The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-24
CHANGES IN 7HB OFFICES.
Surveyors and Land Officials
Will Soon Be Reached.
SECRETARY SMITH TALKS.
He Speaks as Ii Very Kindly Disposed
Toward Utah.
No Stock Taken in the Stories That Have
Been Put in Circulation by the Enc
mics of Statehood-Senate Com
mittees Coming West.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-TSpecial. i
Secretary Smith of the interior depart
ment was asked by The HERALD cores
pondent just when changes might be eX-
pected in the offices of the surveyors gen.
eral, receivers and registers in the terri
tories and states of the far west, and he
said he wanted to have these matters set
tied as soon as possible. While he could
not promise that the Republican incum-
bents would be removed at once, he de-
clared that they would not, if he could
help it, be permitted to serve out their
terms.
And he went on to explain that it was
his desire to have their Democratic sue
cessors appointed some time before the
terms of the Republicans were out. Ac
cording to this, if the proper effort is
made the surveyor general of Utah will
not be allowed to hold on until next
February, as many have supposed would
be the case.
In the course of the conversation the
secretary further said that he was anxious
to have Democrats in all of the offices,
especially in the territories, but the work
of the department was so heavy and i'm
portant he could not proceed with that
speed calculated to please the party lead
ers, but in time he thought everyone
would be satisfied.
1t requires, he added, almost year to
get things in good shape here after new
administration takes hold, and with so
many states demanding recognition in
matter of patronage the process of max
: ing appointments had to be necessarily
slow.
The secretary appears to feel that the
territories need special favors from the
administration, particularly as it is pro-
posed to admit them all into the union OF
states. He talks as if he is kindly dis
posed toward Utah, and takes little or no
3 stock in the stories that have been put in
circulation by the enemies of statehood.
In administration circles generally
there is the friendliest sort of feeling fol-
: the admission of all of the territories
r and it is believed that when they are adj
D mitted all, with the possible exception Of
4 Oklahoma, will be Democratic.
/ The admission bill would have passed the
last Congress but for the opposition o.
some of the Republican senators. The
House was all right, but the leaders il
that body saw there was no use to dc
anything at the close of the session al
long as it was patent that the bill shoulc
. be killed in the Senate by several of tn,
Republicans, who could under the rule
e have talked the bill to death.
When Congress convenes again, and i
: is understood that it will meet in extr;
e session not later than the 18th of Septem
d Der, it will be Democratic in boil
o branches. The Republicans may pos
II sibly continue to make a show of opposi
= ton, but as party they cannot hope t,
q be effective, and should they oppose tn
Y next admission bill they are apt to NEE
|; with crushing defeat, and the people O
q the Territories will know where to plac
b the blame.
j. The visit of the special committee of til
l. Senate to the territories will have an i'm
/ portant bearing on the question, an
Il their report to the Senate next sesslo
70 will be awaited with much general inter
le est. 1t is fortunately composed of ma
8. iority of Democrats.
= Another committee that will start we:
~ during the summer on an importar
a mission will be that headed by Senate
ot SAMSON of North Carolina, chairman {
the committee on commerce. The obie,
OF their visit will be to look into the sui
ject of deep harbor on the Pacific coas
a and they will specially investigate tt
San Pedro project, on which an elabora
,a report was made to Congress by some
the engineer corps.