| Show PADDOCK AND THE BILL the washington pott Post baa bas been interviewing ter tel senator paddock on the elections bill just now occupying occupy ing a can considerable sid amount of senatorial ti timo 0 and much more of their attention attention people of utah know somewhat t of senator paddock and big his personality whether it cives gives credibility or the other thing to his opinions will at least lend to them an interest we have always looked upon paddock as having more than 41 hie his ehara share of astuteness in politics particularly those of extreme partisan which the elections bill is peculiarly attended the senators honesty or want of it having no special bearing in such a subject may be waived with no special detriment to bis his opinions some one baa has charged him with b being eing opposed to the elections bill this be he denies with much emphasis but does it so funnily that hia lis b beet es t friend would be excusable in suspecting that his accuser bad had bit pretty squarely equa rely upon his opinion or policy take that as you please 1 I have never eaid said he tells the reporter that I 1 would not vote forthe for the elections bill the truth ie is there ia Is nothing in tho the provisions of the bill objectionable to me bat but he objects to the be consideration of tho the bill at the present time because take notice noties 1 I have not yet received a 1 lasle letter from my state either for or against the elections bill which is a sure indication of a lack of interest in it and take notice farther it is regarded with a suspicion that may not be well founded bat but is certainly operating to disturb the business relation relations between the north and the south ifft if it were to our purpose to expose the Nebra nebraska eka senator in the light ol 01 a prattling and rather reckless hypocrite hero here Is moms excellent material tor for the p purpose but that in this connection fa Is not a matter of concern T that ha t there la Is a lack of interest in the election bill Is the silliest til liest of nonsense as its the senator himself makes clear in the statement that it is die turbine the business interests of the nation moreover no one knows better than senator paddock the prodigious significance of the word business as applied to american mail tat batione ione and what a slight thing any other interest would or should be in politics where bus busi inee Is deeply concerned therefore when he says that business la is disturbed by the measure be he meana means that in pushing it to a passage the republican party are not only borning burning their fingers but that taken in conjunction with the tariff bill it is liable to bet set their house afire and sad brine bring their establishment to wreck all this from senator radd k ii s extremely interesting airet ge he is 13 a deep seated republican and second because he Is a very shrewd politician |
