| Show WHAT CANNOT DC nE DOSE DONE Among the tho friends of or Tho The ican Is ono one oC ot especial kindliness and uniform courtesy Ho said tho the oth r day I III 1 am glad slad to to see seo seeThe The Republican has succeeded but you OU never or can make mako a a. great man of Reed need And that is true Xo No 0 newspaper can mako malco a a. great man of or a small one It Itis I is fg not In tho power jower of anyone how- how over over employed to confer greatness Gala Cais Cassius went farther and said It was not even cven In the stars Which also is true S Vo Wo cannot make mako a great man of oZ Heed Smooth But we want to add wIth i such earnestness as may bo be ex- ex pressed without offending that no ono one and no number hero or elsewhere S can make a a. little man of ot him Men aro are great or sm small ll because df r f qualities within themselves an and 1 especially espe espe- daily because of the use they make of or their qualities The They are great not because use they have talent but because be- be cause causo of or their use uso of ot those talents S TI The C present present present- writer writer Is la no hero worshipper wor wor- shipper not shipper not by a darned sight Eight And J If any reader has a a. disposition to go I 5 S. S dowtIn owr In the tho basement we will mako make makeS S 1 sentiment o oven c m more re emphatic though It will Q f not bo C quite so pretty a- a atar fair ta estimate of ot We 0 believe bellevo wo have hayo a S S t ati o. cican c sio some 5 er very human limitations In him Wo Ve ir r p-r ll U up nt at Main l an and ami Second Second- South rany hour of or orthe the dA day wondering how they arc aro goIng goIng going go- go Ing to get Iet et another dinner without a ameal ameal ameal meal ticket There Thle are more eloquent men In the nation and some somo of ot them livo 11 In Utah Utah- He Is not so bad as Tom Kearns at that Ho wouldn't talk about inhaling the blood bood of oC his heroic ancestors nor refer to the theS S beautiful Islands of or Alaska nut Cut I S k e we do not regard Reed Smoot as knowing e everything lhing In tho the world and nd we have never seen any disposition on Itis part to claim that universal knowledge knowl edge elIg so 50 cheerfully admitted by gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen gentle- gentle men who o him Also tho the matter of ot human greatS greatness greatness great great- S ness Is a comparative term A manS man S might be bo great In Manilla Mantila who would woul bo ho considered very common In Wash Wash- S ington But a a. man who ho can stand f shoulder houlder to shoulder er with the lea leaders of ot tho government of tho the United States of oC America cannot be called little little lit lit- tle tic anywhere In tho the world Get that S Reed Smoot has made mado good That ThatIs Is the tho simple and tho the perfectly UnS understood understood un un- truth of the tho matter Nevera Never S a 1 a man in Utah has made a request requestor or of him without getting courteous S treatment in response It If tho thing S asked for were right and were at attainable at- at tamable BY ANYONE YONE need Reed Smoot SmootS S has got It for tOl his constituent There is absolutely no right for the theS S state of or Utah or for any person or organization in tho state possible of or achievement that ho he has not performed perI per- per 5 I formed promptly cheerfully freely H Here rc is a little state In point tf f r population and the power that goes with ith numbers in a 0 republic Here Hero Is 15 Isa isa a man selected by this state for tor service serviceS S in the United States States Senate Senate and taking rank there with tho the very foremost men of or all nU tho the world It is not over over- S praise to sa say that such a man has made good He lIe was tho thc friend or of President Roosevelt Ro an and received marked honore honors honors hon- hon ors ore from that man Tho The commission commissionS S on which Reed need Smoot was given place did a 0 valuable work for tho the nation and every ono one informed in tho the matter matter matter mat mat- ter cheerfully concedes that fact HrS lie S is no less lees appreciated by President Taft Ho is highly rated by public men Tho The products of ot his state were imperilled and a 0 man less legs strong lo loss 1088 a entrenched in itt the regard of oC those who control our national affairs affaire could not have havo saved these products when the tho rage rago for a downward revision lon s In Congress Tho The controlling I i element clement in III the Republican patty party found friends In the ho Utah delegation The J strongest men of tho national legisla- legisla i. i r ture regard Heed Heet Smoot as their peer j. j They prove provo it ii b by tho the pl place co tho they then give gho n him Ills Hla state elate should know w It byI bythe by I the effect of or his hitS servi services es In protecting I t tho the products of ot his state I 1 I Now as aa before Wo We 0 recognize theS the tho S f fact that Reed Smoot Is not S tion Wo We nover claimed It to for 1 him S and ho certainly never claimed it for rorI I 5 himself Wo We 0 have tried to gauge himS him S I Just as we wo would woul a prominent citizen of oC any other state W whoso 10 O work eni entitled ont en- en t i titled him to credit only mentioning him HE lIE IS OUR SEN SEN- t S 5 L' L ATOlL ATOR Ho He has worked for his hla state And Ant for tor his nation for tor his people he ha has succeeded Wo 0 simply state him It Is h his hi the facts concerning lot of fulsome praise record and not any friends or admirers that will Sl o him rank discredit dis discredit cBs dis- will wiil And by that token no man mm credit him because of ot prejudice or b any withhold for any reason or by means the tho honor he has won |
