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Show HE IS. The Juab County' Republican refers to our editorial of Inst Wednesday In reifard to St tie Senator A. O. Smoot, and heads Its article, "You say he's all right, but la lnV" Again wo repent, "He Tne Uepiii'liean now denies that it made nity eluirues aginn Sen ator Smoot, thus tetb clog lis fottuer article simply lo Innuendo ami linduti-hi linduti-hi loo, the cowaid's weapons.- It Infer that no charges weie made against Senator Soioiit during the session for bribery because "Iho Legislative commit com-mit tee did not want lo, did not try, lo Inve-tlgate." The Republican editor well knows that the charges of bribery iiKiiinst Mr. MeCutiu and oilier-, came directly from lliootlleeof the Salt Luke Tribune; wo know tint every -Hnrt. was iii.mIh by reporters acting for the Tribune lo obtain some shadow of uvl deuce itjj.ilnt Senator Smoot; we know these, efforts were a most complete failure, yet the reporieis did their best and they are of ihe hrlghle! of th- Suit Lako ncwspupei sleuths. Why did they fall? Because Seiiutor bmooi wus out lo the market, and because he acted honestly and struightforwardly all dor-log dor-log tho Suoatorlal coolest. In legurd to thu newspaper hill the Republican says. "When the Utah Press As-iocla-tlon bill was up for tlUctt-slon lie never opened his head." Thill is an unqualified unquali-fied misstatement. Thu Republican need only refer to Ihu members of the Legislative coiniullteo of iho association associa-tion to prove the falsity of Its own statement. Dining the thrco weeks or more the hill w.ts ponding Senator Smoot assisted the Assoelui Ion's com toll lee In Interviewing members of the Lecliluture, secured their itltnndaiice hefori the printing committcu of the .Senate, ndvooaied the memum hluiscll before that committee, and wheu the bill wus reported for pussagu ho made otiu of thu strongest speeches of the session lo advocacy of the bll' as prepared pre-pared by 111 u Association. The editor of thu Republican undoubtedly kuuws these facia. Wc um thureioru forced to Ihu conclusion that ho Is Indulging In willful misrepresentation lo satlsly persoual spllui The Republican makes a few comparisons between Senator Smoot and other liooorud citizens of Utah county. No criticism can be offered honestly agulmt any of the gentlemen named, and their reputation reputa-tion would neither bu any mote en huncud or lowered by unyihhitr the Republican might say thau would that of Senator Smpot- |