| Show PITTSBURG PEOPLE DO NOT WANT SMOOT TO SPEAK I Protest Against Action of f Americus Club PRESS IS WITH CITIZENS Invitation to t Apostle to Attend Banquet May Be Recalled Gazette in Objecting Says TTtahn ins No Rank as Statesman and t Newcomer on Public Stage i I I IRfBUE SPECIAL PUtsburg Pa March tiLoml pro ttats wero miulo In this city today over the action ot the Amerlcus club In Inviting Invit-ing Aposllo Rood Sinoot of Utah to speak at their banquet April 27th on the occasion occa-sion of Grunts birthday Iho ministers take the lead In the mattur but Pitts burg papers comment adversely on tho proposition JvXPUBSSES CENKIlAfi SENTIMENT I Ruv K C Uylles utterances fairly represent rep-resent the general sentiment lie SI SIt S-It Ls a disgrace to the city to ask him to do such a thIngS I think the Christian Chris-tian people of Pittsburgh without regard to denomination should protest NO HANK AS STATESMAN fhe Plttsburg Gazette peaklng editorially I editor-ially Bays among other tiling In object lug that Smoot la a newcomer on theta the-ta c of national affairs has Jio rani ui i a sUitesnin antI Is positively without celebrity of any kind as regards public society lie would be quite obscure except ex-cept for his notoriety as a Mormon elder MAY WITHDRAW INVITATION I It is I JntlmUed hero that the Invitation to Smoot will be withdrawn otherwise I Il hi probublo that the prominent public I men invited to speak or be present will t decline President rain wright Jr of the club says It would be unfortunate to offend public taste or the ministers I i PROTEST AGAINST UTAtlN The National HefoVinYiiifloelallori met today In Pltlsburg and protested against the scaling of Smoot They arc making 7ilans to luivo him unseated at tho next session |
