Show OFFERS TO I BENNER X I SMITH Governor Cutler Would Make Him Adjutant tant General of the State Guard POLITICS PLAYS ITS PART SMOOT FACTION WOULD PLA PLACA PLACATE CA CATE TE 11 MR R SMITH To r x N Smith has been beon tendered the tant gener pC of the Utah Na National guard by Governor C Cut Cuther her lor but he hue hIlS not yet agreed to ac accept accept it No official statement t th this et ef effect feet hat ha been given out at time the gayer nors office orfice but the story leaked out at atthe atthe the aU city and county building Mr Smith has hag the endor endorsement with several others of time the line officers ot of the guard He was a member of the start staff of Hobor Habor it At Wells VeIl an and en enlIsted enlisted lIsted as a a soldier during the tho Spanish American war Politics in It a Gover Cutler is anxious to secure an adjutant general who will restore bar har harmony many mony in the guard but there Is believed to ho be more morA than that behind the offer made to Mr Smith It is believed to ho bo boan hoan an effort to hold him in line with the Smoot faction oJ oC the Republican party lartY wIth which Governor Cutler is identified fied f Ir Smith Is It a tc for United district t attorney The Smoot fac faction ac actIo tion tIo has slated Hiram 11 Booth for or that place but the th leaders of time the faction wish wisht t to placate Mr Smith The emoluments of the adjutant generalship ur are not large but the place is considered an aim honorary one ammo as well U s oha obe of trust Loyalty Is Doubted Many politicians of the Smoot per suasion feat fear that Mr Ir Smith has le ben n Ings toward the American part purt and it is 15 largely to prevent his defection sad that of his friends that th 11 been tendered him by Governor Cutler It Is claimed that Mr Smith is 18 at an American perty man now hut but that lie he has refrained from joining that party part because of hi U Uke of certain lC rs or of the party It i is also said that his candidacy for tor distrIct attori atton ey has 1185 also deterred him fr m renouncing his lie He publican allegiance The vacancy in the adjutant ship was ag by the resignation or of Acting Adjutant General Genera san who quit eus the armory in renting the guard armory for purposes other othor than military The renting of the armory for the Re banquet Feb 12 was time the fitial straw with Mr Geos Geoghegan |