Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-10
SENATOR SMOOT
GUEST OF HONOR
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob r. Gates En-
terrain Distinguished
People at Home.
INTERESTING SPEECHES.
President Joseph l.. Smith Tells of
Senators He Has Met and Says
He is Not In Politics.

Never was 20 My America" sung
with more genuine enthusiasm than
last night at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Jacob f. Gates, where q number Of
personal friends of senator and Mrs
Reed Smoot We're gathered. at the invi-
tation of the host and host
ess, to welcome the senator and
his wife home to Utah Dur
ing the evening an excellent program,
consisting of music by an orchestra,
recitaions songs, and ex-tempore adj
dresses was rendered, and refreshments
were served. Mr.. Thomas Hull acted
as master of ceremonies.
INTERESTING PROGRAM.
After prayer by President Francis
NJ. Lyman, Mr.. Gates welcomed the
guests President John G. AIcQuarrie
of New York spoke of tho splendid
services rendered by Utah's represents -
tlves in Congress, and especially Sena-
tor Srnoot. A recitation by Mrs Belle
Salmon Ross followed Mrs. Reed
Smoot gave an intensely interesting
picture of social life i'll Washington,
contrasting home life in Utah with Of
fetal life in the nations capital Elder
Heber ]. Grant led in the singing of 20
chorus. Senator Smoot then spoke for
a short time. He was heartily applaud
cd as he rose to speak, and was lis
tened to with intense interest through
out
Senator Smoot said that when he
went to Washington he decided 10
make his home there as comfortable
and elegant as he could, in order thai
no one would be ashamed to enter it,
but he also decided to make it a typical
Utah home He believed he had sue
ceeded in this. 1t was "a home In which
prayers were daily offered up for the
nation, the government, the state-a
home in which grace was said, no mat
ter how many or how few We're pres
ent at the table, but Notwithstanding
this fact, or perhaps, in consequence Of
this fact, public men, foreign represen-
tatives dignitaries of every rank seem
ed to love to come and visit us and
play with our children. The speaker
said he had tried To fulfill his duties In
all humility and he had reason to be-
lieve that he won the respect of those
with whom he had associated, not only
for himself but for the state he repre-
sented He had always endeavored. he
said, to represent all classes of Utah
and not any one class.
Senator Smoot related some incidents
showing that even some of the senators
who voted againest him had changed
their opinion. One or two had, in fact
apologized to him for their vote, and
stated that they did not at that time
thoroughly comprehend the case before
them. II they could vote again, they
said, they would vote differently even
If it should cost them their seats in
the senate.
TRIBUTE TO THE PRESIDENT.
Senator Smoot paid an eloquent tri-
butte of admiration to the moral char
acter and able statesmanship of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The president, he said
is morally clean and determined to do
right always, regardless of conse-
quences.
The speaker also related an incident
proving that public sentiment is chang
Ing toward Utah. Formerly, he said.
anyone who came with lurid tale
about Utah would get 1t into the news