Show SMOOTS PENSION ACTIVITY HIT BY SENATOR THOM 6 paying i n high tribute to senator bleed smoot of utah senator thomas democrat of colorado did not mince words in the statement he made before the senate on juno 3rd in which be he characterized the senior utah senator as one who has done an more re than any othor other member of this body to clarify legislative conditions and to obstruct the enactment of measure i which directly or indirectly might provo inimical to the this public welfare senator thomas also ilso paid a hl high gh tribu tribute ite to the attendance fecura of senator smoot which is unsurpassed I 1 by that of any other member of congress coni I 1 senator smoot has been absent from his seat only eleven days in seventeen years service following ie Is an extract from the speech made vaude by senator thomas ill 1 I wish I 1 could impress upon senators the importance ot of attending the so oss lons of the body to which they belong I 1 have thed to so shape my committee engagements my correspondence pon dence and my other affairs as to enable me to be present between the convening of each session and its close I 1 have not mot been so successful in that practice as has the senior sen ator from utah mr r who Is in virtually alay fn n his seat who Is familiar to iw greater or less degree with every measure which Is brought to our attention who Is v vigilant in the exe exercise of his legislative powers I 1 and who has hits done more than any other one member of this body since I 1 have been here to clarify legislative conditions and to obstruct the enactment of measures which directly or indirectly might inight prove inimical to io the public welfare indeed the only miti criticism cism which I 1 have to offer offe upon the record of the senator Is that kiz opposition lon always gives way when pension bills are the ir object of consideration but there aro are in all records and since it Is in not given to man certainly not to senators to be perfect we must overlook that one failure in the perform acce of his duties and be thankful for the services which he bos has rendered and will I 1 hope hom continue to render in this body unless senators attend to their duties here they ought to be held by their constituents to a strict responsibility for anything that goes wrong |