Show L At I. I fL- fL 1 S IF t. t I II- II Pointed Painted J Letter tt r Out Ont b by Mrs frs in Caustic Salsa Y Young om and g Ga Gates Convincing Who I I t 0 ies es a an d F a a. a II a I 0 f B h H R 0 b er erts t. t s ti R Re Replies 1 ph lies s to the D Democrats Democratic c Poli Politicians Politician's i i 1 II 1 1 Attempt J io 10 I the R Re Republican 1 Party t m s Professor or It Richard chard R R. Lyman University of nf Utah salt alt alL Lake City My I Dear Friend RI chard I I have rear rend read with in interest interest in- in r terest jf If not satisfaction the letter written to you ou b by Elder B. B II IL Roberts concerning concerning- Senator Smoot i and I was greatly surprised e and grieved ed that ElderS Elder Ehler S Roberts should a n sumo the attitude h ha ho ha a has declared for tor himself a Passing the generalities some some of which are arc far il ty from accurate with which he prefaces his statement state state- 1 S. S 1 I meat ment to you ou I J will touch the more prominent M. M s features attires on which ho he writes from the standpoint 0 or of his place in the church For I instance he asserts as- as r sorts that tho the office of apostle apostle- which he hl claims f L r J f the tho hl highest position save sao one one in th the church hurch 1 J- J wm tax to the tho J utmost limit th the highest capacity or of r mn man to discharge charAc it with fidelity y and honor y t My I young friend did not your mental powers po of J analysis nal Ig In view few of your our knowledge knowledg of events c In fn I church history show how you tho rho incorrectness o of that eth l Throughout t the entire nUro history of C tho the L hurch cn Its Is highest officials o havo engaged in calling callings widely divergent from that of the apostle apostleship hip and andr r properly so O. O Members of or tho tita council of or apostles s have e been heen formers farmers mechanics etc they y have enKe en- en Ke 1 and do now en engage gc in mercantile com commer- commer mer- mer cal elal and Industrial pursuits they heyy Y are arc at nt th the head cl tit banking insurance and other r institutions the they I nave aye built canals and run woolen and Hour mills d' d s they the have e engaged in all alt these pursuits wholly out out- le of or their thell special church chunh h calling as apostles 1 j they have been lIeen In city councils in the thc legislature f your jour own honored father J being one of these and ami andin andin in t the the- e case of Elder GeOl George e Q Cannon In tho the thoc c j rational national hou house c of or representatives Now I know i you ou can see e what I have pointed d out nut namely the the 4 n 1 nature of the tho claim that an apostleship III 1 lt t the church taxes to Uto th the utmost limit tho the hl high high- h- h ost st capacity of man All the th history of or tho the church proves cs that It does nothing of tho the kind It Jt requires o f r man th the integrity to perform Its Hs duties faith faith- f fully uJ and only so o much of or his time tIm a as may mayy bo be t 1 1 necessary to dI discharge charge those duties properly From Front your own knowledge o of church affairs my dear friend you Jou a also o are aware that the duties of ofa a a n member of the tho first cours council il of seventies are as exacting In a church wa way as the duties dulles of an apostle frequently are yet ct the members of that c. c i council Hn find much time time- to Lo ote to other matters While In that position and lec receiving compensation t for his time time- therein Elder Ehler Roberts also found time to be bo chief editor o j a the Salt sah Lake Lako Herald Herad 7 and aud a assistant editor of or t the le 1 1 Improvement f Era Ela he finds time to be bo the hea head l of a loan Joan nm and T building association a w of or histories of manuals manuals man man- an and of numerous books hooks for which he receives additional compensation he hc a was a l member of or the state constitutional convention ran Tan twice for congress con con- gress gross and at the pCt present sent time Jf Is doing much political work You will observe in this that his n practice Is not in fn a accord with the i idea ea of or exclusive ex- ex exclusive ex ex- e church work for prominent church o officials Elder Eider Roberts ago a al o advises ad you that the of United States senator requires tho the highest t order of intellect ct and character You will realize that th the rank of or such order must bo ho a ascertained 1 by v comparison with men who have made malle successful senators While other othel church officials in Utah have o found time outside c of church requirements to perform perform per per- form the tho multifarious duties I have suggested ug este Reed need Smoot also has hns found ample time to perform the duties dulles of United States Stales senator That he has boon been eminently successful In the tho latter every fair- fair minded cd well informed p person admits Of or all nIl the senators chosen It by this state not one has filled the he place Ilace with more dignity ener energy y an and ability than has hns Reed Recd Smoot not one has stood hl higher hel helIn In the councils of or the nation not ono one has been more thoroughly representative of the tho cleanest best host an and brightest citizenship of or Utah not nol one has compared more moro ora fn favorably with the senators fromI from other states already he has Ims left his impress for I good In national legislation even his opponents Inthe in inthe inthe the highest branch of the national le legislature acknowledge his intellectual strength th in that bo body and declare his character to be he above re re- re You are art al also o n admonished by El Elder er Roberts that thatto to place a a. man In a position to meet the d duties tieH of an apostle and of a senator is to require of him something beyond the power ower of mortal man A person of very ordinary understanding can discern readily the fallacy of such a a. claim As to tho the point that the of apostle an and senator are divergent In character you ou must admit that they are arc no moro more divergent than ar are th a of apostle and president president dent ent or director of a 0 hank bank head of a fire insurance company an agricultural an-agricultural implement ment house houe a n. mercantile mel mer cantile cantlie esta establishment nt a street railway system stem a n alight alight light company a building and loan a association ofa Ola or Ol ora a doz dozen n other legitimate leg avocations wo we can name name there Is no more diver divergence ence than your father and other apostles found their church chUlch duties and the duties of a member of th the legislature or of or ora ofa a a. state tate con or than thon my father found when he was governor of or Utah or than Honorable G George orge Q Cannon annon found when he was wasa a member of congress at tho the time he was an nn apostle and anel later ono one of the first presidency of the Church hurh All these pr persons disagree with Elder Roberts as to the divergence and all aB of or them were welo quite as ns well informed in their particular places as ho is As to the tho time required for the duties of or United States StateR senator most of or the tho men in fn the senate enate are eminent lawyers who woo give two thirds of ot their time timeto to their profession proCession others are arc prominent t financiers etc et who give hc lII like e time in that direction for direction for the tho duties ot of a a. senator take tako up only about third one of a mans man's time that I is three months month of the the- year In a short Ies session ion and five fi or si six months of or tho the alternate years in ht a l llong long session Coming back to the church position of or what Elder Roberts Horts says is beyond the power of mortal mortal mat man you ou will note that 11 ho he fC says there is in the tho church one office omco that Is higher than apo apostle and that there is in the nation one ono office that is higher I than han senator you will rill also recall as I remind you rou that tho the Prophet Jo Joseph ph Smith occupying ln the hl highest hest position of all in the thc church also alo aspired I to the highest t position of all nil in nation not deeming I even these as bc beyond the power of mortal man to fill till In the light of oC such facts faNs you and I are forced to 0 the conclusion that Elder Roberts either elthel condemns condemns con con- every president of the tho church all of whom held civil office OffiC when either an apo apostle or president president dent and antI all of tho apostles to whom I r have havo referred re referred re- re ferre as engaging in civil cl pursuits or he is not sincere in what he 13 has written to you Referring to the selection of Reed Smoot as an nn apostle Elder Eiller Roberts says he must steeds needs believe that this gentleman was calle called b by the Inspiration of God It must have ha been painful to every honest person even Cn upon a cursory reading of or that expression expression ex ex- ples fon to observe the deeply Intense o animus therein displayed by Elder Roberts toward towar his fellow churchman Elder Roberts sa says s 's that be- be causo of or that must needs belief Reed fleet Smoot as asan asan an nn apostle Is beyond his criticism yet ct he proceeds to sneer at him h by saying that D Deity lly accomplishes Ills His purposes at times limes through weak reak Instrumental instrumental- Can you ou find it in your our own o heart to approve approve ap ap- ap- ap prove or even sympathize with such an attempt to belittle one holding the apostleship ship and anti who has such stich a clean can life as Reed Heed Smoots Smoot's is known to be Then you you are ou are Informed b by Elder Roberts that those who u urge e upon Reed Ree Smoot the the two offices of oC senator and apostle are arc riding him un under or whip and anti spur to a humiliating failure Reed need Smoot has been heen in the United States senate enato over O five years curs and has been successful as a senator beyond question hence If thc th failure Is in inthe inthe inthe the ship apostleship who Is 1 tiding riding him with whip and spur pur Is fi it tho the general authorities of the church who each aeh conference present the name of Reed Heed Smoot as a member of the council of apostles As Reed Ree Smoot has not made a hum humiliating failure in his church office where I Is Elder Hob Roberts on that point Can you OU Imagine under this analysis that his advice acI Is such that you can display to your friends and b be proud of it I scarcely think so Next you are alC tol told b by Elder Roberts that there Is no occasion for fOl th the election of Reed Smoot as successor successor successor suc suc- cessor to himself People of Judgment and experience experIence experience ex ex- think otherwise Senators gain In Influence by length th of service It would be impossible for fora a l man to take tako to th him himself r the years ears of ot service Sena Sena- Senator tor Smoot has ha given gi hence thero there Is occasion to reelect reelect reelect re- re elect him that the state tate of Utah may have havo the advantage ad of his seniority In the tho senate over 1 a n large larg-e number of that bo body Through h. the intense light fight made upon lIpon him in which he won magnificently magnificently magnificently yet et with becoming humility humility- he obtained a vindication a 1 fame an nn acquaintance a a. sympathy s a good standing and an influence influence- that Is Impossible of or access to an any now man This is a paramount reason not only wh why Senator Smoot should bo be reelected reelected re- re elected that Utah may mar have the benefit of his position tion of vantage antage but hut wh why no man who has the tho Interests Interests interests Inter Inter- ests of or the state at heart should launch an opposition opposition l- l tion to him Elder Roberts says there are arc at least GOO men in the tho state who can discharge e the duties of the theoffice theoffice theoffice office as well weH an and somo of them better belter than Reed Smoot That Is very ery complimentary to tho the mem mein- h of or the political party part which selected him but there I Is not one o or the who will claim that as a new senator they can step Into Rec Reed Peed Smoots Smoot's shoes hoes of past sensorial senatorial experience and consequent present standing standing- It doesn't take tako even en tho the knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- c edge c-c c of or a school teacher to ascertain that El Elder el JI Roberts's statement nt Is Incorrect and that tho ho antipathy antipathy an nn- exhibited b by him toward Senator Smoot could arise only from tho the forlorn hopes of ot a disgruntled disgruntled dis dis- ls- ls and unsuccessful politician Again you ou are arc informed b by Elder EJder Roberts that the tho re-election re of or Senator Smoot will mean a re renewal renewal renewal re- re newal of or the contest at Ya Washington hin ton n By what psychological meshed does docs ho he determine that or oris orIs oris is the tho wish father to the thought Ho lie says mrs that thata a 1 repetition o of an investigation in of leading ca church officials will bo ho with much disadvantage e to some of them over tho the first investigation I do not know anything about Elder Roberta's Robertas condition 11 personally but as to all the other others I believe c the tho threat conveyed in his a assertion to be wholly devoid devoid de de- void of foun foundation in fact and from the position of a fairly w well Informed H member of tho the church 1 I hereby enter a flat denial of oC his statement as to the lending leading chuch chuck officials being eln In such an unfortunate un- un fortunato fortunate position El Elder cr Roberts says of his pre predicted renewal of the tho fight against Senator Smoot b by what he calls millions of or sectarian bigots that it will be bo urged with some show of reason that the question was not settled in the senate on the merits pf the case as presented by the complainants complainant but on political party grounds s and expediency Do you ou m my dear ear friend believe the tho senate senale acted outside of the merits of the ca cast cas Do you Oll believe those como complainants com corn o had an any merit in th their lr accusations It is generally known and is a fact that the tho te test teat t practically practically practically narrowed down to the question of or an oath of Did Dill tho the senate onate Ignore the merits of that alle allegation Do you or does docs Elder Roberts sa say there was merit In It or o In fn an any oth other r of the char charges es against again t Senator Smoot When hen Elder Roberts says that with some show of reason itcan it itcan itcan can be he urged 11 that the tho Reed Peed Smoot case was not decided on it Its merits his assertion Is challenged b by ever every well-informed well person A further claim Is made that if ii Cardinal Gibbons Gib Gib- lions bons were elected b by the tho Catholics of or Maryland larland or Archbishop Ireland by the Catholic votes of New York there would woul be he objection The th illustration illus mus- us- us Is fatal to his argument from Crom this one fact Hee Reed Smoot was not elected b by the vote of or any church but by hy the votes otes of or the nepul Republican part party I ma may mayy remark incI incidentally that thero there I is much difference dlf- dlf ference between the Catholic officials named and an any Mormon lormon apostle The latter are mc not held In-Id wl bythell by their thell church to exclusive church work but hut ma may engage freely in business and amI other callings as ns I have shown thc they are required ed to exhibit in their lives JIves the love Jove of or God and of their fellowman and antI good business men and statesmen ma may do that As to the bitterness in local |