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Show H SMOOT AND RAWLINS B . That Senator Smoot was moved to de- B i part from his rule not to encumber the B Record with letters or telegrams, either B for or against the League of Nations, and B make an exception in the case of ex-Sen- B ator Joseph L. Rawlins, was a graceful B tribute to a sturdy 100 per cent Ameri- B can. The presence of the former senator B upon the stand at the Johnson meeting in Bip the tabernacle was noted and coimnent- B ed upon by many of his friends and ad- B mirers, but as no expression of his views B' had been made public and as a majority B of leading Democrats in Utah had, aip to B that tine accepted the ipse dixit of the B president that the treaty must be rati- H fied without reserve there was some spec- H I ultion as to whether during the course of B theevening an opportunity would be. af- H v forded Mr. Rawlins to state his views. B That they were in entire harmony with Hi the spirit of the meeting seemed evident B' from the frequent applause he bestowed H' upon Senator Johnson's ringing utter- B ances, but to those who had any doubt of B the veteran ex-senator's attitude, the in- B fonnation from Washington will set all B doubts at rest. Senator Rawlins is noth- B ing if not explicit. His letter to Senator B Reed Smoot, which was read into the Con B, gressional Record, is as follows. iSSSSfl mmm "My dear Senator. I am writing this morning in receipt of an urgent telegraphic tele-graphic request from the League to Enforce En-force Peace, not that I request but that I demand that you immediately vote for the League of Nations. Of course, I know you to be entirely capable of fonning your own judgement as to the merit of this measure and that you will act accordingly; ac-cordingly; but as for myself and those with whom I come in conflict, I wi?h to say for your information that we should be greatly gratified if you can bring aHout with your vote the defeat of this .measure so detrimental in our judgment to the liberties and the welfare of the American people." It would have been strange indeed if this stalwart champion of Jeffersonian democracy could have been influenced to compromise his splendid Americanism by "dcimanding" that Senator Smoot surrender surren-der his convictions at the instigation of an organization whose name really ought to be changed to a "league to force senators." sena-tors." There will be none to dispute Senator Sen-ator Smoots fine tribute to him, that he is just as loyal an American' as ever lived. |