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Show V j j j $ j j ! j . j j j. j j j j. j. ? . ? t. j t Country Needs Senator Smoot In Senate Says House Leader .J..J. .j. I James It. Mann, Republican leader In the Houso of Roprcsen- J tatlves who probably will bo speaker of tho next House and who J J will undoubtedly bo a candidate for the nomination for president ! J on tho Republican ticket In 3910, has added his Indorsement to an -J- J already large number of tributes to Senator Reed Smoot's abll- j Ity. Mr. Mann has bad much experience In Congress. Ho was .J .J. elected from his district In Illinois to tho Fifty-sixth nnd each . J. succeeding Congross. In his letter to Colonel C. E. Loose, Re- J l- publican state chairman, ho sajs: 4 4 My dear Mr. Looso: I hope you will not take It amlssthat 4 J I writo to you In regard to tho re-election of Senator Smoot. $ .J. Senator Smoot, through his diligent, indofatlgable and IntollI- .J. .J. gent study and attontlOn to business in tho Sennto, has cast- 4 J ly becomo ono of tho most valuable men to tho government In $ .J. ' either houso of Congress. I boliovo he knows more about .J. J. what is going on In the Sennto than any other mnn In it, nnd J .J Is always on tho square. While I have noticed that ho has 4 .J. given close attention to tho needs of Utah, yot his work is 4 J much broader and more comp'oto than that. Tho wholo coun- J I try needs him In the Senate for tho actual worth ho is to It . J In connection with legislative propositions. .J. J. Whlio I bollove thnt tho Republicans will carry tho country ! J. this fall without any difficulty, yot I havo takon tho liberty of $ $ writing this letter to you for tho purposo of emphasizing tho j4 J lmportanco of the pooplo of Utah sending Senator Smoot J J. back to tho Senate as his own successor. -J J. Yours vory slnceroly, JAMES R. MANN. !' '.j. 4. . j. .j. j ' 4 I ! l ! ! ' ! J $ 4 ! 'h "f ! |