The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

them charging -uch ba rcsius or deals on
tho part or tho Republican party or its
leaders. n A. ba2ely fsl@e - language
| can express II. uo matter who the sc~
cuser is OF what hiy creed OF roltics.
| J trust that my language rs plain and
| simple enough. and my statement 7uffi-
that I, may be clearly and definitely ur-
/ deratood
| Mr.. Chairman. this statement Of tho
senior senstor's presents veT' serious
isaue In our local polItics, and one that
should be met with the same freedom ~
uttcrance as characterizea the senator 5
dellvcrance.
Too Late TO Deny.
! Il Is too late IN tho day for the een
I a tors denial 10 affect the settled CON
yiction HAT there was deal between the
| liquor interests Of this state and the Re-
publican party leader. The tastimony,
high standing within That party, and
among the first citizens 81 our State
establishes the fac, of Il, And thiE tes-
tinony was given In the most public
r1anner-in public addresses. In speeches
upon the floor Of the house and OF the
senate In the state Legislature: and In
such evidence is but ciIcumstautial; but
c!rcumstantIa evidence which establishes
fact beyond reasonable doub, brings to
pass more than half the convictions for
cumstantal evidence in this case cstab-
fishes the moral certainty OF the polii-
cal crime or the Republican party lead
ers IN tho election or o0S. rests upon
foundation sure that the studied de-
nial Of II by the senior senate effects
nothing. except perhaps 10 increase tho
disgust one feels for the whole miserable
transaction. And since the deal between
the lluuor Interests and the leaders Of the
Republican partY is IN established fact.
II should be sufficient cause for driving
those party leaders from power In our
state. for they have committed the high.
est political crime Of which party lead
in an attitude where they were COM
pelied 10 defeat the VIII OF the people In
order TO serve the masters who bought
and paid for them. They AT once Insult
ercisn dignity Of tho people.
Since the senior senator has chosen 10
characterize those who have charged
deal betwccn tho liquor interests in our
state and the Republican leaders as un-
truthful. and - ! am one who has
charged that such deal was made T
tions arc upon that subject Ard To par
aphrasc slightly his words, 'T trust my
language viii lie plain anJ simple
enough, and nv statement sufficiently
broad to cover the whole natter Thus
then. IL is. I not only believe that II is
but that IL was made with the knowledge, I
consent aud approval OF the Republican
party leaders OF Utah including at least
Tic congressional delegation from Utah.
".
and the executive OF the state That Is
my belief. II is only fair to these gem
tlemen to say that 7 have no direct and
absolute proof for my belief and vet il
rests on such ground Of certainty tina
The stars In their courses are not more
sure OF moving In their appointed orbits
than that the evidence for my belief
points 10 the right conclusjon-the euilt
OF these parties. That evidence is This:
The mon who negotiated that deal on
the part OF the liquor interests In Utah
were men OF keen, shrowd business abi,- |
i'y. They were not novices In the mat
ter OF making deals TO ward Off un-
friendly legislation. The material inter
csts involved were immense; the sum !
TO be paid over for the immunity from
Ieg1slation was large. from 500, 900 to
$4,000 Under these circumstances was |
the deal made by these men, negotiated |
with understrappers OF the Republican |
party2 With tho tyros Of the federal CO.
lerie. Common sense answers In the |
negative; and reason with unerrlng |
Judgment tells us that the deal WAS made |
With those Republican leaders who could |
deliver the goods paid for, men who |
could not be turned down or overruled I'm |
the matter. and the accusing finger |
points directly 10 tho few gentlemen who |
have assumed TO dictate the political for