The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-24
Sm00t and Brimhall i'm a Hole
Special TO Tho Tribune.

Special to Tho Tribune.
PROVO. Oct. 23.-Rcpublicans and
Democrats alike are after the apostle
senator, Reed Smoot, and arc determined
to put him in a hole" and then cover
up the entrance to tho hole, like Bel
sian hare does with lis young Reed
Smoot has let the bars down on the at
titude Of the church on tho liquor aues-
ton. In his speech I'm the opera house
here last night Smoot said. in calling al :
.eh'ion TO the resolution passed at the
MORMON church conference: 'fI voted for
IT, but L want TO say to you that prohi-
oition Is not in that resolution or I'm any
of the church works"
Mr. Smoots attention has been called
TO AN article published In the Improve
Tnent Era OF August 1909 nap. ssc
wherein it says in answer 10 q n1,c,tinn
rom correspondent on the attitude Of
.ne church or prohibition. in winding
up. rms is the procedure; let us para
phrase our correspondents sentence and
say There Is only ono hope, and that Is
ior statewide temperance and prohibl :
u.1I ,,on' brought 9 about by the sovereign
9y Joseph r Smith; and the Democrats
care Smoot to say that the Improvement
Err is not a church work
~ me Republican rally In Sprinsville
.hins that his friends say never occurred
pefore. and they arc wondering what
brought IL about BrImhall read his
speech from manuscript This. men say
who have heard the university head talk
on every subject he ever undertook,
never occurred before. 1t is said here
that Brimhall was afraid of the issue,
his sudden flop On the liquor question Is
common talk. both among the students
and the town people, and he could not
stiord TO make any mistakes For this
reason ne was very careful In preparing
his speech In advance, and then read IL
FROM the trend OF his speech, one IS led
10 believe that Brimhall consulted Smoot
In the preparation.
Both Smoot and Brimhall In their talks
last night, but from two different plat
forms, give their audiences to under
stand that they could see contingency
arising which they each desired TO avoid
Ihe party which had it's inception in
salt Lake City was spreading so fast
that they feared IL would eventually take
IN the whole state OF Utah. Smool paid
his respects TO that party In his speech.
and ne told his hearers how hard he had
tried In the past 10 defeat them. and
that he was going TO continue TO 'strv."
Brimhail. In his ready prepared orat,on,
said; The perpetuity OF the Utah con-
Sressional delegation Is the eyesore a
9ur tni enemies. but those enemies are not
waiting for division OF our strength
but Utah must remain Republican"
Then he launched out or TRADE against
S4iN pdIty EHu T3llk y, ldn-
non. and handed the Democrats a bou-
quct and. by inference. courtcd the help
OF the Democrats to defeat the American
power.
Brimhal's political influence with the
students OF the p. Y university has
taken tumble within the past few
weeks. as Is evident from the folloNinc.
anots ton taken from the white and
Rluc'' In It's last issue: Uncle Jesse
knight gave one OF his characteristically
t.sF.
pr:pa rs;ory TO his campaign work He
said many sensible things about social