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Show One On Smoot. The efforts of certain women to unseat un-seat Senator Reed Smoot arc thus described de-scribed by tho Saturday Evening Post. A delegation of earnest Washington women went to the capitol one day to see about the unseating of Reed Smoot, the Mormon apostle, who Is a senator from Utah. They sent In for Senator Proctor of Vermont. When Proctor came out the leader of the committee said: "Senator Proctor, wo want you t expel ex-pel Mr Smoot from tho senate." Tills was rather a large Job for the Vermont man, and ho hemmed and hawed, a bit and sought to tlnd a way out. After he hqd explained that he, personally, was but one member of the, senate, and that It was a matter to be considered graely, lie suggested: "Wouldn't vou like to meet Mr. SraooiV" The crusaders wero thrown all In a Mutter at that, and while they were debating it, Senator Proctor sent in for Senator Smoot, and Smoot came out. "Ladles,"sald Senator Proctor,"thls is Senator Smoot of Utah." Smoot bowed and smiled pleasantly and waited for some one to say something. "Wo were telling Senator Proctor," poko up one of the braver women, "about our memorial tempi'; wo aro building." Then she gave the astonished as-tonished apostle a full description of the enterprise. After she had finished, Smoot, who had listened intently, took out a twenty-dollar bill,, pressed it Into the hand of tho speaker, smiled and said: "A very worthy object. I trust you will allow me to contrlbuto something." some-thing." He smiled again and bowed and vanished Into tho senato chamber, cham-ber, leaving the 'delegation breathless. breath-less. . .W S , v ' |