Show 1 1 A PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT i 1 1 With the shy an modesty that has al always always ways characterized his hiM Senator Smoot moot ays without any an reservation whatever that the present congressional al delegation from Utah has lias done won von wonderful vonI I things for tor the tate at this ses res session es sion slon and although he be nit flit say sa so F in explicit terms he will n it he be of offended offended fended at anyone who Intimates that r the senior senator is very largely lal cly re responsible le for the result He Ho enumerates enU w ates aces among other accomplishments appropriations to be expended in Utah amounting to of which is for reclamation projects It may be beJ J observed in passing that this sum which is more than half of ot the total ap appropriation apI l I will have to be repaid the government by the settlers who take up the land and of it is a n nominal exchange of ot land from the Indian de department to the reclamation depart department i meat ment and not an outright expenditure I Allowing however that all the money has hail been provided in cash it amounts to a little lees less than one one one thousandth of the total sum appropriated by congress at this session so that it I la Is not so phenomenal as to startle I 1 the oath natives out of ot their nights rest DeeM Beside considering the of o the th Utah delegation to the preel presidents dints dents wishes 1 hM It may be bf h considered a comparatively small token of appreciation tion tM for tor services rendered albeit a aF F token toke to be ho enjoyed What hat Utah has hasi i 1 paid pM indirectly for this achievement is isi of ot course a matter of pure pUN conjecture i but to the unprejudiced observer the j sum Bum will seem an altogether inadequate ft recompense ree for the loss the strife strite the jI demoralization and the A incident to the presence or of the senior senator in congress a payment on ac ae account account count hardly worth all it has cost and still to cost coat co t in the future On the one point which most moot interests Interest Utah people his choice of ot a Republican can nominee to succeed himself the senator Benator to Is so 80 shy hy as to be painful Asked whether he ha will be a candidate to succeed himself Senator Smoot nays ic I In effect that the Republican party will have to determine Being In himself the Republican party of Utah the sen senator senator senator ator might as all well have said Mid outright that he had not yet et decided what the party will do so that an anxious public will wUl have to hang in breathless expectancy tancy on the announcement yet to be made However it is IR more than safe sate to assume that Senator Smoot will be bethe bethe 1 1 I II I the one to occupy his seat Beat for tor forthe forthe the next six s1 years If It his party wins and the people may make up their minds to a 3 continuance of the condi condl conditions conditions I 0 that have hae prevailed ever aver since he entered politics as a 8 candidate If It he heI ie I does it will wUl take more than appropriations appropriations to convince the disinterested that Utah is profiting by the arrangement |