The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-17
GIVES $4,000
FOR BUILDING
House Passes Appropriation
for Salt Lake.
SURVEYOR GENERAL
is SETTLED UPON
Kearns Refuses to Tell Who
He lis.
Especial to The Herald.)


Washington, Feb. 16.-The house to-
day had under consideration the sun
dry civil appropriations bills. and while
in committee of the whole the para
graph appropriating $4,000 for oontinu-
alton of the construction of the public
building at Salt Lake City was reached
and passed. The appropriation of this
$4,000 brings the total appropriations
for this building up to $225. 900, which
shall be Immediately available.
In this connection Representative
King this morning called at the treas
ury department to urge officials there
to designate certain bank in Salt
Lake to be depository Of the entire
amount to be appropriated.
Representative King said he did not
desire to give the name of the bank he
had recommended as custodian Of the
funds appropriated by the government
for the public building, but he feels
assured that the bank suggested by
him viii be designated.
Surveyor General Named.
The sureeyor. generalship appoint
ment Ter the state of Utah is settled.
but Senator Fearns declines to state
whom he has recommended. He said
today that ne had made q, recommend
ton TO the president but declined posi-
lively to state the name Of his candl-
date The most prominent candidates
for this position as is well known in
Utah are Aessrs- GemIne1, Duncan
and knight.
u expect that a nomination for sur
Veyor general viii be sent to the sen
ate in a few days but I really must
decline to give the name of the man
recommended by me. Wait till the
nomination comes in declared the
senator.
King Would Repeal War Tax.
Representative King today introduced
a bill providing for the entire repeal in
every particular of the Ear revenue
act.
Judge King said that Of course he
entertained no hope that his repeal
measure could by any possible means
obtain favorable consideration at this
session of congress. still he desired to
place himself on record for subsequent
congresses as unalterably opposed to
the continuation of the war revenue
act.
This act" said Judge King, was
placed upon the statutes for the pur-
pose of raising revenue to provide
funds to prosecute war gainst Spain.
This war has been fought and won,
and it now appears to me that the taxes
then imposed should be entirely elm
mated. 1t is estimated that In round
numbers the United States treasury
has received from this source at least
| S150,00O0O0 a year desire only to
place myself on record as opposed to
political taxation, and let the people
at large know that I propose to cham
piOn a measure to do away entirely
with all sO-caIled war taxation"
Plum Asked For Morrison.
Senator Shoup saw the president for
a iudgship in some Of the new posses
I sions for John T. Morrison Of Idaho.
/ The president viii see what he can do
I for Mr. Morrison. who has several
times been Republican candidate for
/ representative in congress from Idaho
/ Representative King called at the
+ war department and asked that Lieu
i tenant Kimbal of ogden be retained in
/ the regular army in the position he now
/ holds. Representative King was also
at the interior department to ask that
! the lands embraced within the water
/ public entry. He was promised early
attention to this matter.
/ The secretary of the interior has re-
/ versed the decision of the general land
/ office in the desert land contest OF
| Thomas Brandon, jr., against George
/ w. GOOding from BlackfOOt Ida. dis
/ trict. BrandOn's contest against Good
/ ing's entry is dismissed.
The house today passed a bill grant
( ing a pension OF $50 a month TO Mrs
! Liscum, widow Of Colonel +. H. Lis
] cum.
Idaho pensions granted. Original,
! Frederick P. Dunn, Wallace, Sc; in
/ crease, Isaac Bedal, Boise, S.