Show THE REAL QUESTION Speaking for the friends and political appointees of Senator Smoot the Re ne Republican Republican publican comments at al length on The Heralds suggestion that the senator I tan can an do his state and all its people a ai great reat service by declining to be a can candidate candidate for Cor ro Naturally the Republican argues for the the continuance c n nuance of or Senator Smoots political leadership though expressly disclaiming any knowledge of his intentions for the fu lu future luh future ture h r Among mong other things this spokesman for the office holder says sa s The Her Heralds Heralds Heralds reason is that Senator Smoot is bitterly opposed by b certain men who were formerly recognized as Republicans cans At the same time The Herald states definitely that there is no reason for denying to Senator Smoot the rights other citizens claim and which are conceded to them It does not object to him him as a man It finds no reason against him In the fact that he heis heis heis is a Mormon lormon And it is not very strong in its it position that an apostle should be denied official recognition Its only rea reason reason reason son for begging him not to run again 19 is that he has been bitterly fought by Tom Torn Kearns and certainly will be again subjected to the same attack if he Is I i again a candidate This Thi statement of The Heralds position position position tion is entirely disingenuous The Dem Democratic Democratic position on the election of an apostle to the United States sen senate senate senate ate has been unmistakable tso so has The Heralds The objection to Mr Smoots election has been voiced in Democratic platforms It has been stated by party part speakers It is so 50 plain there can be no honest mistake about it And Am that this position was right has hM been demonstrate demonstrated ed e beyond be ond question by the results It brought If Mr Ir Smoot were not an apostle he would not have been opposed except as a any other man of ot his party would have been opposed There was no thought of ot objecting to Frank J 3 Cannon as a senator or of ot criticising the election of W H King to congress Mr lr Howell has had no trouble If It Mr lr Smoot resigned his lila apostleship he would remove every valid objection to his ac activity activity tivIt as a political l leader le der but since that Is Js unthinkable his retirement from politics offers the only way to peace in inI I itah tan k What Senator earli ight or might mi ht not do is iso known only to himself But itis it itIs itIs Is certain that Senator Smoots retire retirement retirement retirement ment would deprive Senator Kearns and the American party of ot the one rea reason reason son which gives give that party strength st Of t the thousands who voted the Ameri American can an ticket last tall fall a very large ma majority maJorIty rare care little for the personal poUt political pol t ical fortunes of or Senator Kearns or any other man They were recording a pro protest protest test a conviction that high ecclesiastical office and the highest civil chU office should I Inot not be held by the same man Many of them th m a 8 very large larg e proportion P r p O n have no enmity against Senator Smoot or his I church most of at them concede without question any maps mans s right to believe what he ho he pleases pleas s In religion So long tong as Senator Smoot remains ns ap fl apostle p s e Of the church these e honest men anti ana women l J I |