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Show SMOOrS FOLLY ON THE COAST Why He Was Roasted by Press, His Uncalled for and Untimely Un-timely Speech the Cause. Had No Occasion to Deliver It, Nor Was He Goaded to It hy Inspired Articles. In the hope of putting a good fare cn a bad matter, the friends of Senator Reed Smont are excusing his uncalled-for and untimely speech at Los Angeles by saying say-ing that he was stoaded to It by Inspired articles In the Los Angeles papers. No one, not even his most Intimate associates, undertake to Justify his utterances utter-ances at such a time and place. Forgot Dignity. Even If It were admitted that the apostle apos-tle had reason to resent newspaper ce m-ment, m-ment, he should, as a Senator ot the Uplted States, have had enough dignity and common sense to make his reply through tho same medium. He had Chances enough Reporters from nil the papers were after him for Interviews and anv one of them would have been read to ituuto him at length The reception called for the purpose of cementing h;r-monlous h;r-monlous relations between two cities was the last place chosen by a man with a sense of the fitness of things to make his own personality an lesue and his own gi a t ices the suliji-el of rancorous In- vectlve. What the Facts Are. But. as a matter of ract S. tiutor Snioot was not criticized by any Los Angeles paper until after his famous speech, thererore, 'poison' alleged to have been poured Into the ears or Los Angeles editors edi-tors ceuld not have ionic to his knowledge know-ledge St tho time the speech was made It was nearly 9 o clock In tho morning when Senator Smoot reached the City of the Angels. It was an hour later when the excursion train with Smoot s " enemies" ene-mies" on board got to town The morning morn-ing papers had long been out The two evening papers mentioned him only lne-dentally lne-dentally as a prominent mnn among th-Vlsltf.rs th-Vlsltf.rs Th-re was nothing what. -v. -r m their columns to arouse the wrath at Die gentleman from Utah, No One Spoke of Him. In the addresses given at the reception no cme spoke of Rtnoot ma vbe that iva--. the Insult until he got the floor. Tho speeches were of the most friendly char-oclor char-oclor NO hint was given that anv discord dis-cord exists In Utah Not one of (tie speakers showed any disposition to wash tin- dirty linen of the State in thi- pr.'s-i pr.'s-i m i of the neighbors Then Came Smoot Then rante Smoot. In an affected and studied manner, contrasting very unfavorably unfavor-ably with th" simple stylo ,,f his earlier days, he proc?eded to remind everyone that Smoot was to be considered. lie ids li dear that no man or paper that trifle-d with the s acred name of Smoot I couiu oe a nenu on i mn. tie must tnen fere be a knocker His conception of s knocker. It was made altogethei too clear Is not a man who says things against his city and State, but a n.an who questions ques-tions the divine right of Smoot nnd his coterie. How Los Angeles Acts. They have personal differences in Los Angeles A large number of cltlsens are at present .lenounrlng the Ihjm r trail!.. and advocating prohib'tion, b.it not on.-of on.-of the Angels founel It necessary t,, j. iinie to the pro or ai)tl-agloon men as k nocksra Is Puro Falsehood. The story that Smoot had been stuns beyond ims'Hi by the mec haulln,n.s ,,, his em mie-i la simply i falsi h l Invi nted to cover up a piece i( unjustliiabh f,jv It th- I i ih A ill lis pap-r.s haw loaded him It has all been done since, not be. fore Ills speech, and bo has tho tpoech to thank for the roasts. |