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Show H Tho following anecdote re- H spocting Senator Smoot is taken H from thu Kichflold Hcaper. We H do not vouch for its authenticity. H "It was just more forco of H habit that lod to placing Senator H Smoot in an ombarassing situa- H tion iji tho Scnato tho othor day. H Senator Smoot, is chairman of tho H Joint Committeo on Printing, H and in this capacity ho is very H careful to bo informed of tho na- H turo of documonts oilorcd on tho H floor for printing boforo he al- H lows tho Senate to authorize it. H Senator Clark of Wyoming has H suggested that a copy of tho HK United States Constitution be H t printed in tho recoru. Senator H ' Smoot's attention whs contored H on somo othor mattor at tho time H the Wyoming man made his re H quost, and he caught only the H words "to be printed." H "Who is tho author of tho doc- H umont?" asked tho watchful H Utah statesman. A roar of H laughtor greeted his query. Ho H agreed, after the mattor had been Hi cxplainod to him, that it was n H proper request to have the Unit H od States Constitution printed." |