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Show II CUTLER 1$ CANDIDATE: Waits Brother Smoot to BeCovernw. Plain Duty Pointed Out to Him and He Couid Not Decline. Is -Not Quite Cortain Whether His Brother, T. Pv., or Apostle Smoot Is Running. West Jordan Courant: Everybody appreciates ap-preciates the dellcato position of Brother Cutlor, Upon his own motion ho would never run for any offlco. Ho Is not a sprinter. Ho !s Just a plain business man, willing to mako an honest dollar If ho can, and perhaps la 'a trlllo frigid around tho edges, ns a man who sells blankets hn3 a right to be. And In, any other Stato but Utah, tho rights of a citlzon are entitled to respect, without regard to tho bishop of his ward or of his previous condition of religious servitude. Brothor Cutler really never wished to be Governor or to run for that offlco. but when Brothor Smoot brought him a letter from Box B, and told him that Utah was growing upon weeds and dandelions, dan-delions, for lack of n business administration, admin-istration, ho saw at onco the utter futility fu-tility of refusing to take the Job and also tho absolute necessity of reform In tho State administration. Brother Cutler knows when ho gets a bump on tho head Just as well as tho next man. Ho felt sorry for Wells, but what clso could ho Uo? Feared Slump in Blankets. Havlni; decided to accept tho nomination, nomina-tion, after Brothor Smoot had pointed out to hlrn the probable Hlump In tho blanket business If ho Ehould refuse, Brother Culler looked about to aeo what ho ought to do. It was apparent to him that Brother Smith wished Brother Smoot to run tho politics of Utah, and to administer the affairs of tho Stato, and whllo Brother Cutler doesn't pride hlm-telf hlm-telf very much on hl3 political sagacity, ho realized that It wouldn't bo proper for Brother Smoot to ruri for Govornor be-foro be-foro ho wns expelled from tho United i States Senate. So Brothor Cutler Is a candldato to please Brother Smoot. He believes Brother Broth-er Smoot will mako a good Governor. He doesn't care anything about tho troubles of Brother Spry, or about all this commotion commo-tion over church Influence, becauso he knew tho chUrch wouldn't Influenco him to do anything tlmt tho church didn't want done. Could any good Mormon decline de-cline to carry out the wishes of tho church after Brother Smoot had explained what thoso wishes were? Not one. These few facts ..explain why Brother Cutlor Is running for Governor of Utah. He feels that tho voters are Justified In voting for him to elect Brother Smoot. If nny othpr man should get tho votes. Brother Smoot would have to go away back and sit down. And nobody wants Brother Smoot to do that. Tho citizens of Utah havo becomo so accustomed to seeing see-ing Brother Smoot pushing and crowding to get Into tho front row, that thoy would miss him If he should gradually sink Into the depths of obscurity where he belongs. Brother Cutler couldn't permit that so ho plays dummy for Smoot, oven If ho doesn't enjoy it. Not Certain of Status. Then, as a matter of truth, Brother Cutler Cut-ler docs not know positively whether It Is his. brother or Smoot who Is running, and under tho circumstances, It Is not strango that this enthusiasm haa not thawed the Icicles In his disposition. But Brother Cutler Is for Smoot, and ho believes that he Is doing a stunt In martyrdom In receiving re-ceiving all the smites that ho knows aro Intended for Smoot. Still, martyrdom is rather tiresome when It lasts through a whole campaign, and the smites for Smoot grow painful when they becomo too frequent, fre-quent, nnd at these critical stages of tho gamo. Brother Cutler feels that It would be bettor, after all, to llvo up to tho privilege privi-lege of tho secret ballot and voto tho American ticket Many intelligent Mormons Mor-mons have decided to voto that way, and nobody can provo It on them That's where tho laugh Is on Brother Smoot. The secret ballot is a good thing. Try It and sec. |