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Show I EDITORIAL i j'jffjPZ B JiBBsfrv JB ' I "Whom the Gods I Would Destroy" bY . . Tho Journal takes delight In print- B ing In Its editorial columns clippings B from journals of lesser magnitude B that are decidedly uncomplimentary B to Senator Heed Smoot. In fact It B Mould bo refreshing to havo our con- BJ teiyporhry say ono kind word con- BJ lorn'ng UUIi'h Senior Senator. Its I latest effusion Is labeled "Importlnent BJ Jteed" and follows with part of a BJ colloquy between Senator Stono of BJj Missouri and Senator Smoot of Utah. BJi During tho colloquy Sonntor Stono Bjl becomes lmiatlcnt and tells Senator BO Smoot to "sit down" nflsumlug tho H role of tho Impcrtlnunt h'msclf. Tho BA whole nftnl Is over some figures, of BM which Senator Smoot seems to hnvo H riid nioro th.m ono Democratic Sen- H ntor of late, and not being able to H meet tho Ilgures with argument the B Mlssoui'l.-m lost his head and became B impertinent. Nevertheless Senator H Smoot got tho Ilgures In tho record, B nud-they nro llguros that do not lie. H "Whom tlio Odds would destroy they H first make mad," and Senator Smoot H In certainly muklng them mad simply H liy Miowlng up, conditions backed by H flguies of which tholr own admlnls- HI trnfon Is responsible. In Novem- H ber tho work of destruction will bo BJ comploto. |