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Show -147would have been highly improbable for ex-Senator Kearns to issue such a challenge if he felt that it would be taken up. Smoot's reaction October 30 reported that as was everyone Smoot had said in expected. The Herald of reply: The suggestion of a joint debate with Tom Kearns is an ab surdity. I will pay no more attention to this challenge than I would pay to a challenge from any other character - or lack of it. In his October 30 talk Senator Smoot tory of the relationships man of his well-known much of the his- produced between himself and Kearns. He spoke of election and of their associations in Washington. Kearns' ated the charge that Kearns had on several occasions sought Church sistance to remain in the Senate, but that he had ful, which was always the reason for his turn to the American said that he knew that President Snow Thomas Kearns, He reiter- never sold and called for the re-election of a been as- unsuccess- Smoot Party. Senatorship to Joseph Howell to Con Intermountain-Republican and the gress.26 The Tribune referred to the News The as "the two Mormon newspapers, Republican fought wins this election no the in sight. In to joins Party. ,,28 spite the untruthful American press, peals evening.n27 Gentile will be safe in Salt Lake unless he The Herald announced was morning and Smith's Tribune, and warned that "if Thomas Kearns what is called the American victory Smoot's shortly before election that of "the untruthful the Musser a Republican Democratic press, letter, and other unfair ap- Democrats,i9 the alignment of the Democratic party could not be |
