The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-13
ELECT SENATORS
BY POPULAR VOTE
Legislative DeadlOcks Stir Up
Question Again.
NAY BRING RESULTS
POSSIBILITY OF PENSION COM
MISSIONER EVANS GOING.
fsnecia1 CorresnondenceO

Washington, March THE trouble
which prevailed in Oregon, Nebraska,
Montana and Delaware during the past
winter over the election of United
States senators by the legislatures of
those states is pretty certain to ad-
vance, at least, the consideration at the
next session of congress of a bill pro-
viding for the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Recent dispatches from Washington
to this paper have pointed out what
MANY congressman think viii be nee
essarv to prevent these senatorial
deadlocks. AS is well known, the house
of representatives has on several oc-
casions adopted resolutions looking TO
the election of United States senators
by popular vote. What was known as
the Corliss resolution. to this enect,
was adopted by the house during the
last session.
Notwithstanding this fact, the action
of the national Democratic convention
and the action of many republican
state conventions, and the favorable
procedure at various times during the
past years by the legislatures OF Ar
Kansas California, Colorado, Florida,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,\ Kansas, Louis
lana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Montana NGDIdShds - NdAlS W As9CoAASA-As
Washington, Wyoming and other
states, the senate has perSistently re-
fused to concur in the action OF the
house.
The Hon. James Wilson will be one
of the members of President Mck1n-
ley's cabinet who will remain in his
present position during the latter's sec
Ond term.
Evans Must Go.
The oft repeated statement that
Henry Clay Evans will not remain at
the head of the pension bureau during
President McKinley's second admins
tration seems to be based upon good
foundation. In fact, if this repeated
announcement did not carry with 1t
some inside information it is not prob
able that the matter would be so fire.
quently agitated by men who ought to
know what they are talking about.
A few weeks ago statement was
made that Mr.. Evans was not anxious
TO serve longer at the head of this bu-
reau. Reasons were pointed out why
Mr. Evans was anxious to retire His
rulings regarding the issuance OF pen
sions were not satisfactory to the mem
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. They tried to get him out of office
during the middle of Major Mckinley
first term as president That they
failed is history.
But d few weeks ago, as previously
stated, the rumor came from the west
that General Harrison Gray Otis of Los
Angeles, Cal, was a candidate to sue
coed Governor Evans as commissioner
of pensions. Soon after this announce
ment was made General Otis asserted
that he had no desire whatever to be-
come pension commissioner, and, fur
Their, that if the Office were rendered
him he would decline it. Immediately
after the statement was made by Cen
eral Otis, Governor Evans made a fiat
footed announcement that he did not
propose to resign unless requested to
do so, and that he did not believe that
the president would ask him to tender
his resignation.
Within the past few days newSpa-
pers all over the country have printed
stories to the effect that Governor Ev-
ans was anxious to retire from the
pension cOmmiSsiOnerShip Without
doubt. something has happened to Mr..
Evans within the past six weeks. It
is further known that the pension com
missionership has been rendered by
President Mckinley to at least two
distinguished men, who are not likely
to accept
There are Californians in Washing
President Mckinley should ask General
Otis to accept the commissionership he
would not decline, notwithstanding the
printed statement made by him in his
own paper, the Los Angeles Times,
that under no consideration would he
consent to guide the pension bureau for
! four years
j. S. VAN ANTWERP.