The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-18

Moscow, however, and secured the
nomination for Governor over the bitter
| protest of the Statesman. Every dele
| gate from the Mormon counties sup
| ported and voted for him, and his
fight was managed by W. f. Borah, now
the Republican candidate FOR the
lsUnited States Senate, who had prom
| ised to support Gov Morrison, and
who foully broke his promise.
Power of Hierarch Shown.
| After Gooding was nominated the
Statesman wrathfully declared that >,
| Zion has spoken, and it gave
Gooding ouly n nominal support dur
ing the campaign. 1t has always been
believed by the closest friends of
Messrs Cobb and Balderston-though
there is no way of proving it, and they
will doubtless deny it now-that they
voted for Henry Heitfeld. the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor, as against
Gooding
Gocding, however, was elected, run
ming ahead of Roosevelt in some of the
Mormon counties. Relations were
strained between him and the States.
man, but finally Mr.. Cobb's lust for
State printing overcame his natural an
tipathy to Gooding, and he began to
cast about for means TO become recon
serve controversy, in which Senator
Heyburn became involved with the
Roosevelt administration, furnished the
opportunity,
When Hepburn first sounded his blast
of war against forestry reserve policy
Governor Gooding promised to stand
with him to the bitter end. While the
trouble was at its height, however,
Clifford Pinchot, head of the forestry
n
was an old friend of Mr.. Cobb, and
was entertained by the latter while
he was here
During his visit Mr.. Cobb arranged
an interview between Governor Good
ing and Mr.. Pinchot. although Cobb and
Gooding were hardly speaking to each
other at the time. At this interview
Mr.. Pinchot suggested that, if the
State desired, it could select other
land which had been included in forest
reserves. Gooding jumped at the op-
portunity. He saw a chance to benefit
his Mormon friends IN the Southeast,
solidify himself with the Mormon
church, and pacify the Statesman.
Threw Down Hepburn.
gestion, and in that hour ''thrcw
down. his promise TO stand by Senator
Hepburn. He promptly proceeded TO
select range land in Fremont county
in lieu Of the land which had been en-
closed IN forest reserves. This range
land was leased at n nominau figure
to four Mormon stockmen, and once
more the word was carried TO the of
fee of the first presidency that Gov
ernor Gooding was a staunch and de-
pendable friend of the Mormon church
from
caused roar of anger to go up all
over the State, but Gooding cared moth
ing for that so long as he had sat
is6ed the Mormon prophets, scers aud
revelators.
Later, when Senator Hepburn de-
clared on the floor of the United States
Senate that the Interior Department
had no right to permit the State TO
select lands in lieu Of those included
by Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, who
demanded 10 know if the transaction
had not been approved by the Governor
of Idaho. Senator Hepburn was forced
to admit that his treacherous friend
in the Governor IS office had approved
the transaction, and then Smoot went
on to defend the matter, showing that
he was perfectly cognizaut of the deal
which Gooding and the Mormons had
made.
Reason For the Deal.
The Pinchot Cobb. Gooding interview
was the end of the feud between Cobb
and Gooding. The pipe of peace was
smoked, and in nineteen months Mr.
Cobb has had his lust for state print
ing gratified to the extent Of Sll .55S. 80.
Ever since then the Statesman has ad-
vocated Gooding's denomination and
reelection. Its present advocacy of
Gooding's candidacy is due, therefore,
not to its interest in the Steuncnberg
case, but because il desires a continua-
tion of IT'S printing graft
Gooding has stacked the roster of the
State officials with Mormons. The AS
sistant Commissioner OF Immigration,
Labor and Statistics, who is the ac.
tive man IN that department is a Nor.
mon and is using his Office to see that
Mormon immigrants into the State are
brought here and located under favor
able auspices. Gentle immigrants can
look after themselves. What is true
of the immigration Department is true
of every other department Of the
State.
To all practical intents and purposes
Gooding is n Mormon. No Mormon
could be more abject in his slavery to
the church than he is, and there is no
need of Mormon Governor so long
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