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Show SM00T CAN SEE IT. ,Fnr bo It from Tho Tribune to cast upon any man reflections unmarked by the gentle and limpid trickllngs of truth, and least of all upon the Honorable Hon-orable Junior Senator from Utah. The Tribune haB no right to judge Anll Cnnnf V.r tUn . nr. r. . . l. keeps, yet It feels inclined to inquire why Senator Smoot should choose as his friends such subterranean workers In politics as George Sutherland and "Fiissy" Jimmy Anderson, .when he might have cultivated such valiant and open lighters In the arena of politics as Hebcr M. Wells and James T. Hammond? Ham-mond? It has been said that "fools step-in where angels fear to tread," and while It Is not the purpose to charge the editor edi-tor of the Descret News with being an angel, the fact cannot bo Ignored that he has gono out of Its way to show that Senator Smoot did not use church lnfluenco to nomlnato John C. Cutler for Governor. Why the News should take such an interest in defending Senator Smoot when It protends to be a Democratic newspaper and Senator Smoot is sup posed to be a Republican does not appear ap-pear to the ordinary intellect. But there must be reasons for this unusual procedure. Tho Trlbuno has no personal animus against Senator Smoot, but as the would-bo political dictator of Utah, It feels it incumbent to say a word or two in behalf of the Republican party. It Is expected that this would be a rather dreary world If we were all alike; and no one will deny that Utah would bo an undesirable State to live in, If it were largely Inhabited by Smoots. But why does thc Deseret News rush to the defense of Smoot? Is It because the News is Democratic and Smoot Is Republican? No, hardly that. Is it bjecause Smoot advocates tho election of John C. Cutler and tho News doesn't? No, hardly that. Is it because the News and Smoot arc allied in business? No, It Is hardly that. Is it because the editor of the News believes In polygamy and Smoot doesn't? No, It Is hardly that. Odds zounds, gadzooks, and perhaps hully gee! Then what Is it that causes this interest of tho News in Senator Smoot? What is the tie that binds these two together whose views arc so diametrically opposite In politics, In business and In matrimony? Of course it couldn't be church influence, in-fluence, because Editor Penrose has de nied that, and It Isn't likely that Editor Edi-tor Penrose would distort the truth about a little matter like that. Yet when we realize that Apostle Penrose and Apostle Smoot find grounds for mutual Ideas and interests, will any one deny that church influence in-fluence may have had something to do with the defense of Apostle Smoot by Apostle Penrose, and may explain why Apostle Penrose cannot sec any church Influence in the nomination of John C. Cutler by Apostle Smoot. Apostle Smoot isn't blind he can see it. |