Show SE SENATOR ATOR S SMOOTS POSITION Here is la an editorial comment on the tho position occupied by Senator Smoot In the tho tariff debates It is la taken from the National Tribune a a. very widely J circulated organ of or Grand Army men f and and one which In past has lias not been J V very cry friendly to the senior senator from Utah Quito unexpectedly unexpected to the the- most of I tho the Senate Semite Reed Smoot of Utah the tho of or the tho Mormon church whoso whose I 1 admission lon six years ago was the tho oc- oc occasion oct oc oc- t m I casion caslon of or prolonged controversy Is la taking a a. very active part In tho the debate del de de- l bate ate Senator AldrIch Is relying upon t him to handle a number of or questions question pertaining to o the debate and fre tro frequently troi fro fro- i I asks him to reply to m. m atones Senator Smoot is not an orator or- or ator but he is ready on his feet Out In Utah ho Is something of or a banker bank bank- er and manufacturer and anel has a grasp rap of business questions He has proved himself a Q careful student of the tariff served as chairman of one of Senator Aldrich's sub committees and Is now rapidly gaining prestige as a leader of the senators from West of the Mis Mis- He is of a conservative than most of ot his colleagues from that section of the country and gets along very er well with the Eastern leaders Senator Smoot has Just entered on his second year six term Wo We reproduce the extract entire only I because It evinces a a. change of sentiment send senti mont ment toward Senator Smoot on the the part of observers In the East Unquestionably Unquestionably Unquestionably Un Un- questionably ho he has won their better approval by an unvarying court o of or straightforward attention to dut duty and the evidence of ability which the they b by byno e no means meana conceded him at the tho begin begin- ning For it is not ho but his critics who have changed And it Is pertinent In this connect connection t tion to consider what would have havo been the fate tate of or Utah interests If It tho the opposition opposition op op- position to Republicanism had been successful in tho the lato late campaign 1 16 If 6 t f d been el elected governor laturo of course would ether man mon to succeed And this picture given givenIch's givenIch's givenich's Ich's chief chlo lieutenant r bill would never nevor estimate of Utah's part of ot Easterners L ver er more mor marked fortunate Issue of ot leaves Utah In the I |