The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-04


delegate, who served the territory so
well for several sessions of Congress,
arrived home on Friday evening, after
a visit to his old haunts that had
grown so familiar to him in the years
gone by.
There is no man in Utah more quail
fed to give an unbiased statement con
corning the actual situation of Utah
affairs at the capital than he. His
visit had no political significance, being
purely of a private nature.
When seen by a Herald representa-
tive last evening, he was told of some
of the wild and woolly stories that had
been recently wired from the capital
and published in a local sheet.
No Reason to Fear.
Il am not much surprised said Mr.
Game, that such stories should find
their way into print; for they are Re
publican stories, pure and simple. The
people of Utah should not be at all
disconnected, as the yarns are sent
out by those who are opposed TO Utah
becoming a state. The Democrats will
not delay or hinder statehood; of that
the people may rest assured. The wish
is doubtless father to the thought in
this case. Most of these dispatches
were undoubtedly sent to order. OPP
posed to statehood themselves and
lacking the courage of their convic-
tions, these men propose to hide be-
hind the Democrats, if possible. The
story which 1 understood was tele-
graphed a week or ten days ago that
the Democratic Senators had held a.
caucus and decided to postpone state
hood, and to saddle the Indebtedness
for court and penitentiary expenses up
on the state, when it was admitted
somewhere about 81 900, 000-is q. pure
hcuon. | am authorized by the chair
man of the Senate committee on terri
tcries-Senator Faulkner-to state
most emphatically that no eau
Gus has ever been held at which the
matter of the admission of Utah, or
the subject Of the alleged Indebtedness
of Utah to the government had ever
been discussed. The Democrats are
committed to the admission of the ter
rltory, but the Senate is a. very digni-
ned, deliberative body, and will pro-
coed with the consideration of the adj
mission of Utah as it transacts all
other business-in an orderly and DELHI
eratlVe manner, taking the various sub
Jects up in their regular order. While
the admission of Utah, to the people
OF this territory is the most important
subject under consideration in the
Senate, they must not forget that the
interests of 65,000,000 of people are also
entitled to at least as great a consid-
Grafton as the admission of this terri
tory. The Senate is now engaged in
the discussion OF the federal election
Dill, Which is engrossing its whole at
tenuon. Succeeding the elections bill.
the Wilson tariff bill will doubtless
come up-that being a revenue meas
ure 1t has precedence over all other
bills. 1t. is conceded that the present
session will be a very long one; but
Notwithstanding all these great meas
ures in which the whole country is
vitality interested, there is no doubt
the Utah bill will be passed at this SEES
sion"
That Territorial Debt.
"As to that indebtedness? he was
asked.
THE attention of the Senate has
been called to that by some persons
IN Utah who are doubtless opposed to
statehood. A resolution on the matter
was introduced in the Senate and re-
ferred to the committee on territories.
That committee submitted the matter
to the treasury department for informa
ton when 1 left. Delegate Rawlins is
thoroughly posted on the question and
is looking after the interests of the
territory in relation TO this money"
The Recent Political Change.
How about the proposed annexation
of Utah to Nevada ~
THE matter of annexation of Utah
to Nevada is one that will engage the
Iattention of the committee on terri
tories, and will have to be disposed of
before 1t can take up the statehood
bill and that measure has quite
number Of advocates who want to
be heard before the committee. While
this will take I'D time, our friends do
not feel that there is any danger of
the proposition obtaining
What effect, if any, has the recent
change of political complexion in Utah
had on the Democratic members of
Congress? And will it delay state
hood2"
While it may not defeat or delav
statehood, the change has caused a
good deal of surprise among the Demo-
lcrats. They are at a loss to under
stand why a people for whose right
they had always battled, should go
over to the party which, if it had had
It's own way would have deprived
them OF the franchise and every other
right which American citizens prize.
prevailing depression and hard times
being blamed upon the administration
they express the opinion that the vote
at the last election in Salt Lake city
showed that there must be a great
many people in that city who were
either ungrateful or opposed to STATE
hood. a prominent Republican poli-
uclan IN Washington who is deenlv
interested in statehood for Utah. freely
stated TO me that the special election
recently held in Salt Lake. he thought
would have a damaging effect. While
Democrats regret the change, they saw
the territory is entitled to admission
and shall be admitted.
What have You to say concerning
the published supposition in a Wash
lington paper and reproduced bv a
local journal, that Cleveland was firmly
opposed to the admission of any new
Istates?"
We'll, it is simply a newspaner
story, and whatever there may be in
1t as regards other territories. it viii
have no application to Utah 1t is well
known that President Cleveland has
always been friendly to Utah. and has
expressed himself as in favor of her
admission
The Recent Appointments.
During my visit I called upon the
president and several members of the
cabinet to pay my respects. They all
spoke in the most friendly manner
about Utah. The president inquired
If the appointments he had so far
made were satisfactory to the people
assured him that they were, and that
the people were more than willing to
have more Of the same kind"
The Utah Cons isslon.
Speaking of the Utah commission
it is understood in Washington that
Godfrey and Robertson had resigned !;