Show I APOLOGIES FOR FORI INTERFERENCE I 4 t Washington Post Host Claims President President President dent Was w Misrepresented p 4 ROOSEVELT QUITS TALKING UTAH UTAH SENATOR HAS BAS l DECLINED TO r MX MAKE MAXE COMMENT C NT 0 Special to t The llo hl HeraM H Her ll WASHINGTON Jan Jan 13 1 This hIS morn mornings Orn vy VV ings s Washington Wa hl So Pot t contains cont Is the following editorial on the Utah Uth senatorial Intimations are made from rom authoritative sources that that President Pr Roosa Roose Roosavelt volt velt lt Is not interfering in the Utah Uth sen son senatorial senatorIal atonal election electon as strongly as he has been represented The Te conclusion may maybe maybe maybe be that some Republicans from Utah Uth or elsewhere have been using the te pres presidents pre presIdents name more mor strongly than they had any warrant t r doing In any event it i will wH be bem made de known kown to Utah Uth Republicans that Mr Ur Roosevelt has not now and never has hus had any ay idea I ea of interfering with wih the senatorial dee elec election eec deetion tion ton He entertains Ideas about the tha election electon as represent represented ed but it I is claimed has not expressed those views with wih the intention that they should i Je e used in a campaign be before before before fore the legislature re The president has ha said quite quie as much within the last day or two to men who wh are entitled nt ted to his confidence on the Utah situation Provable Pr abre Effect The effect of any an declaration by the he president that could be e Interpreted as unfriendly to the Mormons has already been m made e apparent The have the balance balanc of r f power between th two parties partes not rot only in I Utah but also In Idaho while they cast cst a large vote ote In Colorado Colordo and a Wyoming All AJ these thee states states have hae contained c many stalwart friends of Mr Roosevelt and In some of them at least if It not ot in all al he has been more popular possibly than In any other states of or the nation naton It I has been suggested that some political enemy of the presidents pre among poll poli politicians pol has been developing the Ideas he was waTs known to entertain about the thet t I election electon of a prominent Mormon Moron to the senate for the purpose of stirring up i hostility The unfavorable turn to the state statehood statehood statehood hood situation as viewed by residents of the territories of Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma has embittered those people more or less where for formerly formerly formerly merly they the were his most ardent ad admirers Crafty Craf politicians it is thought might be working on such a a situation with wih an Idea of or utilizing quarrels with wih negro politicians in the south aduth s uth in a big bib combination prior to convention time Kearns Is Dumb All Ml Al the principals here concerned in inthe inthe inthe the Utah senatorial situation arc are today standing pat The TIie attention of or Sena Senator Senator Senator tor Kearns was called caled to the article artcle which appeared in this mornings Washington Post Intimating that he had been using the presidents name more strongly than he had any war warrant warrant warrant rant for doing The senator said said he had nothing further to say sa in the sen sea senatorial senatorIal atonal controversy beyond what he had said In the statement he lie gave gae The Herald last week weak la iu which he lie quoted the president Representative Suther Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland land declines to say nay sa anything for pub publication publication Heaton It t Is l stated on reliable authority that President Roosevelt Roosevel dora doea dO 3 not Intend Intend to tosa say nay sa anything more In n reference to the he matter mater than th he has ha already alrea y done he assumption of the Washington Wahington Post article artcle that he had been b e strongly or wrongly quoted by Senator Senat Kearns Kears Is stated to be without foundation Salt Sat Lake Mans Opinion The Washington Star Str this his evening contains an interview with wih Robert S Jackson Jackon of Salt Sal Lake City who says President nt lt message to the politicians of Utah regarding the elec election tion ton of Apostle Smoot will wi be of f lit little littie tie tle te avail avan Smoot believes his choice chice chice as an apostle and his bin forthcoming elec election c lion tion to the senate of the United States is a fulfillment of ot a prophecy by his father and I it would be nothing short of sacrilege for him to decline an election electon when he has ha secured it I and is determined to make every effort eort with within in his power to accept the seat In the enate Senate that he honestly honesty feels he will willbe wi willbe be entitled to |