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Show I STATUS OF SMOOT CASE my I SWORN EN YESTERDAY. flj) House Sends Congratulations. IB At tho convening of tho extra session of Congress yesterday, Apos- Bff, tie Smoot was sworn in as Senator, there being no objection raised. IB Senator Hoar, of tho Committeo on Privileges and elections, stated K ' that tlic question of qualification should bo postponed and acted upon by MM the Senate after the newly elected men had been seated, and the Senate B body concurred in ills suggestion. WM Associated Press dispatches say that Senator Smoot subscribed to B tho oath with an emphatic "I do" and was applauded from the galleries. IB. Immediately upon information tlu.t Mr. Smoot had becti seated, jH. the Lower House of the State Legislature framed and sent tho following mm dispatch tho Senator at Washington: "Hon. Reed Smoot, Senate Cham-UK Cham-UK ber, Washington, I). C Tho Utah Ifouso of Representatives, Rcpubll-BB Rcpubll-BB cans and Democrats, heartily congratulate you and tho Stato of Utali on Hj' your being seated in tho United States Senate. Wo also congratulate B) tno Senate on Its fairness in recognizing your right to a scat In that IM august body. Wo wish you success and pleasure In your Senatorial la-IB la-IB bors." THOMAS HULL, Speaker. nBj It Is understood that the matter of protest will bo left to Commit- !K teo on Privileges for Investigation. In all probability there will bo noth- IK ing done at tho present extra session. The Washington Star makes this editorial comment: "Tho election of Senator Reed Smoot, an apostlo of BB- . tho Mormon church, has been attended with natlobal Interest on account Bf of tho struggle that has been going on for many years between tho Mor- mons and tho Gentiles In Utah. There is little doubt that there will bo IK a strong effort on the part of some of the influences of tho Stato of Utah V ind tho country at largo to keep Mr. Smoot from retaining his seat In tho Btr4. Seate. Tho general belief among Senators Is that from reports that have ! reached them nothing will bo brought out against Mr. Smoot to causo m the Senato to unseat him." J AN OLD FAVORITE I FIRSTLOYE H By Owen Meredith. H IIOM first wo love, you know, wo seldom wed. LtM W' Time rules us all, and life Indeed is not BBJ The tiling we planned it out ere hope was dead; BBJ And, then wo women cannot choose our lot. BBJ Much must bo borno which it Is hard to bear; H Much given away which It wcro sweet to keep. BBJ God help us all, who need Indeed his carol BBl And yet I know tho Shepherd loves his sheep. BBJ My little boy begins to babble now BAl Upon my kneo his earliest Infant prayer. BBJ He has his father's eager eyes, I know, BBJ And, they say, too, his mother's sunny hair. But when he sleeps and smiles upon my knee, jr LlM And I can feel his light breath come and go, Bp I think of ono heaven help and pity me! r, BBJ Who loved mo and whom 1 loved long ago. y BB Who might have been all! what I daro not think. f mTrnW We all arc changed. God Judgcth for tho best. BB God help us do our duty and not shrink, 3 BJ And trust in heaven humbly for tho rest. i, W But blamo us1 women not If somo appear x ,Bl Too cold at times and somo too gay and light; BB Some griefs gnaw deep, some woes aro hard to bear, BD Who knows tho past and can Judgo us right? BBJ Ah, were wo Judged by what wo might have been H And not by w lint wo aio too apt to fall! BB My little child ho sleeps and smiles between BH These thoughts and me. In heaven wo shall l.uow all. BH ,BftBftV .-afo;. ., Q mU |