The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-20
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ANNAN|AS CLUB
Roosevelt Brands 0OfdmeIS In
Public Letter
4 TISSUE OF FALSEHO6OS
MAGAZINE WRITER'S TASTE THE
BUSINESS END OF THE
q, BIG STICK.
A TISSUE OF FALSEH00OS
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IS not merely an outrageous lie Du
one so Infamous, SO absolutely withou
the smallest particle OF foundation
that II is utterly impossible that the
men making the charge should be liz
norant of the fact that they are lying
] never heard of this magazine article
and do not know who wrote II. But
whoever did knew perfectly well that
he was lying. | have never heard OF
the writer whose letter you quote
but he also must know that he is
repeating baseless falsehoods The
other two magazine articles you quote
| have not seen, but II they, in any
shape or way, resemble the one from
which you quote, they are equally
false.
The accusation is not merely false,
but so ludicrous that IL is difficult to
discuss it seriously. OF course, It Is
always possible to find creatures vile
enough to make accusations of this
kind. The important thing to remem-
Der is that the men who give curren-
cy to the charge, whether editors OF
magazines or the presidents of col
leges, show themselves in their turn
unfit for association with decent men
when they secure the repetition and
encouragement of such scandals,
scandals which they perfectly well
know to be false
Not only was no such bargain made
by me. but equally, of course. no
such bargain was made by President
Taft or by anyone who could speak
for any portion of the Republican ma
organization. No such bargain
was ever in any way, directly or In.
directly, suggested to or considered by
me. II Is not merely an atrocious false
hood, but 1t could by no possibility be
anything but falsehood. Neither the
Church nor any one on behalf of the
Church ever agreed to deliver to me
the votes of the states mentioned her
to try to do so; nor was any allusion
to the matter ever made to me. Mel.
ther Senator Smoot nor any other cit
izen of Utah was, as far as | know,
even so much as consulted about the
patronage of the states surrounding
Utah, nor did the Mormon" hierarchy
through Senator Smoot or any one
else, ever express single wish in
connection with that patronage The
appointments were made in Wyoming
and Idaho precisely on the same sys.
TEN as they were made in New Jer.
sey and Massachusetts, and no more
attention was paid to any candidates
religious qualifications in one set of
states than in another Moreover the
same policy precisely was followed in
Utah One senator was Gentle and
one a Mormon" | consulted both
Generally found Senator Smoot more
favorable to the cause of conservation
than the majority of his colleagues Ia
the senate and on this matter con
suited him more freely than did
most other senator's, although Their,
were some consulted ever more free
ly than | did him.
As to there being cessation of tn,
movement for federal control of mar
rage and divorce. This was strongl,
opposed by majority of the repre-
sentatiyes In the two houses of Con
gress from the different states, an,
in but two or three instances is il DO
sible that those opposing il, whethe
Democrats or Republicans, could bay
been influenced by any thought what
ever concerning the "Mormons," Pc,
sonally | then favored the pronosa
and have always favored it since h,
cause | believed and still believe tina
THIS Is one of several direction I
'NN pbNtI VI lnc general HOI
eminent could with advantage he Z,
creased. Whether or not Il is a
pecially needed as regards polygan
GUS marriages in Utah, am not Abb
TO say. On one occasion a number
charges were made to the administr
lion "hiie was president about thes
poiygamous marriages in Idaho an
Wyoming, as well as Utah. It beIr
asserted that number of our feder
officials had been polygamously ma
ried' A very thorough and careful /
vestigation was made by the be
men In the service into these cha
ges' and they were proved 10 be wilt
out Be much as the smallest basis
TACT II was finally founl that four
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