The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-09
UTAH DELEGATION
Very Bright Prospects for the
Home Rule Bill.
DOING GOOD MISSIONARY WORK
Opponents Of the Measure Must Be in Wash
ington by the 18th to Be Reard-Liberals
Want the Hearings Postponed,
HERALD BUREAU,
Corner 10th and G Streets, N. w.
WASHINGTON, d. G. Feb. 5.

WASHINGTON, u. u. teD ..
The faces of Utsh's delegation, who are
here working in the in crest of the Home
Rule bill, are illuminated with smiles of in
tense satisfaction. Under the chaperonage
of Delegate Game, they were taken to the
capitol to day and introduced to the solid
men in both houses of Congress. When l
met several of them this afternoon they
were radiant with happiness. THE out
look is favorable" said Mr.. E. S. Richards,
"beJ ohd our utmost expectations. We
were hopeful when we came on, but we are
now encouraged to believe
FAVORABLE ACTION UPON OUR BILL
will result. You may say to our friends in
Salt Lake" he continued, that we intend
TO stay mere until all the hearings are con-
clud ed and until every argument has been
advanced pro and con that ian be sug
gested. In other words, we are going TO
remain and see it through"
Judge J. w. Judd and Ex-Governor
West arrived this evening. The hearing
before the House committee will occur on
| Wednesday and that before the Senate
committee on thursday. If the gentlemen
who desire TO be heard on the other side
will be heard by the House committee on
that day and by the Senate committee on
the day following. But they must be here
on the morning of the 18th as neither the
House nor the Senate committee meets
but once week. The meetings of next
week will be simply combinations of these
OF this week.
The argument which the Home Rule
IN n are making with Senators and Repre-
! a lG nat a
Democrats they are not here as partisans
but that they are working for
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
of Utah. They favor the Home Rule bill
! because it afforus an i'm mediate relief and
/ because it is practicable. They make an
| especial point of the fact that they are not
opposing anything. They would be en-
tirely satisfied with statehood, but they
have already seen enough to convince them
that the passage OF stathood bill by this
Congress is wholly out of the question. 1t
| is for this reason, therefore, that they are
urging the adoption of the Home Rule bill,
! and the missionary work thus far per
formed by them convirces them that the
latter measure Is almost certain 10 be
passed by the Senate. As l have said,
they are all immensely delighted with the
outlook, and
HOPEFUL OF AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.
With the aid of FIVE western Republican
votes in the Senate. the bill will readily
pass that body, for it is believed that the
eastern Senators will be greatly influenced
in their action by what the western men
may do, and that when the find the latter
heartily support the measure they will
allow it to pass without practical opposi-
ton. The Democrats, as l have already
telegraphed you, are practical unit in its
favor.
learn this evening that o. w. Powers,
G. S. Varian, F. j, Kiesel and H. w. Law.
renee have telegraphed the chairman of
the House and Senate territories commit
tees asking that the hearings be postponed
UNTIL THEIR DELEGATION ARRIVES
on the 18th. Chairman Washington, of the
House committee, has replied that they
can be heard on the 18th if they can ge
here by that time. Bnt they must he here a:
L have said, by the 18th, or the chance Of
their being heard is very slight one, al
the House committee is not disposed to de
vote three sessions to the Utah bills.