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Show POLITICAL GOSSIP i l . A man from Washington who is connected with one of the government departments recently made a special business of investigating the positions posi-tions of the members of the United States Senate with regard to the Smoot case. Ho is a close observer end has ways and means of getting Inside Information and from that Information Infor-mation makes the positive statement that Senator Smoot will retain his seat. Tho majority report of the committee will be favorable to Smoot. It probably will roast tho Mormon church, but will not bo able to find any good reason why Senator Smoot should be denied his seat. Chairman Burrows and Dubois.of course, have Smootaphobla but tho majority of the members of the committee are not 80 afflicted. It Is well known that Burrows Bur-rows and Dubois succeeded in preventing prevent-ing the committee report from being sent in at tho last session of congress for the reason that tho majority of tho committee was then favorable to Smoot. Senator Dolllver, tho now member of the committee Is favorable to Smoot, so Is Senator Allison, the other member from Iowa. Burrows and Dubois gained nothing by tho delay and that's tho reason why Burrows Is so Insistent that tho caso bo reopened. re-opened. Tho committee Is heartily sick of tho caso and Is very much inclined in-clined to regard tho actions of Burrows Bur-rows and Dubois In tho light of perse-cutlon. perse-cutlon. Tho fact that Senator Smoot was put on six of tho most active senate committees shows that ho stands as I well as any other senator. His com mittees aro pensions, public lands, geological survey, forestry, weights and measures and claims. In this Smoot stood bettor than Kearns. Tho committee com-mittee of which Kearns was chairman, chair-man, met only onco in four years. Tho Young Men's Republican- club mot on Tuesday ovenlng and elected ofllcers for the ensuing year as fol- lows: President, Stophen A. Stanford; Stan-ford; vlco president, D. A. McMillan; secretary, William M. McCroa; treasurer, treas-urer, Harry Joseph. Tho programme of tho club will bo to take tho lead in local and state politics. The election contest involving tho seats In tho city council of E. A. Hartensteln and W. J. Tuddenham attracted at-tracted somo attention. In tho recount re-count of tho ballots before Judge Ritchie numerous challenges were made by both sides. Judge Ritchie will give his decision in tlmo for the organization of tho council next week. Tho "Americans" aro hoping that their men, Anson and Ferry will bo seated so as to give tho "Americans" a clear working majority In the council. Tho articles dealing with Utah affairs af-fairs In Washington which appear in tho Tribune as special dispatches from Washington aro written in the Tribune Tri-bune offlco in Salt Lake. Tho Washington Wash-ington correspondent of tho Tribune is instructed to leave Utah political affairs af-fairs to tho homo ofllco of tho papei and to conflno his attention to matters mat-ters of general news. |