The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-17

SmOOt was on the committee on finance,
for he was most eminently successful IN
protecting every Western interest. As
Champ Clark expressed it, Senator
Reed Smoot made national reputation
during the consideration of the Payne
Aldrich bill" in fact, he suggested that
the bill really should be known as the
Reed SmOot" bill.
That the services Of Senator Suther-
land during the first session of the
Sixty-first Congress have added to his
influence at Washington is beyond ques-
ton. He was chosen as a member OF the
committee on committees. whose duty is
to make VI. the standing and select COM
mittees of the Senate, and in this con-
nection was able to take an important
part in the committee assignments. He
was given a place on the judiciary COM
mittee, and in this capacity he viii be
able to exercise considerable influence
in shaping matters of legislation which
will 60 to that committee. His ability
as a lawyer is we'll recognized in the
Senate, and he is expected to add to the
reputation he holds among his col
leagues for legal acumen and states
manship,
Sutherland Is Able Debater.
He took a prominent part in the de-
bate on the tariff bill and again demon
strated his ability as debater. He stood
for the protective system all through
the session, and declared himself in
favor of a duty that is too high, rather
than one that is too low to afford pro-
lection to the American producer and
manufacturer against foreign cOmpeti-
ton; and he voted to protect the prod
ucts of other states the same as he did
for the products of his own state. The
products Of Utah-lead, sugar and wool
have been we'll taken care of in the
tariff bill, and Senator Sutherland has
done his share in bringing about this
result
Senator Sutherland is chairman Of the
committee on Cuban relations, and is
a member of the joint committee on re-
vision of the laws, which has done i'm
portant work during the last two ses-
slOnS Of Congress; is a member of In
dian affairs geological survey, irriga-
ton and mines and mining, in the last
two of which he is able to be of great
service to the West in legislation affect
ing the great reclamation projects and
the mining industry.
During the debate on the tariff bill,
Senator Sutherland raised a cOnstitu-
tiOnal question which has attra Cted wide
attention. Denying the assertion of
Senator Stone of Missouri that the
Congress has no authority under the
constitution to enact a protective tariff
law, Mr.. Sutherland held that the fed
eral government possesses sovereign
powers in the dealings with other ma
lions which enable it TO levy prOhibitive
tariffs If advisable. He declared that
the United States possesses not only the
delegated powers enumerated in the
I
Of a nation I'm its dealings with other
nations, and these latter powers allow
it to lay such customs duties as it sees
fit for the protection of American in
dustTies or even for the prohibition of
imports. This doctrine was a direct and
! powerful contradiction Of the old Demo-
cratic argument that Congress has no
right to impose duties except for the sole
| purpose of raising revenues.
Representative Guards Interests.
In the House of Representatives the
| interests of Utah were carefully guard
/ ed by Representative Howell. Always on
| duty, constantly alert, ne worked and
| voted for the protective rates for Utah
products that eventually became a part
/ of the law. No Western member of the
/ House worked harder or more intelli-
/ gently to bring about these results, and
not only did Mr.. Howell speak for ade-
| qUate protection, but he did effective
work with the ways and means COM
mittee and among his colleagues, eE-
planning conditions and carrying on the
program in the interest Of the West Mr..
Howell enjoys the confidence of Speaker
Cannon and the other leaders of the
House, and the speaker thought so we'll
of the Utah member that in making UP
the committees for this Congress. he
placed Mr.. Howell on the important
/ committee on agriculture. He also is a
member of two other important COM
| mittees, elections No 2, and mines and
! mining.
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