| Show TI I ism I I CASK It I seems pretty certain that the tho en enemies en- en emit emio of ol Senator are alO losing r their case cae After nearl nearly three years year 4 of or persistent wo work J with wih the help of oC ri the tho Salt oJ Lake Tribune from the home state tatt of or the time senator r and nd with wih the time jl e I backing of a great get fund of money moner contributed con- con by deceived men and women of the tho East Bast it H has been found impossible impossible sible to enlist a n majority o of or the time com com- I for or the time report All 1 this his time the Tribune and the time papers filEtS filEt'S filEt and t who take their from it H S I. iL L people I w cue have 1 0 maVo reiterated tho tim stale statement L ito that thata a 3 majority Ie hf not al all of the time comi com com- i ec eo on Oil J privileges and 11 elections was wasI linn 2111 in the resolve to unseat Senator l l. l Smoot Slowly hut but certainly tho time ImbI public pub I lie lic has imas come to lo ask wh why if that be betrue I j true it i has tins not mD e Its Hs hostile hosle report rii The h country h has she been l tol told through th the he j y past two years at least that the time senate enate was against the Utah senator andI and I would would throw him out omit the time minute infinite it I r i had a n chance to toole vote ole And the pub pub- lie Ic has Imas come to ask why then the j throwing were not done one The truth is there tins has never nevel been n a C Cj at t j majority of the tho tle committee commilee in favor mor of J 1 1 f t th position of the time protestors SenaS Senator Sena Sena- S tor tm Dubols Dubois has ha been resolved on that 1 i acton action from time the t first st and Senator Burrows will wi probably vote vole 00 in fa favorA favor 0 a A o of unseating 1 Mr Smoot If the time matter maler J 4 over comes to the voting yoUng stage But Bu of t the rest it i is uncertain There has hasS S never ne been a a majority In Iii favor favol of time the t s 's position assumed b by Dubois and Burrows Burt Burrows Bur Bur- rows or 01 these two won would Til have Ilac ended ende U the case ce as the they thie have havo desired Their failure to make report is the evidence of their lack of ot a majority in inthe the committee And it is at the time same saine 4 l time proof of untruthfulness on the i part of the newspaper 5 S Here Hele Is a typical editorial paragraph yr from ro 11 Tribune Jt It I has been repeat repeat- i- i 0 e S.- S. There Thero is no question queston that a majorIty majority major major- J ity of the tile committee are in favor of S Duboiss Dubois's resolution Even if It Dolver S votes vole to po postpone the case there willS will wi S still be he seven votes including Depew's In hi favor o of action acton at this session Another fiction equal equally 81 silly Is the following It I Is simply another change in the ill the same aarne jan jangling ng chime of bells t S. S I. I After numerous postponements to S suit the convenience of or Senator Smoots Smoot's supporters In the committee J it I was expected that a vole vote would be taken today le It I is no longer possible to present nt that view before a sane audience for forI forthe I r the tho question Imme Immediately arises How j could a postponement be bf secured toi to Uto i sui suit the convenience of oC Senator y Smoot Smoot from a committee in which a positive majori majority existed against him hini FoJ Folly could go no farther than the Tribune has gone Sone In Iii this matter mater Convinced of the time hopelessness of or its Us r r long and Intemperate ong clus crusade e for tile the s discrediting of oC a senator bf of Its is own ownS S state stale the Tribune has tal taken takemi cn to screamIng screamIng scream- scream Ing in II double column editorials that thai the Republican party parly ant and President L r Roos Roosevelt velt had hal been dragooned dragoone by y the thit Mormons into espousing Senator L' L LF F I. I Smoot's Smoots cause That Is Is their latest hates I turn And it is II as sl silly as the tho rest resl I. I S Setting aside the thu wickedness of I r ing President Roosevelt with abasing hg i his high to lo the 1 pelly business q e of or I- I t J trading In politics one ma may look looI S 5 j squarely at the time remainder of the Tribunes Tribune's Trib 1 une's unes charge charge It I says the Republican i S part party is buying the time vote of Utah by f. f retaining Senator Smoot in Iii the tile ollice i to to which once he has been elected Is that thata S a f probable thing If this hits I great country country coun- coun try belt thy believed wd hau senator should be be reI removed re- re moved if ir there thero I I. I were a strong milled sentiment to that effect would it be controlled by hy the desire for one congressman con con- grossman gressman from Utah As Assuming that H cl timo thu Mormons control Idaho and j Wy- Wy I v o oming orning ln and Nevada n e a could coult the country c be brought to stultify ly Itself L by tho ho offer T 4 of four foul congressmen An And that is all al v 1 it 1 cou could I secure even If Ir time the chargo of or i j the Tribune were true 1 Wo We think the pe people Plo of o mf the nation F will wi see through this as as through that of oC an Impotent majority in committee It I will wJ undo un- un t do stand din tand that tho timO Tribune an and MI Mr earn are out for time the destruction of or the time Republican partS partS' on only I thaU thaL In that destruction they hope for Cor the time S K restoration of or Mr Kearns to place nu and honors honor He lie le can S secure ClU these thes only r b by defeating the tue Republicans That hal t tS S acco accounts f far l' l his present charge that time the party is making a dishonorable trade h-de for tor the voles otes of or a state Tho i. i I Stilt Salt Sal Lake Lako Tribune is 18 la Reams Reams' J iJ J paper He lie lc al also alBo o controls the time Telegram 1 These The two aro are aiono in tho the attempt t v to deceive the re rest reat of the country in 1 the time crusade for tho the discrediting of or a a Utah senator and time the damnation of ot Utah t 1 t Never Ne in the history of o this lila nation naton has ha a conspiracy for or tho the ruin of or an 1 i In individual and the capture of a commonwealth com corn been ben so shameless Never before have methods s so base baso been employed in deceiving honest peo peo- pie ph Never ol before has a palpable fiction so lon long been heen kept kept alive alve But nut now the tho country countr l realizes that the tho ca case o o of oC Senator Smoot will wi lia have to be decided accor according to time the law of oC the land hand It I clear that the time senate ant and not the time federated clubs of or good goot but hut mistaken women will vIll wi make the time decision as to lo Its Is own own mem morn It I seems that the time hasl hasty de demand tic tic- le- le mant mand of or ministers to the time effect enec that thata a senator be expelled will wi be Le of or less weight than the time law of time the case of loss less les Influence than balm the simple principles principles prin prin- of or Justice Mr 11 Smoot was elected to the thc senate Ills Ils title tle Is clear For two years Tom Torn r earns has imas I kept ept suspended over him the time threat of or dismissal dismissal dis dis- missal has imas ma made e him the time subject of charges that If proved od Io would mean menu his political ant and social ruin and yet ct while assuming all aU never neve permitted those charges to lo be to trial Tim Th The Injustice of It H it the time animus animus ani ani- mus o of it I has imas been rl revealed eale to time the country and arid the country countr a advised alsed refuses re refuses re- re fuses longer long to obey the behests of Kearns anti and I ins IS After all Is said ail and done there Is ni but ono one charge against Mr Ir Smoot that can be maintained He lie Ie Is a Mormon Mor Mor- mon He lie Ic Is not a polygamist nor has uris he hue over o been His Ills example an and his hits and filth his advice have p ha al always always al- al ways been against that He lie Heis lieIs le leIs is not nol a traitor to lo his country Jor nor has Imas he lie ever been All Mi Al his imis life and anti all al his Imis interests have been examples of decent and cre creditable American citi It I will wi be observed that if he ho can be he unseated simply because ho imo is a Mormon then timen it i Is becu because o a Mormon Monnon is ineligible to lo hold In the time United United Unit Unit- Uni- Uni ed States Stales If I ineligible to ibid ollice a a Mormon must logically be he ineligible to vote That is the time great decision toward towar which Kearns and anti the time Tribune have been working Once disfranchise the time Mormons of Utah and Kearns with wih the time new party part he lie has organized could coult control this state slate an and return to time the senate senale wh where rc he hue once made him him- himsel himself self sel a laughing sto stock k an and cast cst the time first shadow of discredit ll on Utah We e 0 do O not believe e beJe the time senate Is s ready to accept that dictum We VVe do donot not believe e bele the time country Is rea ready y to exclude c men from ollice or 01 from the the I franchise Ise by ly a religious test Al And wo we believe e bele that recognition of or this timis fact I lies s at tIme the bottom of or time the Tribunes Tribune's latest wild wId scream of rage an and its Us In Indecent fl- fl decent declaration that the time President of or tho tIme United States Slates is making himself luau him self a party to lo the trade of principle for 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