Show SMOOT PETITiON HAS NOT r REACHED CAPITAl This May Be Due to the Delayed Mails LIKELY TO ARRIVE TODAY CongressmantEJeci Howell is Presented to President Sutherland Has Introduced Has Successor Suc-cessor to All Heads of Departments I partments > TRIBUNE BUREAU 1 1012 Fourteenth Street v Washington D O Feb 18 All Western mail was delayed today and to this fact perhaps Is due the failure fail-ure of the Smoot petition to reach Senator Sen-ator Burrows M Shaughnessy of Salt Lake City is here Discussing Apostle Smoot he said I do not know Mr Smoot personally per-sonally but am willing to take the word of some of the best men In the State who do not belong lo the Mormon Mor-mon church that he Is a man of high character above all lie is not a polygamist l polyga-mist and therefore It Is hard to see on what grounds he could be expelled from the Senate MORE LIGHTHOUSE DISTRICTS The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce today favorably reported the bill increasing the number of lighthouse districts from sixteen to eighteen This measure was originally introduced In the Senate by Mr Clark of Wyoming and passed that body some days ago PATENTS FOR LANDS The HOUSK passed the bill authorizing authoriz-ing the Secretary of the Interior to issue Is-sue a patent to the city of Buffalo Wyo for certain lands l embraced within with-in the Fort McKlnney military reservation reser-vation for cemetery purposes IIOWJILL AT WHITE HOUSE Mr Sutherland called on tile President Presi-dent today and presented his successor succes-sor Congressmanelect Howell Mr Sutherland has been presenting Mr Howell to all the heads of departments depart-ments here within the last few days in order that he may take hold of the work without much difficulty Mr Howell has taken loomU at tho Drls coil where he expects to remain for a week or ten days |