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Show WHY REPRESENTATIVE WHITE REFUSED TO SUPPORT APOSTLE SMOOT In the order of nominations for United ! States Senator during the session of the House yesterday afternoon. Representative Represen-tative William E. White of Beaver delivered de-livered an address that attracted much attention. He said: Mr. Speaker: I rise to place in nomination nomina-tion a man for the exalted office of United States Senator. . No one can regret more than ' myself that on this great problem any division of action should occur on this side of the chamber; and were It simply a question of men, I would gladly defer to the almost al-most unanimous wish of my party associates asso-ciates as registered in party caucus: but, Mr. Speaker, when principles that lie at the vry foundation of our- national Institutions In-stitutions are at stake principles upon which our past progress and happiness were nurtured, 'our present greatness rests, and upon which the preservation and perpetuity of our benign Institutions depenyio surrender would be cowardice, and compromise would be disloyal ty for there are principles of right that even the Sreponderance of majorities, however irge, beat against as helplessly as the waves of the ocean beat against the rock-bound rock-bound coast. Republican Principles. Since when has fealty to "a certain candidate can-didate for the office of United States Senator Sen-ator been the criterion of a man's devotion devo-tion to the Republican party In UtahT And since when has It been a Republican Republi-can principle to attempt to punish a man for following the dictates of conscience and the wish of his contituents? If these be Republican principles In Salt Lake then I submit that it is fair compensation for loss of committee prestige pres-tige and party affection In Salt Lake to be In political acrord with the hero of San Juan and the national leaders of the great Republican party. - Respect for Oath. r t The deathless principles of this Nation and the organic law of this State declare "that there shall be no union of church and state, nor shall any church dominate the State or Interfere with Us functions." Do we respect our oath to carry out thee solemn principles and laws if we elect to the Senate of the United States a prophet, seer and revelator whose followers are taught to believe that his voice Is the voice of God? " What chance has political, argument against the voice of Deity? Flea for Free Ballot. I want It now and forever true, under the blue skies of Utah, and wherever our flag floats, that when men of different religious re-ligious faith, whether Mormon or Gentile, Jew or Catholic, Methodist or Presbyterian, Presbyte-rian, shall stand before their fellowmen and ask for political preferment, th voice of eccleslastlcism shall be forever hushed and still, and that the issues shall be decided de-cided by the free and unfettered and patriotic pa-triotic judgment of every voter, that they may render "unto Caesar" the things that are Caesar's and unto this commonwealth and this Republic the things that are theirs. . Trouble Invited.' ... Are we willing by our vote here today to open the floodgates of the Nation's indignant in-dignant protest, and array a nation's pens and tongues in solid phalanx against that sturdy, brave and Industrious people who left their firesides and their homes In ths fertile valley of the Mississippi and turning- thiir faces toward the setting sun, braved the dust of desert waste, and blated the paths of civilization over pathless path-less mountains to build their altars and their shrines and lay the foundation of a great and prosperous . commonwealth where they might liv their religion In peace, but not fore it- on others, and whose dauntless sons carried the flag of their country to immortal glory on the sands of the Philippines? . , President Points Way. For the first time In the history of this Nation, a brave, sincere, manly President, whose vision has been broadened by the view of Western plain and mountain, and whose heart beats warm for the emplr builders of the West, points the way that would keep Utah in step with the pro- gresalve and enlightened policies of the Republican party of the Nation, and on the broad, safe highway of true Americanism. Ameri-canism. Will Utah spurn the hand of Its benefactor, turn its back on th noblest friend the commonwealth ever had, and turn back the hand ou the clock of time for her children? Should Consider Result. Down In the shafts and tunnels and drifts and stopes of our mines whose treasures have built the stately business Ealacea of this fair city and made our tate rich and prosperous, on the mountain moun-tain peaks and in the gulches in search of new stores of mineral wealth, on ranches and ranges, on lines of traffic and travel, and at the desk and and counter. In marts of trade and commerce, are the brav, patient, toiling people who sent us here, and whose representatives we are, entrusted en-trusted with their dearest Interests and their fairest hopes; and I entreat that we pause ere we place around the necks and upon the shoulders of these people the heavy yoke of this mighty Nation's displeasure dis-pleasure Storm In Waiting". We may close our eyes and ears and lull ourselves to slumber In fancied security, but the low mutterings of the storm are In th air. The voice of this Nation's public opinion, that voice that has made and unmade Senators and Presidents, and made thrones to tremble like an aspen leaf. Is waiting to launch a storm or a benediction as befits our action here, and if we invite the storm God help Utah and her people. v- Th Path of Duty. . , . Political factions, personal ambition, greed of men for power and place, and all the trumpery of small and selfish things should be forgotten hersv In the larger problem of Utah's welfarV, and the path of duty, radiant as the pathway of th stars, would keep Utah In harmony with the great Republican party of the Nation and in step with the march of the Republic. Re-public. Without his knowledge or consent, con-sent, but for Utah's welfare, I name for United States Senator, Gov. Heber M. Wells. 'v i |
