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M TROTH L I WILL SENATOR SMOOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELEC-i TION? I I The above question is being asked ? all over the country. Why should not Reed Smoot be a candidate for re-election, his friends ask. Has he done anything that bars him? Has he i on account of being an Apostle of the Mormon church been unfair to the non-Mormons of Utah? We say, no. , Senator Smoot has done good for the West, and has had without question as much influence, if not more, than any other senator in this region, and still retains it. Senator Smoot is now chairman of '& the Committee of the Patens, a po sition that Senator Piatt of Con necticut had held previous to his death for a term of nearly twenrv years. Length of service in the Senate is the qualification for advancement on committee's. Nearly twenty re publican senators have passed out of the Senate on account of death, re signation, etc., 'since Reed Smoot took his scat. This accounts for his rapid advancement to the chairman ship of the Committee of Patents, one of the most important commit tees of the Senate, It was claimed by the opponents of the senator that he would have no influence for the good of his State on account of being an Apostle or high churchman. The opposite has been proven, and now his enemies howl that he wields too much of that material on account of holding that position. The fact is that whatever influcne. Senator Smoot has is on account ot his being a strong man. The mere fact of being an Apostle gives Smoot no influence in the Senate, and takc3 none from him. He is simply judged on his merits as a man. A number of people in this state are opposed to Senator Smoot on account of his apostleship, and think that he ought to resign that position if he intends to succeed himself. The same people admit that it would be easy if not easier for Smoot to be re-elected it he was not an Apostle, thus admit ting that the apostleship does not help him politically, even at home. ""' An Apostle in the Mormon church engages in business and worldly af fairs in common with his people, and why should not he hold office in common with tr:m? , Christian ministers everywhere claim that Mormonismi is not a reli gion but a business corporation, and a fraud. No person objects to direc tors of leading corporations and trusts being elected to the Senate. Why is Reed Smoot called a high churchman by these very ministers m w'10 claim that Mormonism is no part of Christianity, if it is not for the purpose of deception? It is generally conceded in this state that one Mormon and one Gen tile should sit in the Senate. This is the way it stands today. If Reed Smoot withdraws it would be under- Z. C. M. I. I GREAT UNDERMUSLIN SALE I il For Three Days Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I : I I ; This is the the time when it pays every woman to lay in a whole season's supply. You will find . our counters literally heaped with the grandest assortment of Undcrmuslins for women, children and H infants. -Spotlessly white and made of fine materials. Entirely new styles. Price reductions range . from 25 PER CENT TO 50 PER CENT OFF. I ; ; SHIRT WAIST SALE First showing of Spring Waists, white lawn, linen and damask, $1.50 to ?4.oo grades, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 20 PER CENT OFF EMBROIDERIES Swids, Nainsook and Cambric Edgings and Insertions, in lengths from 3 10 H 6J4 yards. These have been selling at half price, all next week they will. sell at ONE-HALF THE H S REDUCED PRICE. Our entire line of Embroidery Edgings and Insertions at HALF PRICE. Cor- H set Cover Embroideries, up to 0 cent values, at 29c A YARD. Ladies' Stock Collars and Chem- H isettcs all next week, HALF PRICE. H An early shipment of Long Silk Gloves, 16 button, black and white, all next week we will sell H a the $2.00 for $1.50, $2.25 for $i-7S $2.50 for $2.00. H -" ----- - 11 1 .iii 1 - - 1 1 11 . t- ... .-... ...... M stood that a Mormon would take his plate. Will some one tell us wha1. is the difference between a Mormon and a Mormon Apostle. Our learned ministers will tell us that all Mor mons arc serf; to their leaders, anl that an Apostle is a little more in telligent than the. common herd. The election of Apostle Smoot had nothing to do with the starting ol the American party. The Tribune even admits this. The Christian min isters in common arc bitterly opposed to the Mormon church, and were much elated in the chance of joining hands with Tom Kearns, Dave Keith ?nd Perry Heath, proprietors of tit.: Tribune, in raiding that organizatior.. Senator Smoot has only been a circumstance in the raid. The cen ter of tlfc fire was directed at th? president of the Mormon church. The reasons of the ministers for th raid are well known, and not worth while repeat:ng. Tom Kearns', Dave Keith's and Perry Heath's reasons arc worth mentioning again. When Tom Kearns vas elected senator he openly proclaimed that he intended to be "It" in this state, and started out to make himself a political boss. Perry Heath and Dave Keith, seeing how easy it wr to land an ignorant lubber like Kearns, both entered the race for senator unknown to each other and both being assured of the sup port of Kearns, which one was to be thrown down by Tom never cam to light? Heath left his native State to obtain a residence in Utah, and Keith postponed his trip for a cruise on the Mediterranean Sea, both be ing assured of the plum by kearns. The plan was to get President Smith on their sid by honeyed words and the praise of the Tribune, and at the proper time have him make Reed Smoot retire from the race. Failing in this, they were to turn the pages of the" Tribune against the Mormon leader and his people, and make him come to time. They did not succeed, so Perry and Dave were consigned to the ash pile, and Smoot elected. Kearns seeing his own scat in dan gcr, then made overtures to the Mor-. mon leader, promising to buy out Heath's interest in the Tribune, winch at this time was pouring 011: billingsgate against the Mormon len der and his people. Kearns prom ised at this time to give prominent Mormons stock in the Tribune and cither allow a certain Apostle or a very prominent Mormon who wa- then publicly accused of being a new polygamist to be censored of that paper. Kearns failed to get Joseph F. Smith either by honeyed words or threats and abuse. Kearns, with his unsavory record, intended to dictate to the Mormon leader, and in turn force him to dictate to the Mormon people. The election of Reed Smool and the failure of this unsavory trio to force Joseph F. Smith into such a disreputable position, is the real and only cause of the organization of the American party. Without the support of tho Tribune and Kearns and Keith's money, the American par ty would not have been born. These being the facts, it is really a matter of wonderment to well-informed persons how that any posi tion of the people who stand for honor, capability and Ircspectibility in politics can be led into Tom Kearns' hand, wagon. Any such who are there would do well to put on their thinking caps. i The total attendance at the National il and American league baseball games ; the past season was 6,133,557, which H was 300,000 more than the previous M high record in 1904. H ... The record three games of a bowl- H ing team for the past year was th H performance of a Chicago team, H Thompson's Colts, who bowled a H total of 3,853 pins in three games. H I It is announced that twelve players ; are to be dropped from the Pitts- H burg ball club. Captain Clark now ijH has thirty-six men, ana says he will H not take over south twenty-five next il spring. H ... sH Mclvin Shcppard, the great half- 1H mile foot racer has secured a posi- Jl tion on the New York police forcr. IH Doubtless his flcctness of foot wa. 1H a valuable asset in securing the ap- jlH pointment. iH ... dl Joe Foglcr, who took scicnu plae: in the New Yoik six-day bike race IH says the cost of running his quartet JIH durmg the race was $6.50. Another 2JH proof of the aid cdrge that "it tak-s il money to make money." 9 H ... n h A proposition is now before the H Pacific Coast Baseball league to in- H crease the number of league clubs j H from four to six. The question will I prob-.bly be settled at a meeting to I I be held next week. H I Rochester, New York, has the dis- H tinction of being the greatest um- j H pire producing town in the world. H Last .season seventeen indicator I H handlers, in the different leagues of. I the country, claimed Rochester as ' J I their home. 1 H