The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-23
NEWS OF UTAH AND
ADJOINING STATES
SOUND PRINCIPLES
CLEARLYEXPOUNDED
Senator Reed Smoot Delivers
Strong Address Before Big
Provo Audience.
Especial to The Herald Republican,

/ Especial to The Herald Republican,
| Provo Oct. 22=SenatOr Reed SmoOt
I and Judge Fred A. Maynard. speaking
/ on the issues OF the campaign, werl
greeted by large crowd in the operi
house here last evening. which paiC
the closest attention throughout the
two and a half hours the speakers
spent in discussing the promises mad,
by the Republican party before cleo.
tions in the past. and dwelling upon
their fulfnlment
+. II. Thomas was introduced as
chairman Of the meeting, and Hon.
Eph Homer, who acted for the Ladies
Republican club, under whose auspices
The meeting was held.
Judge Maynard was introduced by
the chairman, and declared that he was
as DESTROYS, as he knew the audience
was. TO hear Senator SmOOt and would
occupy burt short time with his re-
marks.
The coming election" he declared,
rs OF interest not only 10 Utah. but
10 all the country, for there is no
state in the union which has two SEN
ators better or more fayorably known
than are those from Utah"
Rapid Advancement.
Reference was made TO the phenom-
email advancement of Senator SmOot in
Congress as senator, and Judge May
narc declared that Senator Smoot is
row recognized as one of the greatest
financial authorities in the country. and
Aldrich he would be al the head OF the
finance committee of the Senate.
Much complimentary mention was
made Of Senator Sutherland and Con-
speaker declared that Utah never has
been nor ever Will be better repre-
scented in Congress than il is today.
Comparisons We're made OF the crit
icisms OF Lincoln with those which are
today made OF President Taft, and the
speaker declared the question now is
whether or not the people Will remain
true 10 the northern civilization which
favcFs protection and which has
brought the country 10 its present
state Of advancement, or TO the civil
ization of the south. which advocates
free trade. which has always brought
disaster when adopted as national
policy
AT the opening Of the address OF
Senator SmoOt, he stated that he de-
sired TO touch briefly upon two ques-
lions which greatly affect Utah, and
which are uppermOst IN the minds or
the people. These questions, he said.
should be considered by the voter
great principles. which affect not only
this state, but the people of all other
states.
Best Tariff bill.
Senator SmOOt declared that the tar
iff bill Just passed Is the best tariff
bill ever enacted in the United States.
There are" he said, some schedules
which perhaps need changing, and so
they viii be changed by the tariff COM
mission board. II experience shows
that the duty on any article exceeds
the difference between the cost Of pro-
ductiOn here and abroad and reason
able profit for the capital invested. the
rates will be changed"
Il believe" he continued, that a
man who has worked for eighteen
/. .Hraz- nj "a
months to become acquainted with tar
if conditions is entitled to have his
word on the question taken with as
much readiness as man who knows
nothing about il except the repeated
rawlings OF yellow journals
In the Payne bill. declared the
speaker, every interest known 10 Utah
is protected. He cited the gypsum
plaster industry, the promoters OF
which had made appeals for protee-
ton when they were launching the
new product. \ duty was placed on
the product and the senator declared
he had been informed by the heads
of the gypsum industry that in no
other way could they have shipped the
product TO the Atlantic seabOard and
have competed with the imported ar
ticle.
Taking up the liquor question. Sen
ator SmOOt declared that he practices
temperance and breaches IL. and that
he would like 10 see the liquor traf-
rlc reduced 10 the mtnimu UNI he cdlleu
attention % the declarations made in
the resolutions passed by the Latter
day Saints conference, and stated that
he had voted for this resolution and
stood by il, but that prohibition was
not mentioned in II. nor was prohi-
bition mentioned in any of the church
rites. 10 which reference has been
made by the prohibitionists.
Successful Method.
In declaring his desire for the sup
precision Of the liquor traffic. the SEN
atOr expressed the belief that local OPP
tiOn is the only successful method OF
dealing with the question.
Under local option, he said, the
people who do not want the liquor
traffic can vote against IL and will
not have it, and officers will be elect
ed who will enforce the law. In the
large cities. where the people do not
want prohibition, a prohibitory law
would not be enforced and would not
result in Ire reduction OF liquor cen
sumption, but the traffic would be
conducted in dives, and the dives can
not be run without boys any more than
can the saloons.
God forbid that / should ever vote
for anything that will put temptation
in the way of a boy. but ] firmly be-
lieVe that the method proposed by the
Democrats viii only Increase the evil
IL seeks 10 destroy
at has been charged that there was
a deal between the Republican party
and the liquor interests two years ago.
/ declare, If IL is the last word l speak,
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