The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-21

explained that by saying that the Inland
Crystal Salt company. the Salt Trust, did
not want him as competitor, and made IL
an object for him 20 close down his works.
His attention was called 10 the Utah statutes
AGAINST trust combinations, and he declared
II dom think it cuts any ngure what the
statute is
Now, the Utah statute provides that whom
ever person enters into any kind OF an
agreement 20 dx or limit tho amount or
quantity OF any article, commodity or MGR
chandise to be manufactured. mined. pro
duced OF sold in this State, he shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty Of a coDspir'
acy 70 defraud. and be subject TO punish.
ment' by line OF not less than SlOO and
not more than $1,000, confinement in the
county Jail Tor not 20 exceed oao year, of
both fine and imprisonment
Mr.. Welr's testimony shows that he en-
tered into an uDlswful agreement with the
Salt trust, and tho fact that he did so Is
pertinent now, because he is candidate for
Congress, ond il elected will be called upon
20 vote upon measures calculated 20 curb ths
power Of the trusts. II appears that he has
not hesitsted TO become member OF
trust.
His acts speak louder than words as 70
where his sympathies are, and with Howell
Sewed M in one OF The smoke bags OF the
smelter trust and Weir preserved in the
salt bins OF the salt trust. IL ought 20 and IN
eliminating them Us factors IN this campaign
Mr.. Weir says:
Il don't think i, cuts any figure what
the statute is. That has been the trouble
in this country The trusts have not con
sidered that the laws cut any figure. They
have gone on violating the laws with i'm
ppnity. To his honor and credit be it said,
President Roosevelt has brought some of the
trusts aad some Of the trust magnotoS up 20
lhe snuhblns post and some of them have
been taught that the law does cut somc
figure The great insurance companies wc/
defiant and thought that the law cut no
ngure.' and the officials who were thus de.
hant have been bounded from power. There
has been too much contempt for law There
has been too much defiance OF the law. and
Il is hardly a good recommendation for n
candidate for Congress that he don think
mat the laws passed 10 curb the power OF
the trusts cut any figure But the attitude
OF Nr Weir Is, IN a great measure, the at.
ttude OF tho RepUh-~~an party. Weir and
Howell are both ~~cpublicans; not exactly nf
tAe same breed. but they are tarre9 with the
Same stick, and when Smootism shall be Grad.
icatcd, they will cuddle down together in the
same political bed. The Republican party
has always favored special interests, ond the
great trouble with the party, with Howell
and Weir, is the fact that in thoir opinion
the statutes don't cut any figure.
Smoot aud President.
However, while Howell and Weir may have
gone wrong on the trust question, Senator
smoot has recently made the declaration that.
owing TO his very intimate personal friend
ship with President Roosevelt he has been
able 10 do much for the Mormon people.
That, thus Jar owing to his intimate per
sonal relations with President Roosevelt
he has prevented the disfranchi isement Of the
Mormon people, but that II is necessary that
there be Republican victory in Utah. in
order 10 prevent the GiSiranchisement OF the
Mormon people IN the future. Now, accord
ing TO Senator Smoot, he is the center of
queer combination. On the one hand. he
has the support of the trust organizers. the
smelter owners and the railroad owners, and
on the other hand, he has the support OF the
Trust buster, President Roosevelt II YOU
la +, ord l.e IL, ~.
has the thing both going and coming. I can
see no reason why he should not sleep the
sleep OF the Just man made perfect, Ii he
has such strong combination at his back,
why hold up the scarecrow OF 'disiranchise.
mentl' That is one OF the most ridiculous
reasons for public support ever advanced
by public man within my recollection. II
Us SIMPLY scare for the women folks. Why
II the American party should seriously ad.
vocate the disirnnchsement of the Mormon
people, full three.fourths OF the American
party would rise IN rebellion. I know OF no
danger TO the Mormon people along the lines
suggested. 1t is simply attempt 10 drive
honest people through fear into the support
Of the Republican ticket.
How Did Smoot Manage It?
But how did Senator Smoot succeed in get
ting so much closer TO President Roosevelt
than Senator Sutherland How did he man,
age iI Can ~ be that Mat. Daugherty was
right when he declared in the American
convention that the President had made
bargain with Senator Smoor by which the
latter, in return for Presidential influence in
favor OF Smoot retaining his seat in the
Senate, that tho vote of Utah is TO be given
70 the Republican party Or, after all is
the boast OF Senator Smoot that he is close
10 the Roosevelt heart a vain lima ginine OF
his own brain. put forth for home consurlp-
tlon TO influence those who look with awe
upon one who has been permitted TO talk TO
the PRESIDENT
was inclined to the opinion that the
charge that President Roosevelt has entered
into deal with Senator Smoot for the pu1-
chase OF the vote OF Utah was all stuff and
moonshipe, until I read the letter OF A. Mil
ton Musser in the Smoot organ, urging all
Mormons to vote the Republican ticket and
declaring that no Mormon should vote the
Democratic ticket. That was significant
letter! Musser has always posed as Demo
crat. but no never was Democrat, and his
letter shows that he has not and never has
mad any, political principles. And it also
proves that the Smoot machine is engaged
IN rounding up the Mormon vote 10 drive it
into the Republican camp, irrespective OF
party. Musser is simply stoolpigeon, He
IL was written at the dictaton, express or
implied, OF Senator Smoot, aud MUsser is
just slayish enough TO obey the Smoot coun-
sci, without thought as TO where it places
his church or what harm it will do his State
AS q Gentle who has consistently advo.
Gated what he has believed to be for The best
for the Mormon people, as we'll as the Gen
tile people Of this State ] want TO warn the
Mormon Democrats OF Utah, in ell solemnity
nnd with ell the earnestness OF my soul, that
II they follow the advice OF Apostle Smoot.
altered through the brain and the pen OF
A. Milton Musser. that they Will breed trou,
bic, they Will hatch out woe!
Why Has Musser Come Out?
Why has A. Milton NIusser come 10 the
front at this particular timel have been
moderately active in the politics OF this
State. ] served on the Democratic State
committee for years. and I never knew OF
4. Milton Musser making Democratic
speech, ! never knew OF his sending a com.
mpnication 10 a Democratic newspaper or any
other paper fsvoring the Democratic party.
and l never knew oil him ontributing ono
cent to any Democratic campaign fund. So
far as the politics OF this State has been
concerned, he has been nonentity, His let,
ter only gains consideration and importance
or account of his connection with church
headquarters and his well known inability 10
have any independent political thought OF his
own He. is wel.known time.server, and
has been recognized in this community as one
NOT attached 10 any political party but whose
political connections were OF a nature that
they were easy TO shift about. Individually,
his opinion upon politics IN this community
has significance o weight whatsoever IL