The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-29
SHOOTS MONEY BACK.

Some time ago the Smootite organs
| in the Center stake Of Zion and the re-
glons roundabout published q regular
press agent story (of the quality that
relates TO tho loss of diamonds by an
actress or her being bit by n mad dog
or any other fake thing TO get her name
before the public) concerning an al
legged episode i'm the marble room at the
capitol iu Washington in which Senator
Smoot played the star part. The story
bore upon its silly face the evidence of
its own inaccuracy; but for want Of
specific proof The Tribune did not con-
tradict it. The yarn ran to the follow
ing effect: That party Of noted wom-
en- called upon Senator Proctor at the
Senate and urged him to throw Smoot
of Utah out Of his seat. The distin-
guished Vermont gentleman listened
complacently and asked them if they
would object to meeting Mr.. Smoot. The
ladies were distinctly ratified by this
request and could not concentrate them
selves upon a united protest, and SO
Smoot was brought out TO SEQ them.
The ladies were all off their equipoise,
but Smoot was the calm, serene, cul-
tured gentleman whose affability and
dignity would adorn court. All of the
ladies shook hands with him, and one OF
them stammered out request for n
contribution to some temple which the
w. G. T. u. was building Smoot con-
descendingly gave his benign approval
to the project, telling them it was
worthy and he was glad TO be able to
contribute to it; and he pulled out a
folded and prepared brand new twenty
dollar gold note Of the United States
and presented it to the ladies, who re.
tired amidst a profusion Of grateful
bushes. Having utterly failed to even
mention their mission and having only
received twenty dollars for their ST.
lence, the inference was that Smoot
was regarded as a bightoned gentle
man and n side partner Of the W.
G. Y. u.
Now for the facts. The following
letter, without solicitation from The
Tribune, reaches this office:
Brooksido Morris County. n J., July a.
Editor Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City,
Utah:
My Dear sir:-In the issue Of the Saturday
is an item headed, ;rho stSTSer H . SEX
While In eomo points this article is true. in
tho main it sves very wrong impression.
Two ladies Of tho w. C. 7. u Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia waited upon Senator
from him toward their new building. They
did not interview him regarding the expulsion
OF Senator smoot. neither was that in their
minds when they called upon him; neverthe-
loss he. Proctor, did introduce them 70 Sen.
ntor Smoot and Smoot did give them q $50
bill. They were rather new in the work.
next day, tho matter was brought TO tho az.
tcntion OF the trustees (ladics Of Washing.
tom, Il WAS immediately decided they could
not accept nny such gift from smoot. and
desired the ladies TO return IL Mt once which
they did, receiving from Smoot n written TO.
ceipt for money returned, and this receipt
We have In our possession, Tho W. G. T. u
desires TO bo consistent. and as thoir organi'
zauons, with thousands of other women, are
diligently laboring for the unseatinB Of SEN
ntor Smoot from tho United States Senate,
tho right MARGARET DYE ELLIS.
OF the s3,609,0o of population in
the United States there are s3,60s,974
who will believe Mrs. Margaret Dye
Ellis and who will disbelieve the Smoot.
ite press agent yarn about Smoot-for
Mrs Margaret Dye Ellis is the soul Of
honor and the Smoot press bureau is
composed, in part at least, of vagrant
and venal liars.
The apostle has, In this matter, prac-
ticed his usual thrift-he has had the
advertising and has got his money back
II he thought he could salve over his
insolent remarks about the W. G. T. U.
made in that vulgar speech before the
Commercial club in Salt Lake City by
giving TO the building fund of the
Union the sum OF twenty
dollars he is now probably undeceived.
The good will Of these noble women is
not for sale, and the favor Of their or
ganization for Smoot and Smootism and
all that these things stand for cannot
be procured by any mems within the
present reach Of the Mormon hierarchy.
The good women know that Smoot
stands for polygamy; they know that
two institutions in whose affairs bo has
an influential voice sell liquors at whole
sale and retail; they know that he has
insulted their splendid Union; and there
is not water enough in his Utah lake
nor money enough in his watered cor
porations to wash away these offenses.