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Show H I HE SMOOT MACHINE. H ' Tlio Smoot"inaclilno"occiiples much H1 of the democratic organ's space re- ceullv. No one lia liitf read the .Tout- M rial the past years InidKlncs for a sec- B ond that It Is against "Hie machine" H because of a belief that a "machine" w Is fundamentally wrong, or because m the Smoot "machine'1 Is worse than B ', the avuraKe "machine." The Journal's fl cantankcroslty comes mnru from the B fact that Its own party machine Is not fl In the saddle hence nit things done B by any other combination assumes a fl terribly bad appearance, and the dein- M ocratlc organ very consistently keeps M up the ranting that has brought It B notoriety, If not favor, ever since Its B early cxistancc. m Its recent outbreaks of Indignation B arise from what It deems the dlsas- B trous results tho Smoot "machine" B has accomplished at the Agricultural M College. It sees that Institution lev- cled to the ground and consolidation fl r llnally accomplished. M If Tim Hki'Uiii.ican saw It that B way, It, too, would be tearing olT a few B choice select! in? of thinly-veiled swear M words but wo do not, and Instead arc M Inclined to feel that the democratic or- fl gan's ranting Is all buncom be purely H for good results to Itself and tlicdcmo- M cratlc party raining not warranted M by facts. So far as tho college Is con- H ccrucd, the Smoot "machine" Is hard- fl ly as bad as it's painted and wc arc H Inclined to give een the devil his H ' Senator Smoot has said emphatic- B J ally that he Is against consolidation, H J Senator Sutherland has said that he Is M strongly opposed to consolidation, and m Congressman Howell lias ever been B against consolidation. These men B j with their following compose tho so- ' called Smoot machine. Two years H ago when lighting democrats and re- H publicans not a part of the"machlne" B came near making a success of tho B , consolidation Idea, the Smoot "ma- H . chine," then at Washington, got active B , and consolidation was prevented. The 1 j democratic organ says tho "machine" B dominated the recent legislature, so H the fact that consolidation was not H accomplished this tlmo is proof that H their action of two years ago and their ever ready assurance Is slnccro so far H as consolidation Is concerned. The B place where the college lost this year H was In the Senate, whero tho "ma- M chine's" power was not so potent. H There tho antl-Smoot combination H Love, Lawrence, Park, ct al., were H In predominating numbers, whllo In B the House whero the Smoot'crowd B was In better shape than two years H ago, tho battle for the college, was H won this year. H Tills would seem to Indicate that M whatever has been saved to us Is the B result of tho machine's work, In con- H Junction with other friends, and the H further Indication Is that the anil- B Smoot combination as now organized H i strongly In favor of consolidation. H From tho fact that every democratic H senator but tlie one from Cacho oted H against the college two years ago, that B ' every democrat but one voted against H the college two weeks ago, that prac- H tlcally every big state democrat has H been working against the college, do- H mocracy, too, must bo forever bud H - eternally against the college yet the democratic organ raut9 about "the Smoot machine." Tho choice between the Smoot machine, ma-chine, tho antl-Smoot machine, and democracy Is all In favor cf the "machine," "ma-chine," so far as results to the college are concerned; and when it comes to a choice between the antl-Smoot machine ma-chine and democracy, even hero the Jassack loses Tin: IIispuhlican feels that no political po-litical combination should be permitted permit-ted to dominate the educational Institutions Insti-tutions of this state, but so long as the state Institutions aie but footballs for political parties wo would rather have the Smoot "machine" with the Agricultural College than any republican repub-lican or democratic combination now In cxlUcncc this Judged by results thus far, and dcsplto tho fact that certain cer-tain of the personnel of that "machine" "ma-chine" are not greatly admired by us. The democratic organ's kick on the "Smoot" machine In particular Is neither brilliant nor of merit and Is designed only for democratic benefit sooner or later. |