Show republican ted CAn idale dAito for the theW united ted stiles states senate LL reed smoot i mtv BED 10 SMOOT born at salt laef city utah january to 10 1862 1962 edu toted in elementary schools of provo at BrIg hanx young university and 1 the university of utah following graduation from brigham young university i vor ver sity senator smoot entered the hier iner cantile and other business enter rises on april 6 5 1900 10 wat called ty taisea y the churtz church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints to the of ahr th twelve apostles was elected to united states senate e t to succeed J csepi L rawlins and took his his seat scat on mancl 9 1903 was elected reelected re by unanimous vote of utah state legislature for second term of sl years beginning march 4 1901 reelected re elected for third term by direct vote of poo plo march 4 1016 1915 reelect re elect ed for fourth term beginning haicl I 1 4 1921 although his hie seat beat in the united states senate was eori contested tested for several years yeats and hy right thereto subjected to a lonz senatorial tion senator smoot at once became it A leading member of that strong co ra le of republican statesmen which included aldrich allison alliason Alli aon beveridge dupew depew dolliver Dolli vcr fairbanks frye anle hawley lodge mccumber gallinger galinger nelson penrose Pc nrose platt of conn onn quay spooner teller and war warren senator sanator smoot soon boon became char cha r inah of th committe eon standards eights lits and aind Alea measures lie ile was als aasc put on the following important corn com maitte oB Cu cains ins civil service patents pensions and india depredations depredation in 1106 he was made a member at the h important com commit mittet tei und on oa public lands ills his ind industry usry and aid Son constant stant activity was always ap apparent and as early as 1905 and 1903 1900 he was instrumental in extending tending ov the time for homestead settlers in utah and took a 10 lading nir part in other public cadov iri ally with respect to matters lundi landi in utah and othor othier well western torn during the dihe congress 1909 toss less than six years after becoming a member of tho the senate tana fcc distinguished sinator senator was assigned to the powerful committee on finance it was was during this year that tha payne aldrich tariff bill was uppermost in the minds mindi of senators and represents tives sinator na tor smoot d debated bated the issues raised so ably and with such complete fund of information that he amazed even his veteran col colleagues I 1 bagues his knowledge of economics was so BO thorough that he won the admiration of fric friend ifil and toe foe alike those debates brought senator smoot definitely tt to the front rank of tle the senate in the succeeding sessions of congress the utah senator has hag repeatedly le made d ab val valuable contributions to the statesmanship of the country especially by way of speeches on the proposed ased court of commerce the postal banks the canadian reciprocity bill tho creation i of an independent tariff board ann and when in 1910 the qu quintion qui stion of the he prices of foreign products was before congress he was the first to proclaim that the real value 0 of f any article art is its exchange value a doctrine docty ine wh ch has ever been one of the cardinal principles of the republican party senior senator has consistently championed t the h e republican doctrine of protection when the underwood tariff bill came before the senate in 1913 senator smoot came again to the th fore as the natural spokesman of the Ro republican publican minority and succeeded in in exposing the fallacies of tufit measure after the united states declared de glared war ar against germany senator smoot steadfastly supported the administration of president woodrow wilson he assisted in passing the war revenue measure of 1917 and other legislation designed to win the war following the war the utah senator tot voted ad for the covenant of the league of nations with the lodge reserva tiona but voted against it w when hen those r were defeated d in the ignate he has been largely responsible for the creation of the budget bucu and the lassaga bassage of revenue ind and appropriation appropriate on me measure dArres leasim ably lowering prices and living costs when the republicans were restored to power in all bi inches of government with the election of president iia ha i arding senator smoot became chairman of the joint congressional committee on printing and also of the joint committee on lW organization of the administrative branches ot of the federal government and because of his comprehensive knowledge of all matters relating to the revenues and ho tariff the burden of framing and assing and defending the first emergency imer geney tariff bill after the war fell largely upon his shoulders and hen president wilson vetoed the bill lie he sponsored sponsored the second emergency ariu arif bill which became a law soon ister president ilar hardings dings inaugural ion during the debate on the schedules iche dules of the 1922 tariff bill sena or smoot spoke for or two hours and il though continually interrupted by members of the opposition none waa ible to cope with him and uis hie forbid ble b 0 o array of facts and figures his bourage of conviction has never been and his hia speeches in defence of republican principles have always been fearlessly logical and en ight lightening ening in december 1923 senator smoot accamo I 1 chairman of the powerful senate enato committee on finance the first ime that a man from the rock rocky dountain loun tain west ever so honored bis first great work as chairman of his hia important committee was to is lire the passage of f the 1924 tax re cation bill hassaj during u ring the four cars icara as a member of president Coolid international debt funding commission he has successfully guided through the senate the ahe highly important measure funding the enor moua obligations due and owing to this country by americas wartime war time allies senator smoot has constantly been called upon to give his attention nt to national and international affairs but has never lost sight of the needa and requirements of utah and her people among his notable accomplishment 3 in behalf of utah a few of the most important showing his diligence relative to matters either cither of general or special interest to this state are the tol following lowing the strawberry valley irrigation project which still furnis furnishes beg most of the water to utah county the federal reserve bank in salt lake city almost completed at a cost of the munitions buildings south of Og ogden denat at a cost of the forest service head headquarters quarteTs ogden the great echo reclamation project V just 11 t starting in utah which cost the united sted states to begin and will still require to complete numerous appropriations for federal buildings ford for post offices throughout the state of utah the law creating sion national park laws for the conservation of utah and other western forest lands the smoot dry farula farm la law the law making bryce canyon a national park the oil leasing law of february 5 1920 X the law to grant additional pensions to civil and spanish american war var veterans I 1 laws pensioning veterans of indian wars besides these actual accomplish accomplishments senator smoot has also introduced bills to establish a milita military aviation academy in utah to brov provide de for the acquirement of rural homes in the public land states to stabilize the livestock industry for the I 1 leasing easing of 01 irrigable indian lands ta establish a gama game sanctuary in the wasatch forest to quiet title to the school lands as a great number of bills fo the purchase of sites and erection of public buildings in the various cities of the state many of which are now re receiving the earnest consideration of congress |