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Show SUTHEHLANO TO SEE IlfJIENT Anxious to Bury Hatchet, Which He Raised Against Chief Magistrate. HOWELL SHOWS MARKS OF IMPACT WITH ROOSEVELT Smoot's Efforts to Override Interior In-terior Department Officials Has Widened Breach. Special to The Tribune, "WASHINGTON, D. C, March 30 Senator Sena-tor Sutherland will confer with the President Presi-dent tomorrow In an effort to adjust tho differences that have arisen between tho Utah delegation on the one hand and tho President and Indian Commissioner Lcunn on the other, over the question of Irrl-gallns Irrl-gallns Indian lands In the former Uintah reservation. Representative Howell, who showed plainly on his oountenanco the marks of Impact with the President yesterday, yes-terday, made numerous pilgrimages between be-tween I he House and Senate today. Howell's Visit Painful. Tho circumstances of his visits to tho Whlto House yesterday, when tho President Presi-dent served notice on him lhat unless the delegation yielded to the President In the Irrigation matter, he would stop work on tho Strawberry Valley project, were painful pain-ful In tho extreme. Mr. Howell was accompanied ac-companied by President I.lnford of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university and Charles E. Marks. lie had taken them up to the White Houso to pay their respects. Sutherland Is Hedging. Senator Sutherland said today there had been no break In the relations between the delegation and the President, but he admitted that ho and tho Indian Commissioner Commis-sioner were not agreed. Mr. Sutherland claims tho authority of the State ovor non-navlgnble waters has been upheld by tho United States Supreme court In numerous nu-merous decisions. He believes that the President docs not understand tho case. Committee "Will Uphold Leupp. The Sutherland amendment has been accepted ac-cepted by the sub-committee on Indian Affairs. What the attitude of the full I Committee on Indian Affairs may take as between Commissioner Leupp and Senator Sutherland Is not known, but It Is probable prob-able the committee will uphold Leupp. Such, at least, was tho tenor of the expressions ex-pressions today. Commissioner Prepared Amendment. Lupp was asked to prepare the amendment, amend-ment, and did so, but It was not acceptable, accept-able, for It gave control over tho latter absolutely to the Indian Commissioner, making the homesteaders' rights secondary. second-ary. Appealed to President. This did not suit Mr. Sutherland, so he wno naked to prepare his amendment. He did, and tho sub-commlttco accepted It. Thereupon Commissioner Leupp appealed to tho President. Sugar Question Origin of Trouble. Tho origin of the differences between the Utah delegation and the President dates back beyond the Irrigation matter to the untimely demise of the Philippine tariff bill. Tho breach was accentuated by the efforts of Senator Smoot to override Secretary Sec-retary Hitchcock and Land Commissioner Richards In the Land office appointments at Salt Lake City. |