Show i LEWIS i OF BEAVER 1 t TALKS ABOUT I APOSTlE REED SMOOT i Allegiance to Church Higher Than to Country THREATENS THE GENTILES Fight Upon Senator Will Make Their Life Unpleasant Intimates Seating of Smoot Will Bo Entering Wedge to Election Mormon Mor-mon Senators From Other States TRIBUNE SPECIAL j f New York April lHon A B Le w Is i and William A Ferris oC Milford Utah are at the Hotel Manhattan and will remain in the city for a few daya on business in connection with their wellknown mining interests When approached ap-proached by The Tribune representative representa-tive the Senator from Beaver county thought he could nay nothing of particular par-ticular Interest regarding politics but he still expressed himself pretty freely during the conversation HIS OPINION OP SMOOT What do you think of the fight against Reed Smoot he was asked The impression in Utah is that thore will be no more fuss made over the matter It is all foolishness anyway Smoot was the choice oC fourfifths of the people of the State he Is an able and clean man and not a polygamist How about his higher allegiance to the head of the Mormon church 1 CHURCH IS FIRST Perhaps he has a higher allegiance to the church than to the Government was the answer but who has not some i such allegiance Members of other I churches believe in such things why should not the Mormons KNOWS NOTHING TO FIGHT I I Ilefcrenee was Ti7IfirerfcrrtTiu = alleged I preparations being mwle In the East il by certain organizations to carry on a iclentless and conclusive fight against Smoot and Senator Lewis was asked if lie knew anything about It He said he did not I THREATENS THE GENTILES j Asked if he thought such a fight h might succeed he said he did not think t t It would but that It would result In making life very unpleasant for the i Gentiles in Utah He believed the East j might be aroused to great anger against t Mormonism but he could see no good r Jesuits therefrom Jt NEXT SENATOR J Senator if Reed Smoot is allowed to retain his seat will the Mormons elect Iii a Gentile to be his colleague two years from now 1t tl Most certainly they will I havent the least doubt of It I Who will they elect I It Is too early to predict at this j I time hut any one of the leading candidates I candi-dates may be chosen Thomas Kearns I I McCornick Sutherland Thomas or I iWellswas the reply LEWIS NOT A CANDIDATE Is Senator A B Lewis a candidate yf tor the United States Senate was II asked j k No air said he quickly and em i phatlcally f Senator Lewiss assertion of the intention j in-tention of the Mormons to divide the offlccH was not well maintained later t when he was asked his views regardIng 1 regard-Ing the oftrepeatud claims that the I seating of Smoot would merely bo the entering wedge that Is the purpose of il the church to follow it up with the election of Mormon officials to the Senate Sen-ate from all the far Western States q MILK IN THE COCOANUT His reply was Well why shouldnt i they do that If thoy can Wouldnt j I the Methodists do the same thing if I 1 they could and wouldnt other denominations 1 denom-inations |