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Show SMOOTISM IS A MM. THING That's What the Leaders of the Democratic Party Say. BUT HOW ARE THEY 1 TO GET RID OF IT? They Struggled With the Issue Yesterday, but 'Arrived at No Solution. Assuming that tho Lord, acting through his earthly agencies, the hie-rarchs, hie-rarchs, prophets, seers and rovolators, is about to return to kis first loro, and having obtained the permission of tho apostlo-Sonator to commingle and orato during his absence, the church wing of the Democnvtic party, or all that is left of it, attempt ed an outing at Saltair beach Thursday. All told, 500 people, principally Indies, took part in tho auspicious aus-picious event, and many of tho participants partici-pants were strangers within our gates who had gono to tho lako to spend nn nftcmoon. State Chairman Simon Bamberger was not present, and, with ono or two oxcoptions, all tho other prominent loaders of what was once, beforo Smootism cnvolopod them, tho Democratic hosts, also made it convenient conve-nient to bo absent. Tho speakers all claimed that prosent conditions under Reed Smoot aro "damnable," but still they have to stand for it Chairman Martiucau, who bossed the wholo business, was kept busy explaining explain-ing why the absentees were not present. pres-ent. Judge Erickson of Mt. Pleasant was busy with judicial business; Frank K. Noboker of Logan had other business busi-ness to attend; Judge II. H. Rolapp of Ogden was sick, and t,ho rain ot the past few days was blamed for tho small crowd. Held 'a band was the star stunt of tho day. and: to this organization organiza-tion thanks is duo for making what would otherwise have been tedious hours pleasant. They Have Troubles in Ogden. Mayor Couroy of Ogden was the first speaker. Without any preliminaries, the exeoutivo of the Junction City plunged into the trouble. "We wero lortunatc in Ogden to elect part of our ticket two years ago, and it was tho rankest kind of injustice that prevented prevent-ed the Democracy In Salt Lako from winning. There wero. reasons why they did not win; very good reasons. It is not necessary for me to say why, because be-cause nearly all of you know it was not done in an American way. It was done by whispers and subterfuge, which are inconsistent in an American community. I mean Americanism as it is known from ocean to ocean, not in the sense Americanism is understood in Salt Lako City today." Smoot Is Damning Things. He characterized the jangle that has been going on between prominent Ke- gublican politicians as a disgraco to the tnte. "And why is it so?'J he asked. "Because there "is a bossism in this State that is damnable. I am going to speak right out and say that the bossism boss-ism of Seed Smoot today is damning this State. I am going to say because Reed Smoot is a prominent man and occupies oc-cupies a prominent position in ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical circles in this State, that is why I am going to get after him. You want to got at the fountnin heads and you want to strike at him. because that is what is the matter with Republican politics pol-itics in Utah today. "The Republicans left a former bossism boss-ism to get into a worse one, and of all bossism that over held sway a religious despot is the worst. It appeals to men's feelings as nothing else on earth can do. Any man who goes forth clothod in sauctit3r of a religious position and attempts to dominate the affairs of this world in a political way, is going beyond his sphere. He has no business busi-ness there, and just so sure as yondor sun sets, Reed Smoot as a political boss will go down to oblivion. It is inevitable. inevi-table. A man who has no regard for the feelings of his neighbors is bound to do down to defeat. Poor Weber County. "Let me tell you of conditions in Webor county. A man was appointed Postmaster tne other day who has not the support of 5 per cent of tho men. women and children of Ogden. And why? Ho was appointed because he was a satollito of tne sanio Reed Smoot. He worshiped at his shrine, and bo it said to the eternal credit of Reed Smoot ho paid tho debt. But how about tho people? Time will tell. It is doplorablo to soo tho contumely heaped on tho people of the State of Utah all over the country. Wo have a cosmopolitan community, but the majority of tho people of the State probablj' oeloug to a sect which is beiuir malitrnod. And why7 Tho man in power,- the boss today to-day in Republican politics in Utah is to blame for this condition of affairs." Roylance Says It's "Damnable." W. M. Roylance of Provo came nest. "Don't fuse," was his war cry. "I Jlnd there is a sentiment in some counties coun-ties to fuse with tho Republican party. par-ty. Don't do( it. People are getting tired of machine politics and bossism. They won't stand for it any longer. I know thousands of Republicans who are tired of present conditions. Why aro they tired? Because if your boy or my boy wants a certain position no must send his card to a certain man to be approved for that position. I say this condition is damnable, and will not bo permitted any longer. "We havo postmasters in Utah county who draw salaries of $200 from the Unitod States per month. About ono hour per day would cover all the real duties thev perform. One man I refer to has railroad transportation and he is first lieutenant to Senator Smoot. He travels from one end of tho State to the other to fix up things for Reed Smoot. The3r havo even made, official positions for people and it is time that those things were stopped." Moyle Plays Trumps, James II. Moyle, who has so often suffered tho bane of church interference, interfer-ence, was now dealt a hand, and he Slayed trumps all the time. "All the lepublicans had done," he said, "was to look to the church and selected some men in tho church who could exercise power, and it should not be in this State. They havo sent a distinguished and honorable man and high cc-clesiast cc-clesiast to the Senate, and what has it brought us? He would not have been elected but for the influence of tho whispering people, or moro properly speaking, conjurors of tho State, who have claimed they were carrying out the alleged will of the church, for which it was claimed that it was necessary that tho Republican party should be in power for tho interests inter-ests of the church. And what has this infamy done? Distracted and cursed the people, cursed only b- the follies of the Republican party and their mis-lakes, mis-lakes, a hiss and a b3-word throughout the Nation. And there at the head stands a distinguished ecclesiast. Appealed to Relief Sociotie3. "And they have also been tampering tamper-ing with the judiciary, of all things, that should be held sacred. Yes, and a greater calamity. But; for their conduct con-duct and aim there never could havo existed in this State a party calling itself it-self American. But for tho follies of the Republican party there never could havo been created such a party in this State, and worse than all this, the distinguished dis-tinguished leader of tho Republicans in Utah, but for his mistakes and the mistakes of his policies, wo would have defeated the Amorican party last fall. They had to appeal to tho relief societies; socie-ties; they had to mislead the people, who aro ready and anxious and willing to voto the Democratic ticket. By their conduct they have placed themselves them-selves in tho third class to start out with in this election. Because they had moro votes in the election preceding they asked the Democrats to join with them and defeat the Americans. So if the Republicans aro honest and fair, what will they do this fall? Will they take their own medicine, accept their own proposal and change ovor to the party that had the most votes against the Americans last fall? If the' do it will bo one of the first acts thoy havo ever done for the welfare of the community. com-munity. ' ' Fisher Harris Hoard From. Fisher Hnrris was the last speaker, except B. H. Roberts, whose address appears in another column of this issue of The Tribune. Mr. Harris snoke of the splendid progress tho State is making mak-ing commercially and related some of his amu6ing experiences while propo-gating propo-gating the ''See America First" idoa. Referring to local political conditions, condi-tions, he said: "My distinguished friend, Senator Smoot, tho founder of the American party, must understand once for all that whatever virtue ho has will bo lost unless ho stops attempting to control the politics of this State.". ThiB wassail, except the dancing, and everybody in thiB section enjoys danc-mg. danc-mg. nq matter what his or her political affiliations may bo. i |