The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-13

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great convention. let II be understood,
arc the class OF men that the senior sem
| ator or Utah undertakes tn brand with
falsehood when he declares that these
charges arc absolutely fnlsc tApplausc)
Famous Telegram Introduced
| And now / desire 10 INTRODUCES sou1c
| testimony Oat is giving our friends
| deal Of trouble. l hold in my hand a
printed copy OF tho famous telegram OF
| january 80 1909 addressed to Senator
Reed Smoot, Senator George Sutherland
and Representative Joseph Howell,
| Washington, y. g.. Gentlemen: The
| state Of Utah Is aroused And. by the
way this was signed by Charles ". Nib
ley fIyrum NJ Smith and Ncphi j.,
Morris.
Tine state or UIah is aroused
the hands Of the legislators. Perhaps
80 per cent OF the people want II. The
church wants 1t" and they ought 70
know, because they arc high churcbmen,
| The women voters demand IT. The Re
publican party VIII be held responsible
If IL falls 10 heed the wishes OF thc pco-
pie. The federal officeroldcrs arc the
main obstacles in the way OF proi,ibi-
Oon. They are aggrcsSlVcly resisting tho
wishes OF the people and stand stub
oornly between thcm and their repre-
| sen,atives in the legislature. The Re-
publican party must be saved from dis
Integration. II tho federal ofTiceholdcrs.
who arc allied with the Tribune Amer
ican party Gaughter) and the saloon
element, succeed in their present eff
forts. the Republican party will he
called ihe anti-prohibiiion party. The
this question: DO you gentlemen sup
port the local leaders in their opposition
to prohibition? In our judgment little
Yielding on this point VIII not only save
the party. but Will make ii stronger than
ever Continued lnneXihllity viii result
calamliously. Please answer
Did Not Answer signers.
But did they. Notwithstanding the
huEibic begging there was III that
please answer" did they answer /
have taken the position in my speeches
that they did not answer. and ] am
going To argue IL out for just a few mo-
Tncnts along that line and ask you TO
follow u'c, leaving To a little later the
though the kind 'of answer Is always
kept in the background. the claim that
an answer was received. Permit me 10
proceed as is my wont in this campaign
In considering this telegram | say. aud
! think YOU Will agree with me before l
get through, that there no answer
made Now. what Is customary when
one OF the sovereign people do the SEN
atoTs and representatives in congress tho
honor 10 send 20 them a communication
! say. what is usual? And here let il be
understood that these high very high
and mighty personages occupying seats
In the United States senate and in the
house these officers not mas
tors tcries OF NOD. nor our rulers
people (cleers and appiause). and when
one OF the soVereigns address these scry-
ants they have a right TO speak IN more
dieni1cd terms than please answer
(Applausc and laUghter) But what is
customary with senators and representa-
tiyes when receiving communications OF
!his kind? Why. my friends, II the hum
blest farmer amongst us. or Il gardener
should only address tho senior senator
OF his "me. too. Tommy" friend, Suth-
eriand daughteI) for even package Of
garden seeds. they would send the seeds
and with II n most polite note, putting
themselves at the further service Of the
sovereign who had addressed them
(Laughtcr) But here is a communica-
ton most important. calling attention TO
the fact that the people of the state are
aroused on great public question; that
perhaps 30 per cent OF the people are
demanding a certain reform measure
voters demand It. And, by the way. my
sisters. rather apprehend that these
gentlemen supposed they were playing
the trump card when they told the Utah
delegation In congress that the women
demanded prohibition, because my cX-
perience with the fair sex Is that when
ever they demand thing. you might as
well throw UP your hands and let them
have 1t. (Applause and laughter,) More
over, they call attention to the fact that
il something is not done, there Will be
local federal efrlceholders who are stub
oornly resisting the will of the people
shall continue. the result will be, if
these federal officeholders who are
ceed, then tho Republican party VIII be
called the nnti-prohibition party, and
ehat was an easy prophecy And then
something more terrible. They would
party" And now" said the telegram.
do you support these federal Office
holders In their opposition to the will OF
the people7"
Why No Answer7
-, notwithstanding this long series of
sented to that delegation. is there any
answer received? No Why? Now. lei
us try the proposition In two ways: |
FIRST. suppose there is no deal with the
llcan leaders and this congressional dele
CATION incuded-because they constitute |
a part of the bunch, you must not lose
sight Of that; / am going TO charge that |
this congressional delegation is part OF !
the bunch. and the senior senator OF |
this state, the leading spirit and DOM
mating factor In the bunch. Applause) !
Now, 1 say, suppose that these men the |
bunch thus described. were as innocent
as new born babes, or what Is better,
or worse yet; as innocent as they pro-
iaughtero On the theory of their inno-
cence what would they have done with
that dispatch? Answer it most imme-
dlately and frankly. Not to some third
e.,
directing these men to a third party
TOT their answer. And, mark Won
this there was coming on this mag
nlf1cent prohibition convention the Re
publican prohibition convention of the
cath Of February. Suppose that this
congressional delegation. out OF their
oabe-like Innocence. were able to an
swer moss manly and directly, that there
was no alliance between the federal
oniceholders and the saloon element. and
that they did not support the coterie of
federal officials in opposing the will OF
The people: that they were anxious TO
ivold disintegration Of the party. or see
ng IT put at any disadvantage before the
people: suppose that they could have an
N1.,1, ,weTsd IN most frankly, oh. how proud
ilorris) OF that great Republican, pro-
M n6ition conysntion 1n"a OF tho gath day Of
his very platform and read the ringing
yords OF this congressional delegation,
lcsolvinE from responsibility the federal
ounch from evil league and covenant {
Fith the saloon .peoplc7 Would this roof
,ave resisted the shout of ioy thai I
nonid nave gone up from that great con- I
'enuoh In that event? 1 think not. !