The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30
CARPET-BAG ABBOTT
AND UINTAH LANDS

Vernal. Utah. Oct. 81
To the Editor of The Herald:
In the Tribune of the 18th there ap-
peared an article under the caption.
Kings Difficult Task which purpOrted
to be an interview with Secretary Abbot
of the Uintah commission. which. owing
to the importance of the subject under
consideration, can hardly be allowed to
pass unnoticed.
The gentleman first takes exception to
the reported statement of Judge King
that the delay in the opening of the reser-
walton is due TO the dilatOry tactics Of
the commissioners, and replies by saying
that the Commission has facilitated
matters as much as possible. all of
which the people of Uintah county be-
lieve to be true as it will be readily ad-
mitted that that carpet-bag organization
lacks the energy or fitness to facilitate
anything to any great extent.
When Judge King and Senator Rawlins
expressed their disappointment at the
results of the commissions work, they
simply voiced a sentiment that has been
a conviction with the people of this sec
ton, as concerns any commission that
has ever been sent to treat with the
Indians.
1t is the universal belief among the
people of this section that the commits
sion cares very little whether the reser-
walton is opened for the next 20 years, as
long as the appropriations hold out, and
the Republican party is at the helm.
Men who know and understand the In
dams better than the Uintah commission
ever will know them. say that the In
dams are favorable to the opening of the
matter. and by the right kind of men.
but that they look with contempt and
suspicion upon that class of oap-suckers
who never do anything more than play
for time.
The whole tenor of this man Abbot's
remarks simply confirms the impression
that has existed heretofore. here. that
the commission is not at all anxious to
bring the matter to a successful issue,
as that would temporarily close the door
against them. that leads 10 the public
crib.
The gentleman charges Senator Rawlins
and Judge King with making promises
which they knew they would be unable
to fulfil concerning the opening of the
reservation. The fact of the matter is
that these gentlemen were fully aware
of the obstacles TO overcome in the way
of a Republican administration, with its
carpet-bag commissioners, and simply
contented themselves by saying that
they would do all that lay in their power
to hasten the event.
The gentleman further says: THE
reservation question is enc of particular
interest to the people of Uintah county,
where both Senator Rawlins and Con-
gresham King have made speeches dur
ing the past fortnight If the prestige of
opening the reservation fades from these
Democratic congressional officers it is
feared that the county will go Republican.
Indeed. the indications are that the DEM
ocrats will lose the county, for the first
time
This man evidently needs an iron band
around his head. lest mis- sense of import
ance swell it to uncomfortable proper
lions. Really. his fellow commissioners
OF his friends should look after him.'His
head should be bathed in some soothing
solution to cool his fevered imagination
He is evidently under the impression that
because he addressed a handful of Re
publicans at the close of the late county
on the alleged shortcomings
of the Democrats, that he has turned the
political tide The impression that the
gentleman made, even upon his few Re
publican hearers. is apparent when it is
stated that an effort TO learn just what
was said a few days after, developed the
fact that no one seemed TO remember
anything about it.
1t is reported that this same Demos
themes from Ohio will stump the county
in the interest of the party of which he
is such an important part BY all means.
turn him loose: il will probably help him
and hurt nobody We would advise him
however. in. the most kindly spirit. to go
home before election. to avoid any sud
den shock. Strange things happen some
times. and even with such terrible odds
as Mr. Abbot TO contend against. it is
Just possible that Uintah county may go