Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-05-17 | Page 3 | Reed Smoot Tells About It

REED Sl SMOOT TELLS ABOUT IT II T 7 PROVO Utah May 17 Hon Reed I Smoot in a stat statement me regarding his announcement for Senator Wednesday right night said saidI I I only feel annoy annoyed d at the importance importance im importance im- im I which the papers papers seem to attach attach to my simple little remark and the cir circumstances under which it was i made It is disagreeable to have the circumstances of an affair misinterpreted misinterpreted misinterpreted I when it it- in involves olves the the political ethics of a dear friend Senator Kearns has been correctly quoted where khe he affirms he had no prior knowledge whatsoever knowledge whatsoever of any seeming intention on to ann announce my candidacy for the United States Sen- Sen ate ata It must b be readily believed by bythe bythe the politician that no forethought was given to the matter in the least since by him it Is considered prudent to tomake tomake tomake make such announcements only under the most auspicious of occasions Granting to it the favor of every elaboration the little gathering at my home is not to be esteemed an occasion occasion occasion occa occa- sion of this order 1 Senator Kearns and Mr l Keith were my guests at dinner and the after event was an arrangement entirely in inthe Inthe in inthe the hands of the Womans Woman s Republican club I do not riot know t that at I was even slated for fen a speech What few remarks I made were of or a So seini-So social semi i l kind and the allusion to ot the e was made in complement to the small chat chatter r of the evening No paving ol of the way was calculated by bythe the splendid splendid did speech of Senator Kearns and no undue advantage was believed by him to have been taken of his presence at the gathering I