The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-26
MUCH HOT SHOT
FOR "AMERICANS"
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| sultins character are applied to him.
These men have been lying so long
about honest men that it is time some
body was telling the truth about them.
/ propose to take a little time for that
very purpose tonight. myself. The first
trick of the sneak thief is to cry, when
the pursuit begins: stop thier. SO the
| born liar denounces falsehood in 9TH
ers. We need not be surprised. there
fore, that the men who have conSpicu-
| ously. VIGOROUSLY and fiagrantly
sought the Influence Ct the church, are
now most blatantly deEouncins IT,
"I am Just as much opposed to inter-
ference by the Mormon church in po-
litical matters as any man in the
American party. Only it is not some
thing that has just become wrong. 1t
has always been wrong II was wrong
when my predecessor in the senate
\ sought It. 1t is wrong today. The diff
ference between the attitude of men
who think as l think and the leaders
of the American party is that we think
il is wrong to solicit church influence
for anybody, including ourselves, while
they think IL is wrong to solicit church
influence for anybody except them
! selves. I tell you it is wrong for any
one, Mormon or Gentle. to seek church
influence, and it is particularly wrong
for a Gentle to seek it. And any Cen
tile who does seek it deserves to lie
pilloried and driven out of decent So
ciety forever.
Nuggets of Truth.
My friends, it does seem TO me that
! if ever / had been mean enough 20
seek church influence. before j would
whine about ii / would put my tongue
between my teeth and go out and hang
myself like a thoroughbred and "a gen
/ tleman. Your inspiration for two years
has been the columns of the Salt Lake
1 Tribune. The editor of that paper.
| Frank j. Cannon, has in his time played
many parts. He carried on his CAM
paign for congress among the Mormon
people with a little book called Mug
gets of Truth"
Here Senator Sutherland had a lot
of fun with the Tribune's editor and
the audience laughed joyously. The
Nuggets of Truth campaign is well
| remembered by all who are familiar
with the politics of the state during the
last few years. Senator Sutherland
went on:
81 might have more faith in this ed
itors caustic criticisms of the hierarch
If l didn't remember a complimentary
rarch, published in the Millennial Star.
Five years ago the chief director OF the
policies of this paper the man who
hopes TO benefit most from its campaign
now was. to the stupefied astonish-
ment of the people of the state, elected
TO the United States senate. 1t was
reported that he was elected through
the influence of the then president CT
! the Mormon church.
His own paper charged it then in
double-leaded editorials, the paper be-
! ing then in honest and. Of course, diff
ferent hands. The charge has never
been refuted. You Americans tell me
privately he is rot your leader. Yet
his paper is your organ and you are
spending his money TO advance your
! interests"
Senator Sutherland then said that
the Americans" protected Senator
| kearns' name, and cited the fact that
! men who are prominent in the Amer
! lean party testified in Washington,
though they were sworn TO tell the
whole truth, without mentioning this
case Of church influence.
Pleaded for Influence"
! Time passed" he went on. ''and a
new president of the church was elect
ed. The story is told upon what seems
TO be excellent authority that when the
new president came. your leader sought
church influence again. He was told
| that the church was not in politics and
that it would not be dragged into poll
! tics by him. Because of that he be-
gan his war upon the Mormon people,
and has continued it ever since"
Senator Sutherland declared that
! Senator Kearns and his friends were
barred from entering any protest
| against Senator Smoot at this time De-
\ 1K-ha Sbn hoy
| they failed to speak. He said that he
himself opposed the election of Smoot
| on the ground that no apostle should
| be sent TO the United States senate. At
/ the time he was fighting Smoot. Senator
Kearns, Joe Lippman, Ben Haywood
| and other Americans" were in line for
him.
az made the fight in the open,'' said
he. They supported him and betrayed
| him; they extended the right hand of
fellowship. and then plunged a knife
4 into his BOSOM
Senator Sutherland said that if Sen
ator Smoot should be expelled now the
| step would be violation of every con-
| stitutiOnal privilege. Continuing his
references to the American" party, he
said that their battle was being waged
on improper lines; that the place to
make it was in the Republican party.
/ No Influence" for Him.
He asserted that he had been elected
, to the senate without any church infiu-
| ence, that he never sought it for him
| self or for any one else ST will fight
today as hard for a Mormon as a Gen.
tile. as hard for Gentle as for Nor
mon, but no harder. If this makes me
a Jack Mormon let them make the most
of it. Personally, ! don't believe / am
either a JackM Mormon or a Tom-Gen-
tile
| When Mr.. Sutherland had finished the
giee club gave selection and there
| were calls for Senator Smoot, who oc-
cupied a seat near the center Of the