Show NOT GUILTY SAYS G C WESTPHAL F Pleasant Grove Man Objects to Appearing on Committee HE SAYS HES BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR SMOOT Charles Charl 1 s Ft Pi Westphal of Pleasant Plesant Grove Gloye objects to being classed with the Smoot Republicans He called The Herald last evening over oer the ling distance phone to voice his protest You published my name in a n list of ot otmen men on a committee named by John JohnQ Q to Senator Smoot The distinguished Pleasant Grover was assured that his Information thus far was accurate Well VeIl Its false and I want you ou to deny it he continued Mr Westphal was assured that the story tory was not false but entirely true He le then explained that he mean meant that he be was not In sympathy with the Inde Independent pendent movement and that Mr MI Critchlow had no right to place him on such uch a committee He added that though hough John Q Critchlow had him a number of letters he had re relied replied replied plied lied to none of them leaving the tho in Inference inference ference that his courtesy was so c m lete that he could not bring himself to o write the cruel words of criticism that hat flew from his lips and stopped there here for fear of ot wounding the tender Critchlow sensibilities When Mr Westphal had thus elm elim elimInated mated the kick from his system he was vas asked Then you are for Smoot No that is riot not J ot right I 1 am un pledged S Further questioning developed Mr position which ma may oe be e de dp defined defined fined as Republican IncidentallY if the Republicans of or Utah county have any doubt about who to nominate for legislator The Heral may maybe be pardoned for tor suggest ins ing ng that there is a a distinguished orna ornament ornament ornament ment to the dental profession In Pleas Pleasant l Pleasant ant Grove who served In the last leg Jeg Je legIslature slature and might be prevailed upon to o make a second sacrifice for his par party party party ty and state Since the announcement or oZ 0 tie the l e Critchlow i is a generally regarded as rather than the Smoot leaders lea es have bave done much quiet chuckling as In the thebe be Beginning there seemed seem to be an actual Independent movement 11 Ii progress within the Republican party The com corn committee committee is i scheduled to meet next Sat Saturday Saturday Saturday and arid issue a call caU for tor a mass con convention of ot Republicans f t be held dur during lug ing ng conference The lea lers of tho the faction believe it ib is I said that tha t at this time the city will be bd full of men mn who are bitterly opposed to Apostle Smoot Meanwhile the molt Smoot t leaders who have hae succeeded In some unexplained way in packing the inde independent Independent Independent pendent committee with Smoot men loen are not looking forward to the mass nass convention during conference WI l any an manifest dread S |