by the Democratic
newspaper, the Salt Lake Herald, how long
would II have remained Unansweredl How
! long would il have been before a cry would
| have gone up ell over the State and tho