Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-14
THE LATEST SENSATION.

The fight against Senator Reed Smoot
has reached a point nc which all de-
cent people IN this country should rise
IN revolt Unable to find anything
that under the Constitution of out
country and the rules Of the Senate
would justify the demand Of his ene-
mics for his expulsion, they have fallen
back on direct lying through the press,
10 prejudice the public and keep up
the senseless agitation which was
gradually dying out.
In order to accomplish this the SER
vices OF notorious. puerle Presby-
terrain preacher in cache county, have
been brought into requlstion. lie has
long been known as petty Paul Pry'
noslng into peoples private affairs
writing scandal and sending CARRIED
reports Of public meetings to salt
Lake paper that figures as receptncle
for slanderous gossip, fake stories. sa-
lacious Inventions and personal libcls,
in which his Infamous fabrica-
tons and hideous cxaggerations have
found a fitting place, He is wanted In
Logan TO face the charge Of lmperson-
ating a county official, IN efforts to dlg
up dirty details OF an alleged case Of
improper conduct on the part of q fool.
ish foreigner. which had been fully IN
vestigated and found 10 consist of us
ing suggestive language to young girls
which he had frankly confessed and Tor
which he had made all possible repara'
ton. No possible good could come from
Its exposure The Reverend 90 scan
dal-monger wrote Naming accounts ot
his pretended efforts In behalf Of "purl-
ty" 10 the sheet Of which he Nyas the
regular correspondent, and they lp.
peared in the usual sensational style,
stirring up unsayory odors, and all TO
no purpose except 20 make sicken'
ing scent. and 10 crafty the malice IF
mormon" -haters.
While he was sought Tor to face this
charge he was off to the East to carry
cut the work assigned. The New YORK
World published his liboll0us story
about Senator Smoot and q was duly
wired across the country To produce
the desired effect But It appears 10
have carried with Il the evidence ~
It's falsehood ana tine cumsiness Of the
falsher, AncgIns that Reed Smoot
married as uiJD. wife mythical
person named as Rose Hamilton In
Omaha Dec %. 1908 the Reverend CD
romancer explained that this marriago
was the basis OF that notorious Leilich
affidavit which as Is wen known, fell
10 the ground and covered tho name OF
that religious minister with deserved
infamy. Hut the false ahidnyit was
made OH February 20, 1908, ten months
before the time given by the latest
llbeler as the date oi the alleged mar
riage. There are o,hor discrepancies
in the particulars furnished TO The
World Of slmilar character and which
stamp the whole story as g yilmmous
fabrication OF the kind which me au-
thor. "Rey" y. L. Clcmonsou fire.
Quently supplied go The anti-"Mornon'
yellow journal 60 tots city
The Salt Lake Herald. which Is op-
posed 70 Reed Smoot ON political
grounds, published the gist Of the story
20 the world as It came by q Washing
ton special, but & has also printed ta'
REPUTATION sent over the wires, ava
given It prominence. The Herald FUR
ther expresses its disbelief In tho stosy
and us opinion Of the author IN an oIi-
torisl from which We take the annexed
paragraphs:
Unless the story OF Rev. y +. Glenn
euson OF Logan charging senator
Smoot with polygamous marriage Is
substantiated by some better authority
than It's author. the people OF Utah Will
putthe charge IN the same category with
the numberless tales OF the same nort
originating from the same source and
proving baselees
"since his election three years ago.
the senator's marriage relations have
been the chief object OF attention from
his enemies. Every rumor Affecting hls
status has been chased down by men
who would have given thousands OF
dollars 20 suhstantiate them, and every
one has been abandoned AZ groundless
When the Leilich affidavit was made,