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Show IS MOOT MAY BE CHAIRMAN. II Governor William C. Sproul ro eigms his present position ifnd Is made United States senator to fill the vacancy va-cancy created by the death of Boies Penrose, then another important change in the senate may be mado by I the senior senator from I'tab becom log chairman of the finance commlt-I commlt-I tec of the senate, and, if that forecast Is realized, then for the first timo In the history of the country a tar western man will hold the most Important Im-portant position in the gift of (ho senate. Senator Smoot is recognized even by Democrats &s one of tho best informed men ou government finance, but he is ;-' outranked In tho matter en Minority -ffl by Senator McCumber ot North La- 1 kota, and it would be a most extraor- H dlnary departure from precedent if B the senate should cause tho chr.ii-man8bip chr.ii-man8bip to go to Smoot Instead of J9I McCumber. The New York Herald. In a lengthy I editorial, urges the necessity, at this I critical time In the affairs of the coun I try, to disregard old customs and I place the Utah mun where he can do I the country greatest service. The ls9 Herald says. "Senator McCumber has been very I largely active in and devoted to spe-I spe-I cial interest? aud lOOOltylei, lepr'.-sen -4aH a verT sparse portion of the llOf I I 000,000 people and a minute fraction I of tho stupendous lncusiry and wealth I jHB of the country- Senator McCumber I has been prominently Identified ff II ll - I the regrettable agricultur.il bloc Sen-I Sen-I tor McCumber, furthermore, what-391 what-391 irer his national attainments and tner-I tner-I lt.e, is not a leader among Che economic I authorities, the financial geniuses and I the intellectual guid-s ot the senate. I !f any mas in the senate is first and I foremost In respect of all those quali-I quali-I ties and qualification?, he la distinctly I and indubitably Senator Reed Smoot. "Heed Smoot's state Is I'tah, but his ' I economic point n Flew js universal, I and his economic work as a senator I and a citizen is 100 per cent national. I By every test of what the senate com-I com-I Lolttee on finance requires in the way I of knowledge capacity and gencr. I leal in Its chairman, Senator Smoot I Is the single, shin'.ng member to be I selected. By every test of what the I country needs Ln the head of thai. I $r-at ?.nd powerful cummitteo he dc-I dc-I serves to be selected. By every lest of I political Judgment he ought to be ee. I lected." Discussing the possibility of serious H mistakes being made at this time by I the administration, the Herald refers I to the prospects of a Democratic house I being elected this fall, and, if tbat con I dltion should arise, Pre8Jent Harding I would meet the eame dlfliculL-'-b n I countered by President Wilson in his I last two years. The Herald Uankly I declares there are Republicans ri ady I to resent mismanagement of public I fairs, end offers this advice. H "There is an already large and rap-I rap-I Idly growing sentiment among the I business communities of the east and I north that if the economic issues of I tho day. from taxes to tariff duties I uud from industries to pay envelopes, I go on beln?: neglected or mismanaged I in the legislative halls of the nation. I they would rather have the mlflcbiel I done by DejgejfjgeJ m hamla than by I Republican hands On the record, as I it stands now. there are thousands of I Republicans m every Industrial and I tinaiuial center of the east und middle I west who are ready, unless there is an I Immediate and decided change in con-I con-I grehsional policies and achievements. I to vote next November for Democrat i I candidates for tho house of r-pre$en-I talhes and for tho senate." SH It Is the highest compliment that I could be paid to Utah's senator to sav I he is so masterful as to be essential H to the success of his party in the na I tion. fiH Looking back eighteen years or I more, to the day when Reed Smoot I had a most difficult task trying to I keep his seat in the United States sen-I sen-I ate, one muf. admire the man for the H obstacles he has overcome, and only I one conclusion Is to be reached and I .hat Is the senator Is possessed of ex I ceptional ability. |