The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-06
THE VICTIMS FOR SLAUGHTER.

Ave Caesar, Imperator, morituri te
salutant" This might well be the
motto OF the two gentlemen iuducted
into the arena of State politics by the
candidate door. on Thursday, as It was
tie motto Of those capLives conducted
to death in the Roman arena as they
aalutcd the throne Of the Caesars,
The nomination of Judge Powers for
Representative and Of MT. WhitecottoD
for Justice OF the Supreme Court Of
the State, were unquestionably made at
Smoot S dictatlon. We take it also that
there can be Just as little question that
they were put up for slaughter.
Judge Powers has tried the race with
Nh Howell before with Z disastrous
result to him. The approaching cleo
ton Will show i like result, because the
church cannot at this time possibly
desert Mr.. Howell. Two years ago
Elder Brigham II. Roberts, stung by
the iaunt that Judge Powers had taken
the stump for him in 1898, begged for
and obtained leave from the hierarchy
TO make at least one speech for Judge
Powers; he mado that speech at Lehi,
but he made no more. II was Zone
and out \ great many wondered at
the time how il came that Roberts was
allowed ~ make a speech at all, and
there was q shaking among the dry
bones in the epdeavor to find out what
" meant; but gradually Howell s con.
faepce was restored when il was seen
that Roberts was promptly pulled down
and was not allowed to speak any more.
The church could not afford TO show
bad faith toward Mr.. Howell, and he
was tTiumphantly elected.
As TO Wbitecotton, of couyse hi: elec.
tion to the bench would be absurd.
Nobody knows that any better than
the church Democrats who put him in
nomination. He is put up, IS he has
been set up before, merely TO be
knocked down. There can hardly be
any difference Of opinion as to this in
the mind of any one who is at al con.
versant with the politics OF this State.
The convention, in making these nom.
nations, distinctly and clearly carried
out the VIII and yielded TO the dicta-
ton Of Apostle Smoot, There has been
some idea that perhaps Apostle Snoot
might sacrifice Frick, bat there has
never been any idea that ne would sac
riGce Howell; but the nomination Of
Whitecotton is plain notice TO al
concerned that Apostle Smoot will not
sacrifice Frick either, Whitecotton can
stand to be slaughtered better than
anybody else. He never whlmpers, be
never whines, There is DO indignity
that can be put upon him by the
church crowd that be will not swallow
and claim to relish. If he found out
that ''the authorities wanted him
kicked, be would be the FIRST to 40 out
in his back lot and begin kicking him.
self.
The platform, while carefully sup.
pressing individual mention OF Smoot
aud his leading Of the Democratic par
ty as well as the Republican party, put
in u mildly emasculated sort OF plank
wherein the election Of 5n "apostle
by the Republican party was deprc.
Gated and its effect denounced. But,
after ell, Smoot Will not mind . little
thing like that, because he is III the
Senate and docs not care the snap. OF
bis finger fox that sort Of criticism.
And he does not need to mind ii in the
least, as long as the convention is SO
utterly subservient and nominates the
candidates whom he selects for it, 1t
was clearly and distinctly d Smoot
convention, and all that the brethren
who opposed the resolution upon which
the wrangle occurred needed TO know,
was that Brother Smoot would not
mind it even if it was passed. That
word being passed around, the conces-
sicn to the importunate minority was