The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-07
THE DEMOCRATIC SPEECHES.


There is no question of the political
dominance OF Apostle Smoot, as tht
speakers insisted. There is no ques
tioD as To the viciousneSs and the ar
rogancc of the Federal bunch in It's
selfish and unscrupuloUs control OF
Utah politics under Smoot. That bunch
with Smoot at lis head. dominates all
Federal appointments. disregardS all
civil service rules as TO the non par.
ticipatoD of Federal officials IN local
politics. derdcs the idea that a Fed
eral official must not he perniciously
active in The political field. On the
contrary. the Federal bunch's idea is
that Federal official is the natural
party leader, that he must be active III
party politics, must be chairman Of
committees and leader in the political
arena. All this against the President s
orders; but what is President S order
among friends? All such orders are
negligible quantities in Utah, and are
openly secuted as such.
The Democratic speakers. especially
Mr. Moyle and Mr.. King, were very
pointed in denunclItion of the evils of
| the Federal bunch and the Smoot
bossism in Utah politics They werc
also very severe upon the change of
attitude of Republican politicians on
the prohibition question as between
two years ago and now. They were
strong in bringing forward the charges
of dominance of politics under durcss
and under orders Of the Federal bunch
and of Smoot. To that Federal bunch
and to Smoot was traced The change of
attitude of the Republican party of
two years ago, when il was an out
spoken and apparently earnest advo-
cate of prohibition in this State, as
contraStcd with its present attitude IN
direct opposition to prohibition.
While the Democratic speakers wcro
absolutely right on this question. they
failed TO drive home the real cause of
the influence against which they made
complaint. How is ii possible for
people 10 be continuously dominated
by Federal bunch, with Smoot at
its head, when the people understand
fully the selfish, vicious, grating pur-
pose of that bunch with Smoot its
leader7 What influence is it that
keeps the people under the control Of
Smoot and tho bunch in the face Of
known facts1 No one will contend that
the people naturally prefer to be under
that kind of corrupt dominance. No
one will claim that any honest, candid
people, such as the mass of the Nor.
mon people are admitted to be, Will fail
to resent such selfish, vicious domina-
ton rs the Democratic speakers proved,
and as is well known to exist in this
State. There must be. there is. some
occult influence that holds people su-
pine under this vicious and grating
domination What is that influence!
We have 10 tnrn from tho Democratic
explanation Off anything that the
Democratic speakers say can be con
strued as an explanatory to the real
reason. which every body knows to exist,
and which the American party. openly
charges does exist, and docs control the
politics of this State. The Federal
bunch is the creation of Smoot. The
ecclesiastical dominat ton of politics In
this State produces Smoot as its
exponent and tool whercwith to beat
the mass of the controlled vote of the
Mormon church into line for the sup.
port of Smoot and his gang, the odious
Federal bunch Without this ecclcsiasi-
cal power to force the vote of the
Mormon church into line, neither the
Federal bunch nor Smoot could last in
this State for day. The people would
rise in revolt and sweep them of the
political earth.
And so. while the Democratic speak.
crs exposed caustically the evils that
exist their utteranccs and their reason.
ing did not go to the foundation Of the
trouble. II is the American party aud
the American speakers only that have
the independence and fcarlcsspcss to
speak of this question thoroughly and
rightly 1t is all very we'll to denounce
Smootism and the odious Federal
bunch, II is easy TO see the evil re-
suits of that dominance. The miserable
effects of it arc plain on every side
Why not, then. probe into the depths
and disclose exactly what the trouble
isl That is what the American party
is doing, and that is what any party
must necessarily do that clfectuaIly op.
poses the Federal bunch and its miser.
able misrule in this State. That rule
could not last even ono campaign with
out the support of the corrupt. usurp-
ing, and iawlcss priesthood of the Nor
mon church; lis leaders are responsible
for Smoot and for the Federal bunch.
! Just as Smoot and The Federal bunch
arc responsible for tho odous condi-
tions that exist in politics in this State
1t Is useless 10 treat of surface
conditions. Everybody knows what
the Democratic speakers proclaimed.
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