| Show washington NEWS rains nomination gives satisfaction everywhere recognized AS A STATESMAN his excellent work and brilliant re ecord in Cou colgrass grass on behalf of utah territory A herald special from washington says that no nomination has 1 bee been n made l by y the Demoe democrats rats this year tint gives more satisfaction to the politicians politician s in washington and th those be members of congreso cow Con gresi ress who are still in the city than that of mr rawlins to be delegate from utah I 1 until the new state shall be formed forme d E expressions be heard rd on all sides id are congratulatory 0 to the he utah democracy and its able candidate and from being recko the very doubtful column the territory I 1 will be looked to for a handsome majority for the party of free silver I 1 analow an dlower er taxation rather than for the aggregation 1 of gold 0 bugs 21 and protected cormorants one not acquainted with the ways of congress and the opposition with chic i any member must contend before obtaining lecog aitio of any kind on the floor of the house cannot judge the peculiar difficulties that present themselves to one w who lio is only a delegate and the herculean task is to force through 0 any any measures at all even democratic congressmen prepared to back their requests with abat will help no noether nob other ther meal measure ollre i are oftentimes denied tah recognition for bills they t ares ar e preb p reail sin n g an and dri delegate harln babi ng gf no vote must bring gome superior personal influence to obtain anything 0 at all when mr rawlins came to the house he be attracted atti attL acted attention immediately as a forceful aggressive member and being given an all op port unity during the special ses session to advocate the cause of silver drew around him a circle of friends and obtained the friendship of I 1 speaker crisp and other demo erotic cratic leaders so that he be was aw able to brin bring t their influence on his side when it was necessary the claims that have been made by the republican press and lican 1 ican representatives in both houses that their party forced the statehood bill through congress 7 are of course on a par with the other campaign claims they are making 0 in in their efforts to again force their absurd ideas upon the american people any sensible person need not be told that when a party is in power in both branches of congress a minority can do very ii little atle fore ing and can only tamely acquiesce in what the other party is doing it is true that some good work was done by several western senat borsand representatives in subduing tati concentrated hatred of the mormon people that had been shown by the republican congress for thirty years but the forced acquiescence of h minority is not to be comi commended lienden in any way and rewarded led in preference to those who were ac th c aggressive and po etive in their endeavors to right 0 the wrongs that have been heaped upon the Alor mormon nion people by the do dogmatic matic narrow leaders ot of the opposition tile the statehood light was long arid and hard there were the gold bug interests the protectionist interests the bigoted clamors of the narrow religionists and general republican opposition to con contend tend with from the first the latter continued to the lay day before the bill came up in the house iloise when the wa masterly sterly reply to morse changed tile the appearance of matters and aft afterward ernard hard work and endless explanations of changed conditions won tile battle b the second important measure was the bill opening 1 tile the reservations but hardly less important was tile the successful war that was waged against the transferring of the colorado ute into the territory the full story of that fight will not be brought out for a long 0 time to come but now and then sol something more develops and it is seen that it was a battle royal between a state with ti two 0 kena senators tors and two representatives senta scata tives with their votes arid and a territory with only one delegate dek 0 gate with no vote the colorado delegation brought all the influence possible to bearon the accomplishment of the scheme sc lieme so dear to lie hie heart of the people of their state from the beginning the session the indian bureau the interior department and the committee on oil indian affairs were vere besieged by them and every possible argument brought into use the delegate from utah was outnumbered but confined his efforts to the committee on indian affairs principally and worked to that lie at length had a majority of the committee with a possibility that one man mail would desert at the last minute and no certainty as to what would really bo be the ou outcome acome on the day clay when the committee was to meet to bettle tile the question tile llie colorado members had their committeemen mitte emen on hand and were only waiting for the one uncertain member before being L certain that their scheme was at last art to see fruition the full committee met and tile the colorado members were perfectly assured that no longer they would need to look after the festive redman within their borders however the report to the house same like a thunderbolt as it upset all their calculations by recommending that the indians stay slay where they were as utah had as much of a burdon as way was necessary ry already alrea dj this victory achieved against a overwhelming odds wa was 8 one that should attract attention but it did not the entire influence the delegate from utah had bad gained over the committee on indian af fails abis this was demonstrated later when the colorado delegation bro drought C forward a bill to allot lands ands in severally to their indians on tile the face of this bill it appeared perfectly innocent but there was a great scheme under the surface it t was desired to get the bill reported favorably and passed then when it came into the senate the colorado in members embers of that august body would have proposed an amendment substituting the bill t to remove the utes to utah this substitute would have been adopted and the bill would have come back to the house for concurrence and would let need to have gone to the he committee on indian affairs all airs this was wag a very lire pretty tty scheme it t was brought before the committee on indian affair of the house and the colorado in members embers were again t jubilant in their belief that they hey would have victory at last but they were met with a condi tion ion that surprised them as the committee insisted that mr rawlins debould give n ive his big consent to the bill before it be allowed to leave the committee room and the colorado people were referred to the delegate from artim utah the result was that before they could get the committee they thay were coal corn ellid make an agreement with mr rawlins that they would not attempt to push the removal scheme luring during this congress ft ress the herald correspondent lias has this story irom from a person who was in ill tho the confidence ot those who were endeavoring to effect the removal and this thie person told with great glee g a story etory that during tile tho honest part of the fight on matter word was conveyed to 0 the utah delegate that unless he surrendered on this proposition senator wolcott volcott would see bee that no legislation favorable to utah would be al allowed to 00 go 0 troug through it the senate ile he said th that at immediately on receipt of this information I 1 format ion mr fr rawlins approached the senator in the chamber and 1 asked if this report had been true I 1 no straight report of what what rea really 11 1 went on has come coine out but it is ia Y alleged left id that the interview ran about like this mr rawlins 1 I understand mr r volcott olcott that you have said that if I 1 do not caaso OP opposing POin your scheme to remove the colleado Coloia Colo eado do utes s you will oppose utah legislation Is this true senator wolcott volcott id like to know sir what right you have t to 0 aek arte rte k such a question mr well I 1 was waa told that and simply wished to known knon n whether you would deny it your bearing 0 convinces convince me file that you have no denial to make I 1 will act therefore on that thai supposition the passage a attracted some gome attention teri tion in the chamber and it is said that this was about the truth of the matter hut but it is known that afterwards that colorado senator utterly at tile the courage of liis his opponent came off his high horse find and denied that lie had made the proposition the action on this proposition prop indicates the influence that lias has been g gained by the present delegate lie ile has hai made an all enviable envia enviable bie revord record by the passage of several bills of the utmost importance to the people of the territory and the placing on the he calendar 0 of f several others that will be of immense benefit the beat guage 0 of the impression he be has made is that the newspaper men are all his friends and lie hu is being constantly antly pointed mt in the press galleries of tile two houses bouses as a man of some ilis his reelection re election will be hailed with enthusiasm by friends on both hot sides of the political caI fence |
