Show till well the long on contest is ncr oica and senator smoot is permitted to retain bib cat and fill out his term the insult was no sui surprise prise to u us following iov ing the public pulse and the final lining up of the file en ilois on the issue it became evident eident to us some mr time ago that lie ho would not be bc ousted especially on oil I 1 two thirds lote etc we tic n of the opinion how bow acci el that t tote etc 6 w would h ahne I 1 e L been ag ennst him afew a few months ago the mattei matte is settled at al last and is history now NN hat is to be the outcome nov lit in utah will it bring in end to the bitter contention and strife thil have hame been bevia going on for the four 3 eat a N c doubt that it will v ill unless thie thi th i e are arc some come radical changes here at home we believe thit so far as senator sn oot sease case mas as concerned it had ceased to be a material factor in the socia and political condi conditions tiong of this state while he has been the sooim kentei ta to a gibat extent during these foai bears ears the isu es which originated d with his election to the had in from a man to a principle that principle around thich nov centers the storm cloud is ib a general gnp on of the accle pait cipa tion in political affairs b men lit in high ecclesiastic il al positions this I 1 is not a principle or an issue bom boin with the election of senator smoot or the anth of the american pait it has leen icon an undisguised gui cd of ceci campaign since statehood it has hab been a serious issue with w ith one of the leiding parties of this ditc itc foi the pat past anele years and it will mike ni ike no difference diffee nee nce what ma man be issues issued this one feature will continue to be i A toi bactol as long iong is as church leifels engage in our political icil coneL concerns riis it will riot not down the party of this state ha smarted under it and a portion of the republican Republic in puts put is now shirting ing r it is a re remi roLdy dy ho however veer fol foi it all this thi unnatural division in utah can be biped out strained as the situation is without Nit hout further conflict let senator smoot resign his apostleship or declare that he will ill not seek any tui luither thet political honors when his term of office expires and simultaneously busl let the dominant church decree that henceforth none of its leaders none of its high officials shall take an na p part art or share in political affairs the one thing which has brought about the present politico beligio warfare vill be removed ard the will voll cease if churchmen church leaders aderi lc aie to continue in the political arena in utah that will bo be a paramount issue locally in spite of all clients to cr cry it down doin no community escape I 1 it t ahi n the balance of political power lies lieb in 11 the hands hand of mn ho he command I 1 lower olivcr and influence because bebau c of their huigh po position it ought to be beadil readily been at a glance that then entry into political affairs is 13 dangerous and the only lo 10 iclal outcome would ft cold bo be for orl ore side al 01 the other to bt bitterly terl resent it nc c often hear har the remark that officials of the domira dominant it church in ahti state and tho officials of ec other church hane hae the right to engage in political ae ti livic ij and see ei political 00 lacal fri e if they v ant to of coarse they hae tho the right but bat it is bri til to loist boon rights lit at times there are re certain rights which at times if insisted in inai isted upon can do more harri ham than good there are personal rights which b ta times time will do more community con gOod goodhan than their ap fe caton for personal ends if utah Is to have peace orce fe again it can como come only at tho the st sacrifice ac of certain personal ambitions the tha g clim nation of influences influence a which no one ill are more potent in this cen ci en thin principles in determining politic icil 1 results to whom hom senior Sni ictor brings uie suie mn my m y cr now isow let us hae pt p ice ce but there N ill be no lie pence peace cm cin be no peace until the cause ot 01 the file LN L ils IS COMPI tined lined ot at are the alie reaper is sincere in its belief thit th it it mould bf be bertei fol foi the church of which genitor smoot is a member thit that it would be better for its high eccle baab to adopt the ourse course which would end thi ahlo strife god knows it bild be the arn cr best thin thing foi utah and I 1 liet liei I 1 leple ib i A whole th tint thit it could I 1 appen if this thib I 1 13 not done tell L lia pro howl how can call ane be ended 7 As ne tale otate above 21 a 2 1 1 i sue eue of principle his been eN oled and in har bar moni to a great c extent tent with an current of thought and feeling ishii h has existed lit in baah ter fier since alite hood good clean men both marmon and gentiles both democrats and Republic in belice ind and have beliech belie belieN cd for ears thit the participation in political affairs by high of the leading chuick gives an undue ad intake one waa wa or the other and injects a lesture into campa campaigns ins chich hie only a demora linns effect th tho soreness and rancor born of such conditions dit ions is as it I 1 c existed herl heri in uth ut h foi cis cin be wiped out only 11 in ohp th elamin of the cause of irritation some may look upon the ecna sc tes as a I 1 justini of the I 1 position ion that his been maintained bi U in the it that it is c CACI ei N persons regardless of any position he in ty y hold to ngoc e in politics but that ignot the question non no the question it is will those aho vho N he hae it in then powei to stop the bitter discord here in utah do th thit which will end it oi 01 will they allow the strife to continue continued 7 foi as sure as the sun shines and the thea A laina laim fall this strife ivill continue so lon 11 long as it is 13 possible foi any political pirty to be the benen eniy of the influence which aich men though position 4 may command |