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Show ONCE MORE TO THE DEFENSE OF SUTHERLAND The- Standpal papers of Utah, in attempting at-tempting to serve two masters, are m a dreadful plight Senator Smoot voted against the Webb temperance bill and Senator Sutherland did likewise Then when Taft vetoed the bill as passed by senate sen-ate and house, Sutherland voted to piift.iin the president '8 veto, but Smoot recorded his vote on the side of temperance. ' Became Sutherland has been roundly censured for his liquor vote, the Standpat organs have rallied to hiB defense and are devoting pages of (heir snace to explaining how Suther land took upon hims?lf the whole burden of the supreme court of the I'ntted States and declared the mens ure unconstitutional Now if Sutherland is right. Smoot must be wrong But oh. what a laugh there will be on Sutherland and his apologizers when the supreme court Itself final l decides that the lau li constitutional! Sutherland conveys the idea that he is the only constitutional lawyer in congress Senators, by far his su penors in law and in conscientious performance of their duties as law makers, voted for the Webb bill, full I confident the measure would be dc clared good law and would serve a good purpose The truth is that Sutherland used the question of constitutionality as .1 screen behind which to hide in 8erv j ing the whiskv irust V senator so cowardly Is too contempt ibh small in character to be recognized as other than s hired tool. |