Show SARGENTS STAE STAR A safe for the ex senator n aly W U belc mph to the lir I NEW jan jail the graphics lV washington ashington correspondent says it is known that the friends of sargent had an interview with the president and while they arc are positive in in saying that the president did not promise to appoint pol nt him it is clear they arc are entirely satisfied their favorite will succeed d the ta that sargent ia is not supported by the california delegation is not true and the charges that have been made against him for complicity with the desert land swindle are susceptible of an all explanation th atwill demonstrate hiis straightforwardness and honesty in that connection tion it is also a mistake to assume as has been done that sargent is no longer of influence in livelli live polities politics in california the reverse of this is true for there is perhaps perli aps no man except senator miller of that state more pou powerful erful in a party than is sargent letters received here during he the past few weeks from leading in men ell of the party in california demonstrate his fact conclusively as also the editorial utterances of every newspaper of prominence on tile coast except in ing only the Chroni clethe ex organ of the sand lotters washington jan C G it is general ly y conceded today to day that ex senator sargent has been definitely f fixed upon for secretary of the interior upon sargent on the floor of the senate this m morning orning was congratulated upon his coming applin appointment ament and it is apparent that he lie lias has assurances which sati sats iffy him hira that he is to receive the appointment the nomination will not te be sent to the senate so it is said for several weeks not until after the senatorial election in iowa secretary kirkwood and his friends on one side and ands wilson and his friends on the other prefer this arrangement ran gement and it has so been represented to the president secretary Se creary kirkwood realizes that he be is is going to bo be superseded and docs does not want to enter the senatorial race in iowa or interfere with it in any manner but should he lie be retired now he lie anticipated his friends would e endeavor ni to get him into the senatorial race NEW YORK yorm jan A correspondent of the commercial advertiser has been hunting up the record of sargent with regard to the scheme to reclaim tho the desert lands and says that after careful examination he lie finds that sar gent bent was not the author of the bill but ut luttrell who introduced it on dec 75 the bill was referred to ath alie house committee on public lands and on oil the tile of dec 1879 the committee through lane of oregon e reported back a substitute t ute for afon alio eo original r ginal bill the bill passed the house and went to tho the senate was referred to the public lands committee and after consideration it was reported back favorably by senator booth not Sargent Par gent accompanied by bya a lengthy report in which it is said the committee believe that when the lands are irrigated they will be of sufficient value to enable tile purchaser to pay the government prices charged for other public lands |