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Show SHOOT'S PENH ACTIViTV HIT BI SEHTHOIS I'HyltiR u high tribute io Scnntor Keotl .Sui(ot of Utah, Kunntor TIioiiiiih, Di'inociat (if Colorado, did not inlnco wordH in the stnteini'nt lie iinidc tio-fore tio-fore the Hunate on.liine Jlrd la which lie ehni-ncterlzed the nenlor Utnh mii-ator mii-ator as "one who hurt done inore tliiiu any other member of this body to clarify loj,'lHlatlvc conditions and to obstruct the enactment of measures which directly or Indirectly, illicit prove Inimical to the public welfare." Senator TIiouuih a I ho paid n IiIk'i tribute to tho nttentlance rceorJ of .Senator Sinoot which Irt unsurpnssed by that of any other member of con-KreHH. con-KreHH. .Senator Smoot ban been ubsent from hl.s sent only eleven days In seventeen years' nervlce. Following Ih an extract from the speech made by Scnntor ThoiniiHt "I wlnli I could Impress upon senators sen-ators the Iniportanco of attending the xeNlniiH of the body to which they be-loiiff. be-loiiff. I have tried to m sbiipo my committee eupiKements, my corrcs-poudenee, corrcs-poudenee, and my other affairs as to enable me to be present between the convening of each session nnd Its cloe. I have not been so successful In that practice us has the senior senator sen-ator from Utah (Mr. Smoot) who Is virtually always In his seat; who Is familiar to a greater or less degree with every measure which 1b brought to our attention; who Is vigilant in the exercise of his legislative powers; nnd who has done moro thnn any other one member of this body slnco I have been here to clarify legislative conditions condi-tions nnd to obstruct tho ennctment of measures which directly or Indirectly, might provo Inimical to tho public welfare. wel-fare. Indeed, tho onlyvcrltlclsm which I have to offer upon the record or the scnntor Is that his opposition always gives way when pension bills nre the subject of consideration; but there nre blemishes In all records, and, since It Is nob given to man certainly not to senators to be perfect, we must overlook over-look that one failure In the performance perform-ance of his duties and bo thankful for the services which he has rendered nnd will, I hope, continue to render Jn this body. Unless senators attend to their duties here they ought to be held by their constituents to n strict responsibility re-sponsibility for anything that goes wrong," |
