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Show SMOOT ALSO SPOKE. If('P(l Smoot alo spoke at the Memorial Memo-rial i i ay .services of the G. A. R. in Uhe Arlington national cemetery. The Smoot orMn has beon trying to make it apprar that President Wilson was tbo "also'' on the programme, but now the horrid truth is out. IJeed Smoot i.-i (ho most ''also" speaker that ever ulitaiued an invitation by false pretenses pre-tenses to speak at suh a solemn function. func-tion. Smoot was the tail-en dor, al-1 al-1 hough fur weeks his local newspaper has been trying to make i"b appear that he was to bo the most important figure at the solemnities. When the president dei'iuVd that he would not speak at Arlington Ar-lington on Memorial day the Herald-Ik'publiean Herald-Ik'publiean saw a brilliant opportunity to play another of ifs justly . famous biiui-o prunes. Under the heading, "Another "An-other Wilson Mystery, '' the editorial writer bought to cast discredit on the chief executivo of the nation ami in tho course of his screed emitted the following green goods: Senator Smoot, who will deliver the annual address IN TJ-1F- PRESt-I PRESt-I t N '1' ' S ST E A D, q ill to properly a n -nou noes he will not refer to Mr. Wilson's attitude. p 1 though importuned im-portuned to do so. The vagaries of t lie chief executive are not an appropriate subject for discussion at a service so solemn and inspiring h.s that over the nation's gallant dead. A diatribe would be incompatible with tile spirit of the hour, especially when directed against the "president of the republic these heroes defended to the death. Those who have petitioned the T'tali senator to discuss the president's presi-dent's inexplicable position will doubtless doubt-less quietly accept his refusal. It is better so. But behold what a simplo "talc shall set him down. The Smoot organ's gold brick is dissolved by the acid test' of tho Associated Press. The day report re-port of the Associated Press quoted Senator bmoot briefly and the night report re-port gave this extended account of his remarks: "Seuator Smoot also spoke." The-press association's introduction to the account of the services at the cemetery ceme-tery was as follows: WASHINGTON. May 3ft. President Wilson and Speaker Gin rk delivered addresses at the Memorial day services serv-ices under the ant-pices of the Grand Army of the Republic in Arlington luttioual eemeterv today. ' The president "had not expected to participit w but. fVliriir that a. false construction had been placed upon Ids dei'Hnat ion, decided today to attend and speak. Before the president's decision de-cision had bfon communicated to those in charge they had invited Speaker Clark to make the address of the day ; ' a nd he had come from Atlantic City for this purpose. So Speaker Clark, not Senator Smoot. was to have spokeu "in the president's st-Mid." The efforts of the editorial y lot to brush the senator clean of the t :unt of traitor have once more gone awry. The senator is deeper in the mud than ever, and his plight is in-tinit in-tinit civ more rid icuiou j. Tho mighty attempt of the senior senator sen-ator from I'tah to approve himselfpa-triotie, himselfpa-triotie, after demonstrating in a great, national crisis that ho was disloyal, makes it possible to appreciate fully what l'r. Johnson meant wheu ho said: 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a icounurc!. And according to the editorial banco man some person t- petitioned Senator 1 Smoot to criticise trm president for 'ack of piitriorsm. Think of the disloyal dis-loyal senator criticising anybody for lack of patr'otistn. Think of Benedict Bene-dict Arnold criticising the patriotism of Washington. |