Show SOUND PRINCIPLES CLEARLY EXPOUNDED Senator Reed Smoot Delivers Strong Address Before Big Provo Audience Special to The an Provo Prove Oct 2 Senator Reed Riled Smoot and Judge Fred A Maynard speaking on en the Issues of ot the th campaign were greeted by b a large crowd In the opera house boWl here last la t evening which paid th the el oNt attention throughout the fhe he two wo and a halt half hours the speakers spent In discussing the promises made madey by y the Republican party Iatt before elec dec elections elections in the past and dwelling upon their fulfillment K hi H Thomas was introduced as I chairman of ot the meeting and Hon Homer who acted for t r the Ladles Republican club under whose hose auspices the e meeting was held Judge Maynard was introduced by b the lie chairman and declared that he was wag wasas all allas as desirous de as ae he knew the audience I Iwas Iwas was to hear har Senator Smoot and would occupy cc Ir but bitt a short time with his re I marj marKs The coming election he declared is or Interest not only to Utah Ct h but buto to o all the country for tor there is no state In the union which has two sen senators senators i hotter better or more favorably known I than han are those from Utah Rapid Advancement 5 Reference Reter nce was made to the phenomenal enal advancement of Senator Smoot In Congress as a senator and Judge May Maynard Maynard Maynerd nard nerd declared that Senator Smoot is isow poti ow recognised recognized as one of or the greatest financial authorities in the country county and that bat upon the retirement of ot Senator AldrIch he h would be at the head of ot the finance committee of ot the Senate Much complimentary mention was made of ot Senator Sutherland and Con Congressman Congre gressman gre man Joseph Howell Howe and the speaker declared that Utah never has hns been een nor ever will be better represented Hefted in Congress than it is today Comparisons were made of ot the crit critIcisms of ot Lincoln with those which are today oday toda made of ot President Taft Tatt and tile the speaker declared the question now is w hether whether or er not the people will remain true rue to the northern civilization civilisation which favors protection and which has brought the country countr to its present state tate of ot advancement or to the civil of ot th the south which advocates tree free ree trade which hail had hia always brought disaster whet when adopted as all a national policy At the opening of 01 the address ll of or Senator Smoot he stated that he lie de di dil sited leed l d to touch briefly upon two ques questions lons which greatly affect Utah and whIch are uppermost in the minds of ot the he people Those These ThA l questions he said should hould be considered by the voter as all great Ireat principles principle which affect not only onty this his state but the people of ot all other states tates Heat nt Tariff Mill mil Senator Smoot declared that the tar itt ff bill just passed is III the best tariff bill ever oe enacted in the United States There are he said some schedules which perhaps need changing and so theY hey will be changed by b the tariff corn com commission mission board If It experience shows that hat the duty on any an article exceeds the he difference between the cost of ot pro production here and abroad and a reason reasonable able abl profit for the capital Invested the theates rates ates will be changed I 1 believe he continued that a anan aman aman man nan who has worked for eighteen hours a day for three and months to acquainted with tar Itt ff conditions is entitled to have his word on the question taken with as all much readiness as a man who vho knows nothing about It except the repeated ravings of ot yellow journals In the Payne bill declared the speaker every ery interest known to Utah Is s protected lie He cited the gypsum industry the promoters of ot which had made appeals for tor lett when they the were launching the new product A duty dut was placed pl ed on the he product and the senator declared he IB had been informed by b the heads of ot the gypsum industry that in no other way wa could they the have shipped the product to the Atlantic seaboard and have hae lave competed with the Imported ar article tide Icle Taking g up the liquor question Sen Senator Senator ator star Smoot declared that he practices temperance and preaches It and that ho he le would like to see the tho liquor trat nc Ic reduced to the minimum He Re called attention to fo the declarations made in Inthe inthe the he resolutions passed by b the Latter day lIay ay Saints conference and stated that he le had voted for lor this resolution and stood tood by It but that prohibition was not mentioned in it nor was prohibition prohIbition prohibition mentioned In any of ot the church rites lies to which reference has been made by b the prohibitionists Method In declaring his desire for lor the tho sup suppression of ot the liquor traffic the sen sea sentor senator ator tor expressed the belief bellet that local op option option tion Ion Is the only successful method of ot dealing with the question Under local option he lie said the people eople who do not want the liquor traffic raffle can tote against It and will willot not ot have It and officers will be elect elected elected elected ed who will enforce the law In the large arge cities where the tho people do not WaRt prohibition a prohibitory law would not be enforced and would not result in the fre t e redaction of ot liquor con but tho the traffic would be conducted In dives and the dives can cannot cannot cannot not be run without boys bos any an more than titan can the saloons God forbid that I should ever eer vote for anything that will put pul temptation in II the way wa of ot a boy but I firmly be believe believe lieve that the by the Democrats will only Increase the evil it seeks to destroy It lt has hns been charged that there was wall wasa walla a deal between the Republican party and the liquor interests two years ago I I declare if It it is ill the last word vord I speak that this charge is false alse |