The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-02
ANOTHER sMooT DREAM.

a curious and waboly Sort OF
claim comes from the Smoot ''mouth
that The Tribune s particular and anx
ious desire is the defeat of the Ropub
! lican party in Utah. In this Tho
Smoot "mouth' is guilty Of its usua
misconception. What The Tribune de
sires most of ALL and its fight is made
to get that accomplished, is the free
ing of Utah from the control of law.
Gratis who have the State, the Re-
publican party. the Democratic party,
and most all other matters of public
concern under their dominance and
despotism.
We are at a loss 10 understand how
it is that the Smoot mouth can
assert claim that The Tribune is
making any special warfare upon the
Republican party. The Tribune desires,
in all OF its warfare and contention
here, to serve the best interests of the
Republican party; aud these also are
the best interests Of the Democratic
party. That is to say, we desire to
see both parties freed from the
clutches of this lecherous and lawless
priesthood so that they may operate
along political lines alone, precisely as
these parties do in other parts of the
Republic. This, we claim, is an emf"
nently desirable service and object In
the interest of both political parties,
With respect to the Republican
party, The Tribune has said nothing
whatever that can in any way be con-
strucd as antagonistic to it. True, we
have objected to some of President
Roosevelt s !Fbig stick operations
and to his intrusion into every mat
ter, whether it is his concern or not,
and we have particularly objected to
his Infamous bargain with the treason
able and villainous priesthood here to
carry out his own purposes and ends
and for his personal advantage We
deny, however, that this is anti"Re-
publicanism. We hold that the Re
publican party is greater and bigger
than Mr. Roosevelt, and that its prin-
ciples and its past and future are not
necessarily bound up in the person
slity of Mr.. Roosevelt. We hold that
ne has in a number Of respects, and
especially in his afiliation with the
polygamous priesthood of Utah, direct
ly contravened some of the most cher
ished principles of the Republic and
e hoE
to our view, there is no basis what.
ever for any pretense that the aptag
onism which we have expressed to Ger.
tain Of President Roosevelt S acts,
tagonism to the Republican party; be-
cause we hold that those things which
we object to are anti-Republicau, and
are themselves against the party S best
interests and traditions,
What have we done, then, that can
possibly be claimed as au attack upon
the Republican party, or as showing
that we have any desire to defeat it?
There is only one thing that we can
recall, and that is that we have placed
squarely before the people of Utah the
logic of Apostle Smoot s attitude and
have shown that the party is practi-
cally committed to bis cause for re-
election TO the Senatorship. 1t is quite
possible that this showing and this can
didacy are opposed TO the best inter
ests of the Republican party in Utah,
as it certainly is a scandal TO Repub
licanism everywhere, Still, it is sin
gular thing to have this cited by the
Smoot organ as an evidence of our de-
sire to injure the Republican party.
But as that is absolutely the only thing
that we can recall that in the least
would Justify the charge of Smoot IS
organ, we shall have to let it 90 as
the only evidence in support of that
charge. But in what position does that
leave the Smoot organ as regards the
Smoot candidacy TO succeed himself in
the Senate?