The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06

The business interests of the church were
interlaced with the fortunes of the sugar trust,
salt trust, and through their pooled interests.
with the whisky and tobacco trusts, that some
thing had to be done to get out Of the dilemma.
A letter prepared and signed by Presi-
dent Smith, to be shown to members Of the leg
lsature. and this letter 81 ven into the hands
of the federal bunch, with instructions to not
let it pass out Of their hands.
Then President Smith took Bishop Nibley
the most influential Of all the prohibitionists.
and set sail for Honolulu. Nibley did not
Smoots letter until it was shown TO him on
board the vessel after it had sailed from San
Francisco
Apostle Hyrum NJ Smith did not see it until
several months had elapsed after he had signed
the telegram with Nibley and Morris to the
Utah delegation at Washington
Nephi L. Morris did not see it until the day
after Brigham II Roberts made his speech 1T
Logan. when il was shown 10 him so as to per-
nit him to say, Yes, there was an answer re-
ceived"
Not one Of the senders Of that famous mes
sage claims that he or they received an answer
The substance of their enforced interview was
that an answer had been received
Could peanut politics be smaller than that
which has been resorted to by Smoot and his
gang in order to deceive the people of the Nor
mon church. who are really earnest in their
fight for prohibition? Is there any wonder that
many good Mormons are hanging their heads in
shame when they realize how completely Presi-
dent Smith appears to be in the power of the
apostle senator9
After President Smith and Bishop Nibley
had got out of the country and the federal
bunch were IN possession of letter to be shown
privately to obstreperous members of the legis-
lature, Nephi L. Morris, Hvrum NJ Smith, B. +.
Grant and other leading churchmen who
in the prohibition fight found themselves on the
toboggan.
The bill was passed through both houses
and Spry, true to his agreement with the liquor
interests, vetoed it,
These are substantially The facts and they
were furnished to The Tribune by men who arc
among the most reputable and influential mem
bers of the dominant church.
James II. Moyle knew that the bunch dared
not produce the letter which Smoot wrote to
President Smith and he knew when he offered
be produced
ion of the Tribune. Since that matter was put
hi L, Morris to B. H. Roberts was made public
night.
h delegation did not ans 'er the famous tele-
not in on that liquor deal, why did they fail to
vt to further involve President Smith?
;bes the entire matter
oRRIs' LETTER.
Is Sons Company, Salt Lake City, Nov 4, 1910
PLY between in the campaign two years ago,
further without expressing to you personally my dis
the Herald Republican has used the statement that
gram sent by Bishop Nibley, Hyrum M Smith and my
that the signers Of the telegram
ID direct to the telegram did either OF
Of We for weeks offended the seeming dis
. The telegram. however. answered i'll this way:
letter written by Senator SToot and addressed to
the telegram shown TO me- which to serve as
for the first time believe copy of the telegram
srred to be shown to the sgners OF the telegram the
eel at lberty, however, to make known the called
tion, where had the lie flung into my teeth by the
ame unscIupulous paper moral coward.
oicy write inspire be written. It's editorials and
,urage that paper charges others with pos
ator Soot in order prove their moral courage and
and journalists publish the tardy reply to the
correspondence which he directed be us as
campaign for good and sufficient in my own
regard the mathods Of federal bunch as being as
being Of the standard of nfamy and treachery Of
uires I shall hail with delight the Inauguration of a
political affairs Very truly yours,
NEPHI L. MORRIS,
Apain ctiv Ronde Ara