Show SMOOTS SMOOT'S 5 PENSION ACTIVITY HIT BY SENATOR THOMAS Paying a hl high h tribute to Senator steed Smoot of Utah Senator Thomas I Democrat of ot Colorado did not mince words Inthe in n. n the statement he made before before be be- I be-I fore the senate on June 3rd In which lie he characterized the senior Utah sen- sen as one on who has done more than and uny Jn other member of this body to clarify legislative conditions and an to obstruct the enactment of ot measures which directly or Indirectly might prove rove Inimical to the public welfare Senator Thomas also paid a u high I tribute fo to the attendance record of ot Senator Senator Smoot which is unsurpassed i iu u by that of any other member of conless con- con 1 stress gress less Senator Smoot has been absent absent- I from his seat only eleven da days s 's in e seventeen years years' service ser e. e Following is an extract from the speech made mado b by Senator Thomas I wish I could Impress upon sen sea senators tors the Ule importance of attending the Cessions of ot the tho bo body to which they be long J I hn have e tried tiled to so shape m my committee ommittee engagements eng my 1113 correspondence corres corres- pon ence and m my illy other oilier affairs as to viable enable me to be e present between the convening of oC each session and its dose close I have not nor been so successful s in that pla practice Ucc as has bas the senior senator sen seu- ator from Utah Mr Sm ot who is virtually always sin in his seat who Is familiar to a n greater or 01 less degree with every ver measure which Is brought to our 11 attention who is vigilant Inthe In Inthe the tho exercise of his lc legislative o powers md tad vho ho has lias done more than an any other othet me ne mel this body since I have I been Ilm here e to clarify legislative e condi conditions Lions an and to o obstruct the enactment of measures which directly or 01 Indirectly might prove inimical to the public vel wel- I fare tare Indeed lle d. d the thc only criticism which j i t have ha to offer upon the record of th the I j senator is that his opposition always Iles j I rives l es wa way when pension bills are arc tho tim I subject of cons consideration but the there e are aro I blemishes In all records and since Ince It Itis itis i is not given 1 n to man certainly certainly not to i I senators to to be e perfect we must overlook overlook over- over look that one failure In the lel performance perform perform- Orm- Orm ance ince of his duties antI and be thankful for fOl forthe j ji i ithe i the he services Sel which lIe he has rendered hind and will I hope ope continue e to render In Inthis inthis this tIlls body hotly Unless senators attend to I j I their duties here they ought to be he held i 1 b by by then their c constituents to a strict re responsibility for anything that goes oes wrong n o |