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Show ISEJUTDH REED S MOOT 5PEJKS TO HUGE THRONG AT WEBER AUDITORIUM; ANSWERS QUERY I Before one of the largest and most cnthuslatlc audiences which hae salh-! ercd in northern UU.il during the present pres-ent political campaign. Senator Reed Smoot last nlsht outlined his stand on, th league of nations as submitted bJ President Wilson, scored war Waste and taxation, and answered a question' Strected :it him an to why he had not Mad In full the- Christmas message of; the First Presidency of the L. l. 8. J church over which controversy has arisen as to th. stand of the c hurch authorities In regard to the league covenant. BOTS TOR SOLDIERS The reception and meeting which v. a- held in the Weber Normal acad-, acad-, ,nx auditorium was arranged under tlie auspices of the Women's Republican Republi-can club of W.-h.r e,.,jnt ..n I th an-ilence an-ilence was composed m the majorlti 6 women Senator Smoot sent the house in an uproar when he directed a statement to the women in which he said: 1 "If we enter the league of. nations; Ks presented by President Wilson.; whether or not you raised your boy t., bo a soldier, ho will be n BOldier. and he will be call-. I upon " -'" Europe to fight, not by the senate ol the Cnlted Stale bu bj kings and 1 ills of European nations." The speaker held his audiences in-i.rost in-i.rost for more than un hour and he was frequently Interrupted b crashei ,,t Applause. As he warmed to his sub-, feci his hearers broke into cheers si rs TAKl' N Although tho moon.:,' W8i rtot Irhcduleel to open UHHI OClocK. radically evers seal ivu taken In-entv minutes before thai hour 'i he crowd flowed out Into the halls and bundled t I in no a -b - .iuriii', ti.! entire epeech of the sena toi ores co others were turned away. Ii ,s bstlmated tba; between i ZOO and B rsona appeared ut the academy to( S tr the Bpt aker. I.l V 1TKS SIXCiS I Mrs. Emma Lucy Gat Bow Utah's premier soprano, v. b 1 " " coinpanvlng Senator Smool In Ills owing around the state offered selections. selec-tions. She explained that she was making the trip without compensation jtnd doing her bit to "help pr. rv the constitution of the In.ieii States find help send back to the senate ' the I'nited States th. Vi. al. si r..itor t'f this generation." 5 Senator Smoot c voice was hoarse from bis Intensive campaigning and Ho explained in opcnln- h's talk that ho should not hav. attempted to make another speech I4i weathered his! i BlLlk well, however, and his voice im-j' Droved OS he warmed up I O w nine . j ' ; in regard t Un recent controvert: r. hi h has arisen In regard lo the stand fjken b church authorities on th. J. ague of nations subject. Senator, Smoot said. "My attention has been called to a ttatement published In a campaign per-' loJiral to the effect ih.. in my re-j tharks at a Republican rally at TooMo! I read only a portion of the Christina v greetings of the i lrst Presidency or the Mormon church. 1 d.sirc to saj thatj h was not my Intention 'o docclvi or conceal anything but thai the portion which 1 read seemed t.. tm to be so pertinent to the tines t ion I was lo 'i -suss, namely the league of natlona" "AM evidence that i: was not my. purpose to conceal or deceive, 1 now desire to read the two preceding paragraphs, para-graphs, which U Is claimed, I omitted i tor political reasons Here Senator Smoot read the full txt of tlie Christina- greetings f the first prestd.ii. of the church a.- pub-j lisihed In the Christmas numb, r of the Desefct MeWa, the officliii church or-l Van. The speaker continued "I say agalr) ttiat I deplon the Democratic attempt to drag th- church authorities into politics ;i.nd i wouhii have made no reference to the atti-luij.- of the authorities whatever, haeil I. not been for the deliberate and lcr-( siMent effort eif tin Democratic cam-palgnors cam-palgnors to gain a political advaiatagej by their widespread adv. rtlsementk "I have not said, however, that the' fihurch authorities have changed their j minds on the subject of the league ofl nations, 'as l huc not Dccn authorised to do see J My statement that millions of persona per-sona in the I'nlted Stale have changed their minds since ttie treat; rail brought into this count r e absolutely I true as everyone now knows. But I do I not wish lo be unelerstooei as Including Includ-ing the first president of th'- church arioinc,' that number as I had no Intention Inten-tion or thought of doing so and still have no such Intentions "1 desire to say further, In a.i w.r to the attempt to make It appear that the first preslelency and other leading church authorities ha ve declared fori the Wilson leuKiic without any rcser-l vations whatever and -.Ince I have stood for certain reservations that I am out of harmony with them on ihisi question It Is only fair for no- to. state that some of these gentlemen1 have eonsistcntly held to the vi. " ' which I Indd. that the I'nlted Mates government should endeavor to get all the reservations that un possibly be obtained which would protect and safeguard the interests of our government." govern-ment." FI ND FR PROPAGANDA St nator Smoot called attention to the fact that international bankers In the United State had contributed 1800,000 to a fund with which to spread propaganda In rit,.r .if the covenant without reservations And I will say, the speaker shouted ' that these international bankers did not give their money for nothing." "When President Wilson made ni:i trip around the country, ' b continued, contin-ued, "he declared In one of his speeches that the league of nations was a bigg' r thing than tho Constitution Constitu-tion of the t'nite.l Slate- and 'be I'nlted States government. In my opinion, opin-ion, however, there Is nothing on this earth created by man which is greater than the government of th.- United States." At this point the speaker was interrupted with loud cheers and applause. ap-plause. Senator Smoot dec tared he Voted for the ten reservations to the covenant and emphatically stated he would never nev-er consider "Mmk for it without the provisions which he sld. would take the poison frrim Ihr document. He add?, -i d himself to th- laboring labor-ing men end said "If sou stand for the leageu without reservations, you in w Idlng around the necks of your children and their children a collar of iron which will mean much to their detriment." While on the subject of labor ho warend the employers that a more equitable distribution must be made between capital and labor, and asserted assert-ed that If the worklnc man Is not given full value for his efforts lie Is not going to bo content as he. has in the past. Labor, the speaker said, was entitled to a decent living, and it wan its purpose to see that they will get It in the future. STATES MIS STAND, Senator Smoot made himself dear as to the stand he had taken and Wl uld lake in the future in regard to allowing full compensation to soldiers Wounded dUflng the wr "I shall do all in my power to see thai the men who sacrifices themselves for civilisation, civilis-ation, In this last war and others, shall not want as long as I am In the I'nited States, senate," he saloi. In other portions of his address the speaker followed his campaign address : n . 1 called attention to the hUfe waste cinrlgn the war ami the une.piai taxation. taxa-tion. He warned that taxes within 1'tah arc steadily rising and If not soon . hecked will have not only . ffect upon the 'coming Industries of the ,tatr. hut also those who are already established estab-lished Mrs. Georginln Slarrlott, president of the Women's Republican club, ..pened Ihe m .-ling Miss t!lads Rich, former overseas entertainer offered Keveral corned) Jongs which were pop-ulftr pop-ulftr in Francet Mrs. J. Q. Falck pre-klded pre-klded and introduced Senator Smoot. In introducing t i i principal sp si kr i Mrs. Falck said: lie is ;i man of the people and for the people " Harvey li. Cuff of Provb. candidate candi-date for State attorney general o'i the j Republican ticket was Introduced ;nd gave n few brief remarks before the, close of the rally. oo i |