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Show iwmm- mw m imr mm . mm to think c? hv mimi,"' SAYS REED SHOOT. SENATOR REED SMOOT OF UTAH, HIS .WIFE AND HIS HOME IN PROVO. less abundance, but the melodrama bandit ban-dit 's effect which this appendage produced pro-duced when last he was here, is lacking. lack-ing. Uses Society's Handshake. Moreover he has adopted a new handshake which marks suspicions of rehearsals at pink teas and similar drawing-room functions. He elevates the visitor's hand and gives it a vertical ver-tical swing. Smoot doesn't affect the extreme in society handshaking at least , not in Utah but the good old, apostolic, pump-handle churning effect is lacking, and he didn't acquire the new method in Provo or at the Lion house. And associations with the Depews and the Aldrichs has given the Senator a suavity of manner that is likely to cause a sensation when he resumes his place as presiding genius of the Smoot Coal company. "Smile That Won't Come Off." . Throughout the conversation last night he wore the smile that wouldn't come off or that came off only once. He appeared really serious for just a brief moment. This was when he gave bis version of the victory he has just won in Washington. ' "It was simply a protest against big-otrv big-otrv ves. bigotry,' he declared, extending ex-tending himself to his full six feet and accenting and repeating the word. "There never was any doubt in my mind as to the ultimate result," he continued. "I had hoped that the Senators Sena-tors might give me a unanimous vote of indorsement, but I have no hard feelings feel-ings toward any one. To Rest From Politics. "No, it's too early to discuss plans for 1909," he protested with a "sufficient "suffi-cient nnto the day" expression. "I have taken no thought for the morrow, and I don't intend to talk or think much about politics during my stay in Utah this summer. I must give my attention at-tention to my business for a time now. " I 'm glad to be back it 's good to be here in Utah once more. My friends stood by me ns only true friends could and I 'm at peace with the world. And sav! They tell me Salt Lake City is forging to the front as it never did before." be-fore." ' "Will you be a candidate for re-election f " "Now, you know I have been pretty busy the last four years, with time for the consideration of only present pres-ent questions. I have given the future no thought." "Will you resign as an apostle of the Mormon church Vf "Please don't ask me that question. It's one that I really cannot discuss at all." Reed Smoot of Provo arrived" from Washington late last night and was driven at once to the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. C. A, Eldredge, 216 East First South street. He. was accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Smoot and the children. chil-dren. The Apostle-Senator was in rare good humor. His manner might even be described, de-scribed, as debonair. He passed rapidly rapid-ly over the questions regarding his own future in politics and the church, and then, smiling broadly, said: Smoot 's Little Joke. "Isn't it too bad that my train was late in arriving tonightf I didn't get here in time to attend the American party's rally at the Salt Lake Theater." Washington has done other things for Smoot besides permitting him to remain re-main there as a United States Senator. It is evident that he has made the acquaintance ac-quaintance of a Pennsylvania avenue barber. The ends of his famous mustache mus-tache still cavort in considerable reck- |
