Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-22 | Page 7 | A Washington Bystander

I J A WASHINGTON BYSTANDER ER By HERBERT C C. C PLUMMER LUMMER I WASHINGTON One One of f the mildest mildest mild mild- est members in the United States senate will vill Play an important role during the present present pres pres- M t ent special session sest ses sea t sion Lion of congress lI He Is Reed a fX Smoot Snoot of ot Utah Utah Utah- of ot 4 watch vatch dog j the treasury and md nd i M d l expert in all a L things things' relating top to acq p. p rt AJ tariff The 67 r W i old year senator 4 t long has been a I thorough student x of the tariff sit sit situation v Z and andis is re reft regarded re- re gard d by all aU as ft 5 the high ligh priest ot of tariff Co tl tion n In congress Neither r of or the great Republican tariffs enacted within his time bore his name However his impress was written large upon them And the bill passed by the tho special sessIon session ses ses- sion undoubtedly will wiil be to toas toas as th the Smoot Hawley law lav It H ta difficult to picture Smoot Inthe in in the he rol rola roley of a a. fighter HI He Is tall lean ean and lank and his hair is gray His voice Is thin and nd a quarrelsome n note te is evident when hc In heated debate Ie He is possessed of ot otan an inquisitive mind and not infrequently infrequently infrequently he confounds confounds' proponents of ot meas measures res with his his- marshaling of information against their cause TWELVE HOURS STRAIGHT His Ills ability to put up stiff tit opposition tion Hon to bills has been demonstrated repeatedly For days claya at a a time he bore loro ore the tho brunt oi ci the Democratic assault assaul t on on the l McCumber ney or tariff bill Ho He spoke twelve hours without an Interruption against the first proposal of ot the Wilson administration administration admin admin- for a shipping l board ard Too he ho can be brief with effectiveness On the day the sen senate tb adopted the war wat resolution senator after senator spoke loud and long Smoot finally obtained the floor and said I 1 rise to make this simple but earnest appeal God bless and approve the a ac action action ac- ac tion to be taken by the senate this day Oh Father preserve our government government government gov gov- and hasten tho the day when liberty will be 1 b by W all the peoples of the earth THREE DIVERSIONS Hard lIard w work rIt was was the rule of ot laid down for himself by Senator Smoot It ls is is only broken by three things things' He plays golf golt Frequently from 6 to 7 o o'clock clock In the morning he may be f found und on one of ot the capital capita's s public courses executing methodical strokes In an e endeavor d av- av to break re lc He likes v vaudeville Formerly he would go to i Keith's Keiths theatre In Washington on Friday nights and occupy a a. seat on tl the second row No one lam lamented lament nt d more more th than nl the senator when the theatre was was closed He IS Ii a a. frequent visitor to the Washington zoo Senator Smoot Is a widower and the father of ot six children three sons and three e daughters He lives in a beautiful house in Wesley Heights in Washington WashInton There Is a ade adeep de deep p religious strain in the man He lIe Is Mormon by f faith one one of ot tho twelve apostles who are re remembers members of ot the g governing council of ot the Church of ot Jesus Christ of Lat Lat- ter-day ter Saints lie Jie was as appointed an I apostle three he th senate in 1903 and It was by bv reason ot of his high place In the church that his right to a senate seat was contested by a number of religious and other organizations