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Show I . UTAH SENATOR STATES POSITION H Washington, D. 0., Juno 9. Not- HBl withstanding tlio fact that no owns HBl TfiOO shares of stock In a silver-lead IHJ ai.'n?, ami In other groups of load HBl alius, and owns CO slmrcs of stock HHJ In tlio Amalgamated Sugar conjpany HBl ana ZOO share 111 tlio Utnh-tdahb Hit-1 HBY ) ttr company, 8cnitdrjSutherani told Hi ' v ' Hi,! genalo lobby Investigating (com- HHl ' ' " , mllttio today Hint ho Intends to voto HBl ' " for a duty on lead nnd sugar snd wool HHg "'; Ha I not profssslonnlly Interested In HHJ any fndustry nfTt'Ctod by the tarirf, HBl having practically given up his law BIB practice, upon entering tlio senate BHjl Senator Sutherland said ho would BHjl tu'o for a duty on the commodities HHb named and on other commodities, be- BBl eatteu ho Is " Ueptibllrau and pro- BBM feet ctilst, and wns elected to tlio sen- BBS ta Mrgo'y becauso ho believed In BBl rrul:etlon, and In so voting ho would BBS to voicing tho vlow of tlio peoplo of Bf 1(ati as well as his personal vlow. BBl "S To declltio to voto for a duty on thoso BBSS (ouimodltles, which nro of vital lm- BBS portauco to his constituents, because BBS of his stock ownership, Sonntor Suth- BBBj crland said it would bo a pleco of nf- BBH foetal Ion. Senator Sutherland rotated BBS having had many conferences with BBS representatives of labor unlonB and BBS , other organizations; representatives BBS . of the Wool Growers' associations and BBBj sugar growers, but he contended tlio BBS n'" nad a perfect right to appear BBBJ "id present tholr argument tn refsr- BBS iiou to pending legislation. At no BBBJ ''"ia slnco ho has been In tlio Bcnnto BBS or when ho was In tlio house, did BBBJ Senator Sutherland know of any lin- BBBBj proper luflucnco being brought to BBBBj ''.car on nny senator or rcprosentn- BB ttve, to Influenco his vote; and no BB said no such Improper Influenco Imil BBB been brought to bear upon htm, at BBB nny time. |