The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-26
TITHE-PAYER GETS
HIS WIRES CROSSED
Praises a Man Without Knew
ing His History in
Congress.
JOSEPH KIMBALL TOO
FULS0ME IN EUL0GY
Just Back From Washington,
He Opens His Mouth, Like
BaaIam's Animal.

81 notice that Joseph kimball. who
has been in the east for several weeks,
has returned home and Immediately
proceeds to laud the work Of the Utah
delegation in congress - said the Promi-
ncnt Politician TO The Stroller on Tues
day. ''Not only does be praise the
Utah delegation but he throws few
boqucts at Speaker Cannon.
No ono is surprised that Mr.. KIM
ball should culogize the Utah dclega-
ton, for he is a good tithe payer, but
when he praises Speaker Cannon he
must have forgotten the record of the
speaker. Joe Cannon has been IN con"
gress for more than thirty years. Dur
ing all of his congressional career there
has never been time when he ever
saw any further west than the boundary
lire of Ncrmillion county, Illinois,
wherein the city of Danvillc, his home
town. is located
at is notorious that The speaker has
always opposed always fought every
measure that would have benefited
the people of the great west. the inter
mountain and the coast region. How
ever. be shook hands with the president
OF The Beaver Irrigation company OF
Utah. and this is no doubt the cause
for the Utahn : praise Of the ruler OF
the house. Elder Kimball must have
gotten his wires crossed.
What Kimball Says.
In speaking of the apostolic en-
bassador TO the senate from Utah,
Elder Kimball says: i wish 10 say
that Senator Smoot is admired by every
man of any breadth and depth in the
senate Of the United States, He has
become one Of the leaders i'm The SEN
ate by his ability and devotion to his
duty and he is a really capable man.
who is not afraid to stand mp for bIs
convictions in the face Of opposition.
Senator Sutherland is also a power i'm
The senate. as Is Representative
Howell in the house. | am proud of
Utah S delegation IN the national con
GrcsS
'SThis is the same Smoot who has
but1cd into the debate on tho tariff
bin So often that he has been sit upon
so hard by the senate as 10 flattcn blm
out II is the same Smoot who. on
Wednesday last made a statement in
thc senate which caused Senator Till
man to declare that the statement was
= lie This I learn from the report of
that days proceedings in the senate,
The question of admitting cottopsecd
oil free. when. in the colloquies that
continued. Apostle Smoot volunteered
The statement that ono reason for the
duty WAS that the oil could be made
more cheaply abroad.
Cheaper than in the south. with
negro labor nj % cents 2 day! de
Jnauded Mr. Tillman. angrily. Il tell
you that whoever told YOU that Is
liar
'.This is the same Smoot whom
eastern papers declare is fighting for
the steel trust and the rest OF the giants
of monopoly against the consumer.
Misses Point.
elder KimbaI in his culocy Of
Elder Howell. neglects TO mention the
great work that tho statesman from
Cache county has had placed upon the
statute books of the county. True,
Elder Howell is good GRAND boy for
The other two members of the dclcga"
ton. He is their packhorse between
The departments and the delegation 5
Utah constituents except when an APP
pointmcnt of any magnitude comes up,
then he is tossed aside like a white
chip.
Gas 10 Elder Howcll's power in the
house-wcll, ! am close reader of the
proceedings Of congress As printed in
The ncwp0per reports and The only time
I recall that | have seen Elder How
oil 5 name is when an aye and Ray vote
* taken.
CAN animal answers TO his name
when called by his mastcr-so does
Elder Howell when his name is called
on the roll But that is not power
No, No! Elder Kimball must have got
his wires crossed again when he eulo
gizies the congressman from Utah