The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-10


Washington, May 9-[special.1-
There is a poor prospect for the pass
age during the present. session of Con- !
gress of any bills providing for the
erection of public buildings, and com
paratively few of these measures have
even been reported by the House COM
mittee
Mr.. Rawlins, the delegate from Utah,
has bills pending for buildings at both
Salt Lake and Ogden, and Congress-
man Coffeen has a bill for a govern
ment structure at Cheyenne. The lat
ter says he has been promised that his
bill shall be reported, but the members
of the committee cannot give him any
assurances that it will be passed I'M
less he is shrewder than most Con-
gressmen, and manages to have IT
taken up by unanimous consent.
The funds in the treasury are so low
that the further appropriation for
buildings is not listened to by the lead
ers of the House. The Senate will prob
ably pass some measures of this char
acter, so as to have them before the
House ready for action at next win
ters session. The Senate is not so
considerate of Uncle Sans money
boxes as the House, and many Con-
gressmen who see no chance of get
ting their bills through the House have
endeavored to get action In the Senate.
Next winter, it is thought, quite
number of government buildings Will
be planned. If the tariff bill is passed
and goes into operation in a few
months, the revenues will be heavily
increased and the short session OF the
Fifty-Third Congress will vote greater
appropriations for public works.
Coffeen's Position.
Representative Coffeen. of wyoming,
being asked if he would be a, candidate
for Congress again this year, said to
The Herald correspondent that he
stood ready to serve his party and the
people Of his state if they should see
fit to honor him with another nonina-
ton. He had as yet, he added, taken
no steps looking to his denomination,
and having been kept so closely in
Washington, attending to his duties, he
had not had an opportunity to learn
what was going on in regard to the
matter of running the campaign. So
far as he had been advised, the party
workers in Wyoming regarded the out
look very favorable to the success of
the Democrats at the approaching cleo
ton, and his own opinion was that the
party could carry the state in Novem-
Der for Congressman.
Mr.. Coffeen also said that he thought
the party would not suffer in the west
on account of the stand that had been
taken by many leading Democrats of
the eastern and middle states on the
financial question. From letters he had
received, talks he had with the people,
and accounts he had read in the pa
pers, there was undoubtedly consider
able discomfort in the far western
states but ne hardly thought the peo-
pie would hold those Democrats reSpon-
sible who had shown by their work and
votes that they were in thorough SYM
pathy with the demands of the west in
regard to silver and the tariff The
western men in Congress had he in
sisted, done all in their power. flor the
interests of their section of country
and it would not be fair to charge up
against them the doings of the east
ern men under the domination of the
money power of the latter portion of
the country
Sweet Against Shoup.
Considerable gossip is heard here re-
garding the report that Congressman
Sweet will be in the race for the United
States Senate in Idaho against Senator
Shoup. 1t has been understood for some
time that Mr.. Sweets friends wanted
him to announce his candidacy, and it
is said he has been assured by many
Of the strongest Republicans in the
state he would have a formidable fol-
lowing should he enter the lists. The
Idaho Republicans around Washington
take It for granted they will win at
| the coming elections but others appear
to think they had better not be too
certain. If they should secure the leg
islature, it is asserted that it will be
due largely to the work and influence
| of Senator Dubois, who is personally
interested in keeping the party together,
| so that when his own term nears a
close he may get matters in shape for
his reelection. Being one of the young
est men in the Senate, and having made
a line reputation as a debater, Mr.. Du-
bois, at this distance, is ranked as the
most influential Republican in his state.
Our ConjugaI Condition.
A bulletin has been issued by the
lcensus Office showing the conjugal con-
dition of the people of the United
States. The report is based on the
! hgures relating to population on June
| l, 1880. OF the aggregate population in
| Utah of 207905, there were 10. 463 males.
and of the males 1926 were single single
33,S23 married, 1902 widowed, PA di-
Vorced, and 35S unknown.
OF the 97,442 females in the territory,
Isl. 40S were single, SO, 100 married. 5.70S
widowed, 492 divorced and "A unknown.
The figures for Idaho are: OF the
$3.50 males, 1898 were single, 4,50O
married, 1,12O widowed, 191 divorced, Sc
unknown. Females-Of the 1906 in
the state, 1873 We're married. Il. 987
married, 1871 widowed, Ill divorced. 7
unknown.
OF the 80, S43 males in Wyoming, 81, 7o6
We're single, 10,3OS married, $50 widowed
IA divorced, 326 unknown OF the q. $50
females in Wyoming. 1854 were single,
% unknown.
Nearly three-ffths of the total pora1-
lation of the United States in 1880, ac-
married. However, children. as wen as
adults, are considered in arriving AT
conclusions, and therefore the s'singIe
blessedness'' is not as general as it
might otherwise be.
OUR MINERAL RESOURCES.