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Show -li! AND REPUBLICAN, i.C3E UNDERSTANDS HIM ' ri-e II. Crosby, Jr.. of Richfield, r county, until lately editor of the' "ill Reaper, arrived In Salt Lake t. evening. Ills visit in the city Is 1 "y in the interests of Apostle Reed 1 t but he will probably serve as iittee clerk of the Senate. 1 i speaking of the action that has 1 a taken by the President In the mat-t-r of Utah's Senatorial fight, Mr. Crosby Cros-by f Ud: . - i . "I believe the President's motives were for the best but there is a great '! al cf doubt In my mind whether the l'r lent ever said what has been as-t as-t rlt r 1 to him. . "I' have known Apostle Smoot for a nu: Cr of years. Long before he was :l i nted an apostle of the church and I. 1 o most every one in my part of the f-t.itc, hold him in the highest esteem, lie (s a clean, upright man and is In our ) pinion t$e best man In the State -f 1 a to represent this State in the Vr ; 1 States Senate. In his political ' u r he has never, to my knowledge, ) ' -rt .itted his church to have any bear-ir bear-ir on his politics and has always kept th -v separate and apart. '"Why, he Is far better known as an hon. t, upright business man and politician poli-tician than as an apostle of the church.. Wh ,i I was first asked If I would sup port him I was a Democrat In my beliefs be-liefs but I said, that if he handled his political fight cleanly and entirely out-i out-i side of the church I would Bupport him. "This he has done and I am for Smoot as I know him, a clean, honest and able man both In and out of politics, and one of -the most capable men in Utah. ' "The trouble Is his connection with the church is not properly understood. He Is an apostle of the church by appointment. ap-pointment. At th6 time he was appointed appoint-ed to the quorum I remember of four, papers In different parts of the State that said he would have to retire from politics now that he was a dignitary of the church, "I mention this Just to show that he was widely known as a politician before he becime connected with the church. "Ab a representative of the- Republican Repub-lican party he is one of the staunchest.' In 1898 when the question of free coinage coin-age of silver caused the voters of Utah to leave the Republican party and Join the ranks of the free silver supporters, ,Smoot stood by his party practically alone. He has given freely to fight the battles of the party and It now owes him its allegiance. But should it he-come he-come impossible for him to get the Sen-atorshlp, Sen-atorshlp, George M. Cannon is the second sec-ond choice of the people of Sevier county, coun-ty, many of whom have expressed themselves that If they can't - have Smoot they must have Cannon." |