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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. ~
One of the coolest and most uncon-
eerned of men in the Senate is Hon.
Reed Smoot. the tall and slender Sem
ator from Utah. He can't come into
his seat, which is in the back row on
| the east side of the chamber and just
in front of the screen that hides the
entrance, without hearing, during the
morning hour, the announcement OF
numerous petitions asking for an in
vestigation into his right to be in the
Senate.
AT first Mr.. Smoot seemed a little
annoyed by Senators rising up all over
the chamber and presenting petitions
to have him ousted. He world lean
his head on his right hand and look on
sadly at the proceedings, but of late
er SO many and continued experiences.
Senator Kearns of Utah sits on one
side of him and Senator Ankeny sits on
the other side of him. Both console
Mr.. Snloot that he apparently has moth
ing to fear from the investigation AS
they talk he leans back in his chair,
throws one of his long legs over his
knee and listens attentively.
The Utah Senator, whose name is SO
widely advertised, wears his hair. POM
padour and dresses, generally in bob
tail coat, which makes him look quite
as tall as he actually is. He is pleas
ant gentleman to meet, talks genially.
and appears frank and honest. Prob
ably he is not man of great ability, at
least he has not created that impress
sion around the Senate But he has
some good honest sense and is pretty
well liked. A few days ago he went
away to Utah and will not be back for
a little while
Last week he was guest at dinner
and was placed side by side with Sem
ator Burrows, of Michigan, plump,
grizzled and debonnair, a veteran in
threading the wiles and wiclednesses of
Washington Mr. Burrows is chairman
of the Senate Committee on privileges
and elections which will give hearing
to the Smoot case sometime during the
regular session of Congress- The two
chatted together during the whole even
ing like two brothers and were really
sorry that there wasn't more time to
talk
Senator Smoot never shows any hest
fancy or embarrassment in discussing
the hundreds of thousands of petitions
that have been filed as a protest against
him. He does this without much bitter
ness and frequently asseverates that ap-
parent1y he is not to be on trial as
much as the Mormon church will be.
Senator Snoot also says that his life
before marriage was as pure as that of
any man living and that he has never
had but one wife The Senator is SO
little concerned about the outcome of
the hearings about his eligibility that
he has not even engaged lawyer.
There is no man around the Capitol
whose words are so eagerly caught up
and reproduced in the public prints as
those of Speaker Cannon. In that par
ticuar he is very much like the late
Speaker Reed, whose witticisms and
quips were long current and are occa-
sionally heard even in the present day.
Speaker Cannon's wit is different from
that of the late Speaker Reed but it is
almost as entertaining to those at the
Capitol. He is picturesque himself and
his words are likewise picturesque. One
of the anecdotes not yet told about him
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