The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
sMooT, BUTTER-IN.


i, was on Thursday. May 9th. that
the Washington kilograms gave the in
formation that Senator Cummins of
Iowa told Smoot TO sit down and cruel.
{ Jy explained that lie did so out of kind
ness and mercy TO Smoot, ms he was
making such an ass Of himself, or words
J substantially to that effect. And
this was cmphf sized in the dispatch
from Washington yesterday morning
TO The Tribune. when Senator Hale,
annoyed at the irrelevant nagging of
! Smoot and Sutherland. enforced the di
rcction to both of them TO sit down and
| be quiet
The Congressional Record OF May 9th
! date has come to hand; but it does not
I contain the Cummins speech; that is
( held out for later publication.
/ But it contains the speech Of Sen
ator Dolliyer of Iowa, made the day
! before. In that speech, also. Smoot
appears as persistent butter-iu. with
, out relcvance or benefit; only nag
ger and supcrfluous interrupter, He
was snubbed numerically by Dolliyer,
and after the Iowa Senator had sat
down hard on Smoot number OF times
and refused to he interrupted by him;
and when Dolliver had put final
quietus on the Smoot nagging, Smoot
sulkily retorted. "lf the Senator does
not want any Interruptions, / will not
interrupt him - And Senator Aldrich
had TO step in and reply to the attacks
made by Dolliycr II settled Smoot
for good while but LATER on he butted
in again and had to be squelchcd once
more. Bnt Senator Dollivcr did not
by any means signify that he did not
want any interruptions; he submitted
with patience and courtesy 70 very
many Interruptions; bnt he didn t have
any patience with the naggiug ignor,
ance and presumption of Smoor,
Later on (see page 1847 OF The Rec.
ord.) Smoot delivered himself of the
following, while the lead schedule was
under discussion;
should like 10 say to the Senator
from Kansas [Mr. Bristowl that If We
reduce this rate upon ore to cent and
= half pound il means the closing OF
the mines in the State OF Utah. 1t means
loss TO that State OF 1000 tons al lead
yearly. at SS6 per ton. or 81, loo, 600;
l2,noo.o 900 ounces OF silver At 80 cents,
which would he $4,000. 900. 10o.0 600 ounces
OF gold at $50 per ounce, or Sa.0o0.O0oi
| l2,u00.D00 pounds of copper, at IL cents
or Sl,3oo,oo0. or total of S1i, 600.
II is pretty hard 10 understand what
Smoot means by a statement like that
| - huf bn 20
found il by no means Illuminating
For, first of all, the reference is to
the duty on lead in ores that are i'm
ported, and Smoot protests against The
reduction Of the duty TO cent and q
half a pound, declaring that this would
mean 'the closing of the mines il
the State of Utah. But that is the
rate of duty now. and as it has been
If Smoot meant that TO cut this duty
in two, as was first proposed, would
be disastrous TO the lead mines Of
Utah, as our contention is, he should
have said so. But to say that a reduc
ton to rate which is the highest pro
posed. and that has proved satisfactory
protection, would close the mines OF
Utah. is nonsense, The mines of Utah
thrive very well on that rate: it is sat
isfactory, But TO tampcr with it woulc
be altogether unsatisfactory.
In his further statement about the
production of the mines of Utah, il
he means TO convey the idea (and t
most of the Senators that would bt
the idea he would convey) that The
figures he gives of the production oI
Utah S mines are the full figures OF