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Show SMOOT BODGES ROBERTAS DEFI Senator Tacitly Admits h Is Afraid to Accept Challenge to Debate. DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR GIiMLET EDITORIAL Mistake of Writer on "Mouth" Plunges One Owner Into Hot Wafer. The evident intention of fhc Senator Sena-tor Reed Smoot aud tho Jtopuublican state committee- is to attempt io ignore the challenge issued by Brigham H. Roberta to meet Smoot iu a scries of joint debates. Senator liecd Smoot and tho .Republican slato committee on Wednesday declined to discuss tho question from any viewpoint. The challenge chal-lenge was sont to tho Horald-Jiopubli-cau Tuesday afternoon, but in Wednesday Wednes-day morning's (limlot there was no rclcroucc to it whatever. Knowing full well that undor no poa-siblo poa-siblo circumstances could Heed Smoot bo dragged to tho oanio platform with T.l. H. Huberts and participate in a .joint debate with him, tho slato committee is endeavoring (o find the most graceful grace-ful way to sidestep the issue. Tho result is that Heed Smoot has discredited his personal organ and has declared that he will iissumo no responsibility re-sponsibility for thhc attack on lr. Roberts published in tho Ilcrald-Kepub-liean. Shows Ho Fears Bobcrts. Also he shows his inability to answer Hoborla when ho s3's that tho proper course lo pursue in tho future is to pay no attention to Mr. Hoborts. This much is announced in a communication com-munication ipiit on Wednesday by 0. E. Loose. Eupublicau slate chairman, to James If. Movie, Democratic atato chairman. Tho letter follows: ".Salt. Lake City, October 26, 1010. "Honorable James IJ. jJoyl "State Democratic chairman, "Salt l.ako City. Utah. "Dear Sir: I acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of October 2f;, 1310. enclosing enclos-ing copies of your letter of Oclobor 'Z to llonorablo M. II. Roberts and his reply. 1 handed same to Senator Smoot, and he Informed mo that ho assumes no responsibility respon-sibility for the irerald-Ilepubllcan editorial edi-torial published October IM, and saw It fdr tho first timo In print. Ho scos no reason why ho should answer Mr. Ttob-crts's Ttob-crts's letter to you of October '.'.t, as he has paid no attention to personal attacks mado ijpon him by Mr, Roberts In the past, and consldorH tlia t coiireo tho proper one to follow in tho future. 'Tours very truly. ""Stale Republican Committee "C. LOOSE, "Chairman." No Joint Debates. The declination of Smoot and the state, committee to meet Roberts in debate is certainty a wise ono. A series of joint dcbalcH between the two would givo tho people a line of comparison that would certainly mnko the senior senator look ridiculous. The Democrats might easily extend their challenges to auy member of tho church Republican party. Tn joint debates de-bates what chanco would George Sutherland Suther-land have against Judge W. If. King, or Joseph Howell against Judge Ferdinand Fer-dinand Erickson? Jt is a cafe prediction that there wiil be no joint debates between the Republicans and Democrats this campaign. cam-paign. Tho Republicans aro not yet ready to commit political suicide. |