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Show Hf t SENATORIAL MUD SLINGERS. , The scurrilous and utterly false ar- HH tlclo which appeared a few days ago ffl rj in tho Washington Evening Stir to tho Mm effect that Mrs. Sutherland, 'ifo of ox-Congressman Georgo Sutherland, and now practically tho only candidate candi-date for tho United States senato from Utah, was a daughter of John D. Lee, who was executed for participation In the Mountain Meadow mnssacro, was inspired by tho senatorial sorehead candidates for tho United States son-atorship. son-atorship. Tho Washington Star for some time has to some extent been a mouthpiece for Senator Kearns, tho papor having been imposed upon by writers and correspondents employed by Koarns, who has moved this portion por-tion of tho earth and maybe a portion of hades, hoping to secure his re-election. Slnco Judge Bartch became a candi-dato candi-dato for senatorial honors, It Is a fact that ho has been "snooping around," trying to find out and give publicity to anything detrimental to Mr. Sutner-land's Sutner-land's candidacy. Judge Bartch, standing on his high morality platform, thought that as Mr. Sutherland was now a senatorial candltlato leading him (Bartch) by miles, tho public should bo informed of any shortcomings of Mr. Sutherland. Suther-land. Tho judge Importuned a loading load-ing lawyer In tho city to reduco to writing somo rumor about Mr. Sutherland, Suther-land, so that tho judge might carry it east and uso it In his Pennsylvania campaign against Mr. Sutherland. Suther-land. The lawyer refused to oxecuto tho writing, but It Is well known that Bartch used everything every-thing ho could think of against Sutherland Suther-land In both his local and eastern campaigns. cam-paigns. Tho idea of a senatorial candidate in Utah trying to bring pressure from outsldo sources on tho legislature of his state is not only reprehensible, but silly and stupid and justly calculated to create resentment In the minds of tho people of tho state, and tho members mem-bers of tho legislature. What right has any senator or any resident of any other stato or tho president of the United States himself to dictate to or advlso tho legislators of any stato as to who they will chooso to represent their stato In tho senato? It's a piece of gross impertinence which ought to bo resented. But what can be expected from sycophants? They believe in sycophancy and have no comprehension comprehen-sion of real independence. A Gontllo, an antl-Morman, who will secretly trot to tho church offices for years and years seeking ecclesiastical Influence in favor of his political or judicial aspirations, to such an extent that the churchmen thanked God when ho had secured an ofllco so that they would bo rid of him for a while, is not a man to bo admired. But reverting to tho John D. Leo rumor. Mrs. Sutlierland Is no relatlvo of John D. Leo, not In tho remotest degree. Her father Is of tho old and woll-known Leo family of Virginia, and is now nlivo and well, residing in Tennessee. Ten-nessee. Tho candidacy of Judge Bartch for the United States senato is so ill advised ad-vised and so hopeless, In view of all the circumstances, that it Is a matter of wonder that tho judge entered upon It nt all. Tho contest for tho placo has been waged for two years between Senator Koarns and Georgo Sutherland, Suther-land, and the latter won overwhelmingly. overwhelm-ingly. The people, when they voted for members of tho leglslaturo, and who woro elected, thoroughly understood under-stood that Mr. Sutherland was to bo sonator If his party won. They voted for Mr. Sutherland just as much as they voted for President Roosevelt in voting for the Ropubllcnn Presidential Presiden-tial electors. It would bo a breach of faith for tho leglslaturo to elect anyone any-one but Mr. Sutherland as much as it would bo for the presidential electors to cast their votes for nnyone other than Mr. Roosevelt. Judge Bartch know this very well and must have known th it his candidacy was hopeless. hope-less. It has been suggested with a good show of reason, that Judge Bartcn did not expect to win, but that : i tho event of Senator Smoot losing hi., seat, his candidacy now would placo him in the front of the lino of those who might wish to step into Senator Smoot's shoes That is about tho only reasonable explanation of Judge Bartch's candidacy at this time. It Is not, however, a very satisfactory explanation, either, because there is and has been ever since Utah had any senators a very definite understanding understand-ing that one of the senators would bo a Gentllo and tho other a Mormon. In tho remote contingency that Senator Smoot is ousted, his successor would bo a Mormon, which would shut out Judge Bartch, and beyond question Heher M. Wells would be the leading and the logical man for tho placo. |