Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 15 | What Surland Said

What Sutherland Said at Every spellbinder brought to Salt L Lake kd from froom the he national capital capital capital capi capi- tal during the last few years to address the club and tell its members what wonderful representatives this state has in the senate and lower house at Washington has dwelt on one fact He lIe has declared without qualifications that Americas America's premier student an and l authority on INTERNATIONAL LAW LAV is none oth other r. r than George SutI Sutherland rland senator from flom Utah No member of the B Bonneville club or the Rotary club will di dispute dispute dis dis- 3 this statement The fhe visiting spellbinders 1 ders like Congressman Mann and Mr 11 Fairbanks and Senator Burton have unanimously agreed that what Senator Sutherland didn't know ow about international international law never existed ACCORDING TO THEIR STATEMENTS HE HASN'T ANY CLOSE COMPETITION HE KNOWS YS ALL THE INTERNATIONAL LAW THAT WAS EVER WRITTEN Even a Democratic member of the reserve banking board I told at an Alta club meeting that men of his party had to take off their hats to the only supreme authority on international law Like others others others oth oth- ers he was willing to admit that Reed Smoot was a hard worker yorker Reed slaved like a dog for Aldrich et al during the trust tariff days but on subjects o of foreign relations it was useless for any but Senator Sutherland to talk We Ye have not heard these glowing statements denied i iLet's Lets Let's see what this recognized expert on foreign relations says i about the vital issue on which Smoot was too coward cowardly to register an opinion Senator Sutherland said that that that- UNDER WELL SETTLED RULES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW A MERCHANTMAN OF A BELLIGERENT NATION HAS HASA A RIGHT TO ARM FOR DEFENSE AND FURTHER HE SAID THAT A CITIZEN OF THIS REPUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO CARRY HIS GOODS OR TRAVEL IF HE SEES FIT UPON A VESSEL SO ARMED HE SAID HE WAS VAS OPPOSED TO PASSING PASSING PASSING PASS PASS- ING ANY RESOLUTION THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH OR FORBID THE EXERCISE OF THAT UNDOUBTED RIGHT Senator Sutherland was absent from the senate when wilen the roll 1011 was called on the Gore resolution After he lie arrived however he lie said that HAD HE BEEN J. J PRESENT HE WOULD HAVE VOTED TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION He said emphatically he would have STOOD BY THE HE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT DENT Now the Sm Smoot ot follower will either have to o t take ke back all the I flattering things they said about Senator Sutherlands Sutherland's knowledge of I international law or they will have to admit that he was right and I Smoot was radically wrong and a disgrace to h his s state when he re refused refused re- re fused to go on record either way way THE THE ONLY SENATOR WHO 1 DID SUCH A THING