The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-28

10 is no exaggeration 20 say that nc
state in the Union is represented 10y
| ADLER or more active men in the halls
Of Congress than is Utah. tn cir terms
Of service have not been so long, but
hat they lack in experience they more
than make up in active and Intelligent
effort. In the comparatively short time
they have been in Congress all of them
! OF influence and respect.
The record made by Senator Smoot
during the tariff session has placed him
among the leading members OF the
United States Senate and has given him
position of prestige and influence
which no Utah senator has heretofore
enjoyed This fact has been very ap-
Parent by the success which has attend
ed the senator's efforts during the ses-
SIGN Of Congress just closed. Not only
has Senator SmOOt proved to be OF
value TO the state Of Utah because OF
his peculiar fitness and ability, but also
on account OF the national prominence
TO which he has attained.
An EnyiabIe Place.
Few men have risen so rapidly and
gained so enviable n place among the
nations great statesmen IN such a short
time as has Senator SmoOt. His natu-
RAJ ability, his incessant work and his
wonderful advancement are topics Of
daily conversation at the capital The
eNndAtA mas the reputation OF being the
hardest worker in the Senate, the first
senator to his office in the morning
ana the last to leave in the evening"
one of the best Informed on detailed
legislation. and the most regular at
tendant of sessions of the Senate and
committee meetings in the Senate.
In fact, the only time during the
senator's service here that he has re-
vote was a few weeks ago when the
railroad bill was put upon its final
passage through the Senate, and this
only happened because he expected an
earlier vote and had made an engage
ment to speak in Boston. which he could
not consistently cancel.
Congress had hardly convened last
December before Senator Smoot had is
sued a call for a meeting OF the print
ing investigation commission. and i'm
mediately took steps looking toward
vigorous investigation of the public
printing and binding and the distribu-
ton Of public documents. He felt that
great savings could be effected II this
part OF the governments affairs were
reduced 70 a more businessliiSe basis.
His suspicious soon proved to be real
tiles, for great waste in printing and
binding was soon disclosed. and meas
ures were Immediately drafted and put
on their passage through Congress to
check this extravaganza.
Through the senator's efforts at least
100000 in public printing have been al
ready saved to the government. and
the senator asserts that before the end
or another session of Congress econo-
mics to the extent OF several hundred
thousand dollars will be made in the
public printing and binding and the
distribution OF publications
shapes Railroad Legislation.
The part taken by Senator Smoot in
the railroad rate legislation is stlll
fresh in the minds OF all westerners.
His persistent fight against the unjust
railroad rates which obtain in the inter
mountain country was in a large meas
ure responsible for the adoption by the
Senate Of the so-called long and short
haul amendment.
The senator has been widely COM
mended for his excellent management OF
the administration conservation legisla-
tiOn. He succeeded in securing the
passage OF the withdrawal bill after
long and hard fight. SO wei pleased
was President Taft with this effort that
he called the senator to the White house
and heartily congratulated him upon
the same.
Senator Shoots speech on the com
parative cost OF farm products and sta
pie commodities for the month of March
in 1896 and 1910 revealed conditions
n bout which much comment has since
been made. The facts and figures pre-
scented by the senator in this speech are
incOntrovertible and prove conclusive
" that the farmers OF the country have
prospered more duri1g the past four
teen years than any other class Of peO- I
pie.
Notwithstanding the immense amount
OF work in connection with national |
legislation which Senator Smoot has I'M
dertaken, he has not been unmindful OF |
the local needs of Utah and her people. /
He has unhesitatinEly championed the /
cause of the humblest citizen with as /
much zeal as that OF the richest and /
most influential citizen who has called 4
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