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Show H SSI i m HH ' " T10 graceful state of drunkenness B lUi " In which many f the lobbyists and dele- H ffiH ! t" SatGS f the Smoot Republican state con- H Hi ' " ventIon were found during the proceed- B Wum "" mgs n ne intermissions and after the -f B Pil conventln, was the subject of no little .fflt comment among those used to political il gatherings. It was especially noticeable, con- ! -f sidering the spirit of prohibition with I j -f which the Smoot Republicans are sup- I ; posed to bo imbued, and hardly impressed -f i those who witnessed a number of the star performers with any regard for the sincer- t ity of their former protestations. -f Temporary aberration caused by the 1 I -f excitement of the lickspittles in the fear s that they might make some error in carry- I j ing out the assignments given them by the H lljjf boss, may have been responsible for their K ifiji ) actions, but Irom the outside, looking in, B j Wi r t it appeared like several large cases of B jr i plain drunk. H 'j(j |