The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-22

i goes your majority" is the next trick
/ they work On the timid men who are at
| present enjoying committee chairman
ships, and who have numerous good
appointments for their relatives and
friends.
On the other hand men who know
that. the easiest and best way to make
these territories Democratic after they
are admitted is to pass the bills now,
and not run the risk of making them
certainly Republican if they are kept
out too long, demand immediate action
| Simply because the Democrats admitted
! Colorado in 1876 and it went back on
! the party by giving its electoral vote
J to Hayes and Wheeler instead Of to
! Tilden and Hendricks, is nightmare
to some Democrats. OF course, the Re
publicans boast loudly they will ad-
nit them all if they are returned TO
! power, but it strikes people OF sense
that the simple plan is for the Demo-
Gratis to make start at least ana put
the Utah bill through. There IS not
senator about the building who does
not admit that Utah has the requisite
population and resources and ought to
come into the Union, but many make
objection to Arizona and New Mexico
and Utah has to suffer because they
are doubtful about the others.
The friends of Utah hope that the
Will ODGu IlclL SJOo w S4AS
game the Republicans are playing, ana
will pass the bill. 1t is now on the
! calendar so that if it is not possible to
pass it before the tariff bill is disposed
of, it is in a position to come up ahead
of anything else after the tariff is out
I of the way. The Republicans could not
make any objection if Utah were to be
the first bill acted on. After opposing
the bill in the House, and finally dis
covering they could not stop the tide
that had set in, they ceased snor1ng
and fell into line. Subsequently their
national committee in session in Wash
ington thought they would make an
apology for the disreputable proceed
/ ing on the part of the Republicans in
/ the House by passing a set of resolu-
tons demanding statehood for Utah.
Deep Harbor on the Coast.
The question of securing a deep har-
Dor on the Pacific coast will hardly be
given any consideration by this Con-
gress on account of the low state of
the treasury Last year a Senate spe-
cial committee, of which Senator Ran
som, of North Carolina, was chairman,
was appointed to visit several localities
on the coast but they did not make
| the journey because the Democratic
members were unable to find the time,
in view of the patronage they were
compelled to look after for their consti-
tuents. The subject, however, is one
that will have to be met within the next
few years, and when funds are more
abundant doubtless the inquiry will be
pursued and an appropriation made.
/ The government has expended millions
upon millions in improving the Atlantic
harbors, both on the eastern and
southern coasts, and has been very
liberal with the lake region, but COM
paratively little has been spent on the
Pacific. There is a statute providing
that nearly six millions of dollars shall
be spent within a few years on Calves
ton harbor, and when the work is COM
pleted the largest vessels will be able
to enter that port 1t will in a meas
rure benefit the far west, as a heavy
amount of the grain and other products
will be turned that way for export.
The port can be reached by the Pacific
railroads, the Southern and Central
! Pacific lines iIS particular.
! The postoff1ce department has or
dered that after July 1 the mail route
/ from Terrace to Grouse creek, Utah,
/ be extended five miles, caused by the
change of site of the latter Office.
An order has also been issued that
the Office at Laketown, Rich county,
Utah, be removed half a mile south
west of the old location