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Show (ADVKRTISLMKNT) I Republican Political Column I Hon. Reed Smoot I Senior United States Senator For Utah His Record in the U. S. , Senate. Kg t t nli today Is bettor represented iti bM tho National Congress than ever be- Mro In lilHlory Hit Senators luivc ME more Influence ami tlii' state linn a ft growing prustego In marked contrast B to Hint of but it row short yours ago. H This hnppoy condition Is Justly nt- Ej trlhuted In u hit mo mousure to tliu In- Br diiHtry, energy (tiul capability of Somi- Bt tor Reed Smoot. Entering Congress K with the greatest opimsllloii over Eft shown u Senator ho fought tho (li;ht n of righteous representation for the HP people of I 't uli mill won From Hint 8 ilny Ills slur among tho stiitiHmin of 9, thin iiiilliin him gradually risen tilt ho S stands toilny u loader among tho nu- B lion's lenders unit u great credit to 31 tho people he ho ably represents. HI In Hip linlls of Congress mid In tlii' H forum of nntloiinl comment n ml BJ dliuiitalons It Is stated with absolute BJ accuracy Hint Senator Smoot has a Bi wonderful capacity for work honest, H conscientious, Intelligent work, mid BJ plony of It; that lu Is untiring In B his furtherance of measures and BE methods which ho coiicoIvcb to bo BJ based on Just and righteous prlncl. BK pics, and equally iiiiIIIiicIiIiik In his BE iiiilngnulsm to that which ho recognl- BK 7U8 as dishonest, nnJiiHt, or hyprcrlti- BE cnl; that no Interest of t'tnh, his nu- BJj tho State, Ih passed by slightingly, BR mid no Utah cltl7.cn, however humble, BE but receives tho benellt of his syni- Bjt pathetic Bolkitudc as far as courtesy BJ mid fair dealing make It possible; H mid that while ho oh! coins the various H InterestH of Utah and her advancing BM piostlgo iih a Statu to bo u pearl or B greatest worth, his hredth of compre. H hunslon and olllclnl action reach In H commensurate degree to the welfare BB and progress of tlio whole American mm . people, In whatever land or clinic H they may sojourn. That this envinble H position lii the lutolllgonf and well- Bf Informed national mind has been BR ronchod In great degree through basic BB porsuual merit, Is beyond cavil; that BB It directly rellects Inestimable benefit BB tn Utah's citizenship rc.Ktirdlc.ss of BB age, creed or party, Is ciiunlly indls- BB putnblo; mid no thoughtful mid sin- BJ coroly patriotic Vtnhn wishes for u BB , iiioment to rollniiulsh the nilvantnge- BB ous results thereby flowing to Utah. BB Sciintnr Smoot'?. Service BB Heed Snioot's service as United BB States Senator from Utah began on BB March G, 100a, and ho Is now (1911) BB In the closing year of his second Bb term. He Is llfty-two years of age, BB vigorous of mind and body, equipped BJJ by years of practical experience and Br the exorcise of a broad judgement to BB render the people of Utah nml of the BR nation a higher and better servlco In BR the United Statos Senate as each year B . passes along. Hanking as u leader Bji muoiig leaders In the Senate, he Is Kfjl always at his post or duty and alert BI to meet mid fulfill every obligation B& coming to' him. g2 Chosen. to Hie United States Senate BH us one of the younger inembers or BBJ that body nt the time, ho diligently BJ set hlmseU to gala n thorough coin- BH prehension or the high requirements BJB made or him In Hint capacity; and nl- j3 though met at the outset by many uu. BBJ towaid circumstances, ho overcame BBJ these with n dignity mid courage that BBJ gained for him both tho respect and HJS the conlldenco or his colleagues, being H In the Ilrst term or his service placed BH In the front rank or the nation's legls- BBjj lators a ract which brought Utah BBJ and lior people Into a moro lavorable BBJ attitude beforo tho world than ever BBJ had boon known before. I BJB Ills second term lit tho Senate bus BBJ augmented tho lutluentlnl good for- BB$ tune which tins attended him, and the Ht promise or the future Is still bright- BJ or mid bettor ror Utah's advantage BB through his continued Bcrvlco In that BE Legislative Work H l'robahly no other senator In Con- BBj gross dining the last four years hns BKJ had more It glslntlvo work thrust on BBn him or hns more results to his credit. BBJ On all these matters of Important BBJ legislation he has shown the same BJ3 Impartial consideration and devotion BHH to detail. BBj Ah a member of the Committee on BH ClalniB, ho Instituted the rulo not to BH favor any claim against the Govern- BBJ meiit which does not posnsB such mor- BB It as would Justify Its payment In a BBb private business transaction. BBr As a member of tho Committee on BH. Pensions, Senator Smoot took an us HJg peclal Interest lu the necessary care BBJ of the uatlou'b veteran defenders and BB3 thulr widows. BKJ As Chairman of the Committee on BH Printing ho "revised tho entire copy BK right laws ro as to onm tho common- BBj datlou of the leading authors and pub- B8 llehers, nml without causing any do- serving employee to loso his Job has re-organlzed the government printing so bb to Bave the nation over $500,000 annually In this department. Ho was a leading member on the ."otumltleo on FoioBtry and Conser-.atlon, Conser-.atlon, and as a recognition of his ability on these subjects was scut by ihc President on a special mission to Kuropc to study these subjects. Perhaps no piece or legislation or itch row words, lu recent railroad enactments, contains so much of vital vi-tal Importance to the West as that known as the Long and Short Haul Clause. Since Senator Smoot took the mat. tor up, many of tho veterans of the Walker-Indian war In Utah have received re-ceived pensions, Including the amount due mid accumulated ror previous years. He Is still working to secure the same lesults Tor tho lllack Hawk war veterans In the matter of Covernment buildings build-ings for Utah he has been singularly successful, and the big Strawberry Valley pioject will ninaln for nil lime a credit lo his sageelty. .No other one single measure ever enacted by Congress has done or will do so much to develop this state and the West as the HlM-ncre enlarged homestead law for which Senator Smoot Is entirely responsible. Kvmi those who disagree with him as to the Itepuhllcan policy of n tnr-Iff tnr-Iff for lh( protection and encouragement encourage-ment of American Industries admit that Senator Smoot Is the best Informed In-formed member or the Senate on mutters mut-ters connected with tariff legislation. He has been assailed frequently, and nftun misrepresented, but no opponent oppon-ent ever ht.s been able to dispute his telling array or Tacts or ventured to question his ready ability to use them, commenting upon the latest ttirlfT discussion dis-cussion lu Congress, the Washington National Tribune said editorially of Senator Smoot that ho "won n nationwide nation-wide reputation by his wonderful Industry In-dustry In gathering up and digesting every ninterlal fnct relntlng to the tarlir Bystein, and tho vigor and Bklll with which he used these In debate," to the conruslon of his opponents. Country NceiN Senainr Smoot James It. Mann, Hepubllcnn leader lu the House or Representatives, who probably will he Bpuakor at the next House mid who will undoubtedly be a candidate ror the nomination for president on the Uepubllcan ticket In I'.Ufl, has added his endorsement to an already largo number or tributes to Senator Heed Smoofs ability. Mr. Mann hns had much experience In Congress Ho was elected rrom his district lu Illinois to tho Fifty-sixth and each succeeding Congress. In his letter to Col. C. K. Loose, Hepub. Hcnn State Chairman, ho says; .My Hear Mr. Loom: I hope )ou will net take It amiss tlmt write to )u lu regard to the reelection of Sciuiliir Smoot. Senator Smoot,. through his dill-gent, dill-gent, Imlcfallgahle and Intelligent slmb and attention lo business In the Senate, has easllj become one of the iiiest valuable men to the k eminent In either house of CongreNi. 1 he. Hove he Mums mnrr nim( ( (s going mi lu the Senate than anj other iiinn In It, mid Is nlunjs on the square. Mhlle 1 him Heed that ho has given close attention to the needs nf Hull, jot his work Is much brand, er nml more complete than that.. The j whole rniiiilrj needs him lu the Sen-ate Sen-ate far the actual worth he Is to It III cniinecllon with IcgMntho propo. sltlmis. . While I believe that the Itepiihll. cans will carry the nmiilrj this fall without mo dluieult), vet I have Ink. en the llbert) of writing this letter to j on for the purpose of emphasizing the Importance or the people of Utah sending Senator Smoot bark to the Senate us his own .successor, t Vours vcrj Mnrerely, IV.MKS K. MA XV. -o ItlM'lill.K'AX T1CKKT For United States Senator HKICI) SMOOT For Congress Second District K. O. l.BATHKRWOOI) For Justice of Supreme Court WM. M. M'CAHTY For Suporintendent of Public Instruc lion A C MATIIKSOX . fount) ilekit ' Commissioner. -.yar term JAM1CS II. OAHD.N'KU Commissioner. 2-yenr trm J. P. IlIlINOllUHST Olork- B. T. PALFHKYMAN Assessor IIYRUM CHRiSTENSEN ShcrlirV- ! MARION (TtilNOKR Treasurer , , i L. U NEtSON V Recorder FI.OYD JOHNSON , Attorney I OEOROE P. VARKER Survoyor ' The Democratic party In Utah county coun-ty In Its platform or two years ago, bitterly condemned tho Republican party ror tho high taxation In the coutny, and solemnly pledged the pnr-ty pnr-ty to reduce the tnxes; tho snld part also pledged Itself to ruduco the salaries sal-aries of county ofllcers. Has It kept It pledges? Let the records re-cords made by It speak. In 1012 under a Republican ndmlii-Istrntlon, ndmlii-Istrntlon, the levty for county purposes pur-poses was G 1-- mills, In 1913 under the Democratic administration tin levy ror county purposes was 6 mills The valuation placed upon the county by the Republicans In 1912 was IIG.L'&SJOO, bringing u total tax or $82, 773.96. The valuation placed up. on the county by the Democratic administration ad-ministration In 1913 was $1C,S87,191, bringing a total tnx of $92,323.14, making un excess tnx collected by the Democratic administration over tho amount collected by tho Republican Re-publican administration of $12,549.19 When the Democratic party wont Into In-to power on January lBt, PJ13, more than $40,000 was turned over to It by the Republican administration; and the report of the financial condition of tho county under Democratic rule shows that the county was carrying mi overdraft at tho bank on October 1st, 1914, or $22,720.00. You will note that the valuation or property lu Utah County had increased increas-ed in 1913 over tho valuation In 1912 lu tho sum or $028,291, and yet the following striking deductions lu the valuation on prominent Democrats' property Is shown by the assessment rolls: Valuation lUlt, Republican Knight Woolen Mills, Improvements value $12,000. Vuliiatlon 11)13, Hciiiocrutlc Knight Woolen Mills, Improvements $0,000. Ill addition to the above on the Knight Woolen Mills the nssessed valuation val-uation on personal property was $0,ri00 lesB In 1913 than It was In 1912, mnklng u total saving to tho mlHs(j valuation of $13,500. Republican Farmers mid Merchants Hank, Im- JOHN R STEWART Superintend 1 1 or Si hoots j. P CREER Legislative Tlckut Slate Senators HENRY GARDNER JOHN H. WOOTTON State Representatives SAMUEL E. TALOR L. K. STEWART CHARLES L. WARNICK J WILLIAM WING. JR. County Issues provemcutH, $8,800. Taylor Uros. Furniture Co., Improvements, Im-provements, $10,000. Democratic Farmers and Merchants Ilnnk, Improvements, Im-provements, $5,000. Taylor Hros. Furniture Co., Improvements, Im-provements, $S.S00. Hnve tho Democrats trented all the taxpayers as well? If so, where does tho increased valuation come from? Sularlcs The Democrats reduced the salary's salar-y's of county ofllcers only f per cent, making a total reduction or the sum or $430.00 annually, nil told, ir the salaries fixed by the Republican county commissioners were too high to such mi extent as to cause such a furoro by the Democrats, were they ONLY FIVE PER CENT too high? Taking tho Agues above given we find the Democrats have reduced tho salaries sal-aries $430.00 and to offset this they havo collected from the people by taxation during tho year 1913 the sum of $12,549.19 more than the Republicans Re-publicans collected during the year 1912, bo we take It they could well afford to knock off the sum of $130 00 In consideration or receiving the sum of $12,549,19 In return. Frank Roper, the probation ofllccr of Utah county, who has approximately approximate-ly 18,000 children under his Jurisdiction, Jurisdic-tion, wns paid by the Republican county commissioners the sum or $25.00 per month as a deputy sheriff, and furnished u motorcycle, but the Democratic county commissioners cut ofT Ids salary entirely, and took his motorcycle uway from him mid g.,v0 It tti Commissioner Ctirlstensen and In the place of Mr. Roper, "who by the way Is a Republican," the Hem,, cram have added to the Sheriffs oN nco and pay roll the name or Ed Jones, who drives the Sheriff's auto" at a salary or $05.00 por month, and Instead or charging his snlnry up toth0 anlary account. It is charged to tho account r "livery bill," ,Ih ,g ,,,.. Hiimnbly done ! order to make It np-pear np-pear that the salaries or the Slieilff's olllco hnve not been Increased Tho Democrats claim thai plat-rormA plat-rormA pledges are made t0 lf. k,..)t anil'iiotmolaasis to catch Mies .How many Mies did thoy catch at tho last election? How well have ,bey fce-pt their platform pledges regard to a reduction of tho taxes TIwm quostlons will be rr yml t0 answer on election day The liquor (Question This question Is declared not ;to be a party question by nil the political platforms, and yet the Democrats are mitig to mnke puny capital out or it County Attorney Hnjsley. nt n pub-,i, pub-,i, meitlng held on the treet corner at Provo a few days ago, attacked the Republican olllce holders, by saying iitnotig other things: That so rar as linoliiess lu Utah county Ib concerned, no one has closed their doors except i feu 'illlnd PIks" which wore permitted permit-ted io nourish under the Hepubllcnn uilmliiiitrntlun. Again let us refer to facts, us shown by the county eleik's records. Tin show when each whiskey club whs organized, mid each and nil of them were organized under Democratic Demo-cratic rule as follows;. Tlmpatioogns lub i.' Provo, February 24th, 1913. Tlinpanoogns club No. 2 lit Provo, June 12th, 1913; Kldoiado club at Provo, August 5th, l!il3; Letter club at Puyson, Juno 25th. 1913; Nebo club at Payson, September 17th, 1913; Eureka club nt Payson, November 12th. 1913; Granite club nt American Fork, July 19th, 1913; Tusearorn club lit Spanish Fork April 29th. 1913. and the Hlue Hock dub nt I.ehl, September Septem-ber Kith, 1913. So you see they were all organized under Democratic rule, and were all permitted to nourish under un-der Democratic rule tor many months, and some or them for almost n year before any attempt was made by the county authorities to supprtss them; they allowed them to get firmly rooted, root-ed, and then In order to make political politi-cal capital for some of the county candidates on the Democratic ticket they started to uuppresH these clubs that had grown up under their administration ad-ministration and fostering care, and now these same people who permitted them to continue in business has the affrontary to charge their exlstnnco to a Republican administration, when thoy know that not n single whiskey club existed In Utah county under Republican rule. It little becomes the County Attorney, District Attorney, Attor-ney, mid Sheriff to soek political preferment pre-ferment from tho people by such shninful and wilful misrepresentation or the plain Tacts. o (ADVERTISEMENT) "B- ' lcIaM-M Column C Democratic County OfRcialt" Have Made Good Recors" 'In. s Our Schools and Roads Have Been Well Looked After ,,( ln the Taxpayers Have Been Treated Fairly by the " '' Democrats of the County Much Money llng ' Has Been Saved. Hi9 , Two years ago tho Democratic party par-ty went before tho people of Utnh County with n pledge of economy and they have kept their platform to the letter. Tho taxes have been raised, but who raised them, not tho Democratic Demo-cratic county commissioners, but Instead In-stead tho (Hepubllcnn) Stnte Board of Equalization and the schools. Here Is the amount each county ofllco has suved during the twelve months of 1913. County Recorders office ....$ 412.9C County Sheriff's ofllco 1G34.2G County Clerk's office 148G.1R County Treasurer's office ... 222.82 County Assessor's office 341.43 It should bo remembered too that there were G92 moro Instruments recorded re-corded In 1913 than In 1912. The above saving Is u comparison with 1912 when the Republicans wore In power. The County Sheriff's ofllco also al-so pnld their own enr rare while this oftlce rode on pasooB In 1912. In 1912 the Sheriff's olllce spent nenrly $360 for buy and In 1913 not one cent wns spent ror this Item. Kulr Assessments The claim ban been made that tho Democratic Aasessor has reduced the assessed valuation or the Knight Woolen Mills and Taylor Bros company. com-pany. Hero are the figures from the county assessor'8 books for the two ye'ara of 1911 nnd 1912, the nssessed valuation ror the two years Is $48,500, while the assessed vuluntlon ror 1913 and 1914 Is $G0,700, or an increase or iHeii J2200, while the assessed valuati.B' Taylor Bros, for 1911 lul io,, .91,000. ror 1913 and 1911 wa, JHaBV ,r an Incrense or $7Ci) 'Mswr Whllo In 1911, during ule ,m6(.!M fames II. Gardner was commlMhZBjit cho assessed valuation or the LKhe i ntgar company was lowered WjoBirm I'ho Democrats bellevi tlmt theiJM part or the county should h, ,H'r W commissioner, but th. man wh0 J Fall do the squnre thing ror cverybodjiBi"' Bcrnnrd Christeiiacn or America Fork. Hp1 Why the Tiiu-s ro II (slier BB Let us take for mi example a tlB " farm In tho Lehl district and nBkMn what the taxca are. Wk Stato Tax 7B0 uK,, County Tnx .: SCO tsB7, School Tax nco HflB High School Tax .... 3.00 Stiie Total 27G0 M!BoU1 A two dollar raise The state puHnS GOc moro In 1911 than In 1912 TttHBik county gets exactly the satn TH schools gets GO cents leas The HijV Biin Schools gets $2.00 mote, but the Stti Bsmli Board or Kqutillzntlon raised the valj. Hr to atlon thin year 20 per cent, thujsiHpw ding $G.90 in re, making the total til i91 1 of $3r.40 or $7 90 men than HuB1'1, It Is plain to be seen that 3.90 cf tkiB1' above ralso Is due to the state act H'!t ' $2.00 to the High School, neither oil101 which Is chargeable to the Dcmtxri-H tic udmlnlstrutlon or the county coaP" missloucrs. Bbert & mix tH Democratic Rally w- mMwma' Trf&mmmm H '' T' j Monday Evening! LLhB'''?C- ' LILH Ilenr l'10 ot,icr Bl(' thc q'tl" Hfe mmmm VEf" 'Jf'TiH Hon and vote Intelligently TwogooiB" BiwJtf J'H speakers coming to American Foil '.n BHCt 1 ViH cxt Momray evening Matt Thorau Hpr fcPh- i:mmW of Salt Lake, will deliver an addreti Hul mumuMmjjJjj AmmW 4 in Amerlcnu on the of K ML jjKr mMmmmmmm llllH Thomas li oct H ' lbtH the In the t H PqiH also tit Hj( uMWMmWMaWmmWMMmmWmm question other H. Mntt Thomas V To Our Subscribers I We tiro going to get bur.y on oof j subscription list, nnd next week l Be begin prepnrlng Htntements for H Ht who are delinquent However, will hold these bills until November Kc 1st, us wo prefer that you cull at the ) olllco and make settlement nnd r I your receipt for pnyments when maI- Most of these nccouuta are not verf large, but thero nro JiiHt such n have to depend upon for fund' w which to pay oyr bills. We will erf much npiirccluto payments from those who nro lu nrrenrs before NoverolKT To thoso who nro ovir ono )' In nrronra and receive Btannicnts, H nsk that thoy remit within thirty M1- for If thoy do not, wo will be con' m polled to cut thorn off our list nccord- m lug to the poBtul laws. B Thero nro 11 few who took no no- m tlco of our statements Inst 'ar"" these will bo glvon thirty days to & K tie up, or until December 1st thw. MM If proper nrrungcmontB are not H for n settloniout, their account ' bo turned ovor to the Newspaper Co- HI looting Agency, who gem rally co m Ircts the nmouuts due vvi'h fst " H tached, B The Lehl Hiinncr B A PROORES8IVW INDni'B'N'1,KNT B 1 . ( PUBLICATION SUnSCHIl'TKLN t, One Yenr "'V Six Months lJZ Rntered as Second-Cia Mer Postofflce nt Lehl, Utsh, 3. W. ROSS 7. U'S 1 U W. OAISFOIU) Mau" |