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Show Senator Smoot is Back in Utah For ; s Business, Pleasure i - Senator Reed Smoot returned to Utah during the week from Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. on a business and pleasure plea-sure trip. In interviews given out following fol-lowing his arrival, the senator expressed express-ed the view that General John J. Pershing was among the likely candidates candi-dates for the Republican nomination for president, when the convention is held next summer. Others mentioned by Senator Smoot are Secretary of War, Davis, Assistant Assist-ant Secretary of War, McNider and Senator Watson of Indiana. Washington , newspaper correspondents correspon-dents give Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, Vice President Dawes and Senator William E. Borah a possible candidates for the Repub-lf Repub-lf an nomination. , Senator Smoot in his interview further fur-ther declared that Congress, would again make a cut in federal taxes, This cut, he declared, would in all probability reach 1300,000,000. Other senators and federal office " holders, who seem to be on the "inside" "in-side" declares that taxes cannot be cut and the large appropriations for flood control, farmer relief and ship building, made at the same time. Taxes mult either remain as they are and the appropriations made or taxes can be cut and the appropriations not made, it is declared. |