The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-07
WAR ON SMOOT
WILL BE WAGED
IN CONVENTION
Issue Clearly Drawn in ResoIu-
ton Which Promises Red
Hot Time.
FGRCEFUL SUMMING UP
BY BRIGHAM H. ROBERTS
FEARLESS MORMON WARNS RE.
PusLIcANs AGAINST coNTlN.
UING PRESENT REGIME.

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whereas, Inc territory of Utah .,
was settled by honest, patriotic .,
hoerty-ioving citizens with the .,
nope purpose and desire that in .,
uleSe mountain wales a great state .,
should be founded, a state dedicat- d.
y ed 10 the principles of freedon, .,
o and that all men should have ..
y equal opportunities. not only So .
ciaIiy and religiOusly, but civiIlv .,
" ana politically, and that here q,
y peace, happiness. friendship. fra .,
y tefnity and good fellowship should .,
. forever prevail: and, q.
Whereas, After forty years OF :.
iaoor toll and patient suffering. .,
= mixed at times with serious strife. @
9 contentious and heartburnings. .,
great state Zone fashioned and q.
= formed as hoped and prayed for .,
Z. by our hOnOTed fathers5 was horn q.
g and a new star was added to our .,
2 emblem of liberty; and. 9.
whereas After statehood was .,
" granted we enjoyed few years ..
q and.
2 whereas Utah is again unneces- 9.
= sarily in the thrOes of turmoil. e,
STRIFE and unseemly contention: .,
Z: therefore.
DC IL ieSolNed- Jhdt we hold the -
&: welfare of our state and the peace .,
o and tranquility Of its people par q.
F: amount to the political aspira- .,
T: tons Of men or political machines: .,
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BE il further resolved. That i'm .,
:. order TO aid i'm securing the peace =,
: and tranquility of the people of Z.
:: Utah, the Republican party. in q.
convention assembled. hereby de- :.
:: clares in favor of nominating its :.
Q candidates for the Office Of United :.
o States senator in its state convcn- e.
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Above is in Substance the wording of
a resolution which viii be introduced
at the Republican state convention
which meets in the Salt Lake theatre
this morning.
D. o Rideout of Draper will intro
duce the resolution and will speak in
its favor He viii be supported BY \.
B. Irvine and Other Insurgents, VINO
have prepared speeches for the occa-
ton.
The convention promises to be one
of the most turbulent which has ever
convened in this city. An open fight is
now being made on Senator Smoot.
country districts the sentiment against
the senior senator is growing
1t is argued that the sentiment of
the country communities has never
been sounded by the machine. and that
as a result many of those who are
supposed TO be for SmOOt are i'm reality
against him, or can be turned against
him with but little pressure.
The experience of d. O. Rideout at
the primaries in Draper, a typical Nor
mon community. is being cited as an
example of how the country people
feel. RideOut made his fight for a
place on the delegation 10 the state
on the SmOOt and anti
SmoOt lines. According to general ex-
pecta tons. he did not have a show
When the primaries convened he intro
duced q resolution expressing the sense
of the meeting in favor of the retire
ment of Smoo,. and it was passed by
a vote of AZ to l., and Rideout was
elected a delegate.
Would Give People a Voice.
Some of the insurgents, however. as
sert that they are not so much opposed
to SmOot as they are TO snap methods
Of determining who shall be senator
They believe that the rank and file of
the party should be given q voice in the
selection of the senator and not leave
the result TO a Legislature, susceptible
to various influences. They argue that
the sentiment of the day is for the Sc
lection of the senator by direct pri-
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