The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-24
(ADvERTI sEMENTD
Republican Political Column
Hon. Reed SnOOt
Senior United States Senator For Utah
His Record in the i. S.
Senate.

serving employee to lose his job has
re-organzed the government printing
so as to save the nation over 100000
annually in this department.
He was leading member on the
Committee on Forestry and Conser-
,ation, aud as recognition of his
ability on these subjects was sent by
he President on special mission to
Europe to study these subjects
Perhaps no piece of legislation Of
such few words, IN recent railroad
cuactments. contains so much Of Vi
tai Importance to the West as that
known as the Long and Short Haul
Clause.
Since Senator Smoot took the mat
ter up. many of the veterans of the
Walker-Indiau war in Utah have re-
celyed pensions, including the amount
due and accumulated for previous
years He is still working to secure
the same results for the Black Hawk
war veterans.
In the matter of Government build
lngs for Utah he has been sngularly
successful and the big strawberry
valley project viii remain for all time
a credit to his sagecity.
No other one single measure ever
enacted by Congress has done or will
do SO much to develop this state and
the West as the 320-acre enlarged
homestead law for which Senator
Smoot Is entirely responsible.
Even those who disagree with him
as to the Republican policy of tar
IN for the protection and encourage
ment OF American industries admit
that Senator Smoot Is the best In
formed member of the Senate on mat
tcrs connected with tariff legislation.
He has been assailcd frequently, and
often misrepresented, but no oppon-
ent ever has been able to dispute his
telling array of facts or ventured to
question his ready ability to use them.
commenting upon the latest tariff dis
cussion in Congress. the Washington
National Tribune said editorially OF
Senator Smoot that he won a nation
wide reputation by his wonderful In
dustry In gathering up and digesting
every material fact relating to the
tariff system. and the vigor and skill
with which he used these In debate"
to the confusion of his opponents.
Country Needs senator Smoot
James r. Mann, Republican leader
in the House of Representatives, who
probably will he speaker at the next
House and who will undoubtedly be
candidate for the nomination for
president on the Republican ticket in
1916, has added his endorsement to
an already large number OF tributes
to Senator Reed Shoots ability. MIR.
Mann has had much experience I'm
Congress He was elected from his
district In Illinois to the Fifty-sixth
and each succeeding Congress. In
his letter to Col. C. +. Loose, Repub-
lican state Chairman. he says:
wv Dear Mr. Loose; | hope you
viii not take II amlss that write TO
you In regard 10 the reelection OF
senator SmOOt.
senator Smootr through his dilI.
gent, interchangeable and intelligent
stud, and attention 10 business In the
senate, has easily become one Of the
most valuable men TO the government
In either house Of Congress. I be.
lie,e he knows more about what Is
going on In the Senate than any other
man In Il. and l. always on the
square. While | have noticed that he
has given close attention 10 the needs
Of Utah. Yet his work Il much broad.
or and more complete than that. The
whole country needs him In the Sen.
nie for the actual worth he Is TO II
In connection with legislative promo.
SltlOnS.
while ! believe that the Republic.
cans will carry the country this fall
without any difficulty, vet | have tax.
en- the liberty OF writing this letter
to You for the purpose OF emphasizing
The Importance Of the people Of Utah
sending senator SmOot back To the
Senate ~ his own successor.
Yours very sincerely,
JAMES II. MANN.
REPUBLICAN TICKET