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Show OUR DESERT LAND Kawlins' Bill For Entries Favorably Reported. THE OGDEN LIMIT BILL Will Pass Pious Humbugs in Utah Are Flooding- the Senators With Letters With the Intention of Prejudicing Them Against the Admission of Utah. Washington, Feb. 7. The house public lands committee ordered, today, a favorable report on the Rawlins' bill providing for the making ot deseret land entries. It affects a great many people in the west and gives them five instead of four years to prove up their claims, besides relieving the payment of $1 per acre on the present year's assessments. Mr. Rawlins is certain the house will act favorably on his bill to permit an increase of the limit of the indebtedness indebted-ness of the city of Ogden. Harrison, while president, vetoed a bill of this character. Rawlins' bill of the same nature for Salt Lake, which passed the house and has been favorably reported in the senate, will go through all right. Busybodies in Utah are flooding the member of the senate territories committee com-mittee with letters and documents, calculated to prejudice them against the statehood bill were they disposed to put faith iu the statements made. Three months ago these same people tried their dodge on the republican members of the house and in a measure meas-ure were successful, for the republi cans of that body took in the bait. Finally, when they saw opposition was useless they tumbled over each other to get in out of the wet, Now the senate republicans, .with a few exceptions, are clamoring for action, just as if they had not worked for years against Utah. The gold bugs of the east, regardless re-gardless of party affiliation, would like to keep all the tarritories out of the union, to prevent any more silver advocates getting into congress; but, sooner or later, Utah and the balance of the territories knocking for admis sion are bound to come in and the leaders of both parties recognize the necessity for action. The fate of Abner Williams is still undecided; but his friend, Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is doing his best to have him retained on the cocamis-Bon. cocamis-Bon. The president is said not to look at the matter in that way, as Wil liams is the man he his after. It is understood the president will shortly take hold of the question and dispose of it. Secretary Smith still insists that Thatcher ought to be supported as a democatic member of the commission. commis-sion. Mrs. Ellen Jakeman goes over to Springville this evening to lecture before be-fore the woman's suffrage association of that place which holds a meetirg there tonight. The woman's suffrage association of Springville is a strong one and holds regular weekly meetings. Once a month they invite lecturers from other places and have succeeded well in keeping alive an interest in this work. It is understood that the ladies of this association in all parts of the county intend to "wade right into" the next campaign and work the same as though they had a vote. They will ignore party and advocate men and measures, and discuss the work expected ex-pected to be done by the men who will fill the offices and the capability or incapability in-capability of each candidate to perform the necessary work. The next cam paign, therefore, we may expect to be an exceedingly interesting one. |