MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

BACKGROUND

• U.s. Senator sam foley dies
• Hubert hopper has to pick a replacment
• His boss tries to pressure him to pick his choice
• Big committees want a reformer

WHY SMITH?

• Hopper's kids want smith
• They like him bc he is head of the boy rangers
• Can't decide who to pick so he flips a coin
• It lands on its side next to an article about smith
• picks smith bc he has a good image & is easy to manipulate

SENATOR PAINE

• Takes smith under his wing
• Was smith's father's best friend
• He is sneaky, secretive, and phony

SMITH

• Develops feelings for senator paine's daughter
• Washington press says he has no business as senator
• Paine suggests he proposes a bill to keep him busy

THE BILL

• Comes up with a bill that would authorize a loan
• Wants the loan to buy land for a national boy's camp
• The land will also be payed by the boys of america
• A lot of donations immediately come in
• He presents the bill to the senate

TAYLOR

• Influences everyone's descisions
• Making a dam right were smith wants to put the Boy's camp
• Paine is the main person in this plan
• Main boss

ACCUSATIONS

• Taylor Wanted to get smith out of the senate
• He forced senator paine to accuse him
• Paine accused him of owning the land he wanted for the boy's camp
• He's accused of using the boy's money for his own profit
• He gets expelled from the senate

SAUNDERS

• Smith's chief of staff
• She convinces smith to delay the bill and prove his innocence

TRIAL

• States refuse to broadcast smith's defense
• They create lies about smith
• The boy's club try to spread the word for smith through his newspaper
• Senator paine tries to commit suicide but he is stopped
• He admits to false accusations and senator smith is not expelled

THE END