| Show TIME TO SPEAK 1 Uj Up to the ples present 1 time The Republican can has said ald never a a. word touching the case cast of or Senator Smoot an and In Indeed Indeed In- In deed iced ha has purposely I avoided even een en e the common mention of hi his hiM name in comm com com- t m on affairs In lii Washington ton AH AN for fo the rhe case tse before the senale committee com Coin COI- COI w have restrained the natural nat nat- ui ural tI te desire he to controvert the attacks made mode him even en so maliciously upon t lr by people of or his own state slate because wo we felt that while hie th tho case is on 0 H el trial ulal advocacy Il was waR Improper An And as os ost to t th the general cour course e of the man mon In office have felt that tha th that his his' public we ha e t prominence which might fair fairly bo be given hen to lo him and his services sPI iceR would woul l to e the the Impression of a n M 1 which which could could Fee ee no ho wrong wrong Iii In n hi-n hins at n a s friend n t r t But the time has conte conic come when whEn silence can n nott loniel longer be he permitted One Ono Rov E. 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N of Logan on nn Tut Tuesday da of 1 This this ls week weel Inn mode made e public In Now York a a- n solemn statement statement- that hat S Senator Smoot I Is a polygamist polygamist Tho The charge e Is dignified by appearance in Lii inn II y n a creditable paper of the nations nation's metropolis me nb- nH- nH f nn and In spite of oC Its It Cal falsity l Is given gl credence credence b by ly many who whose Q minds i 4 have ha e been prepared b by other ether 1 men en more nore or le less r reverend ho whose e homes j also alfo are In Utah if Clemenson author of the untruth untruth l In New e York is connected with wih the t 7 X Nev w J Jersey re academy at al J Logan and t al I Is In the E East t ostensibly in 1 search of t funds un for Cor the et extension of or his school schoola i r- r ra a a 3 denominational Institution where the virtues of veracity and the terms of C the ninth ninh t al are supposed supposed sup sup- posed to be taught But Buthal what hal i is more significant Is the fact cl that Clemenson Is the tho Salt Lake Tribunes Tribune's dent at Logan That being true tru no no surprise e need be felt I at al hi ills his attitude altitude or or his utterance For i lt 11 1 not ot th the tiie I l' l 1 first first rf time ht J s 's false uIse cre credentials of or charges against hl his homo home people and won von with wih them money which tarnished the sacred acred serVice service sr- sr ser ser- vice Ice to which he promised to devote ot Il It IL It I is IH not the first time lime that au an untruth published in Now New pw York hal hat has heen 1 used ed a as a ba basis ls for beg begging ilg monc money In a cause too holy hof to be fed I on thc profit of Je lies too noble lo to h be fl represented h 1 by such a champion O Of course coure th the char charge I f Is not true There here is IN not the slightest foun foundation alon not nor warrant for fOI the lie story story- There Thele i is no man In lii II in an any other state tate against whon It Lt it could be ma made e with less les warrant of of plausibility Reed need Smoot Smoot's record I is perfectly clear cear and ane perfectly known by both friends an anIG and In Utah th He He may mar be le harmed IG c l t S in the e estimation of or Eastern people by br such ch a slander as but the gen gen- oral sense of fair play common to the theS American A people everywhere c will wi compel com com- S S. S S pc pel an abandonment of a cour cours-b cours so soS Indefensible Not alone Is S S record clear cear In the matter mater of oC obedience S j to the Edmund Edmunds l law w. w but tut he stan stands s as ns a good oo type of estern Western manhood a fair fall and average a representative of 7 j r Utah's citizenship Indeed citizenship Indeed eed of citizen citizen- 5 I ship anywhere In the nation He Is anan arman of or ability He Ie I is vcr very successful S In In business He Ho ha has lived l ed always In Inthis inS this Utah Here S S I community he has hM been known to the people thoroughly hy tor for the odd forty years cars of or his life Ho He HoS Hohas S has met the people In e ee every e 1 portion portionS S of the state in a business b wa way vay and has hasS S established among them a reputation reputationS S for probity for l honesty ani and fa fair a h ft dealing deal deal- eal- eal log ing for personal uprightness an and for Cor morality which Is certainly enviable It I Is a life lif record not excelled anywhere any any- where In an any state stat or or b by an any class claS This statement Is ht ma made e temperately S h because ause It Is so certain certainly within tho the I limits of absolutely tel well known wel truth S S He He lie Is not nol a lol He Hl never le er has been When l sh shown wu the charge of S Clemen on with wih the name namo of oC the woman woman wo wo- S man he was accused of oC having taken 1 In 11 plural marriage Mr 11 Smoot said ll I am am not a polygamist ol I ha have Vo only one wife and neier have ha lund had another 1 r never le er advised anyone to go Into polygamy and aUt I J dont don't countenance go I It I 1 have given l' l strict obedience to the law Jaw and ail 1 I Intend to continue to lo do so I never met un und and dont don't know an any mo- mo mall inan Jal named nu Ruse Rose e I never r le met anti and dont don't know I ant an any woman named Lottie JoUI Greenwood Greenwoo The whole s tory story I Is IsU Isn I Ia n U malicious ah absurdity 1 II It I is I not nol an easy as matter to preserve t patience un under el the provocation that has fas been offered In this cm case Here Herc js Is s a man maim of unimpeachable character of or splendid business s record of approved approve e. apPIo g ability cho chosen en to lo the senate senale of or tie the States h by the re regularly an and under er e every form A native of or the state a citi- citi rz z en n of the lie United States Stales a 0 member of of tt the t legislative bo body y on onearth 01 earth earth art without a t stain on his moral mor S or business o or ch civic c character he Is hounded ugh gh succeeding years a with wih unfounded charges originating in his hl his homo home te b by men who J J could not ruin him him In business nn and in spite of whom whom he has made Ills his w way y In politics For FOl more than a year the thc mo most t twide wide widely circulated paper of oC his state tate until recent recently known as an exponent if of Republican faith screamed In glaring h headlines an and thundered re In iii solemn editorials a against on nn honorable man lan Without regard to truth against all al record of or the the facts the decency which should characterize newspaper conduct In Indifferent indifferent In- In different to the putridity lr of oC the iho stories s it J circulated shameless In Us its Is promulgation alon of oC asserted and conditions the Tribune has followed followed fol- fol lowed owed this his man with a n malignity rarely equalled In iii an nib any cause Blind to the iho harm harl It il did to t H Its state Indifferent to the injury Inflicted on nn the cl city lent In Ignoring the false estimate put on the the manhood of Utah wherever Its Is eastern readers might be proud to lo be known as aM tho the father of oC lies les exulting In n the fact that credit was wg given ghen its Is most ebe egregious utterance of unclean statements untaught ht by stern steril rebuke from flom public men who knew the truth the Tribune has aroused and fe fed In Inthe Inthe inthe the east cast a sentiment a against Senator Smoot which would cloud coull Judgment In Inthe inthe the tho case of or the malefactor What hat harm has been done lone to Utah What hat hat shame has hns been put on the nalon nation naton na- na lon tion ton What violence to the public wherever American citizenship is held helda wh re a x sacred right And In the l light ht of oC this his latest ou outrage how u titter Her and anel complete should be the condemnation mele meted out to the despoiler of a sovereign soy sov state In the American Union He who ha has followed the record of oC- men In Washington knows Senator Sen Sen- ator atol Smoot has been heen diligent In Iii the service sel of the people The They know he heIs hes he heIs Is s prized b by members member of his is com commit commit- ml t- t tees ees tees They know he has been of oC immense im- im mense service to Utah They he know knowlie leow lie he IB enjoys enjo's the confidence lence an and este esteem mn m mo o of President ent noo Roosevelt Roosevelt-a eJ e a man of or blameless life Jfe an and one whose whoso friends must mist he be blameless 9 too The They know there here I Is no smallest chance of or Sena- Sena Sell Sell- tom tor or moots Smoot's expulsion from the sen sea ate And nl the they must know how lm cult ull his work has hns been made mad h by hy theba the tho ba of o a n shameless sheet tJ that from the state he represents In that lint broad American sense of oC fair air pia play that demand for a square deal In the tho he court of a national con con- science jence the appeal for justice ma may bo ho homade made lade for Cor Senator Smoot Smoot B By the ac- ac cu tons against him unproved cd but repeated his state is Injured his party Js Is s harmed his reputation suffers his family Is distressed ed-anc ed and In the last anal analysis the tle tie character of oC the time republic republics 18 s stained while sc despicable a campaign campaign campaign cam cam- continues For FOI the goo good name of oC the naton nation let lel el there be he an en end of this shameless and undeserved er ed persecution uton |
