The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-15

Almost as soon as ne was elected the
whole whole Mormon propasandia OF the
'He was hauled and mnuled and ques-
toned and cross questioned until his Sen
atorship must seem about as undesirable
as front seat on the mourners' benches
lnqulsltion. The anti Mormons feel deep
ly on the subject. They do not make
get I'm action they keep in action They
have had Smoot on the jump for months
and months. 9nd he Is stil jumping. now
and then, with copvusve motions that
indicate a highly nervous apprehension,
Bryan Revelation,
''In 1896, when Bryan ran for PresI-
dent the first time, the Mormons had
revelation about the peerless leader. 1t
was handed OUT. to them that Bryan was
the man, and they gave him 5l,390 plu-
rality in Utah over Mckinley. The late
Marcus A. Hanna was not the kind OF
a campaign manager 10 sit by and have
any way 10 stop IT, He did little re-
yealng himself, the story goes. 10 Jo-
sePh f. Smith and his apostles, II was
pointed out TO Joseph. by a competent
polnter-out wnom Hanna put on the job.
thnt 1t wasn't necessary for the Mormons
70 vote again for Bryan and In 1900 the
sna q5 70 for ne RpSaa Ss and
made IL 2l33 for Mckinley which Is some
what OF a shift In a State with so few
voters as Utah. Twenty-one hundred and
thirty three Is nice. modest figure. and
when YOU win with 2l33 YOU Just win as
| completely as you do with 100, 900. so far
as practical results are concerned.
Kicked UP Mess.
"smoot came out in the wash. The
Mormons wanted a Senator OF their kind.
peeyish about the Mormons. He threw
bricks at them every time he had a
shanee pee. smo0t nS IT,, vas a.. an apostle He lived
| He was an ardent churchman. but he had
a. record as good, clean. progressive
chap, The Mormons sent him 10 Wash
| Republicans would be waiting 10 receive
him and give hiW the grand hailing sign
OF good fellowship.
The Republicans I'm the Senate re-
ceved hinS into the fold 1t was thought
| there might be trouble, and there was
II was charged that Smoot was polyg
amist, and that the Mormon churcr
interfered In politics and made its mem
bers take an oath that was reasonable
and all that. The protests against
Smoot came rolling in The Senate i'
| the greatest Legislative body in this
world, but It is also as human as the
freshman class Of an interior college
The wise men OF the Senate knew mucr
politics. They have all learned thai
continuation is 10 heed instantly. any
movement that has the women and tht
churches back OF It They may not be
lieve In the crusade, but they take /
Too Small for Senator,
"One OF the first stops for through
trains out Of Salt Lake City, on the wa.
East on the Denver & Rio Grande, /
Provo. Az you look up the street yol
see the name of Smoot on various signs
He has stores and mills and bank o
so, and they are all run on strict Nor
mon lines, Out there he is considere
a smart man, which is a fair conception
for all Mormon apostles are smart men
or they would not be apostles Still,
Mormon apostle isn't necessarily of Sen
atorial size,
'''The Mormons wanted an apostle 70
Senator. and they picked Smoot.
they had picked any other of the twelve
Smoot would never have tried his han
at craftsmanship. Mormons must do a
they are told Smoot was told 10 go I
the Senate and he went meekly and a
matter of course. JUST as he woul
have gone TO England or Arizona o
Alaska. There was a revelation abou
il, OF course. Still, X is curious If ol
Joseph F. Smith had n revelation abou
Smoot picking bin for the Senate. tha
the revelation did not reveal the troubl
il was going to make for the church an
| for Smoot.
Easy on Smoot.
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