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Show YOTE ON J Speeches for andj Against Smoot j As heretofore indicated, both i houses of the legislature of Utah j balloted for senator with the re-: suit that Apostle Reed Smoot re-1 ceived a large majority. The members voted as follows in the Senate: For Smoot Senators Allison, Gardner, Johnson, C,. P. Larsen, H S Larsen. Lewis, Love, Mc-. Mc-. Kay, Williams 10. For Wells Senators Lawrence, Law-rence, and Sherman 2. For Rawlins Senators Bamberger, Bam-berger, Barnes, Barber, Ben-nion, Ben-nion, Murdock and Whitmore but the low mutterings of the storm are in the air. The voice of this nation's public opinion, that voice that has made and unmade un-made senators and presidents, and made thrones to tremble like an aspen leaf, is waiting) to launch a storm or a benediction as befits our actions here, and if we invi c the storm, God help Utah and her people. The committee assignments of the Cache valley members of the legislature are as follows: W.W.Hali Chairman of highways high-ways and bridges:member of fore stry, public lands, salaries andfee& university site and building 5 A. G. Barber Chairman of apportionment; member of public pub-lic printing, public lands, forests and forestry, elections, federal relations, education, state affairs, rfish and game 9. ! T. H. Merrill Chairman of jrevenues and appropriations; ' member of asylum for the insane, federal relations, horticulture and agriculture, labor, legislat-jive legislat-jive apportionment, rules 7. D. R. Roberts Chairman of penitentiary and prisons, private j corporations, puolic buildings; member of education and art, J irrigation and reservoirs, rail roads - 0. In the Bouse: Smoot Anderson, Austin, Barrett, Brink, Cahoon, Child, Chipman, Colton, Condon, Coulter, Coul-ter, Done, Fishburn, Hall, Hamlin, Ham-lin, Haslam, Hawlc-y, J. E. Johnson, John-son, J. H. Johnson, Luther, Mc-Farhmd, Mc-Farhmd, Rae, Merrill, Metcalf, Molyneaux. Peterson, Redd, Richards, Roberts, Smith, Spry. Stone, Tietjen, Watts, Wilson and Hull-35. Wells Evans, Lee, Stewart, and White -4. Rawlins Adams, McKinnon, ; Morris and Stoker 4. Absent and not voting- Rob-f Rob-f ison . I i Representative Willard Done! nominated Mr. Smoot. He said, j in part: i . Affability and the faculty-! --vhich, -for - want of a better j - word, I will call approachable-1 f ness. Becoming dignity, coupi-j ed with warm sympathies and strong personal magnetism. Not ! the re pel la nt coldness of an intellectual in-tellectual iceberg, but the warm grasp of the hand, the hearty I . word of greeting which . draws I men to him as the magnet draws J the needle. i Wisdom and tact, which guides! from dangers and prevents gross ' errors. I I Such a man I have in mind for this exalted office. Is he patriotic? patri-otic? Born under the protecting aegis of the stars he has been taught from infancy to love his i country's flag and revere her constitution and her laws a? heaven inspired. I do not speak of him in excessive ex-cessive adulation, as one who is blind to faults and overlavish m his praise of virtues. My candidate can-didate needs no such unreasoning unreason-ing or unreasonable praise. What he is he is, and that is all I wish you to think him. Hp is worthy to sit in the sen- ate and help control the desti-! desti-! nies of our great and grownng state, and that distinction I ask vou to confer upon him. " For this high office 1 nominate nomi-nate the upright citizen, the kind and faithful husband and father, the ' virtuous man, the unswerving, loyal patriot, the enterprising financier, the Godfearing God-fearing Christian, the Honorable Reed Smoot. Representative White opposed Mr. Smoot saying Utah phould heed the voice of the president and not call down a storm upon ! the state. We may close our eyes and ears and lull ourselves to slumber in fancied security, |