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Show The Sa'dt TLAK TmEGRAm reply: "He practically challenges the Senate's right to discriminate against any man who may happen THE LOCAL IRESS to be elected by any church organization. The efON SMOOTS ANSWER THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER, fect of this challenge is to invite investigation by the Published Every Evening Except Sunday. Senate Committee on Trivileges r.nd Elections into SENATOR IMOOT'I AKSWIft. the creed and practices of the Mormon church. Senby the (Fwen Today s terald ator Bmoot must feel sure of his ground to invite , SALT LAKE TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO.. Senator Smoot seems' to be sfTlic'rd such an inquiry." (Incorporated.) with the denial hsblt It Its moit - Mr. Bmoot's formal reply completes the plead- grmvated form. Not Offlcel s. West Temple St.. Salt Lake City. UtAh. connt with deny-i- n Telephone Calls Office 240: Editorial Rooms. 238. the really MutU! ings, and thus the issue is now; fairly joined and he fatuously procd to dny a Jot him. for trial. "SenLake the Salt Herald: ready Says TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. thinr that It we not ator Smoot's defense would have been ample if he of other .17 JT year in advance .... for him to dlwuts; atd the wortt :x months,bybymall, n advance mail, feature of these denials is that they can .60 had limited himself to a plain statement of his own .'" ionth by mall, in advance . be .15 "week, easily dUproved. or mall carrier y.e copy,by Is quite Keneraliy unartood thst cents beliefs and practice. He had only to set forth the It everywhere tinge Remit by P. O. money order, express money order, regis- fact that he. had been Penator Smoot came all the war from elected was and perlegally tered letter, bank check or draft. In the name and to the adto Salt Lake during; the Washington dress at thft to hold office of United States Chrlstmaw holidays the sonally qualified for th purpoee of BAJLT LA2E TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO., counsel his with church brethren because Salt Lake City. TJth. Mormon taking nor neither the its church Senator, In relation to hi answer. If the docu leaders are at bar, if the legal phases of the case are ment presents on behalf of fUnator Communications to the Editorial Department Smoot to the Committee on It1tU should be addressed pertaining the Editor of the Salt Lake Telegram. to sent for understood here." and Elections I a result, it disproves Rajected MSS. cannot be returned unless poertage eueh purpose. There can be no doubt but that the State of Utah the old sdaae that "In a multitude of nd business Coramuaicationa to advertisement relating counsel there Is mfcty." Too many Teleis suffering greatly from the unfortunate scandal, cooks shoulfl be addressed to the General Manager, Bait Lake have spoiled Senator Fmool'e gram, 149 8. West Temple St. which the election of Mr. Smoot has exposed to the broth. General Esustsm Adv. Agent 3 C. BECKWITH, New Torfc City. Tribune and not purpnifs of illustration, whole world. It is high time either to refute the In For 3r.eral "Western Adv, Asent Bid;.. a carping spirit, let us tske one parHORACE II. FORD, 1151 Marquette Building. Chicago. from Senator Fmool's answer. calumny by proving, beyond the peradventure of a agraph After that he Is a potygimlst denying dnilht that tha rVio.roo orrninof nu oro'fnltn n and that he ha taken an nath In con Tfl VATT. WTTTJdT? !J l,TCt fTV a whM rflTlf I11MCT1D- the change stand Convicted and. with Cfintritf liPJirtn.r lwrHn t!on exnires -is on the address label. of- eah taner. nr flict with his oath as United States .Sen rt ..,...,.1 n. Minit. tek4.t. j ator, the apostle he seems more an uuce iu meiiu our wins. tanee. No other receipt Is Bent unless requested. apostle than a United States Senator In And to this end, let us all every good citizen, this goes on to say: The renpondent denlrs that said be he Gentile or Mormon, rich or poor, black or church Entered at the Po st office at Salt Lake City, Utah, as or said alles-oor any person or body, exercise body, Matter. or authority white let us all, we say, unite in the demand that power as to Inculcate orany a beencourage in the practice of polycsmy. or belief the Senate of the United States at once send a com lief In or practice of polrxamous cohabitation, for a Telegram readers leaving tne rlty sent or ha t either countenance t or connive at to mittee into learn Utah to these whether be can or more their hare week things paper violation of of laws the any the mate of their addTess regularly "by mail, without addiso or not. We believe The Telegram voices the wish I'tah, or of the frilled State, either of pledges or pllg. ,r other, tional cost, by making the request, in person or of no one wise and be all. at will that either mad for th said elcitizen, every "Weat upright 149 No. South at the office, by postal icited purpose or otherwise, or at all. or of covenants or covenant, or otherw!- -. Temple. quicker to indorse the invitation than will Mr. any either with the people of the frilled Smoot himself, when we call upon the upper house Statce made o: TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 12, 1904. ny other person or bodjr. by or any means whatsoever, either proof Congress to deputize a committed to come out all tects or honors persons, or any person, who Is or may b guilty of said a!leed our here into evidence sccure midst and at first hand 'Shall Wo Abandon Civic Beautv Thoughts? practices, or any practice, either destruc. tive of the family or the home, or to as or , the of the , , , truth ,,,, falsity x, charges concerning uu i i rt ii rnTTi i ' r in i n it im i. i in or thst suld alleged body, or sny , and pernicious politics of them,of violate , , , any law of the land, or Is polygamous alleged practices of said alleged practices. guilty any 5iuu loriunes or oait liiKe s new vuuucn, ici uo hierarchical activitv If this la true then most of the peotliat a complete disregard of all improvements tend It is the only way to do the people of Utah jus ple of Utah have been mlrted. It la generally known that the president of tice. ing to civic beautv will not be one of them. the church and a number of the apoe-tlthe court of last report In the MorThe old Council had a score of opportunities in mon church, are living In polygamy. this direction, none of which did it show either in Some Advice for the Street Car Men. That la te say. they are "living their clination or abilitv to take advantage of. In trutu, The Telegram is the street car man's friend. It religion." Is this encouraging "a belief In the !to suggest civic beauty to our now happily officially of polygamy or belief In or practlc its a when it made friendship winning fight practice of polygamous cohabitation?" defunct Council was no more productive of results proved last year for an increase in the wage schedule and No other construction la at all possible. than reciting Hamlet to a Bannock Indian, file of The and rank the Mormon of svstem of the shift" the trollev church could hardly be blamed reorganization If they a The citizens of Salt Lake ought to make united crews know that tins paper is followed the example of their duly apine company, trolley effort to accomplish something toward beautifying their friend. pointed and anointed leader. Every the polygamous apo,les continue day the city. There is no greater educator than the moral Now The Telegram desires to sav a few words to their practice they Incite and encourage the lay members of the church to beforce of beautv. It works unconsciouslv, silently, its street friends. The newnpapers are pub come railway polygamies. ' but is none the less effective. Senator Smoot"" defense would have stories to the effect that the authorities are been lishing ample If he had limited himself Few individuals are so coarse, so blinded by afraid to take out of the State's prison and to a plain statement of Ms own beliefs Shockley greed of gold, so wrapped in contemplation of the present him in court because they fear the street and practice. He had only to set forth the fact that he had been legally electmaterial, as to be unaffected by the influences of car men will attempt to lynch the murderer. ed and was personally qualified to hold bethe oHce of United States beauty and harmonv when thev a;e manifest in This is a base libel on men who believe in law cause nor Mormon church the neither strong lines and on a li)rge, scale. and order. While it mav be true that the street car It leaders are at the bur If the Wal The discordant, the spectacular, the tawdry, the men made a demonstration on the dav Shocklev was phases of the case are understood here. Having volunteered to make statecheap, the loud and excessive are equally potent in arrested, the excitement and deep anger of the mo ments of the church d'Ktrine and practice, it la altogether likely the Senator their capacity to stir the baser impulses and increase ment have the very thing Utah people passed away. Now every man who was has Invited immoralitv. Thev destrov the' good of what little a friend and want-- an Investigation on the fellow employee of Conductor Brigh do not t will Involve the which plan lives our into commonplace genuine beauty creeps ton and Motorman (lleason, wants to see th law State In publicity of a kind and to an law and order. take its course and and work against that Uentlle, Jew- and Mormon executed promptly and extent Shockley will alike deplore. 'can? do Council it the what Will by legal process. Let the street car men send a committee to Coun SOME POINTS ON SMOOT'S CASE. Is The Fair Name of Utah at Stake. ty Attorney Westervelt, Chief of Police Lynch and (Prom Today's Tribune.) The Telegram did not burden its columns yester- Sheriff Emery. Let that committee bear this mesAn apolc.iit for Heed Smoot" a denies that there la any oath, dav with the nearlv seven thousand words of Mr. sage: covenant, obligation, or agreement In Smoot's reply to the Citizens protest, and for two "Take Shockley out of the State's prison and any public or private ceremony of the Mormon church antagonistic, or reasons: bring him to town on anv street car. Present him has anv relation,thatto the Clovernment First Because the voluminous document was in ooen court for orelhninarv trial, and everr street i of the United states. Unfortunately for this statement, the District Court given to the public, or, rather, to the ecclesiastical car man in the city will see to it that this murderer In this city, after a full and patient decided otherwise. Hut It Is public exclusively and very appropriately, through is protected, that there is no disorder, and that law hearing, common for that apologist to range the official organ of the Mormon church, which is and order shall prevail. The street car men are cit- - Itself against the courts. Not long ago. we recall. It- violently denounced likewise "Apostle Sn.oot's official orgm. izens who believe in law and nrder, and thev will as a decision In the Supreme and becond Because Tne Telegram is only a news- - aid the authorities in maintaining order rmd Courtopposed of thle State on the question of aa but one of And that paper, and does not reprint, on Monday, news that enabling the courts to deal promptly with the Shock a"sealing." long aerlea of opposition It has manifested to court decisions, from the it gave to its readers, to the extent of three columns, ley case." that It "refuted" the decision of ion Saturday. This is The Telegram's advice to the street car time the United States Supreme Court In the polygamy case, onward. However, the Smoot reply is an exceed- - men. It is good advice, too. Hut if the oath had been said to be ingly interesting document and promises to be against the "people" of the United" The discussion of the Saltair topic is a live one. States Inatead of against the in the formal phraseology of a suit at law, as if the what then? matter were one to be disposed of by technical legal Let us hope this famous resort will not become a The same apologist, wishing to divert the attack mad upon from attention to meron be a matter tried not its one." and "dead procedure, Senator Smoot. with the view of out- its. We have no desire to discuss the allegations Jng him from hH sat. aaya that It It the province of the United State find denials contained tnerein. Bandit hhockley confessed to being a cigarette not Senate to bring the Mormon church t As the Washington Tost well says of Mr. Smoot's fiend, but did not lay his downfall to the dime novel. trial. Ordinarily that would be true Tfr.KPAY r.vr.Ntsn. .T.vNr.vnv 1; The Evening Telegram. Tb Ls-vdi- Ccak. 9uit. tkirt and WalH Kese !a BpHwrlalty ac t. v- - fce Cty rtrs amt 1 WAIST SALE , Some 48-- 49 r ! . i " 7 I 7 1 t. Bec-fmd-Cl-aM i d ' ! es cax-d- , w i .-? wv. x ttit v f i L' 1 1 , i 1 1 - i other-wie- e. - - a, . drag-ne- - self-comman- - de-fe- are Tv 1 Prices. Off-I-e le,tertf c--f om om a fourth wor.n t kept of deStjfctf .t tn T knowing wife remarks know: to husbandm who don't want been (Jos O la "I O'Brten'a again " Oh. tHe-mior In "Te. andreductions. John ft'J T h trreetlnc fovelr oreroata st a fourth and von know you re4 '. "Tee." "And they hare the toe.Set re. d'icttona on so many IMmt that I 1. too," n Now. John, they hare the daintwwn iest, sweeteat rteekcresr fornoti-et h you ever saw. Tou for yju are such a dear fltow-t- he etnuUlte styles the ladle are now wearH K ' No. John badn"t observed them. t ther "An1 nlr to thtr.k. Jo?-.- wom-ne in a third oft this neckwear. you "And If you read th al-a- rd It la fun. - Joho. do. surelyknow you they ar cloejng- out a manufacturer lln 1of fur at half would love off and Us. Now. much to hare an electric one for only arket an leva than half ff you see. But we fe Cf course, d'sr. If then I will can't afford It why, jou he satlsf.ed with a Russian har ro. larett which you can ret for I! V And If you ltd to thlhklns of th fur sal whl'- jog are at the offir run In and aak this forenoon. Just . she know what to for show you and what 1 berflirt t ip-ane- ith- r fr d out. j t iftr iffig ,"r rf. ei- - 1 j. jVj 3A THE CHAMELEON jh CHAPTER XVIII. Continued. Murdoch was in his glory. "Well, boys." he began,' and the words were the keyrote of his mood. Once again he sang his paean, but this time to the proxies of a nation. lie pat lounging careless, in hi chair, ostentatiously smoked a cigar, and radiated content and enthusiasm, while they plied him him with questions. Swimming before his eyes came the massive headline?, while he answered gayly. "Another of you!" he chuckled, when the special correspondent of the Journal, the American and the Examiner appeared. what a "Well, have a cigar. Funnyseems to fttr this little gift of mine make, ain't it?" And the reporters acat each cepted his cigars, and winked the other when they had time: and inword accounts next day appeared not a of his unreserve, or his zeal for advertisement, or his naive enjoyment of the eneation which he was creating, but only stately phrasing which kept him before the public in the light that ought to halo a benefactor of hisdidmagfor nitude. That was what they him, not because they were grateful for his heartiness or his good cigars, but because it is the policy of the newspapers of America, one and all, to keep mo- -i up our illusions as a nation. The those ment that we publicly admit truths which we privately confess, two things will happen: the United States , will cease to be the butt of the world's to decayv laughter, and it will beginsoon Of course the problem presented itself, and was formulated by these trained questioners what was to Murdoch pished and pshawed. The money was given to the board of trustees without conditions. Dr. Craven was a friend of his a personal and dear friend. Whatever was done would be done decently and in order. There was no hurry. And the scribbling reporters noted all this eagerly, nor thought It Incumbent upon them to mention that other reporters, ready to scribble quite as fast, had been sent posting to Dr. Craven long ago; to the members of the board of trustees; to prominent men upon the the faculty everywhere slightest chance of news appeared. The newspa pers of Carfax are not unique in their methods. Like other?, they leave noth ing to chancer they discover all they can, by hook or crook; having done which, they guess at what remains, and publish the whole for truth. Murdoch might have known .that already in all the offices were busy with a list of possible successors to Dr. Craven. That was not a wild night In Carfax newypaperdom, because the facts were all easy to get, and no mystery was involved. But it was a busy night. And the headlines, next morning, left but little to desire the pickle-makOnly one grieved hica, as it was recome of Dr. Craven? m."And Jroj ate st whll gn tn Han-nele- -- ttr r rd thrt old neeouNT r. r Is prebatly irtartr,g yw In tkc faea ?st for Iw4tr f rms f tr city and mm ftsJt prrrfplljr. Vhen mor.e y a co .e t K ltendron. - 4 ge-tlna- la mate. NoTt-- Jt t you tm John. ul of th II tir urth a !- -f to IJ Oalera nfrrenc; ru er - e, SQUELCHED. New York S in. Visitor Thl little pig went to market Ronton Baby Madam. I am not Interested in the stock yards. he If ovist o" P"t. 1f nT" iHt.1 "What's the matter with the poitremsn. tr1r,a to rry the late r eer away from the trailer Offeher." wept ih msud.in one. ''I'm up hl; sgensht It." r--M. THE USUAL WAT. STRIVES TO PLEASE. Yonkers Herald, Nell Oh. my! Here's a telegram from Jack of the football team. Belle What's It say? Nell It says: "Nose broken. How do you prefer It Jr;ek or RotnanT" at tal snd Kaprets tn-- .r s Plrst Weather R ireau thst flat w har.ar out when there's wlr to b fair westher? Second Vethrr Bureau Mars I hjrg It out week, and a norm cams up ard carried It away. New York lt I (. a a- - S.. Wk. Vatcn Vt. & gUt taste cf yc jr tia a t o?r ua'.lty." a'.4 Xt. alive tiay, we'd ms! Hamlet, and If the Dane tiro R. A L. Standard Wfcbkey. Qualitf tn that. -- PtILOER A UXDLET. The Wvlakey Xrttbacls f r hsta Th to li'O fnr 11 l. arour,t for ih redaction. served In th earocm-p- v. frm In!:a sir en-eptSon- Te eon BAD DEBTS THE MODF.RN BTORC. Moderate Prices for Everybody. t TT" 3-e- I. N. earr1 tn Wis ron Ct that CCwwCCCiaL eLCCKJ SALT LAKI CI TV way by Jest s ad-yerl- ruoca T0? Mike" D'.ary. Rusty 2Ke-- leercln a Ut'le every day ef you try to watt tn big to .your sfre tt wjH get big. Whlte'a fUyirgs. COLLECTED is Some People Doivt Like Us, CULLER HOTEL c yqtnyo, fait Lake Cltf all Train tn me " HE REALLY WAS. VtCert-- l Corse. . "-- rr l'.;:rcrr section a I in ef trimmd Th 1 . Reporting Hncncy, V'; tar.kera; Omiwctf.) Nte al t at k Kck. $2 G $4 MsOo th. wek At. far- n off. t. s to rr.JL.i t Hcm door of mocha Just on mors thtnr, J&hn-- atsr-me .m imp4'lJaf. tlrcl back rmb fourth ft. A th car hia John was s'tttnc lf raled to him I look at t warm-lir.e-of th aitppers for herbal f rri-- . to. ne Msi;,tl :J aa fiJf v rewee W. s T b. rr f.-- r "A y SriMHal far arr.crlcan Mcrcantilc iwt vlee gt l..c only ar rtak'rr war t vr. allrtepretaUrs the L'tUeJ nt ,t th rctpa! - s,-- W Fst atd i t. fr itro-swa- co!-leg- r 216 MAIN ST. b-- " do not unleretnd It at all." "Nobody could solve his delivery st either. He was the 'rack pitcher of the nine, jou know." Z HAMILTON or the blanket me Arnott rorrer and at department Horn ff at third those blankets at a IMrd oflr will m barraln snd we are nw yettinc Into eld weather. "Xon't you think It was lorelr of them to think of rlucir blanket one-thiwhen ccl i weather makes US nee$ them? "Then there :s third eff on ba'-had betbedJlr.g. and prohabjy ter fet little of it. "John, you won't mind cmI: g to the departuert for women wnJer- wer and know meou aarfewmat thir.g will r1J they a rt won't think snrthlr.c about It. "Ttien go to the lar department me and et a list of IMnf fourth off n their rpecule. remember. "And while In th stre Just l fk th mny thinss around and th head of re. that comwr!r ductlor you will n$y Ita"? imt'd, u b atr dear. Must few mor Items. J'jhn, I srut J I e so glad If jou would come home erenlnc snd srprle me with f nm of thu retty m fwurth off r baskets at l k Tou burnt i"1 piece night t at some f the suitneev salt Johnnl alii soon and they are a fourth cT now, Philadelphia Pre.s. Colonel." sail th Rev. X Hurler. Hi y had come to remonstrate with CpI -sfter.-on th "mrrirB jour frlen-lare trowing sr!cJotis about I think It a atout V.m" 3"U had your eirs fipenrt " man" erUlme1 h Colonel "Bright l m a a to nrUeh one. suh. IJ'.s I " DIanT.Prriefr-- rfk. Ccat and Ilata 12 ofl for thia Keith-O'Brten- 'a st th furs Uiostr.g to th EYE-OFENE- R, Philadelphia Frees. "How do you like ycur r.ew mlnltr?" "He's vrry young, and not a very ool speaker. Ills delivery Is very peculiar; 1 Gowna and cff. -- not only of the Mormon, but of any howUnfortunately, other, church. peated with variations over and over ever, the situation with respect t th again. "President Craven to Resign." Mormon church is wlty different President Craven. It is true, had re- from any situation which ouM art? with respect to any other church, alr.ee fused, with stately courtesy, to consider the matter, so far as It affected this church assumes to say whether its office or the business management of the colhigh officials shall run lege, until he had communicated with not; and when they do so without the the board of trustees. It was not his church's consent, they are degraded, as waa Moa Thatcher; and when they custom, he told them gently, to anticipate through the public press the ac- get that consent, the endorsement tion of the board. This gift wft very means that the official Is th church generous; It was wonderful: It might candidate, and as such Is Invincible. be epoch-makin- g for education. Further, however, he would not go. So the O00D EN0UOH. reporter and the editors went alone. "Craven to Step Out." "New Wood for Th Frcfessor I s'poee ou keep a snow Carfax." "Fear that President Craven three Will Resign." In one way or another. Shovel on the premiers Th Colonel Kr no. I 1on t bk dan they all suggested the next step of! gerous sbout. Mr wife rr.akrs that progress which. In Murdoch's out veryweapons welt with the er brom. was to take Carfax allphraseology, ege to the head of the procesrton. AN 'Continued tomorrow.) EXPLAINED. OFF 13 Fuit. Fancr Tailor mad ,.? be- BELTS, - fr B7 JAMES WEBER LINN AND NECKWEAR "flovern-ment.- -- rottkrzii AH our Wajgtg at ihc? pricrw art theIjatf HAXDSOMK IN QUALITY AND FTYLE. . I W QW haruls-oiri- p " - Jfc rffa rffc rfW LOT LOT n. ; ir- 1crt -t line of WiiUtg blppHl too li.tr for rzt Holldar Trade, and we will make prrit .vrr15cw to tlothe-This . ttrntt I tfiir ttV iT-- pUce-wolj-j- Wiiiti oa al. of h n HiuNiih) ll!jut t"''-regular ping wife. tetren ef?, a third T n4 Half oT the averse eff.te stats CorarofDciDfr Moadaj, 9 . ca., wr- will - dais." Strwwt pr Car frwra Pas ta Xor. .5rS:i:"i,s"'',!,Si?,-S- I Cold, Cold, Cold U I V, r L Rut rnt s-- wren y4 drirk a f our ramoys not c--j? . t mm Y n.oo 1 c... te Certvif efpoalt A!W re'. "". W'',',SJ,lS,?lit;l,;' t ;M gtvea a warmth that la taatlfg I Hill's Fountain if ?fff f- t--.f , r f-- I a mil . r--i ft , ef a . v I eiu t r- ri f.ae. - V. I e tt Hi ' t ; tS-- e? r- ' w II U , m r ' ' !-- ! .. 1" - 'trt'4 . J t a '. t" sv2o x Aire rr. |