| Show JESSE KNIGHT SUPPORTS HIS j SONS CANDIDACY AND TELLS FACTS ABOUT SENATOR SMOOT Special to The Herald Herld Provo Nov Nox 2 Uncle Jesse esse Knight made a notable speech here tonight be before before before fore the Ladles Ladies Democratic club Mr Knight gave a glimpse of history per pertaining taming to Senator Smoot from Utah Ut Ladles Ladies and Gentlemen I hope hoe I will make the most of you or all al hear the few words that I 1 have to sy say ay this even evenIng evenIng evening Ing There Is no need for me to make m e ean an apology you know that I am no political speaker have never made mado any pretense of being a speaker speer but I could not refuse this invitation on account of o oit its it being the te ladles ladies who Invited me I have refused to go and try tr to do any anything anything anything thing in the way of speaking or say aay sayIng sayIng Ing ng anything In favor of the tobe until the ladles ladies lales invited me Of Ot Otc course c urse I could not refuse them Now In the first place I 1 would to te say something In favor of the next net Governor J William Knight Knight He has been criticised by the Republican par party p party ty t as a you OU all al know as a well el as a by hy the te papers paper because he has the misfortune to have haven a little money They Tey have seen fit ft to had find f d fault with wih him and say that his money was wa the only thing he had to take him through trough But that tat It needed brains brins as a well wel as money A great gret many may I things of o this kind we hear from the Republican party and from men whom I would not think tink would mention menton such things tings In the te first place I 1 want to tell tel you that tat Will WI Knight did not put himself up for this position as aa some Republicans have done but ut accepted rather than tha see the Democratic party go down to defeat as it I looked as though it might do because they tey could not find anyone to accept a ept the te nomina nomination nomination tion ton after I 1 refused in the first rt place and arid John ohn Dern Der refused refuse In the te second placed end and en the Lord Lor knows how many In the te third place Now one thing ting I thought I would mention tonight tonight I have heard hear it from froma a umber number of ot sources sources but hut I think It started from the Republican party part and andI I 1 have heard also that It was started by some of the officials around the bank corner comer up here It I has been be n reported by a good many that if Will WI accepted the nomination he would move to Salt Lake Le City and take all al our business up there They Tey have been telling around arund town tow Just such yarns yams as that tat yarns yams without any ary foundation Now Kow I 1 want to say to you that tat none of his business or City mine either eiter will wl ever go to Salt Sat Lake As A I said sid I am in hi a position poston to know that tat none of ot our business will go to Salt Sl Lake City I 1 moved to this thi town of o Provo on In e account of this university here being the te best school schol in the world te That school has h helped me raise Ise my m children and I expect it will ad wI help helD me merise raise rise my grandchildren and therefore you need have no worry but that tat Will WI will come back In four tour years yeam Year He has already told tod me that he would old pot ac accept accept accept the nomination for another an ther four tour years for or anything He Is not a poll poli and I know knoy he will not want an another another another other term ter If I he does d s refuse to vote for him for another four fou years yer Now supposing ladles ladies on the te other hand that you did not not tor Senator Smoot and ald you voted the Democratic te ticket the te chances are ae that ta he would be defeated and out of a job and ad to get a anew anew anew new Job he would have to open aDen the woolen olen mills here her In Provo that are ar te i closed By the te way I want to toSY say that tat I am not speaking altogether for tor J 3 W TV Knight Knight I know kow all al the te candidates and they th t y are ar all aU Democrats And Ad I tIow know tat t t you all al mean to vote for them I want It ant to say sy another anoter thing in regard to tote te woolen mills A few tew mIs years ago wool on an account of hl high tariff un no td II U It I was w 2 25 cents centa nl a pound C nd While t wool Stool I i was wa so high they the had to shut the woolen mills mis down You cant blame them tem for that If they were not making any ay money Of course they may have had other reasons for tor closing down the te mill mm mme The e superintendent said to me When wool goes down dow to 14 1 cents cent we are go ing to start st up again I said then ten that for tor the te good of Provo and the hundreds of ot people who depended on the mills mis for their living it should not be closed long Now it I was not very long after ater this be fore tore wool was down to 14 1 cents cent and I looked for tor the te mills mis to start str UD un then ten but they the did not start About this time I 1 got word from Governor Cutler Cuter that he wanted to see sec me He wanted to know kow if It I could help them out in start str Ing up UD the mill mi I 1 told him I would make a good god liberal donation donaton if i they would start them up He said Why hy not take some stock In It i 7 I 1 said I did not want any stock stok In It I under the pres present present present ent management management But that I would do anything in reason reon to help providing they tey would start str them UD un as I was wa very ver anxious anious as you OU know to see some of ot the people here her employed I have haye been wondering since why It I did not start up I did all al they asked me rue to doand do ad it I did not start Since then I have been wondering again and andam andam andam am wondering still if U they are ar not try ing and have not been b en trying tring to force try out out some of the little stockholders stockholder I Iam Iam Iam am very suspicious in business ver and I 1 Iwas Iwas was Just wondering Then supposing again agin that tat Senator Smoot was of ot the woolen mills mis All l who I worked for him would have to vote the vot Republican ticket The he way I 1 understood it as a long as the factory factor runs the te hands hads all al voted the Republican ticket You people who worked there thre now no you yo you voted yourselves c out of a Job entirely ent b Now No I r believe beleve that I 1 can cn point out a a way whereby if you will wi vote the te Demo Democratic cratic ticket straight all al the te way through you will wi get gt your jobs back back And I 1 think I can cn show you good rea reasons reasons reaSons sons why you OU should do so Suppose Senator Smoot should go back bac to Wash inton for h sh sIT Runt sunDe p I I that the woolen mills mis stock should go gc godown godown down It Is down to 30 cents cent now and nobody wants It at that suppose It went to 10 cents and he would be away out there In Washington busy of or course coure and some outsider would get the stock at 10 cents Now NO If you dont send hint him back there he wIlt will wi be here and ad see to I It Then If it does go godown godow godown down dow to 10 cents cent he will wi get It it So I thing the only ony thing you can do is to t tee tsee see ee that th t he go g back bak there tere So in the event of the stock going down to 10 cents he will wi save the American party from getting it ft I Now I 1 would not have thought of mentioning what I am about to speak k of but I think the thing that started It I was what whal they said about losing me and my mv business if It Will went away I have Slave good reasons to know that Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Smoot said sid the following I read In n the paper at Tintic The he first frt money I ever made I 1 put into the Sioux mine and I did not have to ask my father tather either I do not know what Senator Smoot meant ment I do not know whether Will VI was the one he was wa aim aiming aimIng aiming ing at or whether he wanted to make makeever every ever one believe beleve that he did not have to o ask his father tather Of Ot course coure we think tink he le wanted every evel one to know he did not have to ask his father ater He said sid that and I can prove It I There Is one thing that I 1 am going ging to mention menton here her I 1 think I am the most overrated man in the state tte of Utah Uth and I think tInk that Senator Smoot Is the thenet I net nest and I dont think I will wi say sa a I word here tonight but that Is absolutely J true re and I know knoW this Is true It I has hs been said aid by some of the big Republican gns guns gAna who are traveling over oer the state that tat it needs needa something more than money that it needs nees brains brIns for offices It I has been said sid also that a aman aman aman man did not need any brains brain In the them m mining business That Is a business that dost require any brains brins the taking of money out of o the ground gound I Iam Iam Iam am ot disputing It at all aU but I think it referred to myself because that tat has been my business for tor the te last twenty five years ye r When I refused the nom nomination nomination it was ample proof that I did not think I was brainy briny enough to be governor of Utah That should have satisfied the Republican leaders leder when I myself thought I 1 did not have hao brains brins enough for the te office sw su 5 that tat It does not seem necessary for a senator of a the United States to trouble truble himself himsel and the people of the te state with wIh what 1 myself had already aready confessed So far faras fara faras as a J 3 William Wilam Knight is concerned he heIs heIs heis Is the right kind of a man for gover goer governor governor nor He Re Is not hankered with the gaining of money like others other He is not hankered with wih seeking office and I does not owe any man a dollar dollarI dola I II I have heard her some people whom I 1 Iam Iam am well w U acquainted with wih I have hae known for tor many years tell teU about when they were small smal they knew that when wh n they grew gew up they would be superintendent superintendent of some big institution some someday someday someday day I have heard some people tell teU this until it rang In my ears ear like a song You ou have heard this yourselves s and he tells teUs everybody about it It Now the first money I knew him to make un understand understand I 1 I know this the first frt money he ever made was vas made by giving or orders orders orders ders on the Coop so 80 that his workers could not trade anywhere else Then once a month he would woul go g around and draw ten per cent on account of giving giving ing lug the people these store orders order Of course I do not know what he did with the ten per cent I dont care ere anything about that that but this was the te first money I 1 ever knew him to make Of that I Iam Iam am am at sure sur and I have known him about as long as a anybody else I bought the Coop Cop store and after I bough Jt It he wanted me to give him ten per p l r sending customers there tere I tol would not be b a party in that k I business He said Mid he would go to som other store and give his orders I said saidI sl slI I did not care but that I would not be bea a party in n that kind of a transaction and take some somo poor mans wages wages You I see he got the tho commission on every ever ones orders that went there Now No there are different kinds of brains brins and I am very ver glad I have not raised a son that has brain I a brIn a de depraved prayed brain brin that wants money badly enough to get et it I in that kind of ot a way I read in the paper tonight that tat the only recommendation that Will 1 has hac is his big Ils money I want to tell tel you that he lie has a brain brin and an honest one and I want to say that If It you vote for him It t wont do any harm har to Provo I thank hank you ou Chairman Giles Gies called caled the meeting to order and Introduced Mrs Ir E E R H R Beebe Bebe president of or the te Ladles Ladies Democratic club of or Provo POyo as chairman of o the meet meetIng meeting Ing ng The other oter speaker of the evening was wa J L 1 Rawlins who made a very ver able speech on national and local poll tics This Is the greatest demonstration tion ion that the Democratic party vry has seen In t n Utah Uth county It I looks as though J 3 JW W In this Knight county will wi have a 1000 majority |
