The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-06
A THOROUGHBRED.

| When Elder Heber Nj. Wells IS pre-
sented by Elder James T. Hammond as
the leader Of an opposition to Apostle
| Reed Smoot in the Republican quorum
OF tho church. those who are experienced
In the ecclesiastical proceedings and the
| political arrangements and re-arrange-
ments of the church are compelled to
smile as do old timers when an ancient
| joke is cracked at the new minstrel
show.
Is it seriously supposed for even one
serious moment that Elder Heber NJ.
Wells can obtain the Republican NOM
ination to Congressf IF 50, then 1t
must be understood that for some rea-
son Apostle Reed Smoot desires to have
Elder Wells in preference to Elder
Howell at the scat Of government-for
Elder Wells could not obtain the nom-
ination from the Republican quorum
without the full and free consent, nay
without the hearty cooperation Of
Apostle Reed Smoot, And suppose Ell
der Wells were to gain this seeming
ascendancy for the moment, were he
to apparently defeat the pretended
Smoot candidate for the Congressional
nomination, and were he to be elected
and sent to the Halls OF Congress by n
trusting constituency; is it to be imag'
ined for one moment that he would be
any less amenable than Hon. Joseph
Howell has been to the wishes of the
hierarchy Whoever thinks so merely
imagines a vain thing Remember that
Heber M. Wells was Governor of this
State Of Utah for nine years, and dur
ing that time he never signed bill
which the hierarchy desired that he
should veto, and never vetoed a bill
that the hierarchy desired that he
should sign. Enough is enough. And
sometimes that kind Of enough is too
much
OF all-around volunteered devotion
and drafted defense, compelled submis-
sion and free-will support, ever given
by one man to set Of bosses, the peo-
pie of Utah can point with kind of
shame-faced pride to the record of the
one Governor Of this State up to the
time that John G.. Cutler stepped in
and over crowded the Governor g chair.
very close inside at that) history of
the church and State conjunction in
Utah that Elder and Governor Heber
M. Wells did not know up to within a
few hours of the time of his world.
resounding veto was published, whether
f- n,n 1l,h
or whether he was going to veto it.
The friends Of the measure thought that
he would sign it., and were, like him
self, waiting the preparation Of the
message in which would be given to
the world the weighty reasons for his
signature. The opponents of the meas
ure thought that he would veto it, and
were, like himself, waiting the prepa-
ration Of the message in which the
equally strong reasons would be given
why it should not be permitted to be.
come law. The men who wanted it
vetoed and the men who wanted it
signed (that is, few of the highest
ones of each class, went into secret
conclave, known as a meeting of the
apostles with the first presidency; and
out of that conference came the deter
mination that the bill should be vetoed,
md with the determination came the
veto message. In speaking of the
Evans bill, of course reference is made
10 the so.called Evans polygamy or
bill, as it was alternately !
sailed, which was passed through the
Utah Legislature in the year 1901,
With such a pleasant gentleman as
Governor Heber NJ Wells as a COM
oetitor for church direction and desire
Tor being directed, even the plastic Mr..
Howell is a mere alfalfa fed horse COM
pared with trained and properly nur-
,ured race horse.
AS an obeyer Of the will Of tho |
priesthood, Elder Heber NJ Wells is q