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Show I . : HTJSffl? SESSION P03TLB : WIEfl IE ABBBESS1SS LEQISLA Gov. Wells Declares He Will Rot Attempt to Predict WIiat Ma Be the Result Y ... of the Legislature's Action; - J SENATOR-ELECT SMOOT'S PLEDGE TO PEOPLE f . : ' " . I pledge you that , every vote of mine In the Senate of the United 'm States shall be free and untrammele'd, and conscientiously cast for the best need of our government as I see it. No legislator can hope to be free from mistakes, but he can at least be honest In' his convictions. What mistakes I may make, I promise you shall not be for lack of attention, for my time shall be given unsparingly to the office you have this lay conferred upjon me. I love my country, I honor that broad-minded and patriotic American, President Roosevelt, and God forbid that I shall ever do aught to retard the onward march of our beloved Utah, and America, the home of the free. SENATOR-ELECT SMOOT. S (!) . ' GOV. WELLS' FIVE-MINTTTE SPEECH CAUSED MORE COMMENT ' THAN THE STATEMENT OF SENATOR-ELECT SMOOT. HE WAS PLAINLY REFERRING TO THE PECUUARASPECT OF THE SENA- TORIAL SITUATION WHEN, : IN SUBSTANCE, HE SAID: "V ; , "I SHALL NOT ATTEMPT TO PREDICT WHAT MAT BE THE RESULT RE-SULT OF YOUR ACTION, WHETHER IT WILL BE ATTENDED BY SUCCESS SUC-CESS OR NOT, NOR SHALL I EXPRESS MY OPINION AS TO THE WISDOM OF YOUR COURSE. -THAT IS NOT THE PROVINCE OF THE EXECUTIVE." CHIEF JUSTICE SCORES THE jt- CRITICS OF THE APOSTLE "Before the Senators and Representatives Representa-tives of the Fifth Legislature of Utah and three or four hundred interested spectators Apostle' Reed Smoot this af- ternoon set forth his views of the duties and responsibilities of a United States Senator, the position to which he had Just been declared elected. His statement was brief, couched In plain, terse language, and was read clearly and forcibly, though without any attempt at oratory. He seldom lifted hisjeyes from the manuscript and made no gestures whatever. The apostle made no reference to the fight that is being: made against his being be-ing seated, but asserted that he would strive to do his duty to all classes, lrre- spectlve of creed, color or condition. ' Smoot Declared Senator. When Speaker Hull's gavel fell at 11:40 o'clock, all the spectators' seats in the House were filled and throughout the session crowds flowed In in a steady stream, and when the session of the Joint assembly opened at noon every foot of available space 'was packed to suffocation. President Allison called the Joint session ses-sion to order at 12:05 o'clec. Secretary Secre-tary Jensen called the Sehate" roll, showing all members present and Chief Clerk Cummings called the House roll. Chaplain Sprouf of the Senate offered prayer, imploring God's blessing upon President Roosevelt and his advisers ' as well -as the Utah legislators. The Critical Moment. The . Journals of Senate and House pertaining to the . ballot for United i , States Senator were read after a vexa- - f tious delay occasioned by the failure ' Y V-of the Senate Journal to arrive on time ', from the printer. y Then President Allison said: "The Journal of both houses having been read and it appearing that Reed Smoot has received a majority of the votes cast in each house I therefore now declare Reed Smoot duly elected to the office of Senator of the United States from Utah." ' The announcement was received with iwtld applause. , Committee Is Appointed. Representative Nash moved that a committee of four be appointed to notl- t y Mr. Smoot of his election, which motion mo-tion was amended on suggestion of Senator Love to em do we r the committee commit-tee to invite Gov. Wells and Chief Justice Jus-tice Baskln of the Supreme court, to attend the session. - ' ' After the motion carried President Allison appointed Senators Love and Loose, and Representatives Done and Nash. The committee with Gov. Wells and the Chief Justice and the Senator-elect returned at 12:25 o'clock. - Greeted With Applause. As the apostle mounted to the Speaker's Speak-er's stand, he was very pale and eeemed to be under the stress of great emotion. He was greeted with a round of hearty applause. President Allison took his hand, turned to the legislators and said: "I have the honor to introduce ta you the Hon. Reed Smoot, United States ' Senator-elect from Utah and herewith hand to him a certificate entitling him to his seat in the United States Sen-, Sen-, ate."., .. '. -. He Reads His Speech, Unfolding a typewritten manuscript, Vy Mr. Smoot began at once to-read his a3dress. His statement was received V with profound attention. He was In-trrupted In-trrupted Just three times by a ripple cf iyse, when be said; "Every vote of mine bB 11 be free and untrammeled."- x Again when he declared: - "1 love my country." And finally when he said:' "May peace and success attend your efforts." Senator-Elect's Address. The address in full follows: "Mr. President. Mr. Speaker and Members Mem-bers of the Fifth Legislative Assembly Assem-bly of the State of Utah: "I am 'deeply mindful of the high honor which you have this, day conferred upon me, by virtue of your position as legislators of this sovereign State, and it is with my heart filled with gratitude that I respond to the invitation invi-tation of your committee to appear before this Joint assembly. Most sincerely I thank you. "Seven years ago, in this hall, it was the pleasure of the Republican majority ma-jority in both branches of the Utah Legislature to offer to our Nation a complete Congressional delegation for this State from the grand old ; party of Lincoln, of Garfield and of . McKinley. Today, for the first time since that occasion, that offer is repeated, re-peated, to the pride and satisfaction of our beloved Utah. I recall also that four years ago, in this same hall, I received the unanimous vote of the Republican members of the Utah Legislature for the position of United States Senator. That was accepted as a great compliment, . tendered then in recognition of services ser-vices to our party. Duty to the Citizens. , "In accepting the high office of United States Senator. I realize that it Is my duty to serve the citizens of this . . State and the whole United States, and I shall endeavor to treat fairly and conscientiously every one, no matter of what party, creed or color. In this Telation, however, it must be understood that the policy of the present administration, on all national na-tional questions, meets with my most hearty approval. Nothing should be done to disturb the splendid splen-did prosperity of the country, and It . shall be my pleasure to uphold the principles of government that have made this Nation the greatest on earth. Love of the Government. N'From my childhood I have held t in the highest veneration our national na-tional form of government. I hold that the Constitution of the United States is divinely Inspired; that un-" der the folds of the starry flag freedom free-dom reigns supreme; and that my first duty is to my country, whose laws and institutions I love, honor and respect. "! "The business f ; the country, its material ma-terial progres?shall . receive my deepest consideAmon, not forgetting the rights of ciwzenship, for I believe be-lieve that where prosperity reigns,,, there will be found a contented com-' . munlty. The great irrigation problems prob-lems of the West, which the present administration, through the wise counsel of a Chief Executive who knows Western needs, has already undertaken to solve, must be foremost fore-most In the mind of every Western Senator . and! Representative, until the great arid West is redeemed from its sterility. The Improvements Needed. "Sectional needs, however, must not alone be favored; every member of Congress looks at the country at large, giving encouragement to all needed improvements. Continued ad- . (Continued on Page 6.). (Continued from pace 1.) vancement must be made in the im-provements im-provements of our rivers and harbors, har-bors, and the unltlr.gr of the Atlantic and PaclSc oceans by an isthmian canal consummated. In order that American commerce may be supreme. su-preme. Complete cable communication communica-tion with our island possessions is to be promoted, and necessary internal inter-nal improvements and commercial . and financial development . in the Philippine islands favored, as a J means of securing better government govern-ment on those islands. . Relations 71th Cuba. "Closer commercial relations with Cuba should be encouraged, and needed reciprocal treaties extended to our sister republics in the South. The Monroe doctrine must be maintained. main-tained. A navy sufficiently strong to command the continued peaceful relations of this country with the rest of the world should be kept ever ready for action. An efficient though limited army as a nucleus for larger forces in time of war guarantees guar-antees the peace of the Republlo at home and abroad. "Again thanking you, I ask that peace ; may ever attend you and success crown your efforts in legislating for Utah, the State we all so dearly love.- , Got. Wells' Sentiment. '-y Gov. Wells concluded the brief speech" f in which he expressly stated that he A would make no prediction as to what v the outcome of the Legislature's Just-.. completed action might be with a neatly-turned sentiment of appreciation for the four votes that he received. President Allison then facetlsusly remarked re-marked that it was not often a Chief Justice of the Supreme court got so far into polltlq as to mingle with a crowd of Legislators, and introduced Chief Justice Baskin. . . Judge Baskin began with the statement state-ment that he was a rock-ribbed. Iron-bound Iron-bound Democrat, and as such did not feel particularly at home In his present ; company. , . ' As to Individual Liberty.' The Justice discussed the question of individual liberty, saying that if Apostle Smoot had the constitutional qualifications, qualifica-tions, he should not be denied his seat In the Senate, and expressed a lack of . sympathy with the movement to prevent pre-vent his being seated. - . . A motion for the adjournment of thv Joint session was entertained at 12:45.v after which Apostle Smoot spent fifteen minutes receiving the congratulations . ' of his friends. Session of the House. . The twenty-minute, session of the House held this morning prior to the meeting of both branches in Joint as- sembly. was productive of nothing, aside from routine business. The read- ing of the Journal occupied all the time and was not concluded when the Sena- . .. tors marched in and the Joint session was opened by President Allison. |