Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-02-13 | Page 16 | Senator Smoot Lauds Lincoln

SENATOR LAUDS ll Utahn Calls urn Wisest Politician In InU U S History I WASHINGTON Feb 12 By 12 ByThe The Associated Press Abraham Press Lincoln was eulogized In the ato ate today by Senator Reed Smoot Utah who declared the emancipator tor tor was the wisest politician In American history After reviewing the life lICe and an political struggles between behnen Lin- Lin Lincoln Lin Lincoln coln coill and Stephen Douglas DOUgl s Sena Sena- Senator Sena- Sena Senator Senator tor Smoot asserted that all that Mr Lincoln achieved was true 1 par ar- ar arty ty and united effort erfort What would be Mr Lincoln's I view on the perplexing problems confronting America continued the senator Wo We can judge only by what ho he said Mid and did What hat would Mr Lincoln say of law enforcement In 1837 he sal said l Let reverence tor for the tho laws bo be breathed by every American moth moth- m mother mother th- th ther er to the lisping babe that prat prat- prattles prat- prat prattles I ties on her lap In short let It become the political religion religion of the tho nation What would Mr Lincoln say of communism and similar creeds He was the apostle of human rights and as such Insisted upon the right of the tho Individual to acquire property and hold it un- un under un under der dec tho the protection of tho the law I What would Mr Lincoln eSy 51 about government in the tha field ot of private business He said In all that people can Individually do for themselves the govern govern- government government ment ought not to Interfere Mr Lincoln's nationalism did not mean Isolation but Independence deuce dence tempered with peace among all nations and with commerce throughout the world nn