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Show Hi (ADVKRTISKMHNT) 1' Republican Political Column I Hon. Reed Smoot H Senior United States Senator For Utah I His Record in the U. S. ; Senate. M Utah today la bettor represented In H tliu Niitlounl Congress tlian ever bc- Hj faro In history Her Senators htic H i inaro Influence mill the statu has a B growing prostnge In marked contiast H to that or hut a few shoit years ago H 'I'IjIk hnppey condition la Juntly at- H ti United In a large measure, to the lu- H (lastly, cncigy and capability of Seun- H tor lined Hinoot Entering Congress H with the greatest opposition over H , .. shown n Senator lie fought the light B', of ilghleouu lepicucntutlon for the H! people or Utah and won. From that H day his Htnr anions the statesmen or ' this nation him gradually ilsen till he H stands today a leader among the mi- H tlon'8 leaders and a great credit to B the people he ho ably represents. In the halls or Congress and In the S forum or national comment and H discussions It Is stated with absolute B aceuraey that Senator Smoot has a wonderful capacity Tor work honest, B, conscientious, Intelligent work, ami H plenty or it; that he Is untiring In fli his rurthcianco or measures and fl ' methods which he conceives to be i . based on Just and righteous prlncl. fl; pies, and eiiuully iiuiIIiicIiIuk In his M antagonlHiii to that which he recognl- B; 'H as dishonest, unjust, or hyprcrltl- ''ill; that no Interest or Utah, his na- tlo State, Is passed by slightingly, mill no I'tali citizen, however humble, H but receives the henellt or his sym- H pathetic solicitude as rar as courtesy H end rair dealing make It possible; Bl unci that while he esteems the vnrloiiB RB Interests or Utah and her advancing CI' jirostlBo as a Stato to bo n pearl or J, greatest worth, his bredth or compre. f.1' henslon and olllclal action reach In H ' cominoiiBiirulo degree to the welfare lf ' i "ml progress or the whole American WX people, la whatovor land or clinic t ; thoy may sojourn. That this enviable H.f position in the Intelligent and well- Inrormed national mind has been M , reached in great degree through basic H ' personal merit, Is beyond cavil; that 3Sl . It directly redects Inestlmablo benellt fljft V to Utah's citizenship regardless or Stiff KC creed or pnrty, Is equally ltulls-'WSf ltulls-'WSf jjntablo; nml no thoughtful and sln-fgjM sln-fgjM coroly patriotic I'talin wishes ror n gun moment to relinquish the ndvnntnge-HS ndvnntnge-HS ous roBultB thoroby flowing to Utnli. MIX Senator SmootN Sen Ice tfS Iu,l1 Smoot'B service as United IM1 States Senator rrom Utnh begun on 3pJ March n, IPOS, and hu is now (1914) BJ In the closing year or his second $I term. He is lirty-two years or ago, Hj lgorous or mind and body, equipped iji ; u' yenra or practical oxperlenco nnd mfffi ,l,u uxorciBo or a broad judgement to fjjljj render the peoplo or Utah and or the Sgjpjt nation a higher and better service in tjnS 1 the United States Senate as each year E-) , passes along. Rnnklng as a lender K among lenders In the Sonnto, ho Is H , ulways at his post or duty nnd nlort &MJ to meet and rulllll every obligation ' coming to him. ffij1 Chosen to the United States Sonnto fife , ns 110 f the younger membors or iSi. t,,llt bod' nt tlio time, ho diligently K Bet himself to gala a thorough com- Sf lirehonsloii or tho high reqiilremontB 9C "n(lo of lilm In that capacity; nnd nl- g though met at the outset by mnny un. HU toward circumstances, ho ovorcatne MMm those with n dignity nnd courage thnt MM Bnlnpd ror him both tho respect and Hfff tho conndonco or his colleagues, being iffjg In the tlrst term or his servlco placed SK ' tho front rank or the nation's legls- IiM lntors it ract which lirought Utah S9 mid her peoplo into a more rnvornblo 10 attitude beforo tho world than ever1 BH had bcou known before. I HI His second term in tho Souato has1 BJI augmented the lulliieutal good ror-KB ror-KB tuuo which has attended' him, and the W promise or the future Is still bright-HI bright-HI r mid bettor ror Utah's advantage HE through his continued service in that BflK body. Hp l.cgMathe Work Hl Probably no other senator In Cou- H.K Rioss during tho last four years has i liad more loglslatlve work thrust on If lilm or has moru results to his credit. I 'i "II theso matters or Important I legislation he has shown the snmo HI Impartial consideration mid devotion ' to detail. KB As a member or the Commltteo on Bl Clnlms, he Instituted the rule not to jnv favor any clnlm against tho (lovurn- NK incut which does not posess such mor- )1Q ll n8 wou,tl Justify Its payment In a BH m'lvato business transaction. -In As a member of tho Commltteo on 1B PoiiBlons, Senator Smoot took an es- (jjU pecial Jntorofit In tho necessary care jH : r of tho nation's votormi defenders and (lj their widows. llr As Chalnnnn of tho Committee on SBi) Printing ho rovlscd the entlro copy Ire right Jaws so as to earn tho common- lr datlou of tho leading authors mid pub- 11 Ueliors, mid without causing any doll do-ll If ( serving employee to Ioso his Job has re-organlzed the government printing so as to sae the nation over $600,000 annually In this department, He was a leading member on the Committee on I'oiestry and Conservation, Conser-vation, and as a recognition of his nhllit on these subjects was sent by tho President on u special mission to Km ope to study these subjects. I'eihaps no piece or legislation of such row woids, In recent railroad i uactinenls, contains so much or vital vi-tal Importance to the West us that known as tho Long and Short Haul Clause. Since Senator Smoot took the mnt. tor up, many of the veterans or the Wiilkei-linllan war In Utah have received re-ceived pensions, Including tho amount due mid accumulated ror previous years. He Is still working to secure the same lesulta ror the Hlack Hawk war veterans. In the matter or Oovoriiment buildings build-ings ror Utah he has been slngulnrly successrul, nnd tho big Strawberry Valley project will remain ror all time a credit to his sageclty. No other one slnglo measure over enacted by Congress has done or will do so much to develop this stato and the West na the 31'0-acre enlarged homestead law ror which Senator Smoot Is entirely responsible. Kven those who disagree with him as to the Itopubllcan policy or a tnr-irr tnr-irr ror tho protection nnd encouragement encourage-ment or American Industries udmlt that Senator Smoot Is the best Inrormed In-rormed member or the Senate on matters mat-ters connected with tariff leglslatIonv He has been assailed frequently, and often mlsreprescntou. but no opponent oppon-ent over has been able to dispute his telling array or ractB or ventured to question hln ready ability to use them, commenting upon the lntest tariff discussion dis-cussion In Congress, tho Washington National Trlbuno said editorially of Senntor Smoot that ho "won a nation, wldo reputation by his wonderful Industry In-dustry In gathering up nnd digesting ovory material fact relating to the tnrlff Bystem, mid tho vigor nnd skill with which ho used theso In dobnte," to tho conruslou of his opponents. Country NcuN Senator Smoot James It. Mann, Republican leader In tho House or Representatives, who probably will bo Bpcaker nt the next House and who will undoubtedly be n candidate for the nomination for president on tho Republican ticket In l'Jlfi, has ndded his endorsement t6 un already largo number of tributes to Senator Reed Smoot'B nullity. Mr. Mann has had much experience In Congress. Ho whb elected rrom his district In Illinois to tho Fltty-slxth nnd each succeeding Congress. In his letter to Col. C. 12. Loose, Repub. llcnn Stato Chairman, ho Bays: -My Dcur .Mr. Loose: I hope you Hill not lake II amiss that I write to J on In regard to the rcelectlou of Senator Smoot. Senator Smoot, through his dill-gcnl, dill-gcnl, Indefatigable ami Intelligent stmb mill attention to business In the Semite, has casll) become one of the most valuable ( to the got eminent In either house of Congress, i ,e-llete ,e-llete he kuons more nliout ithnt Is going on In (he Senate than any other man In It, and Is iilnnjs on the square. While 1 bine noticed that he has ghen close attention to the needs f Huh, jet his viork Is much broad-er broad-er ami more complete than that.. The jHlmle country needs lilm In the Sen. ale for the actual worth he Is to It In connection with leglslutlie propo. sltlous. .Whll,. delicto that the Kepnbll. cans villi carrj the countri'lhls fall Hllliiiiit mii illAlnilt), jet I haw tuk. rn the lll.erlj of riling this letter to J mi far the purpose of emphasizing tho Importaiice of the people of Utah sending Senator Smoot back to the Senate as his nun successor. Yours wrj sincerely, JAMES It. MAW. HIMTIILKUX TICKET For United States Senator ri:kd smoot For Congress Second District I- O. I.UATHKRWOOI) For Justice or Supremo Court W.M. M. M'CARTY For Superintendent or Public Instruc. Hon A C MATHRSO.N Count) Ticket V Commissioner, 4-year term JAMKS H. OARDNHH V Commissioner. 2-yeur terui-J terui-J F IIRINOHURST Cletk- I B. T. PALFRBYMAN Assessor HYRUM CHRISTENSEN Sheriff MARION CLINQER Treasurer L. L. NELSON . Rccordor FLOYD JOHNSON Attorney OEORGE P. PARKER Surveyor JOHN R. STEWART Superintendent of Schools I. P. CREER Lcglslnthc Ticket Slnle Senators HENRY GARDNER JOHN H. WOOTTON Stnte Representatives SAMUEL E. TALOR h. K. STEWART CHARLES L. WARNICIC J. WILLIAM WING. JR. County Issues The Democratic party In Utah county coun-ty In Its platform of two yoars ago, bitterly condemned the Republican party for the high taxntlon In the coutuy, and Bolemuly pledged the pnrty pnr-ty to reduce the taxes; the snld party also pledged Itself to reduce the salaries sal-aries of county offlcers. Has It kept It pledges? Let the records re-cords made by It apeak. In lDli! under u Republican admin-Istiutlon, admin-Istiutlon, tho levcy for county purposes pur-poses was 5 1-2 mills, In 1913 under the Democratic administration the levy for county purposes was 0 mills The valuation placed upon the county by the Republicans In 1912 wns $1G,2S8,900, bringing a totul tax of $S2, 773.95. The valuation plucod up. on the county by the Democratic administration ad-ministration lit 1913 wub $1G,SS7,191, bringing a total tax of f 92,323 14, making an excess tux collected by tho Democratic udmlnlstrutlou over the amount collected by tho Republican Re-publican administration or 112,549.19. When the Democratic party went Into In-to powor on Juuunry 1st, 1913, more than $40,000 was turned over to It by the Republican administration, ami tho report of tho financial condition or the county under Democratic rule shows that the county was cnrrjlng un overdraft at the bank on October 1st, 1914, or $22,720.00. You will note thnt tho valuation or property In Utnh County had Increased Increas-ed In 1913 over the valuation In 1912 In tho sum or $028,291, nnd yet the following striking deductions In the valuation on prominent Democrats' property Is shown by the assessment rolls: Valuation 1012, Republican Knight Woolen Mills, Improvements vnluo $12,000. Vuluatlon 1918, Deaocrutlc Knight Woolen Mills, Improvements $5,000. In addition to the above on the Knight Woolen Mills the assessed valuation val-uation on personal property was $0,500 less in 1913 than ltwain 1912, making a total saving to tlielnllls in valuation or $13,500. Republican Farmers nnd Merchants Hnnk, Improvements, Im-provements, $8,800. Taylor Bros. Furniture Co., Improvements, Im-provements, $10,000. Democratic Farmers nnd Merchants Hank, Improvements, Im-provements, $5,000. Taylor Uros. Furniture Co., Improvements, Im-provements, $8,800. Havo the Democrats treated ull tho taxpayers as well? If so,.whoro does tho Increased vuluatlon come from? Salaries Tho Democrats reduced the salnr-les salnr-les of county oulcers only 5 per cent, making a totat reduction of tho sum of $430.00 annually, all told. If the salaries fixed by tho Republican county commissioners were too high to such an extent nB to, cause such a furoro by tho Democrats, wore they ONLY FIVE PER CENT too high? Taklngj the flgues above given wo find tho Domocrnts hnve reduced the salaries, sal-aries, $430.00 and to offset this thoy hnvcy collected rrom the peoplo by taxation during the, year 1913 the Bijm or $12,549.19 more than tho Republicans Re-publicans collected during tho year 1912, so,-we toko It they could well afford to knock off tho sum of $430.00 In consideration of iccellnB tho Bum of UC.549,19 In return. Frank Roper, tho probation ofllcor of rtnh county, who hns approximately approximate-ly 18,000 children under his Jurisdiction, Jurisdic-tion, wns paid by tho Republican county commissioners the Hum of $25.00 per month as a deputy shorlff, mid furnlshod a motorcycle, but tho Democratic county commissioners cut "" nip salary entirely, and took his motorcycle nwny rrom l.lru nnd gave t to Commissioner Chrlstenson, and H too plnco of Mr. Rop.r "who by tho way b a Republican." tho Demo, crats hnvo added to tho Sheriff's of-neo of-neo and pay roll tho name of Ed. Jones, who drives the Sheriffs auto, at a salary of $fi5oo per month, nnd I. tead of charging his salary p to the sulnr) account, it Is charged to tho account of "l.v.ry bill," ll8 la pre. Humay done .,, order to mnk0 u1,,,, J t tho .uluries of the Shorlff-B office Imve not been IncrenHed. fo!TT0C,t,, clnlm that plat- n J! "I'" !'r ",mU' ,0 I't. " mo molasses to catch flies.' How many es ,,, thuy ,, ;it irohuM "J ",C,,Kt,li '"regard o n reduction or tho taxes These qll((tIons miswer on election day ThU Jue8tl0'' declared ot to a party ipicstiun by nil the political platforms, and yet tho Democrats nro trying to mnko mirty cnpital out or It County Attorney llngley, nt a public pub-lic meeting held on the street corner at Provo u few days ago, attacked the I Republican olllce holders, by saying among other things: That so far as business In Utnh county 1b concerned, no one has closed their doors except a few "Ullnd Pigs" which were permitted permit-ted to IIouiIbIi under the Republican administration, Again let us refer to facts, ns shown by the county clerk's records, They hIiow when each whiskey club was organized, and each nnd nil of them were organized under Democratic Demo-cratic rule as follows: Timpunoogna club rt Provo, February 2tth, 1913. Timpunoogna club No. 2 at Provo, June 12th, 1913; Eldorndo club at Provo, August 5th, 1913; I.ecfler club at Puyson, June 25th, 1913; Nebo club ut Pnyson, September 17th, 1913; Eureka club at Puyson, November 12th, 1913; Granite club at American Fork, July 19th, 1913; Tuscarora club atSpunlsh Fork April 29th, 1913, and the Ulue Rock club at I.ehl, September Septem-ber ICth, 1913. So 'ou ace they were ull organized under Democratic rule, and were all permitted to llourlsh under un-der Democratic rule for many mouths, and some of them for ulmost a year before any attempt wns made by the county authorities to suppress them; they allowed them to get Ilrmly rooted, root-ed, and then In order to mnko political politi-cal capital for some of the county candidates on tho Democratic ticket they started to suppress theso. clubs that had grown up under their administration ad-ministration nnd foBterlug care, nnd now theso same peoplo who permitted them to continue in business has the nffrontnry to charge their cxlstance to n Republican administration, when they know thuT not n single whiskey club existed In Utnh county under Republican rule. It little becomes tho County Attorney, District Attorney, Attor-ney, and Sheriff to nock political preferment pre-ferment from tho peoplo by such shamful nnd wilful misrepresentation of the plain facts. Democrats Appeal to Prejudice In a recent Issue or the Democratic County organ was the following nr-tlclo: nr-tlclo: "In tho Republican County Convention Conven-tion at Lehl, Piovo got neither a county commissioner nor u stnte senator sen-ator on the Republican ticket. So lu-order lu-order that Provo may hnvo a commissioner com-missioner It Is necessary to vote for F. A. Mulsh, tho Progressive candidate candi-date for that oinco. Provo will bo nbsolutely nt tho mercy or tho two ends or tho county ir Mr. Mulsh Is not elected. Can Provo afford to go without with-out a commissioner? Wo think not. It would certainly bo bnd business for Provo RopubllcaiiB to vo this ofllco nwny from I'rovo nnd glvo It to Lehl. So, also, If you want a state senator from Provo you must vote for Caleb Tanner, who Is the only candldato for that olllco residing In Provo. If thoro Is any patriotism or business Judgement among tho voters of Provo, these two men should cor-talnly cor-talnly bo elected. Think It ovor and seo If you don't agree? This artlclo shows thnt tho Democrats Demo-crats arc loosing hopes of carrying their county ticket. If by nppeallng to tho prejudices of tho peoplo of Provo thoy enn pull one or two men through, thoy will do It. Lot us bco what would bo tho result If the- Provo Democrats worked their schomo successfully. If tho peoplo of Provo voted Bolldly for Provo enn- dldntos nnd thoso living In that vicinity, vicin-ity, then the North end of Utah county coun-ty would be without n represontntlvo In tho Btnto legislature or a single otncln! In n county ofllco. Tho peoplo In tho North end of Utnh county should Join tho Republicans Republi-cans In Btnmplng out such nn unholy schomo by electing the entlro Repub. llcnn ticket Ry looking over tho Republican ticket It will bo found that two candlduto nro fr.om Lehl, one rrom American Fork, ouo rrom Pleasant Grovo, opo from Vineyard, three from Provo, two from Sprlng-vlllo, Sprlng-vlllo, two from Spanish Fork and two from Pnyson. Surely this Is n ralr nnd Just distribution, particularly when a glance ut the- ticket shows tho naiuo 0r Sonntor Reed Smoot ut tho head. Evory nnnio on tho Ro-publican Ro-publican ticket Is a synonym ror er-(Icency er-(Icency and progress. Every mini Is successful in his i.wii affairs and would glvo tin county a successrul clllcont administration (ADVERTISEMENT) " I Democratic Political Column I Democratic County Officials I Have Made Good Record I Our Schools and Roads Have Been Well Looked After a I tho Taxpayers Have Been Treated Fairly by the I Democrats of the County Much Money I - Has Been Saved. I Two years ago the Democratic party par-ty went beroro the peoplo of Utah County with u pledge of economy and they have kept their platform to the letter. The taxes have been raised, but who raised thorn, not the Democratic Demo-cratic county commissioners, but Instead In-stead the (Republican) State Hoard of Equalization and the Bchools. Here Is the amount ench county olllco has saved during the twelve months of 1913. County Recorder's offlce ....$ 412,95 County Sheriff's ofllco 1E34.20 County Clerk's ofllce 1485. 1G County Treasurer's offlce ... 222.82 County Assessor's ofllce 341.43 It should be remembered too that there were G92 more Instruments recorded re-corded In 1913 than In 1912. The above saving Is a comparison with 1912 when the Republicans were In power. The County Sheriff's office also al-so paid their own cor fare while this offlce rode on passes In 1912. In 1912 the Sheriff's olllce spent nearly $3GG ror liny and In 1913 not one cent was spent for this Item. Fulr Assessments The claim has been made that tho Democratic Assessor has reduced the assessed valuation or tho Knight Woolen Mills and Taylor Bros company. com-pany. Here are tho figures from the county, assessor's books for the two years of 1911 and 1912, the assessed vnluutlon for tho two years Is $48,500, whllo the assessed valuation for 1913 and 1914 Is $50,700, or nn Increase of jjHIH Democratic Rally HT 'H Monday Evening HfettjjMfl::), ' Hear the other side ques- BVl 55 a J?i tlon nml voto Inti'lHgently. Two good Ki'&-.t, ' H speakers coming to American Fork K?v . LH Next Monday evening Matt Ttiomai HlW?'-" o PMM ot 3alt '-'ike, will deliver an mldrcss Hyjyppr m , American Fork on the IFT H this Mr. Thomas BH tllc speakers In the HH nlH0 explain Mutt Thomas VERY ILL Word was received yesterday by telegraph that Mrs. Effle Prlco, daughtor of M. Isuac Wagstaff, and rormcrly of American Fork, but now living at Pheonlx, Arizona, wns very 111, but the doctors glvo somo hopes of her recovery. Causo of Illness con-flnetnent. con-flnetnent. o- Extra Service on Interurban Siindii) For Conference. 9:30 ii. m. cur leuves Harris for American Fork. 12: 1G noon, car leaves American Fork to Lohl. 1:30 p. m. cur leaves Lehl for Am-orlcun Am-orlcun Fork. 4:30 cur leaves Amorlcnn Fork for Lohi; 5 p. in. loaves Lehl for American Grovo. 0:58 ! ui. car leaves PlenBant Grovo ror Lehl. 7:34 p. m. car loaves Lehl to American Am-erican Fork. 9:38 car leaves American Fork ror Lehl. Tho above does not interfere with regular service. e . , S('U:.V('K CAN'T EXPLAIN What sleep Ib. What mi eye boos. What electricity Is. Whenco tho sun gets Its heat. How the fire fly lights Its lamp. How seeds grow Into a trco. How n rose mnkes Its porfumo. Whut makes n bird build Its first nest. 'v ,v. Mt Why tho- compnss points, to tho north. What ciiiiBcH tho sex of n baby or mi luilmal. Whut uinkofl ruin mil In somo plnces nnd not In othora. What happens when food n oxidlc- $2200, while tho assessed vuluatlon 0i I Taylor Dros. for 1911 and Si I $91,000, ror 1913 und 1911 uUB Mgjj jr an Increuse or $7820 While I.. 1911, during the t, lhat Jnmea If. Gardner wns commissioner the nsBossed valuation or the lehl Jttgar coinpnny was lowered $5S 1C0 The Democrats believe that the north part of tho county should hmc a commissioner, but tho man who ll do the squat e thing ror everybody U Bernard Chrlstenson or American Fork. Why the Taxes Are Higher Let us take ror an example a $1000 rami In tho Lehl district and see whut the taxes are: 1912 1914 State Tax $ 7ri0 MM County Tax C.C0 G50 School Tax use i1M High School Tax h.oo s 00 Total 27.G0 2950 A two dollar raise. The state geti 50c more In 1914 than In 1912 The county gets exactly tho same. The schools gets 50 cents less, Tho High Schools gets $2.00 mote: but the State Board or Equalization raised the alu-utloii alu-utloii this year 20 per cent. Jims adding ad-ding $C.90 m re, ranking tho total of 1914 or $35.40 or $7.90 more tluui 1912. It Is plain to bo aocn that $5.90 cf the above raise Is duo to the state and $2.00 to tho High School, neither of which Is churgeable'to the Democratic Democra-tic administration or the county com. mlssloners. cd In the system. What changes take plnco In Iron when It Is magnetized. I( How u bloodhound tracks n man W 1 by tho smell of his footprint. I D u I To Our Subscribers I ; Wo nro going to get busy on our I J( subscription list, and next week will K begin preparing statements for all K who are delinquent. However, e p will hold these- bills until November c lBt, nfl wo prefer that you call at the L olllco nnd mnlio Bottleineut and get your receipt for pnymonts when made. Moat of theso nccounts nro not rr i large, but there are Just such ns e hnvo to dopend upon for funds with t which to pay our bills. Wo will very much nppreclnto payments from those m who uro In arrears beroro November m M To thoso who are ovor ono year H In arrears and recolvo statements, 6 ask that thoy remit within Hilrty AM ror If thoy do not, wo will be com- m pollod to cut them off our list, accord- m lug to the postal laws. H Thoro are a fow who took no no- tlco of our statements Inst year-- thoso will bo given thirty days to set- m tie up, or until December 1st, then, m If propor nrrangemontB nro not row for n aettlemont, their accounts "' bo turned ovor to tho Nowspaper Co lectlng Agency, who gonerally W B lecta tho nmounts duo with cost tuched, ) AKKKICAW FORK t'li'i J A PllOGRESSIVB INDEPKNDENT PUULICATION B SUB80I1IFTI0 ,o S On Yenri..., "5J0 ':M blx Months llll H OfHcet Opposite Tabcrnatlr. lMion Entered as Becond-CIass f?iie.TnA, H Poitofflce at Amsrlcon Forlc,J H L. W. aAlHFOKD Mpdl1or S. W, ROSS fca |