Show CAN X YOU FOOL THE WIS WISE MEN IE Tho Republican Is willing to concede concede concede con con- cede that maybe Senator Smoot Is overrated by his friends hero at home It i Is natural to believe that the tho man you OU know lenow tho the man you see ece working honorably bearIng bearing bear bear- effectively winning winning- Ing hl his burden manfully Is goo good 1 In fact act we of ot Utah have vcr very generally accepted the tho statement that Mr Ir Smoot Is an ablo able man Maybe we wo have been fooled Cooled a by our regard for tor a neighbor and an associate But Dut you ou can hardly expect him to fool the thc wi wise so men of or the East Those people In Washington dont don't tal take o up with a n wea weakling lIng or with an Irresponsible Irresponsible sible man And they have set tho the seal of or their approval on Senator Smoot Here I Is an extract from a Washington Post article of or Jul July 17 Senator Smoot although not a n member member mem mom ber of at the conference committee II Is doIng doIng doing do- do Ing as much munch work as any member of that t committee e. Just as when tho time bill was In the tho Senate ho bore the brunt of ot the assaults that were made upon the time committee and w was vas 1 ready really at all times tD tb go goo to time the committees committee's defense Next to Mr Aldrich he lie Is undoubtedly the posted best-posted man on tariff matters In tho the Senate an and 1 It was the time wish of Mr Ir Aldrich that he should bo be a member member mem mom ber her of ot the time committee ot of conference but butIr i Mr tIr Ir Lodge who ranked him would not I give o wn way an and 1 Insisted Jd that the conferees conferees con con- should be bo chosen according to tho the seniority of ot their service on tho the finance commit committee lee Isn't It fair to assume that Mr tr Smoot Is a man of ot superior ability since tho the best Judges and tho the severest critics In tho the country countr find him so Or shall wo we assume that all tho the vest rest are fools and only Mr 11 Smoots Smoot's enemies enemies ene one mies In Salt Lako Lake are right |