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Show 1 1 : . Political Pctpie for Utahns The Smoot "Month" on Sunday printed a numbor of interviews with bait Lakers who gave their reasons for supporting TafL Tho obiect of tb interviews, however, was not for tho purpose ot boomincr Taft, but that readers would Jnfor that the eentlemon quoted woro for the local and state church Republican tickets. O. F. Peterson of the Peterson Real estate and Investment company was one or those interviewed. Sunday Mr. Peterson called up Tho Tribnne and de-?u de-?u C(l-, t u0 Ijad been misquoted and t,?sr aacuage had been distorted by th?oufc Said Peterson: When the reporter called on me for my views on the political situation. I told him I was for Taft, but was NOT : a Iiopuhlican on local issues; that I did i not want to bo misunderstood or mis- ' quoted on tho matter. I have been mis- ! .quoted; my language has boon twisted I in order to lead readers to bolievo that i I am a Republican on local issues, ' which is not tho case, and I would like to havo you deny the statement attrib- i utcd to me by tho Smoot 'Mouth' most emphatically. I am not a Republican ' on local issues." ; Tho Smoot barrel was tapped bv ' Chairman E'drodge on Saturday nigtft and tlio disbursements of the sinews of war was inaugurated. The spieot was open all day Sunday and tho final , "divvy" will bo made tonight. ! American voters should go to the polls early Tuesday. The church Re- publican gancr has arranged to have a ' number of lljegal votors at the polling booths Into in the afternoon so as to retard voting as much as possible and thus shut out Amoricau voters who are dolayed bv their work in reaching the pol's until after 0 o'clock p. nT. Ihcrctorc. go to tho polls early. You cannot afford to miss your volo this year. The church Republican gauc has 1 control of tho polling places. In more than half the districts the judges arc all Republicans, so that every ad van- tage possible will bo taken to bar out , American votes. Go to the polls early. . Pnpi!s at the Franklin school, accord- ' ing to information given The Tribune, who havo worn the American flag on their coats or waists have had them taken away by those in authority at the school for reasons unknown, for every one has a right to wear Old Glory. Last week a pupil named Yo- com woro the emblem of th's creat country to school. Ono of the teachers was about to remove it, when tho young man said: "You cannot remove that fli?e; filther fought four vears for that flap, and it will remain i'ust where I have it pinned on mo. It's mine, and i if you remove it T shall walk out of 1 school and make my appeal elsewhere." He still wears the flog. U 1 In his devotion to the church Republican Repub-lican count v committee, of which ho is chairman, Jodv Eldredge has neglected his duties ns county e'erk. Result: In the ordering of official ballots, tho Australian Aus-tralian forms used in some of the country coun-try districts were found to be lifty short. This necessitated a rush ordor and on Saturday night and Sunday printers and pressmen were at work getting out the fifty extra ballots, the cost ot which is about $200. But what does Jody caro for little matters like this when tho people pay the bills for his mistakes? j "Salt Lake county will cive Bryan and Km gbt from 7000 to 12.000 plurality," plural-ity," said Benjamin T. Lloyd, chairman of tho Democratic county committee. Sunday night. "Knight will poll as many votes as Mr. Bryan, if not more, and this is not depreciating Mr. Bryan's otreugth either. Knight will bo the next governor of Utah. This conntv will be closo on the county ticket. The Republicans will bo badly defeated in this county, and tho federal bunch and county building gangs will be broken , up and scattered to tho four winds. |
