| Show TE IRlESGENT INGALS The Caustic ExSenator from Kansas in Town TRAVELING FOE PLEASURE Silver Not Responsible for the Present Depression Tho Distinguished Visitor Will Not Venture Ven-ture an Opinion as to What Will Bo Done with Silver at tho Extra Session Salt Lake is again honored by the presence pres-ence of a distinguished Kansan This time it is oxSenator John J Installs a man of national reputation Mr Ingalls is accompanied by his son a refined gentlemanly youth of about 16 They are occupying apartments at the Walker House Mr Ingalls arrived yesterday morning from Denver He stated to a HERALD reporter re-porter who was granted an interview with him last evening that his visit had no political po-litical significance but was purely for the purpose of recreation and instruction Having heard a great deal about Salt Lake as a center ot historical attraction at-traction and a place of natural beauty and never having been here he just came along to see what was to be seen As a sight seer he may be considered a success as in the space of one short day he succeeded suc-ceeded in visiting quite a number of oar show places In his quick incisive way he rattled off the plpces of interest he had done The temple tabernacle grave of the prophet Garfield Beach and Fort Douglas He consid red Salt Lake avery j I a-very beautiful city and was particularly enthusiastic in praise of our excellent water supply and the refreshing effect of the irrigating streams flowing through our city THE SILVER QU5TION In reply to the reporters question as to what he thought or the silver question he replied very guardedly and was altogether I alto-gether noncommittal To what extent do you think is the depreciation in silver responsible for the I general depression now existing in the trade and finances of the country Queried the reporter i i Not at all Silver is low so are many I other commodities I I To what then do you attribute the present unfortunate state of affairs Oh i is one of those periodical I waves which come over all countries and which it is hard to account forTE for-TE EXTRA SESSION II What are the prospects for Congress l remonetizing silver or enacting some special law in its favor at the extra session I ses-sion of Congress I It is impossible to tell There are so mauy co nfiicting interests at work that to express an opinion would be folly What is your ideaof Clevelands position I I posi-tion regarding silver I I II really have no knowledge further than what I draw from the utterances of tho press and fromthese I would conclude con-clude that the president was not specially favorable to silver although he is a believer be-liever in the parityof the metals Will any action be taken in regard to the Sherman act Possibly something will bedone about it but what itis quite impossible to say Mr Ingalls then turned questioner and I I in rapid succession fired off a volley of I queries as to ourCfnines the principal I number of men employed different metals mined and so forth He thought that between here and Ogden the agricultural aspect of the country was excellent and praised our fruit vegetables etc i KANSAS AFFAIRS I I A gentleman from Kansas at this point called to see the e senator and the conversation con-versation branchedoff to Kansas matters 11 Ingalls said the wheat crop this year in that state wouldbe a failure In one county 120000 acres had been planted with wheat and not an acre would be reaped There had been no rain for months and the seed lay in the ground without germinating ger-minating The total wheat crop of the state last year was 70000000 bushels this year it would not exceed 20000000 Mr Ingalls stay in Salt Lake is of uncertain un-certain duration He says ho is waiting for news from tne east I he is in the city this evening he will be the guest of the Press club I Mr Ingalls is bright quick and sharp as a needle He can anticipate a conversation conver-sation a long way ahead He represented Kansas as a Republican in tho Senate for some years and waS at one time a presidential presi-dential possibility |
