| Show republican publican le can canidate hate for the united states senate MP 1 t reed smoot SMOOT bor bornt rr at salt lake city utah january 10 1862 educated in elementary elo schools Beho ola of provo also at bri aham young university and the university of utah following graduation from university ver sity senator smoot entered the mercantile and othor other business enterprises arises on aprie 5 1900 was called by Y the church of jesus christ of lat ada ter day y saints to the quorum of the twelve av g apostles was elected to united states sr senate nate to succeed joseph L rawlins and took his hia seat an march 5 1903 was reelected elected re ingate by unanimous republican vote of uta utah state legislature for second term of six years beginning marcy march 4 1909 reelected elected re for third term by direct vote of people beginning march 4 elect ed for fourth term beginning beginnings begin march 4 1921 although his seat in thy the united states senate was contested for several years anahis and his right thereto subjected to a long lone senatorial investigation senator S smoot moot at once became a leading member of that strong coterie of republican statesmen which included aldrich allison beveridge depew dolliver fairbank Fair bane banke frye hale hawley lodge mccumber gallinger nelson penrose platt of conn comm quay spooner teller and warren warren senator smoot soon became chairman of the committee on standards weights and measures he was also put on the following important committees mit tees claims civil service Ser rice patents pensions railroads Railroad fr and indian depredations in 1908 1906 he was made a member of the important committee on public lands his industry and constant activity was always apparent end and as early as 1906 1905 and 1906 he was instrumental in extending the time for homestead settlers in in utah and took a leading part in other public affairs especially with respect to matters touching lands in utah and other western states during the congress 1909 less than six years yeara alter after becoming a member oi of the senate distinguished senator was assigned to the powerful committee on finance it was during this year that the payne aldrich Aldric tt tariff bill was uppermost in tile the minds of senators and re presenta tives senator smoot debated the issues raised so ably and with such a complete fund of information that lie he amazed even his veteran colleagues s his knowledge of economics was wag so thorough that he won the admiration of friend and foe alike these debates brought senator smoot definitely to the front rank of the senate in the succeeding sessions of congress the utah senator has repeatedly made valuable contributions to the statesmanship of the country especially by way of speeches on the proposed court of commerce the postal savings banks the canadian reciprocity bill the creation of an independent tariff board board and when in 1910 the question of the prices of foreign products was before congress he was the first to proclaim that the real value of any article is its exchange alue a doctrine which has ever been one of the cardinal principles of the republican party 4 senior senator has consistently championed t the h e republican doctrine of protection when the underwood tariff bill came before the senate in 1913 senator smoot came again to the fore as the natural spokesman of the republican minority and succeeded it in n exposing the fal dacies lacie of that measure after the united states declared war against germany senator smoot steadfastly supported the administration of president woodrow wilson he assisted in passing the war var revenue measure of 1917 and other legislation designed to win the war following the war the utah senator voted for the covenant of the league of nations with the lodge reservations but voted against it when those reservations were vere defeated in the senate Us ile has been laidely responsible for the creation of the budget bureau end and the passage of revenue and tion measures measurably lowering prices and living costs when tie the republicans were restored to howerin po power in all branches of government with the election of president harding senator smoot became chairman of joint congressional committee on and also of tile the joint committee on reorganization of the administrative branches of the federal government and because of his comprehensive knowledge of all matters to the re reve vermes cues and the tariff the burden of framing and passing and defending ther the first emergency tariff bill after the war fell largely upon his shoulders and when president wilson vetoed the bill he sponsored the second emergency tariff bill wh ch became a law soon after Pre president sideL hardings inauguration during the diate debate on thy them sugar schedules odthe 1922 tariff bill senator smoot s two hours hour and although continually interrupted by member them the opposition none was able to cope with him and his formidable array of fatte fatta and figures his hia courage of convi conviction tion has never been questioned estion ed and nis speeches in defence ae ance of republican principles have always been fearlessly logi logical caland and enlightening in december 1923 senator smoot became chairman of the powerful senate committee on Finance the first time that aa man from the rocky mountain west was ever sen so honored his first great work as chairman of this committee was to secure c the passage of the 1921 1924 tax reduction bill during the past st 1 four years as a member of president Tres president ident Coolid international debt funding corn commission mission he has successfully guided through tile the senate the highly important funding the enormous obligations due andi ancl owing to this by americas wartime war time allies senator smoot has constantly been called afon u on to give his attention to national and international affairs but has never lost sight or of the needs and requirements of utah etab and her people among his notable accomplishments in behalf of utah a few of the most important showing his diligence relative to matters ether either of general or special interact antera t to this state eire are the hollowing iol following lowing the strawberry valley irrigation project which still furnishes most of the water to utah county the feder federal at reserve bank in salt lake city almost completed at a cost of the munitions buildings south of ogden at a cost of the forest service headquarters ogden the great echo reclamation project just Us s starting la r in C in utah which cost the united states government to begin and will still require to complete numerous appropriations for federal buildings for post offices throughout the state of utah the law creating zion national pal paik k laws for the conservation of utah and other western forest lands ands the smoot dry farm law the law making bryce canyon a national nation a I 1 pa park r k the oil leasing law of february 5 1920 the law to grant additional pensions to civil and spanish amelcar war veterans laws pensioning veterans of indian wars besides these actual accomplishments senator smoot has also introduced bill to establish a military a aviation in academy in utah to provide for the acquirement of rural homes in the public land states to stabilize the livestock industry for the leasing of irrigable indian lands ta t establish a game sanctuary in the wasatch forest to quiet title to the school lands as well as a great number of bills for the purchase of sites and erection of public buildings in the various cities of the state many of which ale now receiving the earnest earliest consideration of congress v or 12 1 advertisement |
