The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
SMOOT REDUFFS
CURIOUS AUDITOR
Socialist Who Listens 10 Muir
ray Speech Asks Question
at Wrong Time.
GREAT RALLY IS HELD
Senior Senator Defends Tariff and
Local Option and ExpOunds Solid
Republican Doctrine.
GREAT RALLY is HELD

Warmed by the interruption Of some
young man overjudging his own intel
Ilgence. Senator Reed Smo0t last night
electrified large audience In the Muir
ray opera house with spirited defense
OF the present tariff bill, strong sup
port or Tie protective tariff system
Whs.h has raised the wages OF Anefl
can workinEmen far above those ~
other nations and then showed the tru7
worth ard wisdom OF the local option
plank ia the Republican state platform
declaring 10 20 be the only wise NEE as
Of dealing with the liquor question
The Republican meeting al Murray
last night was the best rally IN the
smelter town in the history OF the PARTY
The opera house was Witneut a vacant
seat within a snort time AFTER tue pre-
gram started. and more than 100 sioo
up during the evening
James ~. Cahoou was chairman OF
the meeting. and those upon the stage
included senator Reed Shuot- o. %
Carlson and Walter j. Burton, capds-
dates Tor county commissioners Fred a.
RassetJ candidate for treasurer, Amos
S. GabbOtt. candidate for re-eleclio1 a.
assessor. Joseph 4. sharp, candidate LOT
reelection as sheriff ana seNeral
prominent Republicans or Muifd1-
Professor Charles Kent furnished the
music after the Taft drum corps h&d
done valiant service IN paradlng re
streets ana muk- nE the town rms win
fife and drum music.
Socialist interrupts.
. The feature Of the evenings program
was an interruption from young So
cialisU speaker who has been hololns
street meetings in Murray. lie wanted
10 know OF senator Smoct what the re
publican party had done for the work
Ing man. and the ready HOOD or an p
sWers from the senator, showing the ad-
Vantages that have come 10 the wage
Garner through Republican party laws.
furnished argument that sent the Nouhs
man 20 his seat. while the croWd
cheered the speaker 20 the echo AIttF
his rebuff the young man LETT the halL
Q. ". Carlson was introduced al the
next county commissioner and spoke
Of the conditions throughout the coHn-
~. II elected. he said, he would woIh
20 the best of his ability Tor the Wnole
Of salt Lake county with no IaNor IoF
any one section.
speech Is Interesting.
The speech of Senator SmOot was IN.
teresting Ia every detail, but he dld not
seem 10 be warmed up until AFTER the
young socialist asked for Information.
Prom then until the close the speech
was filled with Republican truths. ma
tioually and locally. and brought round
after round OF applause.
Senator Smoot then pointed out each
Of the planks ia the national platform
Of the Republican party and declared
that all but two Of them had Deen en-
acted into laws. This. he declared, was
a most wonderful record. the passage
Of SO many laws within eighteen
months-mOre beneficial Ia VS. than had
ever been passed in the history OF the
country. MANY OF these had been
started by Theodore Roosevelt when
President. and were followed up bY
President TAFT, all now enacted into
laws. This, he said, was most Won
aerful record and one OF which the Re
publicans were rightly proud.
That Lead Message.
The senator spoke Of the tariff on
lead. lie said that a man in Ctah cOun-
~ had written 70 MIN in Washington
declaring that the tariff on lead must
be maintained or il would mean ruin
10 the industry in Utah. And now.
said Senator SmooJ the candidate Is
saying that the telegram was sent
merely Ter the purpose OF learning II
Senator SmOOt was really WORKING Tor
the interests Of Utah and was on the
JOB. He also told OF southern senators.
all Democrats, who wanted projections
for interests within their states. but for
no other interests Sena tor SmOot said
he believed in protection from first TO
last and believed in representing the
interests of the whole country 10 the
very best OF his ability
II makes no difference who make
the plea, said Senator Smoot, he tries
70 do the best FOR the Americas inter-
ests. Even if Thomas kearns We're 10
ask for a favor. he said ne would do
what be could Tor him II that Tor which
y asked was reasonable and right.
ID was at the point where Senator
party had done what Was best for all
Interests. that the young socialist rose
from near the front Of the house and
asked what had been done for the la
boring man.
'My yogng man. / viii answer that
question, for IL comes in line with what
] was about 10 say, replied Senat tor
SmOot. The policy OF Protection has
placed our lahorng men upon plane
higher than any other in al the world.
During the last session OF Congress,
labor delegations came 10 my OFFICE
from among the glass men. railroad
men and others, asking FOR protection
Value of Protection.
He declared that il was shown that
one American owns as much as fifteen
and one-half Cinnamon, and that these
Chinese would be doing the work done
by American labor without protection
that among the japanese the wages
paid We're ON B basis OF eleven Japs 10
one American Take II in France he
said. all the railroad men went on
strike And the amount they struck for
was 20 francs day. or 81 Der day lie
said that in tie face of this the French
labOring man pays more for his clothes