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Show SOMKTBIMO VIIX DBOP, Hon. J. L. Hawi.ins. one of the home rule advocates of the Latter-day democracy dem-ocracy has roturued from Washington Where he has been lobbying iu tho interest in-terest of tho scheme hatched between the church and fifteen or twenty ex-liberals ex-liberals who aro extromely desirous desir-ous of serving the pooplo in official of-ficial capacity. Mr. Uawlin.h kindly te.ls tho public all about his experience at. the national capital and like the proverbial politician who has the vote of the entire community in bis vest pocket, he is perfectly certain that home rule is going through congress con-gress with a rush. Indeed, il would seem from Mr. Uawi.ins' statements that members of congress will be climbing climb-ing over each other's backs iu anxiet y to be first to get in motions for suspension suspen-sion of the rules in order to get that bill through and relievo Utah, and especially es-pecially tho coterie of olHee-scoking patriots here, of tho overwhelming burden bur-den of distress under which all are now daggering. The brother thinks tho prospect of the bill iu tho senate is nearly or quite as good as in the house, and is certain that nearly all of the members of the senate committeo on territories will vote for it. Only two of thai committee commit-tee will cortainly oppose it in tho brother's broth-er's opinion; I'i.att of Connecticut the chairman, and JOKKS of Arkansan, and the top-lofty sentiment actuating the last named senator in opposition is attributed at-tributed to tho fact that ho has an old friend and neighbor in olliee in Utah. The brother insists that press reports of tho breaks made by "Kentucky" Smith and Judge Judii are incorrect, and that tho speeches delivered by those gentlemen had a liuo effect. ef-fect. All through no reck- less talk or untrue) charos wore mailo by any member of the Utah , 'democratic" dologatiou; iu fact, just a simple portrayal of tho horrible condition con-dition of affairs existing here resultant from tho authority exorcisod by federal officials, was enough to melt tho hearts of congressmen, republicans as well as democrats. Democrats and republicans in tho senate will unite to give Utah relief re-lief even to the extent of granting Matehood, but tho emergency is so jircssing that the homo rule bilj will be lirst passed, because it will require (several months iu which to get the machinery ma-chinery of the lirst in operation, and the deplorable condition of affairs resulting re-sulting from the horrible oppression and mis-rule extant here, calls for nummary action on the part of congress, con-gress, and it will be taken at once, oven if it is necessary to suspend the ruins a dozen times a day to effect it. Readers of The Timks may now scan its Washington dispatches with the expectation ex-pectation that something is going to flrop in tho national capitol building, nnd that very soon, too. The "democratic" "demo-cratic" delegation baa got in its work; Utah will obtain relief speedily, and pome of its members are going to have their share of official loaves and fishes in lieu of having to make further drafts, on the tithing fund. |
