The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-31
SMOOT ARRAIGNS
FORMER FRIEND
Senator in Theatre Speech
Makes Bitter Attack on For
mer Senator and Colleague.
GIVES INSIDE HISTORY
TELLS STORY FROM TIME WHEN
THEY oUARRELED.

Attracted by the promise that Sena-
tor Reed Smoot, apostle of the Mormon
church, would deliver any address on
the local issues in this campaign, an
audience that tried the Salt Lake
r theatre to the last limit of its breath
ing space. assembled in the historic old
playhouse last night Hundreds of peo-
pie were turned away, and hundreds
more stood throughout the meeting.
Congressman Littlefield of Maine was
scheduled to speak, but the great au-
dlence did not turn out to hear him.
This fact was clearly demonstrated
when, during the course of his remarks
The crowd got impatient and called Cor
Smoot. Mr.. Littlefeld concluded his
talk very shortly thereafter. He dis
oussed national issues, defended his la
Dor record and declared he could dem
onstrate cOnclusively that it was all
right for the steel trust to sell its pro-
ducts abroad at lower figures than at
home and that the tariff had nothing
whatever to do with the admitted fact
.Bnis Mr.. Littlefield did by telling a
kumber of more or less amusing stor-
SsSenator Smoot, introduced by Colonel
George 3. Squires, chairman of the
meeting. seemed i'll at ease when be
began to talk. As he proceeded he
warmed to his subject and he seemed
always in earnest His talk was not
so hot, perhaps. as some people ex-
peeted but then, too, it was plenty
hot enough-for some people. The sem
ator started by cOngratulating the au-
dience on its opportunity to hear lit
; tlefield. Then lie began on himself.
His Principles of Conduct.
4
love the truth. My mother taught me
to be honest, and the motto she gave
me was: To be true to myself
to be true 10 my country, and
TO be true 10 my Cd have
tried to live according to this teaching
] do not know of one act of mine that
has been done deliberately TO cause an
injury TO a living soul When you
elected me to the United States senate
you placed that confidence in me be-
cause you thought l was worthy Of it
Il have tried to live. both in Wash
ington and at home, so that no dis
credit be thrown on the dear state of
Utah. l have tried to so live that 10
people could say that Utah made
mistake in sending Reed Smoot to the
senate"
Senator Smoot said he had worked
impartially for all the people, hat he
had complied with requests of Nor
J. mons and Gentiles whenever compii-
ance was within his power. But two
requests were made that he did not
comply with because he did not think
they were in the interests of Utah, and
particularly of Salt AXE city
Senator Thomas Kearns," he con-
J tinued, requested me, and his request
was Joined i'm by another person,
poor. simple minded man claiming TO
be a Mormon. Mr.. Frazier. to assist
him i'm securing the removal of Post
master Arthur L. Thomas. Kearns
asked me to go 10 the president and
demand that Thomas be removed
, When I looked into the charges against
Thomas and learned the spirit back of
them ! absolutely refused.
An Insulting Suggestion.
Il said to Mr. Kearns that 1 did not
propose to use my influence to do a
wrong 10 a living soul When he sug-
Eested to me that if Thomas were re-
sffoved a Mormon could be put in his
~fIlace / was insulted because he
Bought he could appeal TO me on that
Eround. because he thought that as
was d member of that church ] would
be moved by his plea. It makes no DIFF
ference TO me what a mans religion
may be. If he is honest and worthy L
would like TO help him. be he Mormon,
'1Jew or Gentle"
At this point Senator SmOOt di-
crossed long enough TO assure the aG-
dience of his great love for Utah. Then
he continued:
But there are some things in Utah
of which / am ashamed. I'm ashamed
of any party that will endorse a man
that is ashamed of President ROose-
welt" Senator Smoot was referring 70
Colonel Matt Daugherty. and Major
NIyton, who sat directly behind the
speaker. called his attention TO the fact
that Daugherty was one of the vice.
chairmen of the american" county
convention. Smoot then read the talk
made by Daugherty against Roosevelt.
Including the charge that Roosevelt
had entered into a deal with the Nor
mon people.
Political Deal for Utah.
'T am not only ashamed OF this
man" continued the senator. but he
lies about the president when he says
Mr. Roosevelt entered into deal with
the people Of Utah. For there has been
: no such deal made. / am ashamed OF
the course taken by the Salt Lake
Tribune / am ashamed or the leaders
and the owners of that great paper
Has il done our state any good during
the last two or three years!
senator Smoot told story of how z
man who had intended to take up his
residence here had been obliged u
move away because his wife anC
daughters were scared of their live:
through reading the Tribune" Their,
4 must have been some americans" IL
the audience, because this statemen
was greeted with jeers. groans anC
Kisses. Immediately followed by cheers
The senator declared that when h
came home from Washington i'm 1904
many nom ormons met him ant
pleaded with him not TO enter into an a
lance with .'enator Kearns to contro
the politics of the state.