Show SENATOR SMOOT SOLD THE STATE STATEs s Utah Promised to Taft in Ex Exchange Exchange Exchange change for Aid of Admin Admi Administration Administration jn in Contest I Special to The Herald Washington D C Oct 28 The he follow followIng Ing appeared In a Washington paper to today toda today day da That Thai an agreement existed be bet tu tv t een the administration and the Mor 1101 Mormons Mormons mons of Utah to deliver the vote of or the church to 10 Judge Tart Taft T ft In November inex change for the influence of tile tilO til adminis administration admInistration In behalf of Senator Smoot In the protracted fight made by b the Utah sen senator senator senator ator to retain his hi seat Is charged by A AE AE AE E Hyde Bye jr a mine owner of Salt Lake City who i in ln Washington for a visit Mr MI Hyde declared Utah to be normally a Democratic state but added that a suggestion of the church that its followers cast their vote ote any particular way wa would be accordingly followed by bJ a unanimous ballot He added however that the at at of the state in the present cam earn campaign campaign Is somewhat doubtful but if in inthe Inthe inthe the closing days of the campaign it is evident that Bryan BIan will be elected or orders ders will go 10 out from the church head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters that the Mormon vote rote te be cast for tor the Nebraskan Mr 11 Hyde did not attempt to reconcile this probability with the reported agree aree agreement ment meat between the administration and the Mormon lormon church at the time of the Smoot Inquiry He accounted for Its ILI attitude however by b declaring It would be a shrewd wd political move moe In that Utah would woula much rather stand in with the party par In power por than merely merel to have a member In the upper house of congress In further discussing the question Mr Ir i Hyde sid hl the Mormon church had to promise the congress of the United i States in order to obtain statehood that the church would not continue Its po political political activity but Its members are backsliders and are playing pla ln the political game as strongly as ever |