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Show t;i n weekly reflex. kaysville. utaii. William D. Sutton E. within my recollection of politics has a been so assured as in this campaign. The great majority of the electorate are very tired of Mr. Wilsons administration, and are impatient to register their . disapproval to it, end to drive the Democracy from In the certainty of Mr. Hardings election, the managers of the Republican campaign are turning their attention to the election of a majority of Republicans to the senate. The house will undoubtedly be' largely Republican, because the and such a vote as will he whole houseJs to be given Mr. Harding will be certain to carry a large majority of the congressional districts for his party. The case in respect to the senate; however, is different. Under the cond c f that body is to be stitution, only There is a majority of two Republicans in the present senate, hut that majority is nominal, because it includes Sir. La Toilette and some other senators whose allegiance to the Republican party is certainly not more than unusual. Of the serators who retire and whose places are to be thirty-tw- o are Republicans and seventeen Democrats, and fifteen filled, of the seventeen Democrats, there are many from the south, where there is no prospect of substituting Republicans. If Republicans, therefore, are to secure a real, as distinguished frorti a nominal, majority, they must both gain votes ar.d ' retain those which they have. , I need hardly emphasize the enormous importance, if we are to have a Republican administration, of supporting President Harding in both houses with a working majority. The task of reconstruction, of reframing our tax laws, of reframiag the tariff, ,of further constructive legislation as to railroads, of refunding our enormous debt, and of reorganizing the departments of the government under a budget system to effect the economies for which there is such a crying need, all demand that there shall' be cohesion and between the two houses and the president; and this can only be secured by substantial working majorities In the house and in the senate. This makes it the consistent duty of every voter among the many million of voters who expect to cast their suffrage for Mr. Harding, to see to it that his vote is equally effective in electing a senator who" will standby Mr. Hardings policies and enable him to per-- J form the great task for which he will be given a mandate NEVER pow-er- d, one-thir- A - . v H7 IT"? UTTERANCES 1 DECEPTIVE. The last campaign appeal made by the Democratic National Committee in Jthe campaign of 1916, published in several hundred daily newspapers throughout the entire- country," carried matter;like the following: -- working,-not fight- ing. Alive and happy, not cannon fodder. or-Hug- hes Wilson and pqaco with honor, with -- Roosevelt and ""Roosevelt says "Xve should hang our heads in shame because we are not at war with Germany In behalf of Belgium. " Roosevelt says that following the sinking of the Lusitania he would have foregone diplomacy and seized every ship in our ports flying the German flag. That would have meant war. was -- elected on such glowing utterances, but there are thousands of our boys lying buried in French soil ; others are mutilated and disabled for life ; ethers are still over there, and Wilsons League of Nations has not prevented war continuing, for there are more than a dozen real wars now under way, and point to even greater disturbances. The Democratic promises have failed, and failed utterly. -- ' on the second of November- The selection of a proper representative for a state in the senate of the United States is not an easy matter, because the position requires unusual qualifications. When, therefore, by a service in several terms a citizen of the state has demonstrated his ability to discharge the duties acceptably, . and has greatly added to his capacity for serving the country and his state by long experience, the people of the state who would change him make a great error. Of course, if his political views and policies are contrary to those of a majore, ity of the people of a state, they must find some other but where this tried and faithful public servant is a staunch and loyal member of the prevailing party, it is the height of folly not toseize eagerly the great opportunity presented in aiding that party by sending that leader back who can do much, by reason of his experience and ability, to render the carrying on of the government by the party -- . repre-senativ- 0SS useful to the country. The state of Utah and his friends and neighbors and his friends and neighbors and his fellow citizens should have the r greatest pride in the position which Reed Smoot has won for himself inthe senate of the United States as a whose judgment and g and able senator,-upoaccurate information and sincerity of purpose, his colleagues.-bot- h Republicans and Democrats have come to place the greatest reliance. There are senators, not a few of them, who have attained influence through seniority, but whose energies have been devoted chiefly to publicity seeking and the making on the floor of the senate formal speeches, and have used their position largely for their personal advance-meIn the political field. The great work of the senate is done in the committees by the hard workers and by those broad-minde- hard-workin- hard workers on the floor of the senate in the explanation end clarification of the subject matter of legislation of which they have charge. It is the exact truth to say that no senator of this generation has done harder and more effective work of this kind than Reed Smoot of Utah. He brought to ' the senate an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the details of a great variety of the important fields of business of this country. His personal experience in farming, in mining, in manufacturing, in merchandising, and in banking, gave him a broad foundation upon which to build an intimate and accurate knowledge of the business of his country such as no other man in either house of congress has. The framing of a tariff bill involves the investigation of the whole business of the country farming, mining, manufacturing and banking and it is well understood that Senator Smoot knows more of these things that have to be known in the framing of a tariff bill than any other member of congress. In the next four years, the necessity for a revision of the tariff on a reasonably protective basis to meet the new conditions which the war and its consequences will have created, will be inevitable. There is no state of the Union more interested in securing fair treatment and protection of her industries in a tariff bill than Utah. Her people, therefore, should support the Republican ticket with enthusiasm, and above all, should she cherish and retain the advantage of having Mr. Smoot in the senate, where his influence in the framing of a tariff will be very great. More than this, he has been engaged as a member of the committees on appropriations and printing, and this has carried him into a consideration of all the departments of the government and has made him acquainted with the enormous sources of waste that should be checked. It is not an idle statement or one made merely for purposes of a political campaign to secure Mr. Smoots to say that were he not returned to the senate void the which his absence would make in the real work of that body in reconstruction is greater than would be the Iqss of any other member. . ' Mr. Smoots stand on the league of nations was shown by his vote for the league with reservations, and he can be counted to stand bv President Iiardingjn what I confidents., believe he will do m respect to the league and of which I will speak more at length in another part of my address. It was my good fortune during eight years of official . 2 P life m Washington four as a member of the cabinet, and four as president to know Mr. Smoot well, and to gauge his sense of public duty. In all that time he wras actuated in what he did by the strictest allegience to the interests of the people ofthe Umted States" and thepeoDTe of'TItah At- tacked by the forces of religious intolerance over the nation " he maintained a dignity and forbearance that won for him widespread approval Indeed, it is hard to believe, in view of his present position as one of the leaders of the and an indispensable member, that there was so senate, short a remove him from his seat FnVhf 2?,? WKK? attempJt on ground that he was his religious affiliations, a loyal American.not,I by reason of need hardly re-electi- s - Youjire re-elect- . J v DEMOCRATIC Crocki T affs T ribute to Senator Reed Smoot. Y.f - Ilyrum E. 0. LEATHERW00D d, n -- even though s!? J?e lnterests of Utah were the service Sn?t to be ended. A new senator, distinguished ability, has but little influ- - have established their leadw lh were would take a sSator o jSSfdS? h t&e.power '"i004. ,hat -. Jna! Smr?t and ,have been friends for ifC hL!Istoud fecJ deeply dSppointwl the 2od hf of S3s3SESS5 at (Political Advertisement) Dr. George Thomas AS TO CAMPAIGNS. rHarry. M. Daugherty, in a talk about the development of campaign plans, said: A campaign must at all time5 be in harmony with the candidate and the cause. Now, tatf both leading candidates &? been - nominated for some time. . and have spoken somewhat tm quently since their nomination the different style of campaigning must be more or less to those who have been observing events. v. ecent appa-e- nt ofthe ...'As far as the plansconcern publican party are & they will go out in orderlyto tin ion, as laid out from timetheco3-mitte- e by Chairman Hays and in'conference with, candidate. Nothing will in connection with the w can campaign or omitted done, because any or.9P thing has been done to be done by the oppose g Without assuming toI for anybody but myself, I can safely say that pe 1 can people must not to campaign of bombast ducted by or in behalf j. publican candidate or ti campaign of personal wtiich appeals u rather a campaign of tirely appropriate, s mony with the tem.per-tithe the candidate and the position to which pires. d |