The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-06
4 PUBLIC BUILDING
Only Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars for Salt Lake.
MR. TARsNEY ADVOCATED MORE
Objections to an Increase-It May Come Later
The Home Rule and Worlds
Fair Bill.
HERALD BUREAU.
Corner 18th and G Streets. n. w.
WASHINGTON, u. c., May 5.

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WAsHINGToN, d. c., May s.
House committee on public buildings and
grounds reported to-day for the federal
building at Salt Lake city.
This is big reduction from the hand
some sum of half million dollars which
the Senate passed for the same purpose
some weeks ago, but it is, all things con-
sidered, as much as could be expected. AS
ga matter of fact, it is the largest appropri-
iation that the House committee has ever
as yet agreed to for Salt Lake or that it
has ever reported for any territory.
BIGGER sum URGED.
Mr.. Tarsney, of Missouri, who has Wis
tied Salt Lake within the past twelve
months and who was able to speak intelli-
gently of the necessity for larger
appropriation, urged the committee TO
make the sum at least $3.50, 600. There was,
at first, disposition to agree to this prop
osition, but the point was finally made that
in the economical temper of the House it
would be difficult to pass the bill for a
larger amount. 1t was also urged that
Helena, Mcnt had only been given S175,-
OOO Tor similar building and that some
feeling might be engendered if to Salt
Lake twice that sum were given.
When the committees session closed it
vas agreed to limit the appropriation to
100000, and the Dill as thus amended was
reported to the House.
FRIEND OF SALT LAKE
1 saw MIR Tarsney tonight. He said:
81 did the best l could for Salt Lake to-
day, and | am sorry / couldn't have done
more. However, S300,0U will do for the
present and it VIII be comparatively easy
at the next session, or certainly when the
Congress conVeneS, to ask Tor an increase
of fifty or hundred thousand dollars ad-
diu0nal"
You know" he Continued, with signi-
fcant smile, "this is quite frequently done.
and In the majority of cases where good
grounds exist for an increase, it is usually
granted. / have r doubt ii will be SO in
The case of Salt Lake.
when Messrs. Game and West appeared
before our advisory committee yesterday
they contended that larger building than
ordinary was necessary at Salt Lake mas
much as some provision ought to be made
, for the territorial Offices as well. | don't
\ thin that argument holds good, for long
before the hallding is ready for occupation
Utah will have become a state and it will
then be necessary for her TO erect her own
capitol building.D
1t may be six weeks or even longer before
the pubic building bills now on the cal
esdar are considered by the House The
members of the committee tell me there is
every, probability that the bills, when
reached, will be passed without material
change.
THE GREAT DIRECTOR.
Mr.. Holman aud the other Democratic
leaders appreciate the fact that the com
mittee on public buildings and grounds
have rigidly inspected the various bills
sent TO them, and that any conclusion they
may have reached regarding expenditures
Is one that is founded upon a proper ap-
Ireciation Of the public service and one
that the House may, with propriety, en-
dorse.
THE HOME RULE BILL.
There was no session to-day OF the Sen
ate committee on territories. The only
business of especial interest before the
committee are the Utah Home Rule and
the Columbian exposition bills. Senator
Faulkner. OF West Virginia, who has per-
sonally charge of both measures, discov-
cred yesterday that several members of the
committee who are favorable to the Utah
bills were absent IRON the city. He in
formed Chairman Platt, that in view of
this fact, he would not like the committee
to take action upon either of them, and il
was agreed that to-day's meeting be post
poned until Thursday of next week, at
which time Mr.. Platt will lay before the
committee the letters he has received from
Judge Zane, Governor Thomas and others
regarding the merits of the Worlds fair
bill