Show Is SMOOT MOOT HOLDS RECEPTIONS RECEPTION t I Utah Man Making the Acquaint Acquaintance ance of Senators EXPECTS TO GET HIS SEAT 4 CAPTAIN CAPTAIN MERCER INSTALLED AS INDIAN AGENT 4 Special to The Herald ASHINGTON Felt FeB 24 Senator WASHINGTON W vv elect Smoot continues to hold dally daily receptions in his rooms at atthe atthe atthe the Raleigh and to extend hie his acquaint acquaintance ance with members of or the senate semite He H has brought letters of or Introduction to many m n senators and is rapidly becom lug ing personally acquainted with his bin ese future associates Many of them have assured him without reserve that they expect him to be seated without controversy or delay dela In Times Mr Smoot is quoted as saying I 1 am more than gratified with condi lions Members of the senate seem to be more satisfied each day that there is no argument against my m being seat seated seated seated ed and I have been assured of a care ful consideration of my m case Perry S Heath of the Salt Lake Trib Tribune Tribune une has been invited to speak at the th National Republican Editorial tion tIns meeting In this city Feb 26 on the subject Newspaper Editorial Work la In Politics Polities The recommendation of th the secretary of the interior that Captain W T A Mer Mercer Mercer Mercer be detailed to net act as agent at Ula tah and Ouray Ou Indian agency has been approved and the detail made In the semiannual examination e el ef midshipmen at Annapolis William C Barker jr of Salt Lake Cit stood second in his hi class Senator Rawlins has filed flied with the Ute secretary of the interior a petition from citizens of Marysvale asking to have havethe havethe havethe the Wasatch forest reserve made a per permanent permanent permanent manent reserve and recommended that the petition hf be |