Show 4 1 SMOOT KEARNS JOINT Proposal of Re Rejected Rejected Rejected by Sena Senator tar tor LATTER SPEAKS OUT HOTLY HOTL Vi SAYS SUGGESTION IS TOO AB ABSURD SURD SU RD TO NOTICE v The possibility of a sensational forensic encounter between Senator Reed and Thomas Kearns former senator had iatI politicians last night fairly dancing interest and excitement For be known It k own that Senator Kearns formally challenged challenge t Senator Smoot to a joint debate first intimation of the challenge was car carried carried ried ned to Senator Smoot by a Herald representative last night and the senator as aa was undoubtedly expected more or less lesa respectfully declined The rho challenge fol for lows Kearns to Smoot Salt Lake City Caty Utah Public announcement has been mada made and public expectation aroused that you ou intend to discuss the local political situa tion at the Salt Lake theatre on the night nigh of Tuesday Oct 30 1906 1900 In the same theatre last Thursday night your colleague in your our presence preseD r attempted to convince the public that a a dead president of your our church the vener venerated venerated venerated Lorenzo Snow sold a United States and that I was the buyer of oC that exalted seat uIn In defense of that dead mans mem memory memory ory or I hereby challenge you to divide tima with me rae in your meeting tomorrow night and to make this proposition as wide as you may ma desire I offer to debate with you as to whether President Lorenzo Snow the head of the church of which you OU are an apostle ever sold a senator ship hip to me or to anyone an one else and as to whether as a 3 senator or in any other ca capacity capacity capacity in public life I betrayed the in interests Interests ir of my m constituency or Injured Utah In the esteem of mankind If for any an reason you do not desire to divide time with me at the Salt Lake the theatre theatre theatre atre on Tuesday night for a consideration of the issue raised by yourself and your our colleague in your presence I hereby chal lenge you to a joint debate upon the questions named the arrangements for such debate to be made by b the chairmen of the American and Republican organ in this state THOMAS KEARNS I AR S Salt Lake City Cit Oct 29 1906 G Smoot to Kearns When llen he hc was shown the challenge last night Senator Smoot rood road It over Oyer with great care At first he did not care t lie be quoted regarding it t but finally he heI If O Oh said saidI I have h re had no o official 1 notice of the challenge I will win say sa however that it is ig isso isso so absurd that it is not worthy worth of or consid consideration ration As far tar as any an line of thought tho I r Imay rma may ma express tomorrow night is concerned nobody knows what I shall say sav sa not ev n myself m self Congressman Littlefield will wUl ba be here to speak and he is entitled to all the time he needs It is his meeting It Tt is absurd to think of having Tom Kearns on the same platform with Congressman Littlefield The suggestion of a joint do dlO debate bate with Tom Kearns is an absurdity I will pay pa no more attention to this chal lenge than I would pay to a challenge from any other man of his well known character or lack x of it KING SPEAKS AT LOGAN Discusses Church Influence e and An Answers Answers Answers Congressman Littlefield Special to The Herald Herold Logan Oct 29 Judge King made one ona of the greatest speeches ever eyer heard in the county here tonight He not only answered Congressman Littlefield but hit hi out straight from the shoulder on the church Interference question and his au enthusiastically applauded him Aquila presided at the meeting and after a brief address by b State Sena tor Barber Judge King was introduced In opening he alluded to the Agricultural ral nil college matter indicating himself to Ia be In favor faor of consolidation but in Lo Logan Logan Logan gan as the moral atmosphere is much better suited to students than that of oC Salt Lake City Answering Congressman Littlefield he said he was disgusted with the sickening nauseating stuff about b be being i ing with the majority and holding up the tha presidents hands pointing out that where beneficial legislation was concerned the tho Democratic minority had to uphold l hands Dont vote against Powers because ho lie is a Gentile but vote your our honest ical convictions convi Dont pay heed to the words wor s of such spineless degenerates as A Milton Musser who Is more of a Musser Musse than a Milton and more of an ass than either he said and the house fairly screamed One young man fell from hia seat with a crash the chair giving Way Tray beneath him Never Neve mind said the tho speaker that a marker to the fall fail the Republicans are going to get in a ao afew afew few days da s They are sitting upon a chair that is much more unsafe than that one because for years they the have been at attempting attempting attempting tempting to make a secure political seat out of religious influence but it ft t 13 is crumbling to pieces And the screamed again a in After the tile house recovered its composure Mr lIr King waded into the Republicans in great shape hape on the church influence ques question Question question tion He recalled their practices of years ago mentioning the Nuggets of Truth Frank Cannons recommend M F Cowleys Cowles electioneering ring methods in Idaho and said s id that a Democratic victory victor held out Dut the hone hODe that the dominant church would not longer made a football of for forthe forthe forthe the use of the Republican party He did not charge the tile church leaders with active participation in polities p but said that mis miserable miserable miserable erable little Gentile and Mormon had conspired to drag dra the church into politics polities to advance their own Interests He charged O 0 J J Salisbury with attempting to do that very thing in order to secure for himself a seat scat in the tile United States senate A M 11 Musser was held un UD to ridicule during durin his entire speech and the more biting the sarcasm the louder the house applauded POWERS AT SALINA Special to The Herald Salina SaUna Oct 29 Judge Powers Demo Democratic cratic cratie era tic nominee nominee for congressman and arid H IL HN HN N Hayes of Richfield spoke on the issues issue of or the campaign here tonight The Tile hall hail hallwas hallwas was crowded to the doors and was ex ox extremely extremely enthusiastic Judge Jud Powers spoke for an hour and a half He was listened to with the closest attention and was tas Ire fre frequently re applauded 1 Political Notes Secretary John E Clark of the Demo Democratic Democratic cratic state committee was hilarious yes yesterday Ye yesterday over tho th reports that came Cime in from outside counties Mr Clark will Continued Contin on Page 2 4 5 JOINT DEBATE Continued from Page T 1 keep right on working until election day da 1 but he lie and Chairman Martineau are sat satisfied satisfied satisfied that the people are preparing a tremendous rebuke for the Smoot ma machine ma maThe machine chine The Democratic workers will be ba busy with the registration regi today Chairman Ch irman Cunningham expects to have haye the names of all the unregistered Democrats on the tao t c cUsta lists Usta before the registration offices of close this evening at 9 There was much merriment in Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic circles over oyer some figures printed in bold bolt type on the front page of o tho the rooming morning Smoot organ yesterday The au author author thor of the figures said that if the Re He RepUblicans publicans had Imd gotten 2000 more votes a year ear ago ao ago they the would have hae had in instead instead instead stead of ot which was very interesting It also said in effect that if the Republicans get enough votes this year ear they the will have a chance to win The confes confession confession sion of weakness was as surprising as asit asit asit it was amusing Joseph Monson Ionson nominee for the house on the Democratic ticket in Cache coun county count county ty t and one of the best known of the this northern politicians was in Salt Lake Lak yesterday ye on his way wa home homo from Mont tont peller Ida where he has as been on busi business business business ness Mr 11 Monson said that the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic prospects in Cache are of the brightest A 1 the tIle Musser letters and andall anda andall all a the Deseret News vindications of the Smoot machine will not shake the loyal 10 al Mormon ormon Democrats of Cache county count or cause them to swerve a hair from their th ir honest political convictions It is my m judgment that Cache county count will return a Democratic Dt majority this year ear ho he hI added |