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Show : WAS THAT GALLERY j APPLAUSE ARRANGED? ' Story From "Washington About Demonstration Dem-onstration When Smoot Took ' . the Oath. ; , WASHINGTON. March 28. A man recently arrived here from Utah who Tiras In Salt Lake the day that Apostle ed Smoot was sworn In as United ytatea Senator. He has since been mak ing inquiries about that "spontaneous outburst of applause" said to have come from the Senate gallery when anxious suspense ended and the apostle was al-' al-' lowed to take the oath without opposi-: opposi-: tion. .He says there was something sig-. sig-. nlficant In the way the press dispatches ;' mentioned that little matter, which caused him to wonder about it. Taking the oath to support the Con- stitution is usually a very formal and rather solemn affair, and applause on " . such occasions is rare. He recalled that ; the Deseret News gave especial prominence prom-inence to the fact of the applause at the i time. And he recalled that some of the ' antl-Smoot people in Salt Lake acted as though they had found sand in. their bread and butter after reading the News account. He claims to have dis-l dis-l covered the true inwardness of the 1 whole matter since arriving here, and 1 that this is it:. A certain Salt Laker had every Mor-1 Mor-1 mon missionary and every Mormon J tympathizer within several hundred : miles of the capital come here, he al-- al-- 1 eges, and be on hand In the Senate gallery on the august occasion under . Jiscussion, with ' explicit instructions 4 how to make a. show of general public approval of the alleged triumph of a free and untrammeled ballot in Utah. The man from Utah says he further ' finds, after careful inquiry among peo- pie who were present, that there was not a sign of approval or of pleasure among .the Senators on the floor, and ? that several looked up to the galleries ' In unconcealed surprise when the dem-f dem-f onstratlon took place. These facts may (Interest the dismayed Salt Lake ministers minis-ters and others. |