The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-20
sMooT AFTER HIS ENEMIES. -

sMOoT AFTER HIS "ENEMIES."
IL appears that Apostle Smoot is bot
on the trail of those who had the au-
dacity to make answer to Senator
Smoot 3 statements while the Senator
was on the stump in this State. The
Apostle is determined to punish the Sen
ator S foes. An instance Is, that W. y.
Greer Of Spanish Fork took issue wlth
a statement made by Senator, Smoot in
ono of the Senator IS stump speeches,
and directly accused him of falsehood.
Now Apostle Smoot is after Greer and
Greer is taking to the tall grass and
trying to provo that he did not chaI-
lcngc the statement of the Senator at
all, The Apostle appears TO be a firm
friend of the Senator, and determined
not only to vindicate the Senator S good
name and rcputo for truth and veracity,
but also TO punish those who impugu
those qualities that the Senator pos
scsses or at least should possess. This
Senator is one Of great interest to the
people of this State. who are anxious
to find out how far the Apostle will go
in Furnishing those who exercised the
usual privilege Of American citizenship
in opposing the Senator during the re-
cent campaign. A few influential men
in the State may have subjected them
selves to the Apostle s dire displeasure
by reason of the severity of the things
they said during the recent campaign
against the Senator, 1t may be that
they supposed the Senator was amen
able TO attack on the civil and political
side while they would not think for a
moment of attacking the Apostle as an
ecclesiast. Doubtless the people Of the
State would consider it to be anything
but fair play for the Apostle to pun
| ish those who had exercised their priv
ilcge Of answering the Senator, not in
the least intending any disrespect to the
| Apostle.
1t is an interesting situation, GER
tainiy, full of possibilities, and there
are many rumors aloat as to what the
Apostle intends to do to those who had
the hardihood to make reply TO the
| Senator 1t is certain that no one
will in any way think less Of the Apos-
| tie (they could hardly do that) for his
zeal in behalf Of the Senator; and yet
there seems to be something wrong
about it after all. For if the Senator
may not be answered when he takes the
political stump for fear that the Apostle
will resent it, then new avenue OF
viudictive oppression ls opened up to
the public notice. There will be good
deal of suspended interest in the pcs
siblc developments along this line If the
APOSTLE persists in his apparent deter
mination to punish those who had the
audacity TO lift their voices against
the Senator. In the meantime, we print
the following from our Spanish Fork
correspondent, showing the taking to
cover of Mr. Greer, and the frantic eff
forts he is making to protect himself
against the Apostle because of the an
swer he made to the Senator:
! Editor Trbunc;-At Republican rally
in the city pavilion here on the night of
| November 5 one of the speakers was
| senator lSSeQ S1IOOl, anu "iuIc HP'of
Ing he declared that no man had ever
seen him take a drink OF liquor On the
night OF the ith OF November the Demo-
Gratis held rally at the same place;
| when w. o. Greer, who is chairman OF
the Democratic party here, felt called
upon to get up and tell the audience that
he saw Mr.. Smopt take d glass OF cham
pagnc at banquet given at Provo III
honor OF the opening of The reclamation
service. up at Strawberry valley, "Mr.
Smoot gave a toast and put a glass of
champagne. to his lips and the liquor dis
appeared" says Mr.. Greer,
On the morning of November there
appeared an item i'm the Herald Repubi
can that Mr.. Greer had coutradicted
Senator Smoot's statement, Greer says
the report in tho Herald Republican has
mjsstated his remarks
Reed Smoot has written Mr.. Greer a
letter I'm regard 10 tile matter, and now
Greer is. IL is reported. circulating con-
Trajectory statement and has asked some
of his Democratic friends To sign with
him contradlcting the Herald -Republ
cans statement.
Mr.. Greer is a Mormon. and was. a
Mormon gospel for two years. He is la
be 10 feel the truth OF the old Spanish
: proverb. whether the stone strikes tho
pitcher. or the pitcher strikes the stone
IL Is the pitcher that Is broken. Just
p how the matter VIII end the public here
is somewhat anxious 10 know.
GEORGE A. HICKS,
Spanish Fork. November II.
IF FALSE, WHY DEPOSE?