The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-30
lMORbIANS
TO Ro .At
EXPECT HIS INFLUENCE iN BE-
HALF or. sMooT TO RETAIN
SEAT in SENATE.

SaET LAKE Btah ian So-Lead
ers II NE Mormon Church believe
that Pfesident Roos s tllsir 81
gdett ally IT, the I'M eng
gainst diem ID TIE 5alted statss
Senate They tell their people 4 thai e g
when tie crisLs comes the influence q
the Rooseyelt administration will bs
exerted "a behalf q Senator smoot
the Mormon apostle whose right 70 z
seat IN the Senate Is being contested,
They proclaim II 1t their public meet
ings and in every private street; coIrner
argument IN Utah i.,.
AS an5eyidence Of the Presidents
sympathy It IS pointed out, first Of ell,
that all the federal patronage OF Utat
since the elevation Of Apostle smoot
to the Senate have been given over alb.
solutely to. the Mormons. Since March
4, 1903, when smoot took his seat In
the Senate, every appointment Of i'm
portance made in the State has been
smoot man, either a Mormon or q
Jack" Mormon. The election q
smoot to the Senate found several
anti-Mormons holding federal ONCE
These have not been removed, but the
terms of all Of them are about to. ex
pire, and Judging by the success Of
Senator smoot and his Mormon col
league Senator Sutherland. in the field
of patronage, it is expected. that their
places will be filed either by Nor
mons or Mormon sympathizers.
Among those soon to retire is Uni
ted states Marshal B. B. Haywood.
He is a gentle, and grossly offended
the Mormon hierarchy by his vigor in
serving the subpoenas in the smoot
investigation. Three Mormon apostles
who have VIGOROUSLY taken plural
wives since the manifesto. sus.
pending polygamy in 1891, were forced
to take to the underground which Is
a Mormon expression for hiding Or
going into exile, in order to avoid ser
vice Of subpoena, and they have not
set foot in the United States since
the smoot investigation was started
in 1908.
Senators smoot and Sutherland are
backing William spry, a devout Nor.
mon elder, who is chairman Of the Re.
publican State Central Committee,
Should he be confirmed as Heywood's
successor, it is a safe hazard that dur.
ing his incumbency the hierarchy
would not be disturbed or harassed by
any act Of the United States Marshal.
The gentiles are up in arms against
his appointment.
The fact that a deal was made be-
tween the heads Of the Mormon
Church and the Republican National
Committee in 1900 has been scrupu.
lousy suppressed in the smoot investi.
cations, because some Of the men who
are now leading the flghsagainst smoot
were benefciaries Of that deal. Thorn,
as Kearns, gentle, who was succeed.
ed as United States Senator from Utah
by Senator Sutherland last March,
was one of the chief beneGciaries. The
Legislature of 1899 was Democratic
and failed to elect a Senator owing to
deadlock. In 1900 several Republicans
including Kearns, aspired for the
place. smoot was also a candidate.
President Mckinley running for the
second term, was anxious to carry
Utah and to elect Republican United
States Senator. A conference was
held in Washington betweenNTark Han
ma, Kearns, smoot and several others.
1t was represented to smoot that the
election Of Mormon apostle to the
Senate at that time, following SO close.
ly upon the expulsion of Brigham H.
Roberts from the lower house, woulo
precipitate another anti.Mormon bal;
tie. smoot was prevailed upon to hold
his candidacy in allegiance for two
years, and to assist in the election Of
Kearns. He promised, iwth the under
standing that Kearns should assist ia
elect him in 1903. When Roosevelt
running for Vice President, came tc
Utah, he was taken in tow by the
Kearns.Mormon combination, and 1t Is
said he learned Of the arrangement.
The Kearns deal was manipulated
so secretly that few persons knew he
was to be Senator. The State had
gone for Bryan in 1896 by an immense
plurality; 1t had sent Democratic
Senator to Washington in 1897, and
had been carried again BY the Demo
Gratis when Roberts was elected Ia
Congress In 1898. But change had
come. Word was passed that the
church authorities wanted the Mormon
people to vote for Mckinley and the
Republican ticket.
The plan worked out; Mckinley
carried the State; a Republican Legls.
lature was elected and Kearns was
made Senator