Looking greyer, gaunter, grimmer than ever, Utah's 70-year-old Senator Reed Smoot arose behind his paper-cluttered aisle desk last week to perform an important function. Bracing his drooping shoulders as if to bear an invisible load, he announced: "Mr. President, from the Committee on Finance I report back favorably with amendments the bill (H. R. 10236) to provide revenue, equalize taxation and for other purposes."
A page in knee breeches fluttered a bundle of papers up to the clerk's desk as the Senator, his voice low and weary,...
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