The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-12
MORE "BoY-WIIIPPING. :

Senator Gore of oklahoma appears
disinclincd to give Apostle Smoot any
rest in the Smoot self suniciency, ig-
norancc. and arrogance. Mr.. Gore has
come to the conclusion. il appears, that
'Smoot has demonstrated on more than
one occasion that he knows less about
more things than any other man. IN
opinion of Mr., Gore, and must 90 for
what il is worth.
But Senator Dollivcr brought for
ward matter Of the very highest pub
lie Importance when he spoke of the
way that Smoot. in the Finance Com.
mittce. had treated the representative
of the manufacturers Of carded wool,
when they applied for hearing. Sen
ator Dolliver, it appears. brought out
this phase of Smoot's discourtesy and
arbtrariness by stating on Wednesday
what the carded wool men told him
about Smoot ; discourteous treatment
of them when they applied for a hear
ing before the committee. Al that time.
mcnt of the carded wool men as false,
On Thursday. Mr.. Dollivcr helped the
carded wool men TO support their pre-.
vious statement, and had the clerk of
the Senate read from his desk a let.
ter received from Mr.. Brown. manu-.
facturer of carded wool of German
town. Pennsylvania. who headed the
delegation of carded wool men. Mr..
Brown stated that 'Smoot tried 10 cast
obstacles in our pathway and prevent
us from getting n fair hearing" The
letter said that Smoot acted so arbi,
trarily in the committee that one Of
the members rebuked him by telling
him to keep quiet and give other mem
bers a chance TO be heard Brown fur.
ther stated that Smoot remarked ''Why
don t YOU do as | intend to do, put in
worsted machinery'' And il appears
that many explanations Of disgust werc
heard thcrcupon from the Senators
No wonder the Senators were dis
gusted in this showing of trickeTy and
discourtcsy. They arc taking the truc
measure of Smoot down there. and
presently he viii appear in his true di-
minutive size 10 all who have rcIa-
tions with him Smont S discourteous
connection with the report of the Ger.
man Government S Official statistics on
wages is also fresh in the public mind.
a discourtcsy so gross that it has been
generally denounced throughout the
country. fair sample of such de.
nunciation being the following from the
Wall Street Journal:
The United States Senate is still mud
ding and diCkccinC over the tariff, and
VIM" INJURY is unqucEtionablY being In
inctcd upon our import business. the pub
lic attitude generally has become one of
impa ticnt contempt Tho spectacle is b,i-
initiating enough, and has been made more
SO by an act Of eratujtous iusolcnCc 10 n
friendly foreign power acting toward us
III entire courtesy and good faith. In
this the leader Of the Senate was second
cd by that clcan-hapdcd and pure -souIcd
patriot, III" senior senator from New
\ Ork, but fortunately better intcrna tional
means OF communication have taught our
foreign uoiehborS that international cour-
.tcsy comes second to Scna torial cxpcdi-
ency. The progress with tariff revision
has been very slow. and tho time msspont
in that way has not disclosed any sincere
attempt 10 deal with the matter along
lines Of real national advantage.