| Show pEACE WITH HONOR Senator Smoots friends and newspaper per supporters do not take kindly to the suggestion that he retire from political leadership at the end of his senatorial term They say with every appearance of sincerity hat hia hl hI retirement would be taken as a surrender to the men who sought to unseat him that his retire retirement retirement ment would not bring bing peace to Utah that there can be no peace so long as the Kearns faction of the Republican party maintains the attitude it does 4 The Herald has pressed expressed e the hope that Senator Sem tor Smoot will not ba b a can candidate candidate candidate for reelection because it be believes believes believes his continuance in that office means a continuance of ot the animosities and guerilla politics which have dis ills distracted distracted the state made enemies of ot neighbors discredited Utah abroad abro d and retarded its progress at home immeasurably Immeasurably Immeasurably It must be plain that The Her Heralds aids position is based only on regard for the welfare of ot the state since the Smoot schism in the Republican party means if continued the Inevitable in tri triumph triumph tn of lr if the Democratic party If party part considerations alone were involved no Democrat would ask for more effective help than dissension among the Republicans Republican Beans lican But no Democrat worthy of the name wants to win party success at the price that must be paid If it the Smoot Kearns earns fight is to be carried on Indefinitely and every good citizen of ot what whatever whatever whatever ever party part Is sincerely anxious to end the th feud restore politics to legitimate party lines eliminate the factionists and let tet the th state resume the march of ot progress which It had begun when the Republican split stopped it f I Lest there be any mistake The Her Herald ald Jd repeats that it has never questioned the tha legal right of Apostle Smoot to hold bold holdy any y political office to which he may as aspire aspire aspire pire It has a high regard for tor his char character acter as an Individual l it believes his religious convictions have no part In any discussion of ot his civil qualifications for or office But following the attitude of ot the Democratic party The Herald has opposed the election of any high ecclesiastic to the senate of ot the United States and it believes the of ot Sen Senator Senator ator alor Smoots election has proved the wisdom wi dom of or the Democratic po position I to Senator Smoots followers toll ers the men who ho depend upon his personality to fur furnish furnish furnish nish them political capital assume me that the entire strength of ot the American party Is represented by the leaders of or I that party and a d that Smoots retirement would make no change in the political J situation as affected by the American movement Therein we think lies the gist of the whole question If It Senator Smoots re no retirement retirement would end the feud permit the realignment of parties panties on party part lines stop the defamation of the state by its itson it own on citizens and restore peace to Utah then It St is plainly the thee duty of Senator I to sacrifice his personal ambi ambition ambition ambition tion for the th welfare of ot the state I An analysis of ot the American par tys strength by an unprejudiced ob observer observer observer server will show that a very large pro proportion proportion proportion portion of or the voters O rs who support the theS S American organization have little t sympathy with Its leaders ers and no sym gym sympathy pathy whatever r r i ui Its Us t administration 4 JI Of ot city the only onty place pl ce where Us lis liscon concrete con rete workings offer any a y chance of judgment i The men metia and d women wo en who ho give the American Am movement its real strength are those who bo take tak little part in its party caucuses or conventions whose wishes are ar not consulted consulted In lii appoint appointments appointments appointments ments Whose v os vote is solely a vote ote of ot protest against the elevation of or an in apo tIe tle to the th senate s nate Nor are these prot protestants prote e tant confined to non Mormons as the theve vote ve v te In the last city election shows plainly Some of ot the strongest Mormon dis districts districts districts in the city gave Bransford a ma majority majority majority his total vote rote almost almost equalling that tha of ot both bottI other candidates shows h that an astonishing number of ot Mor Mormons Mormons mons voted for Bransford Only one construction can be I given such a result many Mormons are opposed to the pres presence presence presence ence of an apostle in politics as a can candidate candidate candidate for office And that this is is not mere conjecture some ome of ot the most ac active active active tive of ot Senator Smoots Snoots opponents opponent with within in party lines are men of ot his faith t ith men who are his personal pers nal friends actuated by the sincerest motives It is not to be expected that men like Callister and Spry and Booth and others of the federal office holders who owe hwe their appointment to Smoot will acqui acquiesce esce asce In the request for fr his retirement His name and position are their main mainstay mainstay mainstay stay in politics his retirement followed by a reorganization of ot the Republican party might mean their retirement They have less desire for peace in Utah and the restoration ot of legitimate poli poll politics politics tics than they have for the retention of office and control of their party But the rank and file of ot the Republican Republican Republican lican party untrammeled by such con considerations would gladly nee ee the long warfare ended Many of them are bear bearing bearIng bearing ing the burden of incessant attack on a faith which is dearer to them than any mans personal preferment they have yearned for peace long years and seen fleen it realized for a brief period only to see seethe seethe seethe the battle renewed with alt all the old bit bitterness bitterness bitterness and heartaches and loss until they are weary of ft it sk ik It might be hard for Senator Smoot to tolay tolay tolay lay down his political honors and have men say he he quit under fire It would be bea I a sacrifice orifice sa for any man to give up such fluch preferment as he has won under such difficult circumstances But would any really big man hesitate to make the sac sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice when it would bring honor to his name and peace pice p ce with honor to his peo people people pie It be a greater victory for him than any he could win in the political field Can he afford not to tomake tomake tomake make the sacrifice Two things only hold the American party together the spoils of office and the prospect that Senator Smoot will wilt be bea beL bea a L candidate for reelection In office the Americans are already discredited their administration Is a hopeless fail failure ure so hopeless that they can never win another city election on their rec record record ord in office The announcement that Senator Smoot will wilt not be a candidate for reelection would be followed imme immediately Immediately immediately by the disintegration of the American party Its might still try to keep up the fight the theoffice theoffice theoffice office holders might make male a desperate effort to retain spoils but the real strength of the party would be gone egotism of the t e theatrical theatric t profession prompted that utterance The dramatic pram tlc critic cri ic has bas been an established est b fished Institution for some hundreds of ot years vears He fills a necessary and an im lm important Important niche He stands between bet en the public and the producing manager His mission is to shield the public from the theatrical al bunco The managing man authorities a s of our daily dally newspapers l w papers are areas areas areas as competent to judge judg the abilities of a Is Miss or any mem member member ber b r of her profession The critic who is incompetent in nt or ot r dis die dishonest dishonest honest cannot long retain his position nor can the critic who makes make no effort to instruct as aswell well as to protect his pub public public lic lie His influence on the whole Is for tor good He is a valuable aid ald to the the theatrical profession too for If It he lie were not there to keep the actors their work their methods would become slip slipshod sli slipshod shod beyond endurance |
