Show If V t M M M I M M M M M M I M M M I 4 M M M I f f M M t I I THE SEN I L. L V t I M 4 M I t l 0 0 M M I I M I I H I t. 4 M M t M 4 M 0 H t M 1 M M I M 1 G M H r t The candidacy of Mr Reed Smoot for the St States tes which the next legisla- legisla i ture L of of Utah will confer upon somebody in hJ sn to Senator Rawlins whose term will expire on tf the fourth of March n next tJ at a a. meet meet- 4 K ing of the Ladies' Ladies Republican at Provo yester- yester j I day clay by Ir tr l S Smoot oot himself in the tile pr pres presence nce of Senai Senator Sena- Sena i tor Yearns who had gone there on the invitation of t the organization l. l Com Commenting enting on the announce announcement ent Senator i Kearns declared that if the State would give him a Republican aJ colleague who who wO would wOld ld act iri jil ith J the interests of f the the Utah people would would be Featly greaty promoted a and he e deplored the attitude and t. t ourse of Senator Rawlins in m devoting his ability t and three days of talk the floor of of th the Senate enat to to rJ berating li rating t the he e brave e soldiers w who aref the fighting the bat- bat 1 tle tle of of- of ii in the distant Phi Philippines Any good Republican said the the Senator Senator would suit We ue e me quite in with the sentiment lt l by Senator Kearns His colleague il ilL L our judgment judg nt h has s P placed lc himself b beyond yond the pale of popular favor r at home pome by his phil Filipino manie manifestations nife lations in Congress We Ye do not question his mo moo tj-es tj and certainly not his courage A f man n nn n as f in- in i as he must have kno known n th that t representing in part a State the great major majority ty Of whose citizens citizens- ar are strong expansionists and who w with th enthusiasm 0 approve the Administration l policy licy in 11 regard to our t. t c colonial possessions possession could only invite ap and assure f jt t P political 1 des destruction destruction-by ruction y assuming tl the tle p position i he has taken v t fy i J t While Senator Rawlins may mav have have acted acted as he I has under a sense of duty of-duty duty to his individual i d al id ideas ida a and and convictions con that does not change the results of his Ms r which which hwe we tl think will be found to have been t detrimental to Utah's best interests He must I have ba have e been aware that the arraignment of of- the of-the the Administration Ad Ad- fx ministration and the a abuse lse of the Anie American i army in c which so freely he has indulged would amount to toj nothing j n more than asted Wasted energy and words for any ct the they r might have upon national legislation g Understanding this we are compelled to wonder tv v h He co could ld not h have ve had the statesmanship p to drop k it useless and hopeless contention which as qs jn In i c cases s s- s sf of f Senators ena o s Tell Teller r and Dub Dubois is has created t r Antagonism to measures in which the people of tab Colorado and Idaho are comm com commonly interested i and ind address himself to t things desirable and mor more V. V iJ te feasible sib e. e If irr gatT fail of pasi passage pas pas- at this session of are afraid that i sage ge Congress we are re I y t f file ie e blame will lie upon the shoulders of the three f s' s Senators named In the circumstances it hardly looks k as if the successor o of Senator Rawlins would l lf i f 6 himself or any other Democrat What hat Utah 4 wants ants i development is-development and irrigation Ilig tion und under r Federal auspices auspices vastly would further that We Ye have fh fhe he President with us on the proposition and it would f seem em sound business policy and good polities politics to hav havea hav solid oid dele delegation at Washington Y j in jil harmony with the Administration at this H point i in ou our material materi l progress to prosperity and AT- AT m power I |