Show PRAISE FOR A UTAH MAN now that the recent election is ancient history the times independent perhaps will not be accused of partisanship if it gives space to a word of praise about a utah man which waa published m a recent issue of the american mercury all utan citizens regardless of politics will certainly experience a glow ot ande m reading the following from the pen of nels anderson relative to reed smoot the states senior senator today he is on top he has become somebody A word from him gets more press attention than an hour of the best eloquence found in the two chambers on the hill he as chairman of the finance committee ranking member and virtually chairman of the committee on appropriations the watch dog of the treasury a militant proponent of economy in government and one of the chief financial advisors to the president eloquence in the senate is becoming a lost art a sort of vestigial hangover from the daniel webster days government is more and more a matter of patient grinding in committee rooms and here smoot excels in these committee rooms laws are made mutilated or killed appointments are made deals are made and men are made in them there is no playing to the galleries no beating of tom toms work is the chief thing and smoot is the most untiring worker in all washington |