Show HALT CALLED ON WELLINGS WELLING S TACTICS DURING CAMPAIGN comparison of records of congressional delegation pu puts democrats to shame laws lawe secured by senator smoot during durino the first two congresses of his service 37 laws secured by con ar esEman welling during the first two congresses of his service NONE laws secured by senator smoot during hla his service iri in t the lie and con gress the last two congresses 29 laws secured by congressman welling in the same two congresses NONE laws law secured by senator S smoot oot during his service m in congress laws secured by congress man welling during his service in 3 NONE by francis G matson n ilin 1 republican party in the estate 1 state and nation it Is now sw swinging ang into um tile last stage of the he 1010 1019 campaign and the week will witness one of the most active and intensive political drives in tho the history of utah we vo will conduct the remainder of the campaign on the same saine lines that were drawn at the he outset suld said former governor william spry republican state chairman in a statement issue early this week weak the same dignity will be preserved and mud imlah El logging Is taboo governor spry declared that the speakers would devote a great deal of time during tho the remaining weeks in a comparativo comparative statement on oil the records of senator william 11 II king and congressmen congi e mays and welling with that of senator reed heed smoot challenge goes forth what lias has smoot dorle done for utah 4 lins hiis been the keynote of virtually every speech made in the state by congressman milton 11 II welling in 11 lits ills campaign for tile the senate on the democratic Democrat le ticket in ill reply to this challenge chal lengo the lican state committee has obtained from froin the secretaries of tho the senate seriate find nd house tile the official record of the fn an r utah in members embers and the contrast Is decidedly tin unfavorable favorable to mr air welling hero are the figures as given in ill tho letter from ansel wold secretary of tile the senate late official figures in reply I 1 beg to advise that the lifis history tory of liy hy senators published annually by this i office discloses that senator smoot Is the author of laws ns as follows congress public private rs 69 0 2 60 K 1007 2 33 CO 1 low 0 13 00 1011 6 22 62 1011 1013 1913 a 0 29 9 1 03 63 1013 1015 7 20 10 61 1015 4 1 42 65 1017 1917 1010 1910 2 17 A I 1 hasty 1 asty examination of tho the rec orda of the will congress to ante sho show W seven public und and two iwo private bills thus fur far this congress 1 I find that eliat three public bills in introduced tro by senator king have become laws during the congress the congressional record for the and the congresses does not show tiny nuy public or private bill intro deuced by congressman mays or welling as having become law no comparison tho the Cong was ft a democratic congress but withal senator sinott a republican secured the passage of more bills by a margin of almost 0 to I 1 than senator kingi since e congressman Congress mau welling and mays never have secured the lie passage of a law their record offers no bugis for corn coni purl par lson non congressman welling offered a reward of in ono one of ills his speeches if anyone could so go to tile thi senate and find a bill entitled the smoot blural ironies act tills this republican lend leaders assert Is begging the lio question for tills this ait act like ull nil others Is recorded only by a filing number 8 D B I 1 tho the underwood tariff measure heralded ty by tho bemo democratic cratic party as ft u great achievement and referred to as such by congressman welling in his keynote speech at tho the democratic state convention Is known only by a number so far as tile tho official records of congress are concerned great stress will be laid upon senator accomplishment in the passage of the oil leasing measure the enlarged homestead act and other equally important measures the letter written by franklin K V lane democratic secretary of interior will be spread broadcast over tho state to refute tho the claim ot congressman welling on the oil leasing measure roen suro secretary lanes tribute 0 this letter follows the secretary of the interior washington D C sept 8 1919 hon hom N J sinnott chairman committee on an public lands house of ne presenta fives dear mr sinnott referring to yours of september ath submitting for my consideration senate bill 2775 general ly known as the smoot leasing bill I 1 would say cay that in my opinion it la Is on the whole the best leasing bill that has passed either house of congress cordially yours FRANKLIN K LANE tile the challenge lins lias already gone forth to ur mr lV welling elling said governor spry in conclusion and now nov that ho ha hns raised the question of senator If smoots toots record republicans of utah are not only glad but proud to contrast the record of senior senator that of hla his democratic colleagues furthermore wo we will emphasize tile tho fart fact that we are proud of senator I 1 smoot arbib through Us integrity industry and ability lias has brought brou glit utah to a position as one of the foremost states of the union senator smoot und and no ono one dare deny this line hai brought brou glit himself to a point chero lie he is a commanding figure in all affairs of government |