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Show n surgent Candidates Are Represented as Demagogues. San Francisco, Nov. 30. Crediting tho activity of insurgent presidential candidates to a desire for place and J power rather than to patriotic mo- tives, United States Senator Smoot of j Utah in a statement given to the Washington correspondent of the Evening Post of this city, outlines his views of the coming session of congress. con-gress. "Wo must remember," said Senator Smoot, "that the political fight now being made by Insurgency is not for principles, but for men, for office and political power." Senator Smoot blames tho "muck-rakers, "muck-rakers, the yellow press and tho political po-litical demagogues" for tho unsatisfactory unsatis-factory business conditions of tho i past two years. The statement in I part follows: ""What Is congress going to do at tho coming session? I answer prompt-lj prompt-lj and frankly: "Play politics, from beginning to end. Evory recommendation mado by President Taft to congress will be considered, not as to bother its enactment en-actment into law would be a good thing for tho country, but for the effect ef-fect it would have on individual candidacy can-didacy for the presidency or the result re-sult It might have upon tho opposition opposi-tion party's presidential candidate. We must remember that the political fight now being made by insurgency Is not for principles, but for men, for office and political power. "In order that these objects may bp accomplished, tho gospel of discontentment dis-contentment must be preached, forms of government changed, the constitution constitu-tion amended and laws proposed for tho purpose of appealing to the particular par-ticular classes and special sections of the country with a view to securing secur-ing their votes. Political speeches will be made and bills pushed for no other purpose than to place the Republican Re-publican party and President Taft in a hole. "The business interests of the country have been In an unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory condition for tho past two and a half years and are carried on with no thought of anticipating the future. Business has boon made the football of political demagogues and the modern mod-ern four-flusher. The harassing of business for political effect has cost the laboring men and the American people hundreds of millions of dollars. dol-lars. "This condition of affairs will continue con-tinue until the muckraker, the yellow yel-low press and the political demagogue have been driven frbm Ihe stage. This change is sure to come. The day of hysteria has reached Its zenith. It will not be long beforo tho sober second-thought of the American people peo-ple will assert itself. "President Tart's plan for international interna-tional peace by arbitration meets the hearty approval of the great majority of the American people and is commended com-mended by the most of the civilized countries of the world. The poaco treaties substantially submitted will undoubtedly bo approved by the senate sen-ate "No legislation remedial of our currency cur-rency system will bo enacted into law All that can be hoped for' will be a discussion of It with a view to crystallizing public sentiment nnd educating ed-ucating the people as to "the necessity of a change In our present monetary system. "It would be wicked for congress not to enact legislation for the relief re-lief of the people of Alnslca. The great natural resources of Alaska must be opened for development, but not wasted or controlled by great monopolies. mono-polies. Laws can, and will, I believe, be enacted at tho coming session with this end In view. "Great interest will be shown In the tariff board's report and It Is not unlikely that a few more of the principal schedules will be revised " oo |