Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-17
HOW PEET' CALLED"
SENATOR DUBOIS
Mormon Eater Badly Jared Dur
ing His Lecture to
Women.
OFFER BY MAN FROM UTAH.
Although Il Was n Good One, the Man
From Idaho Had Nothing
Much 10 say.

Philadelphia Record A small but
sturdy man OF middle age. who declared
himself to be V, S, Peet OF Utah, gave
Senator Fred l.. Dubois OF Idaho an
awkward 10 minutes last night and
made goodly crowd Of women gasp
In amazement and horror. The women,
representing the Congress OF Mothers
and several Mothers clubs. had assem-
bled to hear Senator Dubois lecture on
his recent trip to the Philippines, but
the eloquent opponent OF the retention
IN the United states senate OF Reed
Smoot could not resist the temptation TO
touch on the Mormon" menace and
the interference IN politics OF the
Church.
That touch brought to his feet the
small but sturdy man who had been git-
ting quietly IN the rear of the assembly
room His first word focused upon MIN
the eyeg OF the 200 or more women pres
ent II am V. s. Peet Of Utah. he
said, clearly and distinctly, while tho
women shlvered visibly and looked dag
gers at the presumptious intruder, who
claimed 10 have paid a dollar for his
card Of admission The frown Of the
women failed TO daunt the little man,
however. and. without tremor In his
voice, he continued:
OFFERS CASH FOR PROOFS.
Il am the authorized re uesentatiN3
of The responsible business men Of salt
Lake City and the entire state I'm
here for the specific purpose of offering
you a reward of $1,000 for ach anl
every case Of Mormon inter renee I'm
politics that you can prove. am
backed with 100000 and guarantee
that my offer is made In good faith.
refer you to c. T.. Loose. state senator
and t'tah's member OF the Republican,
national committee May J recall 70
your mind. senator. the fact that IN 1888
YOU said, IN direct contradiction Of your
statemcn tonight. that MormonIsW
did not interfere In politics.
you ought To be I'm jan replied
Senator Dubois, who had recovered
somewhat from the embarrassing enect
of the unexpected Interruption. You
are u jack Mormon or worse ne
nutter among the women had subslded
and mods of approval rewarded the
leader OF the propaganda against Nor
monism. But Peet was IN no way
abashed and kept or his line Of attack.
ARE TIRED OF SLANDER,
81 represent honest business men, -
he retorted rather hotly, and | know
enough to keep sober" To this the
senator made no reply but looked un-
comfortable
I'm a native of Pennsylvania, was
born IN Bradford county, and am a
member OF the Methodist church
continued Peet 81 represent men who
are tired Of being slandered by such
men as you ANA Frank Cannon, ! also
have 81 600 20 give YOU for every case
Of plural marriage you can prove since
the manifesto of 1890" Then the lit
lie man wiped the Precipitation from
his forehead and resumed his seat
amid silence, declaring az he sat down:
There, I've been following these
devils since last October."
The silence became painful. but was
soon broken by the senator, who. with
Il sublime effort to appear undisturbed.
took up the Philippine question.
"Ahem,' he began 1T Is a pretty
dream. this Philippine policy of Tafts.
but 1t win never never be practical
Ny. Dubois was again on solid ice
aud struck out boldly as Mr.. Peet
edged out of the room and into the
night. The women collected themselves
in time to catch the senator's sugges-
ton Of annexation TO Japan as an ul
innate solution Of the VeXing problem,
not Of "Mormonism" but of the Philip
pines.