The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-05
INVITED BY SENATOR'S
WILL COME IF BUSINESS WILL
PERMIT.
Governor Wells May Be Permitted TO
Appoint a Senator-Depends On
Result In Guay's Case-Bushels of
Protests Against Roberts-Salt
Lake Building.
(speclal Correspondence.l

western senators and representative:
have been earnestly endeavoring to Sc
cure a reconsideration of the decision
not to go to the Rocky Mountain re-
gion this summer. Senator Carter ba.
been particularly dijgent in the ef-
fort, and has called twice at the White
House TO urge the executive to make the
trip. Senator Wolcott AMI others have
Joined in the effort to get the president
TO make this journey, and he has sc
far revised his decision as to be again
considering an itinerary. The president
is indeed very willing BarkiS," AND
has SO admitted to the gentlemen who
have called upon him. He would like
very much to go. if public business
would permit, and the trip would also
be much appreciated by Mrs. McKin-
ley. 1t is still open to question whether
they can go or not. but if they go the
trip will be undertaken between the
18th of July and the 18th Of August. Tie
president would visit Denver, Chey-
enne, Salt Lake and the Yellowstone
park, the latter being his particular OBJ
jective point. Senator Carter expresses
great confidence that the president viii
go, but in view Of previous disappoint-
ments, there is no certainty about it.
SENATORIAL CONTESTS.
Several contests are threatened be-
fore the new senate. One of the most
Interesting is that against Senator ".
A. Clark of Montana The charge IN
this case, if pressed, is bribery. An
other important contest will be against
Senator y. 3. Scott of West Virginia.
His alleged election was by the aid
of two Republican state senators, VINO
We're disqualified under the terms Of
the state constitution by virtue Of their
II
unteer army. And, even counting che
votes of these senator's Mr.. Scott did
not receive a majority of all the votes
in the state legislature and John I
McGraw, his Democratic competitor.
who is now making up his contest, VIII
base his claim against Scott largely
upon this circumstance Both points
are important, but it is probable THAI
the question of what constitutes an ac-
tual majority of the joint convention
VIII be considered more exhaustively by
the senate than the qualifications of the
two state senators. The decision Of
the United States house Of representa-
tives in the cases of Wheeler ct al. viii
undoubtedly have a bearing on the dis
position of the regularity OF the votes
cast by the West Virginia so-called
soldier state senators.
Every day the Lord sends, brings
me in the neighborhood of a bushel Of
letters, all protesting against seating
the Utah man on the score of his all
legged practice of polygamy.
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT
But still more important contests
win be those that raise anew the ques-
ton of the right Of gubernatorial nomi-
nees to fill senatorial vacancies occa-
stoned by the failure of legislatures to
act. Although in the Mantle case, and
again in the Mitchell case the senate
has decided that such appointees can
not sit, there seems to be a. strong dis
position TO reconsider and reverse the
ruling. 1t viii probably depend upon
the result in Pennsylvania. If the
keystone legislature is deadlocked and
there is no election, and this now seems
extremely probable, Governor William
A. Stone win undoubtedly appoint Quay
and thus bring the question again be-
fore the senate. Quay is known to be
personally very strong in the senate.
and his appointment would cause the
question to be- again fought out at
length. There are many new members
of the senate, and it is not at all Ger
tain that the decision viii be the same
as in 1895 and 1897. Both parties di-
Vided on the question then, and will
probably do so again. If Senator Quay
were to succeed in holding his seat
uDuEI Ills EblillDiESlOn 4IOIll ArONGIIOE
Stone, the governors of Utah, Della
ware and California would promptly
name senators, and it is said here that
Governor Wells, of Utah. would add
picturesqueness to the situation by
nominating George Q. Cannon. This
would raise still another question. i. e.,
whether a 'polygamist" will be allowed
to hold a seat in the senate. This is
the same question pending in the new
house of representatives in the case
of Brigham II. Roberts, congressman
elect from Utah.
The Roberts case continues to at
tract a great deal of attention in va
rious parts of the country. Congress-
man NJ. V. Olmstead Of Pennsylvania,
in an interview in the Post, says: IF
/ am in any way competent to Judge
the paramount question before the citi-
.e,ls of this great country today is the
seating of Mr.. Roberts in the next
congress. The way / happen to know
something of the drift of public senti-
ment arises from my service on the
committee on privileges and elections.
That committee may have TO report on
Mr.. Roberts, and l suppose that is the
reason why the good people all over
this broad land deluge me with letters.
Bulky petitions with hundreds of
signatures Of church people come 10 me
from the north and south, from east
and west Ministers of The gospel
write me long communications, advis-
ing that the seating of Roberts would
be a reproach and shame to the ma
ton. Hundreds Of women correspon-
dents write in the same vein, and the
seriousness of the writer's cannot be
questioned. OF course ! have no idea
what the house viii do in the matter.
but judging from the powerful stir the
case has created. IL will be difficult. il
seems to me, for the house to ignore the
matter entirely"
SALT LAKE BUILDING.
The secretary Of the treasury has not
yet made known his decision as to
which of the public buildings author
ICED at the recent session OF congress. |
shall be submitted TO competition of |
architects under the so-called treasury /
act. 1t Is therefore too early to predict |
as TO what VIII be done with respect |
10 the Salt Lake building. In q recent /
general letter on the subject Super |
vising Architect Taylor says: 1T is
not probable that the question of COM /
petition viii be taken up by the depart 1
ment until after the sites have been ac- I
quired by the government, for the rea- |
son that the appropriations are not I
available for the expenses incident to |
the preparation of drawings until after 4
the title to the ground shall have be- |
come vested in the United States. 1t /
would seem that no long time ought I
TO be consumed in the acquisition of |
title to the sites, but the experience of |
the department is that in these mat /
tiers unexpected delays are the rule. The I
period covered by these preliminary 4
steps extends from six months to two 1
or three years where local controver- \
sizes arise as TO the selection Of the /