The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-06
Democrats Must Defeat Schemes of
Eastern G0ldbugS.
BRYAN THE CANDIDATE
VIEWS OF CONGRESSMAN OS-
BORNE OF WYOMING.
Believes An Overwhelming Majority
of the Democrats Are Devoted to
the Chicago Platform-Party
Should Prepare For Vigorous,
Aggressive Campaign.
Special CorrespondenceO


Washington, d. c., Feb. 2.-Governor
John Z. Osborne's term in congress
Will expire in one month. and after a
short visit to relatives in New York he
will return to Wyoming and devote
himself strictly to the details of his
business. But he has no idea of re-
firing from active participation in
political affairs. He said to The Her.
aid this afternoon Il regard the
presidential election of 1900 as the most
important in third of q century, and
one of the most important in the his
tory of the country.
Though the Democratic party has
sustained temporary reverses, by
reason of the enthusiasm that existed
during the Spanish war, there is no
question but that the party VIII enter
the next campaign vigorously agrees
sive and formidable This is the time
when every Democrat and silver man
should prepare himself to do his very
best work for his principles and his
party organization.
There is no doubt that an effort is
going to be made by eastern Demo-
Gratis to alter the issues of the great
campaign of 1900. This cannot be per-
mitted. An overwhelming majority of
the Democrats of the country are de-
voted to the issues outlined in the Chi
cago Platform and any departure
from those issues would be a betrayal
of the party's obligations to its men,
bership, as gross as the treason of
Grover Cleveland to the party that
twice chose him president.
THE issues of 1900 will be the same
as in 1896. I hope to see a similar
declaration of policy, and to see the
Democratic and silver parties aligned
under the same brave leader. William
j. Bryan. 1 intend to do vlhen out of
congress, exactly as I have tried to do
while in it, all 1 can to bring about
that result"
TO EXTEND YELLOWSTONE PARK.
The Pettigrew bill for the extension
of the boundaries of the Yellowstone
National park provides that there
shall be added to the park all the ter
ritory within the limits defined by
President Harrison's proclamation of
Sept. TO- 1891. and President Cleve-
lands proclamation of Feb. %, 1897.
excepting fractional townships 43 and
territory is also added by the Pettigrew
bill: All of townships SO. 40. IL and ~.
ranges ITO, Ill. 112, l13. ia, rs, 116
and III in Wyoming"
1t will be seen that this bill wholly
omits those portions of Idaho and
Montana, which the Hansbrough bill
cOntemplates adding TO the park. 1t
also lops off other extensions not
covered by executive proclamations.
Senator Warren's bill for the erec-
ton of a military post near Sheridan,
which has been favorably reported
from the senate committee on military
affairs, carries an appropriation of
$780, OO0 II provides that the post shall
be erected upon lands not less than $40
. I
shall not be over ten miles from
Sheridan. The total expense con-
templated is S360,000
COEUR D'ALENE LANDS.
Commissioner Hermann of the gen.
eral land Office, has recommended the
passage of a bill extending the time
for the examination and classification
of Occur d'Alene mineral lands in
Idaho until Oct 81 of the present year.
In letter to the secretary of the in
terror Mr.. Hermann says: Il have the
honor to state that the records of this
Office show that the examination and
classification Of lands within the land
grant and Observation-Disclosures limits
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany Will not be completed by the
commissioners appointed for that pur-
pose within the four years provided by
the act of Feb. &c. 1895.
'All of the boards are at present at
work upon the classification, but it is
apparent TO anyone, and especially
from their reports, that satisfactory
progress in the examination and classi-
ficatiOn of lands can not be properly
made during the winter months; hence
the following recommendation that the
law be extended to the 31st day of
October, 1899 only.
In that time the work of the
Occur d'Alene commissioners ought TO
be wholly completed. If upon the ex-
piration of the period recommended
any of the boards have not completed
the work OF examination and Classifi-
cation, ample time will be allowed for
the recommendation OF any extension
of the law that may be found neces-
sary.
TT is somewhat difficult to determine
the exact amount of lands remaining
for examination, because of the fact
that all such lands are unsurveyed
and in mountainous portions of the
district
The Occur d'Alene lands embrace l.
800, 900 acres
FRANK II. HOSFORD.
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