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Show -67whom was then These Mormons. were serving were Cutler, Wells, secretary of state. as and James T. Hammond, who felt that the Church leaders, if they had any choice at all in the matter, preferred Governor All three candidates Wells. had received his strength from In Weber one been cast County, by The of the from Salt Lake were the larger Cutler County. counties outside Salt Lake. largest, one-half of the Cutler votes had Gentiles.lO convention Republican nominating in Senator KearnsV attitude toward the The Cutler nomination, or was a major turning point Republican Party. Merrill writes: the Smoot victory, as it was in Kearns that Smoot was a mortal no future for him in a Republican variably described, convinced enemy and that there was Party controlled by Smoot.ll The Auerbach FollOwing steadily Senator. on the Meeting August convention the Tribune Reed Smoot and fired Capitalizing September 1 - on strongly and the unclosed Smoot trained its guns steadily at the Apostle- investigation in Washing- ton, the Tribune asked its readers: What is the matter with utah? Why are the eyes of the world turned upon utah now? And why is she looked upon with scorn and contempt? Why with all our pride as citizens of this glorious commonwealth should we be the subject of the gibes • • • and jeers of strangers? ••• utah suffers; her citizens Smoot What's the matter with utah? under the ban. But that 9 s enough, the Lord knows. That'l s all. Smoot. -- Not only was upon the State of utah Smoot the sole by strangers, reason but for the Smoot, said the Kearns Tribune, the entire reason for the existence of strife within the can Party Wrote the Tribune: ist contempt heaped was of utah. are Republi- |
