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Show I A was indicated in this column early in the campaign, President Smith refrained from interfering inter-fering in the election this year, and the fight , developed into a peculiarly bitter one between I tne minor ecclesiastics. It was the first time in 'the history of the state that the Saints have been witnessed fighting each other in real earnest, and the strife was so acrimonious that it is doubtful doubt-ful if they will ever be able again to affect a .solid" political formation. The most noble ecclesiastical Romans of them all were Apostle Penrose and Apostle Smoot, and in the clash between be-tween these two doughty brethren, it must be 'conceded that the aged editor won a signal triumph over his younger brother apostle from Prov6. Now that it is all over, Apostle Penrose Ss accusing Smoot of being responsible for the jpentile victory, and by the same token Smoot claims that he would have been able to elect the ifchief of police had not Penrose wielded his puissant puis-sant pen on behalf of Morris. It looks as if there would be a notable lack of harmony in the meetings meet-ings of the apostolic quorum, for a few months at least. |