Show TATEHOOD BILL WILLPA SI S I I I ExDelegate Caine Returns From the Capital FAULKNER HARD AT WORK HAS yo DOUBT OF SUCCESS IN A SHORT TIME I Effect of the Recent Change of Poj litical Faith How it is Viewed j by Democrats at IVasliiiigrton The Territory Will + ot be Called Upon to Pny That Court Money I I 1 I Honorable John T Caine Utahs ex j delegate who served the territory so well for several sessions of Congress arrived home on Friday evening after a visit to his old haunts that had grown so familiar to him in the years gone by J t There is no man in Utah more quali J fled to give an unbiased statement cou i cerning the actual situation of Utah affairs at the capital than he His I visit had no political significance being purely of a private nature I When seen by a Herald representa I tive last evening he was told of some of the wild and woolly stories that had I been recently wired from the capital and published in a local sheet J IVo Reason to Fear I am not much surprised said Mr Caine that such stories should find their way into print for they are Republican Re-publican stories pure and simple Thetl people of Utah should not be at all disconcerted as the yarns are sent i out by those who are opposed to Utah I becoming a state The Democrats vlll < not delay or hinder statehood of that I the people may rest assured The wish Is doubtless father to the thought In I this case Most of these dispatches were undoubtedly sent to order Opposed Op-posed t statehood themselves and lacking the of their Ilacking courage convictions I convic-tions these men propose to hide he hind the Democrats if possible The story which I understood was telegraphed I tele-graphed a week or ten days ago that the Democratic Senators had held a caucus and decided t postpone statehood state-hood and to saddle the indebtedness for court and penitentiary expenses upon up-on the state when it was admitted somewhere about 1000000 is a pure fiction I am authorized by the chairman chair-man of the Senate committee on terri cries Senator Faulknerto state most emphatically that no caucus cau-cus has ever been held at which the matter of the admission of Utah or the subject of the alleged indebtedness I of Utah to the government had ever been discussed The Democrats are I committed to the admission of the ter I I rio but the Senate is a very digni fied deliberative body and will proceed pro-ceed with the consideration of the admission I ad-mission of Utah as it transacts all other businessin an orderly and deliberative delib-erative manner taking the various sub jects up in their regular order While 1 the admission of Utah to the people I of this territory is the most important subject under consideration in the Senate they must not forget that then I interests of 65000000 of people are also entitled t at least as great a consideration I consid-eration as the admission of this terri tory The Senate is nov engaged in the discussion of the federal election electrm bill which is engrossing its whole at tention Succeeding the elections bill the Wilson tariff bill will doubtless come upjthat being a revenue mea ure I has precedence over ill other bills I is conceded that the present session will be a very long one hut notwithstanding all these great measures meas-ures in which the whole country is vitally interested there is no doubt sion the Utah bill will be passed at this ses I That Territorial Debt A to that indebtedness he was asked The attention of the Senate ha been called to that by some persons in Utah who are doubtless opposed to statehood A resolution on the matter mater was introduced in the Senate and rei ferred to the committee on territories That committee submitted the matter to the treasury department for informa tion when I left Delegate Rawlins is thoroughly posted on the question and Is looking after the interests of the territory in relation to this money The Recent Political Change How about the proposed annexation annexaton jof Utah to Nevada The matter of annexation of Utah to Nevada is one that will engage the attention of the committee on territories terri-tories ana will have to be disposed of before it can take up the statehood bill and that measure has quite a number of advocates who want to be heard before the committee While commitee this will take up time our friends do not feel that there is any danger of the proposition obtaining What effect if any has the recent change of political complexion in Utah had on the Democratic members of Congress And will it delay state hood 7 hoodWhile it may not defeat or delay statehood the change has caused a good deal of surprise among the Democrats Demo-crats They are at a loss to understand under-stand why a people for whose right they had always battled batted should go over to the party which if it had had its own way would have deprived them of the franchise and every other right which American citizens prize cizens While making due allowance for the prevailing depression and hard times being blamed upon the administration I they express the opinion that the vote at the last election in Salt Lake city showed that there must be a great geat many people in that city who were either ungrateful or opposed to state hood A prominent Republican poll tician in Washington who is deeply interested in statehood for Utah freely stated to me that the special election recently held in Salt Lake he thought would have a damaging effect While Democrats regret the change they say the territory is entitled to admission and shall be admitted What have you to say concerning the published supposition in a Wash ington paper and reproduced by a local journal that Cleveland was firmly opposed to the admission of any new I states Well i is simply a newspaper story and whatever there may be in i as regards other territories it will have no application to Utah I is well j I known that President Cleveland wel always been friendly to Utah and has expressed himself as in favor of her admission The Recent Appointment During my visit I called upon the president and several members of the cabinet to pay my respects They al spoke in the most friendly manner about Utah The president inquired if the appointments he had so far made were satisfactory to the people I assured him that they were and that the people were more than willing to have more of the same kind The Utah Comminnlon Speaking of the Utah commission it i understood in Washington that Godfrey and Robertson had resigned but that Williams was so favorably impressed with our fine climate the salt water bathing the grand old Wasatch range and the many other attractions in Utah that he is very loth to relinquish them I learned that I General McClernand proposed to shake the dust of Illinois from his feet and makte Utah his permanent hom There are a great many applicants I for the positions among them E B Critchlow Hoyt Sherman President Breeden of the Legislative council i M r Tatlock Sam Kenyon Hadley D 1 Johnson George W Thatcher of Logan Lo-gan and Dr Woodring o Mount Pleasant I might also say there area are-a great many others whose names 13 never before heard of Tlie Postmasters What as to postmasters I learned that the papers in theses ca the-ses of the postmasterships of Provo and Park City had been sent from the postoffice department to the White House and that appointments would doubtless j be made in a few days The Ogden postmastership was still under doer by the postmastergen do-er al The Bonding Bill Will the bill extending the limit of Salt Lakes bonded indebtedness be favorably acted upon I was before the Senate committee on territories and Senator Faulkner assured as-sured me that just as soon as he received re-ceived certain statistics from Mayor Baskin which he was daily expecting showing the financial standing of the city that the measure would be favorably fav-orably reported and he had no doubt it would soon go through the Senate as it was a matter that could come up in the morning hour and not interfere with the regular order of business I assured the senator that his efforts in this matter would be highly appreciat ed by the good people of Salt Lake The Delegates Work Mr Rawlins appears t be enjoying enjoy-ing his congressional life and by his modest deportment and able defense of the people of the territory and the unmerciful polishing he gave to Rising j Ris-ing Sun Morse he has made him many friends and admirers and the territory is to be congratulated on having hav-ing such an able representative in Congress Con-gress Mere Fairy Stories In conclusion Mr Caine said Anything Any-thing telegraphedt and I understand there has been something wired respecting re-specting my movements and doings while in Washington was purely imaginary imag-inary m upon the part of the correspondent correspond-ent as he did not know I was at the capital until the night before I left and after I had been there a week when I accidentally met him much to 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