The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-17
HOLDING THINGS LEVEL.

The chhrch organ on. Tuesday night
presented the church view of Utah s
representatives in the United States
Senate, as follows
WE'LL REPRESENTED.
TIL" fact that local paper is doing all
in It's power la belittc Senator Smoot
makes II all the more agreeable TO hear
independent testimony az 10 the regard
In Washington. \ Denver business man.
Mr tohn. who passed through this city
last week. told the writer of this that
Senator CIuggcnhcim OF Colorado had told
him that Senator Smoot is very highly
esteemed hy his fellow Senator and all
who know him, and that Mrs. Smoot is
a favorlte In social circles. The Wash
ington home OF the Senator Is frequently
visited by foreign ambassadors and their
ladies'. and altogether Utah Is worthily
represented
This is corroborated by many. Why,
then, does the exponent OF intamy turn
against the state OF Utah In It's ven-
omous attacks upon its senior Senator?
If that paper had its way, Utah would
it would not be very proud. Does the
paper that seeks to bclittc Utah III her
representatives in the Nations Capital
help the State any?
Senator should be well thought OF in
Washington He is a Utah boy who has
lived pure life, and such Utah boys
generally give a good account of them
selves wherever they go,
Senator Sutherland. too. has been hon
ored by important committee positions,
and Utah has every reason to Zee! PROUD
OF her Senators.
Iuasmuch as that is the same en-.
conum as was passed upon 1nese
worthics by President Smith at last
October g conference, it is all the more
to be taken as the church view, and
to show that there has been no change
of mind on the part of the authorities
on this point.
There is no purpose on the part OF
| The Tribune (for that this paper is
meant is certain) TO bellttle Smoot
We have not the temerity to enter into
competition with Almighty God. But
we may say in explanation Of our at
tempts TO recognize the caliber thai
than censure. And perhaps we would
not have been moved TO even show inc
real opinions of unbiased newspapers
| and his fellow Senators if there hao
not been such sickening adulation OF
! this pigmy, such a concerted attempt
| to show that the frog is an OK. Tc
| hold the balances even, we had to put
what justice requires on the opposite
| end
1t appears that ii was the article
which we copied from Harpcr's Weekly
on Monday morning that stirred the
venom Of the organ Of the church, the
explicit defender of vice and crime. Thai
clipping showed Smoot as an impudcn'
pretender to knowledge which he die
not possess; an unscrupulous imposto1
in presenting to the Senate a state
ment of pretended facts as to Tho
price of razors, which were not fact:
/ at all. Other newspapers not reached
( by party persuasion. coin, or influence
of any kind, have exposed Smoot II
! other wavs, as the editorial in the Mil
waukee Journal and the Los Angeles
Record, which spoke of Smoot as Al
drch 8 whipping boy.
| We have no quarrel with any ono
who, knowing the facts, holds Smoo
in esteem; but it is our business T.
see that the facts are presented IN thcl
! fulness. 1t is idle to parade the com
mon civilites Of social intercourse IL
! Washington, rs visits of foreign ON
bassadors, and the like, as evidence o
special distinction for Smoot, since al
! the Senators have the same relations
and social amenities, And it is th'
fraud of presenting this sort of com
monpIace as something special and dis
tinguished, that we wish 10 correct.
4 course of social visits and rccognl
ton, a mere routine OF civilities, ]!
nothing to crow about; and as long a:
the silly adulators of Smoot parade
| such trumpery stuff aS signals o
his greatness, they must expect TO SCI
the proper corrective applied, and th
balances adjusted. Thus far, th'
weight on the Smoot end is as ;
feather. while the weight on tho op
posite end is as lead, He is foun,
wanting: and commonplace shout:
(about nothing) in his praise won Z helJ
him. In every case we have showr
some conspicuous lack in his makeup
and action. date, specification. subject
arc presented. In no case have w'
seen any excuse or justification. Anc
| it is no answer to these presentations
Of facts and actualitics 10 whine al
their being printed here, or TO senc
forth shout of adulation for Smoot, AZ
the men of Ephesus did when they
united in their trade mark shout
l"Great is Diana Of the Ephesians!