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Show SENATOR-REED b SMOOT RETURNS TO HIS HOME Tired After Long Trip. Calls Atteri- tlon to Fact That North and West Will Pay War Tax Salt Lake, Oct. 21 United States Senator Heed Smoot returned homo to Utah yesterday from his official duties at the national capital. Tired after the long Journoy from Washington, Washing-ton, Senator Smoot did not caro to discuss politics In dotal!, but rather desired to talk of Utah and Its peoplo. peo-plo. Standing out on tho porch of his daughter's homo overlooking the city, he gazed at tho blinking electric elec-tric lights last night and, turning to thoso around him, he commented; 'There is something in the air out hero in Utah that makfes one feel that ho has come home. Them is a tingling In my fingers and I have a fueling f l; cannot describe. It feels good (to bo at home again." ' Senator Smoot arrived on tho Los Angeles Limited" yesterday afternoon and went to the. homo of his daughter' daugh-ter' Mrs". 'A.'F'. Cardon,' '-259' Sontb Twelfth East. While tliero arc many things to be said in connection with" tho present campaign In tho nation Senator Smoot declared he "continued his discussion dis-cussion to national affairs ana cspe daily to Democratic extravagance and the war tax. lie went Into the details de-tails 'of tho Democratic pork barrel bills and tlio effects of tho European war on the commerce of tho United States. Senator Smoot, criticised the Democratic administration for its tariff tar-iff for rovenuo only policy und for the vicious legls'atlou It has caused to bo enacted during the present session of Congress. . Senator Smoot called attention to tho war tax measures of the Democratic Demo-cratic administration and pointed out Unit tho 1105,000000 levied by Iho Democratic Congress to keep tho country running will cohio mostly from the north and "west.' The Industries Indus-tries of the north and west will pay 84 per cent of thcMux, while the In dustrloB of tho south1, will' pay wily n small proportion of the"ta'.1' "This Congress has acted like a young spendthrift who has fallen holr to the fortune at his millionaire un clo," snld the Senator. "Tho Democratic Demo-cratic leaders havo acted on the theory, the-ory, that there Is no limit to Unclu Snm's ability to moot oxpendlturo If taxes can bo raised from sections or tho country other than tlio south. Th- country owes a debt of gratlludo to' tho Republican minority In tho Senate Sen-ate which caused .tho "pork barrel" rivers and harbors bill to ho cut $33,-000,000. $33,-000,000. I expected to assist In talking talk-ing that bill to Its death, hut coin promise was reached before my tin n enmo. "Tho Republicans called attention to tho fact that this administration wns taxing tho American people over $100,000,000 uud nt tho samn tlnio appropriated $53,000,000 direct md obligated tho government for future , payment of $30,000,000 more. Tho "pork barrel" bill was moro than tho administration could forco through nndi a compromise was mado necessary. neces-sary. " Senator flmoot was mot at Ogden ycBterday-byCol C. E Loose, Her publican stato chairman; E. 11. Cal-lister, Cal-lister, Q.-llw.WoiNnsswQrth, Ilepubll. am chairman of Weber county; J. N. Eldredgo, Jr., and James P, Casey Ca-sey of Ogden k Senator Smoot,, was accompanied home by Mrs, Snioot. i |
