Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-09
P. H. LANNAN FOR MARSHAL.
John A. Marshail's Views on Utah
Politics at the National Capital.

!. T. Ii. LANNAN FOk MARSHALL.
Il John A. Marshail's Views on Uta
Politics at the National Capital.
Last evenings train brought back
g us, after several months absence, MI
John A. Marshall, the able attorney {
J, the law firm of Hall & Marshall. MI
Marshall was seen by DEMOCRAT ri
u porter this morning and was asked abou
the all-absorbing question to the peopl
]. hereabouts-Uta politics at Washing
: ton.
: II have not spent all OF my time il
7 Washington, said the gentleman, "an'
am really unable to give you great dea
of information concerning matters per
tainingt to Utah, as 1 did not come il
: contact with many of those who actually
knew anything about the facts. What
saw and heard occurred mostly at the
!, hotels in the evening, when local anc
! other aspirants would compare notes anc
: indulge in general comments in relation
to what they had picked mp during the
day"
GLOW about the Marshalship-did you
learn anything definite as to who will
probably get it ?"
'sWell, of course, I heard nothing ex-
actly official or even authoritative, but it
appears to be the very general opinion
that Pat Lannan stands ahead SO far as
| Utah applicants are considered. Out of
% applications advanced to the file, his
stands No. 8, and you can readily infer
how much significance there is in that
fact"
EDO you know who is backing Mr..
| Lannan? 1t was rather generally under
! stood here that he was not in the field !;
in fact, parties have said that he had been
heard to deny it,"
"Well, know nothing more than what
I heard It is certainly the impression
in Washington that Mr.. Lannan was en-
dorsed by the Utah Commission, and the
fact of Colonel Pettigrew's intimacy and
influence with Attorney General Garland
would seem to give the premises some
weight, and Mr.. Lannan very fair pros
poets. Of course some incline to the
opinion that no resident of the Territory
will get the appointment; in that case it
is quite uncertain as to who stands fore
most in the list. Mr.. Frank III. Dyer is
there, and is said to have been very favor
ably considered; and Bill Mcqueen is
also equipped with reputed good backing,
but, as 1 said, the indications point to-
wards Mr.. Lannan's success, according to
general opinion"
"Did you meet Mr.. Baskin, and did you
learn what was being accomplished in
the matter of additional legislation for
Utah?"
eyes, saw Mr. Baskin number of
times. He was suffering with bad cold,
but was not confined to his room when
left. In bidding me goodbye he said:
Tell my friends in Utah that some re-
medal measures will be passed by Con-
gress.' He was much more hopeful than
when he first reached Washington, but
stated that he would feel better fortified
f he had an associate TO pull with
him. Judge Goodwin, understand,
s not working at all in the in
erests of anti-Mormon legislation, but
s combining his labors to the
ilver and lead matters. Mr.. Baskin
old me that he had just had an inter-
'iew with Congressman Tucker, chair
nan of the House Judiciary Committee,
nd had been very favorably received. t
nd an appointment for another meeting {
lad been made. Mr.. Baskin felt hope {
I'll that the Judiciary Committee would
eport favorably on the Edmunds bill l
nth its amendments, although it was S
ossible that some changes would be r
dopted which would probably embody Ii
satures OF the first bill on the subject, in a
early in the session by McAdoo G
New Jersey. This practically covers II
ne ground OF the Woodburn bill, which s
really Walls old Idaho Legislature "
ILL.," n
"What about change in the Office of
rosecuting Attorney for this district II
isn't true, is it, that you had some as IL
rations in that direction ?'' in
mo, sir; [ was not in Washington on 81
'litical business, aud certainly was not b
l applicant nor an aspirant for that or IN
~ other office. l took it for granted q
ere would be no change made in re- to
rd to that Office at the present time til
ID heard nothing to the contrary; in fe
ct, did not make any inquiries. I also 81
lderstood from some source that no i'm ia
edlate change would be made in the pc
but I am of course unad- m
sed in respect to it." of
MIR. Marshal had very pleasant visit be
hong relatives, and returns to Salt Lake til
the best OF health and spirits. m
a DEMOCRAT reporter afterwards inter- In
swed Mr.. Lannan relative to his alleged ur
ndldacy for the Marshalship. Mr.. M
nnan assured the reporter that if any HI
plication had been made for him for bic
position that it was entirely without we
knowledge, request or consent. He Sc,
d, moreover, if any application had an
en- filed at Washington with his name of
ached, it was forgery. He disclaimed kir
ng candidate, and said he had no wit
a that he would receive the appoint PHI
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