Show 1 Ii An Letter Open by Joseph J. J Cannon on the c candidacy of Ernest Bamberger For the Senate i I HI Dr EXPLANATION 4 A JL few da days day ago AIO a close dOle friend ur ur- led Zt td l in we me to support Mr Ernest Dam Daw- Merger The Too following resulted A number of or my mr fellow Republicans instated on publication Other sin sin- r- r rere re advisors though In sympathy with the contents urged for man man mani manifest let fest 1 personal reason that I let some someone one jone e else ele do someone more directly y interested ted My Nr who friends ho read reci It will lit I J am m aura aure t t S- S m meets as al f f must employ that Ind Indefinable perception WB we constantly UM use In distinguishing truth troth from sophistry I 1 hope the let- let V I itself JUett carries the spirit of an appeal While I feel that If ig la h necessary It should be In Inthe inthe the this of ot the Ibe open yet et publication letter Idler la is not bot made Joyously In It there them la Is no possible personal ad advantage van van- taP tage present or future During the considerable time used In deliberating delibera tins ting I have rave stood like Ilka a boy on the bank of a cold stream feeling that 2 J should dive dire In but hesitating to toJo todo do 1110 Jo It How Ilow aver ver I now make mako the plunge plunge- U Salt take Lake City Utah October 23 1928 ty Dear Dt-ar Friend Since our talk the UIO other day I lavo mavo had a gro growing desire to write you Ou why hi I 1 cannot support I Ernest Bamberger for the One Ono J Ja is the usual reason employers have havo I tor turning down unsuitable rants cants Ho lie Is not trained for th the job Another is II tho the devastating uso use of money that In gaining the nomination and Is le now In attempting to gain the election A third Is tho the vicious machine of tho tine Sevens enDs which Is supporting him Ir r I Jamberger's campaigns seem Deem to be DO run ron on manufactured senti senti- sentiment sentiment ment spent and to lack the tha spontaneous 1 that rises out of the hearts of the tho people When a candidate candidate candi candi- date falls to make tho the appeal of lead t. t t other means must be bo used Tho rile moans means In hie case aro are arc far fan from what you and I would consider ethi ethl cal raL For Instance men In whoso In-whoso in In In I have havo entire confidence II have haTe told me they ther were offered mone money money mo mo- ne ney if they would vote Tote at the State convention at Ogden for for Ernest Bamberger Damberger I am surprised ed at two things the number of people who are taking money In trade for their theft Influence and the confidence the Bamberger Damberger crowd has hal In the power of money to win the election You know the motives motives mo mo- mo- mo tives of the great majority of ot that i dangerous r net of workers workers' spread oT over r the state Every Enry voter ter should know their motives also Where great wealth Is associated with common common common com com- mon place ability the voter should grow suspicious of the numerous and unexpected advocates who suddenly begin to explain justify extol and advertise the wealthy candidate Money Is to at work too mush money for the of our state You know It and I know It and moreover m If f Mr Damberger Bamberger should ride to victory vic via tory on Herbert Hoovers Hoover's deserved popularity I understand the senate of ot the United States will know it ai a- al so I Inherited wealth sometimes induces in In- duces a magnified sense of ones one's im- im part nce Ernest Damberger Bamberger felt It beneath his Iris dignity probably to to try tryout tryout tryout out for the state legislature or even the lower house of congress Lacking LackIng Lacking Lack Lack- ing any outstanding qualities of lead or capacity he ho should have sensed the tho propriety of letting his employers the citizens see him In Inaction Inaction inaction action with a shorter term of office and a less lesa Important job To get his training under these more humble circumstances would have been dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- to a senatorial aspirant only If It ho he feared the tho competition of the tha brains and personality of other men Where wealth has not Influenced el elevation el- el I from private life to the tine senate senate senate sen sen- ate there have existed greatness of ot character and qualifications known to the tho el electorate Such do not characterize characterize characterize char char- the tho present case You Your suggested we elect Ernest Damberger Bamberger b because causo Senator Senator Smoot desires it High as Is my respect and personal regard for tor the senior sena sena- for tor I remember he Is II rigidly a party man If It the usefulness usefulness usefulness useful- useful ness and Integrity If et t Senator Smoot are of more than contemporary contemporary notice It If hl history tory carries his hll interesting personality Into the future I believe It will reckon rec reckon rec- rec kon such luch devotion as weakness rather rather rather ra ra- ther than as strength that strength that he be la le legreat great in spite of It I recognize the practical use ulle of parties I claim mem membership In th that t of Senator Smoot but but the safety safely of parties and more more Important the he safety of ot the the people lie In sufficient Intelligence of ot the citizens to rec recognize the need of votIng vot vat voting Ing Ine independently and sufficient courage and painstaking patience to todo todo todo do Jt t. t Citizens should cull the their therm r ballots ballots bal bal- bal bal- lots lots as ll Intelligent farmers cull their their cows and hens Dy fly a simple method of scratching they can eliminate an any accident or d do- do undesirables who by sign may mal be be found there From some things Senator Smoot has haa said a number ot of Republicans believe his efforts have baTe been nullified nullified fied fled by bl having a Democrat from Utah in the Senate After listening to such arguments and looking up the facts It Is 18 surprising to learn on how bow mahy many issues the tl two capable Senators Senatore agree agree D Doth Both th are honestly trying to serve the state and nation and doubtless in to the exigencies of our party system both vote differently differently at times from what they would In their their hearts d desire Surely Surely no ono one can b believe either nullifies the usefulness usefulness usefulness use use- of ot the other A great Republican Republican Republican lican in Washington with certainly as judicial a mind as has Senator Smoot told me once that Senator King had a habit of ot being generally right Why not apply the argument that a Democrat nullifies a 0 Republicans Republican's Republicans Republican's Republicans Republican's cans can's Usefulness to the whole senate That would leave leav in many sessions a margin of less than a score of use useful useful useful ful senators there Incidentally a great many other states have had Inthe in inthe inthe the senate during many years rears bi bipartisan bipartisan bipartisan bi- bi partisan representation Now as to that political machine A few years year ago It seems seven men formed the first unit and swore to each other an oath of ot secrecy Each then converted another group of se seven seven seyen se- se ven yen of which he became the sponger Each of ot the tho forty nine was supposed to bring In seven new men over whom he presided and so BO on That naturally brings s the authority back to the original seven sereno The secret Oath-bound Oath organization n within the Republican party Is now estimated at several thousand political work work- c t Salt Lake take City and ere ers mostly in I is said to Include many County It I It is only fair to officers of the law 1 men were fair minded fair say that many 1 drawn into the organization 1 tion but having seen leen the workings working disgusted and ot or the machine grew Krew patronage Is II now In Inthe Inthe inthe fell away Much the hands of the Sevens This Is le distributed distributed distributed dis dis- dis- dis practically callY through one man Their slogans are said laid to be be one for tor all and all for tor one and to the victors belong the spoils and they ruthlessly live by them 1 I Iam am told that the leaders leader are feeling very nry confident Just now The boast has gone forth f rth that they have the city In their power the co county nty In to their power and In their power they will soon have the State you denied that either you or of ot Ernest is le a member the Sevens Sevena In your explained ned ned It as All respect for the request of 31 your our dying father that you join no secret society Naturally Mr Bamberger Dam Dam- berger herger has baa no such reason It is n a matter of every day comment that the Sevens are devoted to Ernest Bamberger's Damberger's political fortunes fortunE'S he needs no personal membership You did not deny that the controlling powers of that selfish sinister high highly highly I ly Iy centralized society club cult or whatever you may call it accomplished accomplished accomplished I his nomination I Two scenes come before my mind One the more recent was at the Alhambra Al At- hambra Theatre at Ogden when the Republican State Convention had Invited Its candidate for the senator ship to respond to the high honor It had Just juat conferred Mr Bamberger amberger could not have been taken by sur prise He lie had been working in seaBon season season sea- sea son Bon and out of season in all parts of the state for this consummation The nomination of the dominant dominant party to the august senate of the United States the fulfilment of his dreams was In his possession It was the the high moment of his life An eager convention awaited his acceptance I happened to be in the gallery At my side was a stranger a 0 gentleman whom hom I had noticed making no par- par tison demonstration while the ballot ballotIng ballotIng balloting Ing was on When Mr Bamberger Damberger finished his speech the gentleman turned to me shook his his' head and remarked remarked re re- remarked re- re marked How pitiful The other scene was at Carnegie Hall In New York s seven ven years rears ag ago Senator France of Maryl Maryland nd and Sen Senator Senator Senator ator King of Utah were debating whether this country sho should lId rec recognize g- g nize Russia Senator King taking the I nega negative ve In in har harmony j y with tb the tbd f d i- i dee deci decision lion sion made after the debate was waa arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ranged of the tle Jt Republican adminis- adminis Judge Alton Anon B. B Park Parker presided pre pre- I sided and at the end d be would r would call for no vote as the hall hail had manifestly been been packed by br the communists I eat sat there and heard Senator King throw Into the teeth of ot that hostile violent audience the principles of ot true true Americanism with an on eloquence and high such as I have never heard beard before or since Hissed when he mentioned the name of Wilson or Harding drowned out by cheers cheer's when he named Lenin or Trotsky stopped topped at times Umea by threat of actual riot Senator King stood there pale b but t with up upraised rallied clenched fist a very very real reat r al challenge to to every enemy of the g great at republic we we venerate I dl do not Agree with the junior Senator Sen Sen- ator In all matters but he Is admi admi- a deep st student dent of or history anti and Intimately knows foreign affairs from took books and extended travel He ne supported President Coolidge's policy policy poli poll cy toward the McNary-Hangen McNary bill but he did It because he believed the bill unconstitutional He Is in ern ernest est sympathy with such a movement to aid that third of our citizens who till the soli soil and whose family In Income Income In- In come has sunk to an an everage of less than nine hundred dollars a year ear Moreover Senator King stands stands' for forthe forthe forthe the Eighteenth amendment and the national l prohibition law and believes believes believes be be- that neither should be led Not alone is he a prohibitionist in theory he Is an abstainer in flee The Senate of ot the United States Is the most Important deliberative body in the world It has baa a a. dignity and a tradition that go back to the founds tion of ot the Republic It Itis Is appropriate ate that we add to the dignity and strengthen the tradition Surely from this state there is no necessity or excuse for sending lending a man who even Eyen falling failing of eloquence cannot speak with assurance and the power to Impress his hearers A senator should te be at least articulate No I shall scratch as aI a hope hope every every every ev ev- ery true Republican will do the name namo of Ernest Bamberger amberger the choice of a secret oat oath bound organ rather than the choice of the Republican party Ills His election if It attained would possibly be perpetuated perpetuated who knows knows how long by by the added advantage or of se senatorial p patro patro- tro- tro nage We might be carrying on our backs for a long time to come an old man of the sea whom we could cou d. d not ke oft ott The bas hae Political been air growing of our young men fetid of laft 4 for politico have haTe who ho har lost deals deall ot of a few ata their Influences years rears 10 are ty tF that should at work ark I wholesome be The n. n must perform on ft and em a aG dy dr the troll hidden tu that would otherwise otherlee d baleful rol society of ot In making this u. u vr f pIta by b by only one J allt obligation entailed motive tv the by ed Neither malice malice nor ha has r any part In n It t Bamberger Damberger ha has been active comes comell In of Ih the a timpy state I gladly give ghe lf II their ft worthy welfare The Contribution 6 has baa a E b to to them Certainly 7 no cr bt fo exists iU that need be paid I Yours You JOSEPH L J. 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