| Show ASSURE SENATOR SMOOT OF THEIR CO clare cIare Lack of Credence in Misinterpretation Placed on ii f Sp Speech ech at Ogden I 1 Se 1 13 tor Heed Smoot said In tho the recent cen campaign about Woodrow w WIl Wil- 11 un ii and pensions having haYing been e ted it'd nn and misunderstood b by Iy SOI somo orne O McKean laxwell post No 1 I. I of ot Utah Grand rand Arm Army of ot tho the last la t. t night adopted n i ions tons the tho senator that the vet- vet rans gave c no credence to the reports and plc pledging him their Confidence onCi ence These resolutions follow tollow Jf Whereas A garbled x of ot a sentence In a speech delivered b by Senator Heed Smoot at nt Ogden In Inthe Inthe the tho course of ot the recent political campaign Is calculated to misrepresent s sent rt the senators senator's position In relation relation rela rela- tion tion to the defenders of or the countr country coun- coun try tr and to discredit his patriotism patriot patriot- Ism Resolved That tho the adjutant Is la hereby thereby V Instructed to assure tho senator that the th comrades of or Max Max- McKean twell-McKean post No 1 I department department depart depart- ment of ot Utah G. G A. A R. R never for a gave credence to the report report report re- re port and that we will do our UtI ut utmost ut- ut I most to combat It among his con con- J Smoot Writes Write rite L Letter That what he said had he been on misun- misun camo came to Senator Smoots Smoot's ears md nd he at once wrote a letter to Col tf I. M. M of Salt SaIl Lake stating that i 1 10 was not disparaging pensions paid jy y the government to old soldiers or hose given by Individuals and corpora corpora- Ions Jons to faithful employees What hat he Governor Wilson for tor was becking a pension not from Cram Princeton but ut put from Crom Andrew Carnegie b by whom bo LO had never been employed Senator moots moot's letter to Colonel was cad read to the Grand Arm Army post last night and Is as ns follows 1 leaving lea home I received a aletter aletter letter from an old soldier asking f. f ft me to explain my position on pent pen- pen Jf t ions and enclosed a newspaper ri clipping In which It Is reported that I I said In a speech delivered at Ogden Og Og- den en that all the difference between drawing a pension and going to the I- I workhouse was In degree de only I V It may bo be that I used that expression expression ex ex- but It was made with particular particular par tar reference to tho the kind of ot pension asked for by Mr Wilson J I should have havo stated te that all the difference between drawing a pension pension pen pen- sion of or that character etc Mr Wilson did not ask a pension of or Princeton university the Institution which had employed ed him so long lont No one ono could have objected to his accepting a pension from Crom rein that source but he asked for a pension from an Institution founded by b Andrew Andrew Andrew An An- drew Carnegie and for or whom he had never boon employed d a a. single day It Is ridiculous to compare that kind o of pension with a n. penion pension pen pen- sion ion granted by our government go to toa toa a 11 soldier or a u pension grunted granted an employee lo eo o of a n. corporation who has given gl the better part P of or his life and andall andall andall all his energy encl to Its advancement Granted Not ot The Thc soldier does not ask an In Individual individual In- In for a pension but tho the government government gov gov- OY- OY V that ho he offered his life 1113 to ta perpetuate grants him him a pension as ns asa asa a partial recognition of his loyal 1131 and patriotic services The corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion grants Its employee a pension as a reward for long and faithful service er If It an employee of ot a corporation corporation cor car after retiring made application application ap ap- ap- ap to some wealthy wealth Individual ual In no na way connected with him for fOI a a. pension to keep him for or tho the remainder o of his life there would be very little difference between that kind of ot pension and being cared for in a workhouse Tho The only difference would be In degree decree as I stated The action of or the tho Carnegie Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation In arranging a pension for future Presidents cx received scant courtesy courtes from men mon In public life Many Maul congressmen and senators expressed themselves In no uncertain thin tain terms n against such a proposition tion and some went so far as to toa toay say a ay It was as a piece of Impudence ence on Carnegie's part to suggest such sucha a thing and a n reflection on the people people peo peo- plo of the tho United States that It should be even considered Speaker Speak Speak- er or Clark said Bald That is- is something that I dont don't want to talk about I dont don't think that It Is worth talking about I think that any former formel President President President dent of ot tho the United States would r rp- rp such a gratuity as beneath tho the dignity of ot one who filled tilled that great reat office The Idea MOil of or a former PresIdent President Pres Pres- ident blent of ot the United States stoopIng stooping stoop- stoop In Ing to accept an annuity from a private corporation as If the people peo plo pIe of the United States were not notable notable notable able to take caro care of those whom the they have havo honored with election to tho the presidency Nobody but hut our government should think of oC making such an offer Honors Paid Senator I have done ever everything I could since i I have been a member of the United States tes Senate for fOI the old soldiers I am proud proul of or the fact that nearly every even old soldier In tYtis country countr knows kno of or It This was made mado manifest when I was elected an nn honorary m member of th the Burgesses corps corp of or Albany N. N Y the tho oldest veteran military organization In Inthe Inthe inthe the United St States tes I was elected to the tho place ma made e vacant b by the death of Admiral Schley I write this letter so you may as asan asan asan an old oIl soldier understand m my position position position tion on the questions of or pensions I am yours ours sincerely HEED S SMOOT In addition Maxwell Ma- Ma well well- post last night elected officers for tor the ensuing ensuing en en- suing year and anti adopted resolutions congratulating the board of or education and the tho city superintendent of ot schools for tor their determination to exclude from the schools pupils who refuse to salute the stars and stripes O. O F. F Davis was elected commander of or orthe the tho post Other officers elected were Senior vi vice co commander John Zimmerman Zimmer Zimmer- man Junior vice lee commander A A. L L. Rivers fir Riv ers ors surgeon eon Dr A. A K IC Smith chaplain W. W H II George officer of or tho the da day Frank K Guth quartermaster C C. O. O Farns- Farns Farnsworth arnsworth worth off officer leer of or the guard James P. P Nd Nelson son These officers will be formally In Installed Installed In- In stalled at a meeting meeting- of the post th the first Saturday evening in January |
