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Show ; 1 ,-... ..... . .... ...... " " ' ' 1. : ' I ' . : I, : . i 1 x " ii -fl ! J! .i v j . - I ! . . i!f: t-i J!.' h i-I)osiie Declares He Will Rot Quit ffie Race; Mt Head of kormon Church Declines to IMe 2l Statementitf , I WHAT ROBERTS SAYS ABOUT SMOOT CASE e r ' . - "The.RepubUcan ought to be satisfied. This Is beautiful example of ; the principle of centrallxed frovernment " The result will undoubtedly be & ' to strengthen the opposition in the Kast among the purity leagues, eta, and to add to Bmoot's strength at home.' The natural tendency win be for the members of the Legislature to resent any outside Interference of this nature," STATEMENT OF BRIGHAM H. ROBERTS. :V l . v fa fa fa m fa ifc fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa m a fa gi m m fa ta fa fa m Gi a (a ta fa a assume the right to interfere, and Mr. Loose is of the opinion that if . Mr. Smoot is sent to Washington the Republican Re-publican leaders will try to make the best of the inevitable; Mr. Loose himself him-self is quoted'as believing it inadvisable for Mr. Smoot to withdraw. , , As to Public Opinion.' ' j, . Public opinion on the subject la crys-talizlng crys-talizlng very rapidly. There are still some who do not desire to express their views, from what motives they decline to say, but the majority of thinking men are dividing Into holders of two very strong and diametrically opposed opinions. - '. On the one hand are those who stoutly stout-ly affirm that to persist in electing a Mormon apostle to the United States Senate in the face of the opposing counsel coun-sel of President Roosevelt, will surely result in an agitation that will be anything any-thing but beneficial to the State of Utah.,. ..... ' i .v.: 7 What His Supporters x Say ' ' ;t ' On the other hand art the supporters of Apostle Smoot who insist In plain words that-the ; rlerf"Vtii ' -ligent enough and patriotic t . - ..i u be intrusted with the management of their political affairs without interfere ence (as they terra it) on the part of anyone. President Roosevelt's action being be-ing therefore- regarded as .an attempt at dictation. ; .- ? . -Talk of McCornici... ' ' ."; ; .' .. Tne talk was revived today of swing ing Mr. McCornlck into the field of candidates. can-didates. " It was recalled that he had some strong advocates before . the Republican Re-publican State convention met, and these gentlemen are now quietly presenting pre-senting him again. This, of course, is all on the assumption that Mr. Smoot may possibly recede from his present position as "the" candidate. Mr. McCornlck Mc-Cornlck was almost slated for a Cabinet Cabi-net place last spring. - . ' V, The Iter. Dr. Paden's .Views."- - ' . , The Rev. Dr. E. S. Paden, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, said today:-.,; . ; . ,. - . "Roosevelt will undoubtedly carry the next election' on -the Issue he has just met. by reason of his stand in this question. ques-tion. Every Christian man in the United States will stand back - of ' President Roosevelt on the issue. Every Christian Chris-tian man in the country outside of Utah, of. course, will heartily Indorse President Roosevelt and will give him all the support possible. In Utah it is, of course, a different matter, and much opposition should naturally be looked for." ;:- :' -.. - '. ; ,i -mm v v v -w -v mr -w "W w -r v w "t am not afl yet' advised of conditions so that I can add anything to the state-i state-i ments I have already made," said Apostle Apos-tle Reed Smoot this morning, in re-: re-: sponse to the question: ; i - -v;. "Do you interpret the President's rofes-' rofes-' sage as an intimation that the Senate might refuse to seat you if you" were ; . elected?"' -; -v,!,':';: ; . . It Is plain that Apostle Smoot realises the gravity of the situation and has . concluded not to go on record In' any etatement'that might be construed as a . criticism of President Roosevelt's message mes-sage to Utah on the Senatorial contest. The Apostle's Two Statements. . . "I jtm sUll a candidate for the United States Senate," and-"I do not believe J that President Roosevelt'lntendS to ln-' ln-' rterfere in Utah politics," are the two statements which Mr. Smoot considers ful!y coters all there is to be said by l. . . v.. j. j, 2 .'.'a rieclal e:..la.sador to 'V.'ashington, who, according ac-cording to the apostle's own statement, "has helped me some in politics,'' has arrived ar-rived from Washington, bearing a mes- v sage from President Roosevelt to Apostle Apos-tle Smoot and : to . President Joseph - -. Smith of the Mormon church., t , : - Silent 'as to Message.1';- As to the purport of this message all are equally silent.'. President Smith de- - , ciines to make any statement whatever, - Apostle Smoot courteously refers , the questioner to Mr. Loose for an answer, and the apostle's special agent dismisses the' subject with the blunt statement v that what President Roosevelt said to him on the Senatorial situation In Utah . was private, and that It would be Jn bad taste for him to try to draw the PresK dent of the United States Into local pol- ,: ltics. - - : Closeted With Smoot. . ; ' t . Immediately following Mr. Loose's arrival ar-rival in Salt -Lake, he was closeted -for ' ' two hours with Apostle Smoot, but the ' only result, so far as Mr. Smoot was - concerned, was the reiterated state- -. menu " ? ' ' '. ? - ' , "I ani still a candidate for the United . States Senate. Mr Loose, .besieged by newspaper ' men, had forestalled all questions by the preparation of a .typewritten .statement, which, he declared, embodied all that he , had to say concerning the Senatorial ; situation and President Roosevelt's , , . message through him to Apostle Smoot , and the first-presidency of the Mormon church. ; - t ' i ' ; - All He Had to Say. ; , ' , "'. ; ' . And In handing out the statement, f "-jooplesof which 'were furnished to all V ' . the papers alike, Mr. Loose volunteered ' the information:" , . . " "That is all I have to say. You can't . ' get any more out of me if you ask ques-: ques-: i tions for three weeks." v - Thi Looss Statement. , '-v ' . Here is Mr. Loose's statement: ' ' , ;Tes, I had an interview -with Presl-, Presl-, . -dent Roosevelt while in Washington. -. What he had to say to me about the - Senatorial situation was private. I think it would be in bad taste for me to try to 'draw the President of the -United i ; States into local politics. My. talk with the President serves only to strengthen ; my position." -After learning the sltua-' sltua-' tlon, I am stronger than .ever for Reed " , - Smoot for Senator. I claim to have the - interest of" Utah -at heart as much, as . f any man, and you can say for me that ! . I have been and will be for Reed Smoot forUnited States Senator." - Attend the Caucus. '' t; After Apostle Smoot and Mr. Loose had concluded their conference last night they went down to the city and j county building, where the legislators were holding caucuses for tho organisation organisa-tion of the Senate and House. , . . -Friends pressed around the men, seeking seek-ing to get a statement from Mr. Loose as ' to the significance of President 1 Roosevelt's message to the Utah legislators, legis-lators, but Mr. Loose discussed the matter mat-ter very guardedly except privately to a few confidential friends. I It was learned, however, that to one prominent Republican Mr. Loose admit- - ted that the published reports of President Presi-dent Roosevelt's views of , Apostle Shoot's candidacy were correct. . He added, then, that this would In no wise hinder or delay the election of Apostle gmoot to the Senate.", - ' ,: - V,liat Loose Told a Friend. . To another friend Mr. Loose strongly 1-timatei that the President had kindly tJt earnestly advised that nothing be r.e to f t!r up. strife in the party and in Xjil. T-e President, however, did not |