The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-24
|. of Mr.. Salisbury Takes
"a of Perplexity OF
apostolic Mind.
|0lEMN PROMISE
|og A SENATORIAL SEAT
However, Was TO Side
i Him Into Governor
] Cutters Place.

] 4. uim reaper cut short the
|n,,as ]. Salisbury. he simph-
,,rtjcal perpleyities of Apos-
szoot and eased the troubled
| susfor George Sutherland.
!, hv the authority of his
.ros,le Smoot had promised
..ur q Senatorship. The orig
r. made during the stress
|.zpsigu last fall, was that Mr..
4 sbculd have the Smoot seat,
4 a,sih intervened plans were
|,iarchipg to break that prom
4 4 hsstow upon Mr.. Salisbury
|s,l,nd seat IN 1911, aud to
g Governor in the meantime,
|f,ssr power has removed Mr..
Il an element of the situa
8 lpostle Smoot is relieved of
IN Of having 10 keep, either
II in spirit, a promise made
-nt Of political exigency TO
n Gsn,ile.
4, campaign opened last fall
4 Hammond. sn elder in the
,hurch, was chairman of the
!, State Committee. Apostle
ID confronted with two pn-
. I'D disturbing facts; First,
Iii Of money 10 run the cam
= second, the Republican Gen
> deserting his cause like rats
j sinking ship.
|EbhuIy to the Rescue.
about him, Apostle Smoot
/ b eliminate both of these oh
one stroke. He enlisted Mr..
Gentle, as chairman Of
Httst, retiring MIR. Hammond,
Rby held many of Mr.. Sails
kliile friends in line for the
Moreover, by making divers
<ty promises, he induced Mr..
rci only to furnish oodles
10 run the campaign, but 10
tie rescue Of the bankrupt
elgan of the Republican par.
~ Ar. Salisbury. however,
n had 10 promise him that
sf1l ambition Of years would
~ And the promise was
sslsd and delivered. Smoot s
vas not then determined by
Ne agreed. therefore. that
Fst he was excluded from the
3 Governor {Cutlcr) would
~ Salisbury 10 the vacancy
7h be thereby created. He
Eofeover, that Nr. Salisbury
any eTent, lie elected for the
n TX years as his own sue
~ ihe Senate seated Smoot
lOned up with pride, and so
faslss'ical superiors. Smoot
70 still further triumph
.nsmies' of the everlasting
aFing himself elected 10 a
and in this determination
= cordial backing of Joseph
va the rest of the hierarchs.
oeo IN the way was the trou.
ta'alse, given under stress. TO
saury for Governor.
q. he won his Senate seat,
therefore, Apostle Smoot
Sillng and planning to in
%soury to accept the Gov
sila promise of Suther-
N i9l1. He did this de
N ssnor OF Congressman 10.
= ior the Goyernorship, and
,aa AZ church headquarters is
oeTernor for Utah under
Vula have been an unhcard
issachted thing: but it ap.
apostle smoot as thc o1Iy
Ia us aifliculties, and. il IS
81 p,ae,ically persuaded Mr..
~, u uotii the latter became
~ ms days on earth were
= accept the ALTERNATIVE
cnered MIN in lien of the
M es :; made last fall. Had
e,,, lived aud retained his
ssss I D IA all probability have
a 'rtaL publican nominee for
r,s.u,an, nan, As il is now. how.
g. asn a Howell is touted by
'lio,A ~ iDe man who will get
's,s.ihcrland knew that his
ased; he understood that
h n',ssiic' nsIi most of whom he
q. H. ;yn'fe' I' were in the Smoot
m n ~ place to Mr.. Salisbury.
;,bed;;,, ,Vughly bound and tied
,ITypo,,.D by the Smooth gang.
n raoi NM fearful 10 make n
f 4 flb PROBABLY would have sub.
own ynl r: a feeble protest
~ oyoiitical extinction.
ht s,roo,h v, Mr.; Salisbury. how.
Il enSos OF an embarrassing
of sa ssses Tor the time being
ihe ,;nr ;ator Sutherland. al,
pobahI,,e his term expires
piasooIIy have tied an with
,,,,..'e s .'eryiccablse '"I,,e 10 thn hian Wno
Gra Gova,a apparently clear sail,
y llle ve,Inoorship, and it pavns
plisbio dtion of some am.
at t@o'e henchman to Mr.,
Ars Disappointed
Sisv a. death. however. came
70. Viii, me hopes of some
Nan i,' re- 'h"y rl;ro yc, ', Nv
eIpsSSss%a party, are
nsd :, ,hd these GcntiIes e,,'y,Fo who
z soull peci' 1o, BY coutending
~ 'hp p'S Oc returned fo ~
uiIeged fact as
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