Show THE PRESIDENT interviewed A FEW days ago our dispatches gave a report of an interview of president grant by the newyork new york heralds washington correspondent in which among other things rather vague mention was made of utah afi ati affairs hirs kirs the correspondent states that the president said that ho he was not aware of the existence of any public necessities requiring cabinet reconstruction st that no change was contemplated tem plated with the retirement of mr boutwell in the general financial policy of the administration that it was wished to encourage the republic of spain owing to the internal embarrassment of the country but it was his impression that before the clase close of the year the independence of cuba would be he anticipated no trouble with st domingo but he expected that in the course of the next ten or fifteen years our government and people would annex it as a bargain at ten or fifteen million dollars that he had haa designed with some members of his cabinet a trip of four or five weeks duration embracing all or nearly all the southern states in which he was assured everywhere of a generous welcome and from which he had anticipated anticipate much pleasure and good results to a all ali 11 concerned but he regretted that the pressure of public business and other things had compelled him to give up the trip that he intended the first opportunity to make a short visit to st louis as his private affairs au airs aira needed some attention the following part of which refers to utah is the concluding portion of the correspondents report of the interview herald commissioner then I 1 would urge you mr president deritt to continue your journey westward to in francisco for the wonders that have hare been accomplished in the settlement and development ot of all the vast region from nebraska to california and oregon since you were there eighteen or twenty years yeura ago are among the special wonders aders of the world the tho president that la is true but the same reasons which cut me off in the south stop me in theowest th the eWest west herald commis loner woner why sir air to see what those mormons cormons have made madeoy of those deserts of utah Is worth a kings ransom although that relic ot of barbarism polygamy Is 13 a fearful thing the tho president it la so and while as to all nil other people we are disposed not only to be just but generous those people of utah must obey the laws I 1 cannot recede on this point they must obey ober the laws herald comal X suppose sup posey however r that you expect no further trouble with the mormons cormons Mor mons the president ot if but they must obey the laws herald commissioner and with re regard rd to Louls louis louisiana liia lila itil is that trouble mr president I 1 all over toe tae president I 1 holeso hope so too has been simply the execution of the laws and the recognition of the judgment of the courts in the present situation ido J do not apprehend any further trouble la in that quarter quarte herald commissioner and the indians indiana peace I 1 believe has been made with captain jack jacky and our indian wars are over from prom some observations out west it appeared red to me you were getting on oil very well weli ril rii with our red breth brethren rn the president all these things require a little time the great groat difficulty in a policy of humanity with the indians indiana has been and of Is s the prevailing prejudices ot of our frontier whites against these poor sav savages ages agee where the opinion prevails that the best beat thing that cande canoe u an dedo bedo done with an indian Is to kill him A h humane policy meets meeta with many obstructions but it Is succeeding sowell so well weil as to encourage us in the beliet belief that it Is destined to he be a complete success I 1 have great faith in it thanking the President for his courteous reception and for the time accorded me while a hundred other visitors were each awaiting a hearing your C wished him a good morning and retired the conclusions from this conversation are that no immediate change in the cabinet beyond the secretary of the treasury is contemplated that the general policy of the administration will not be changed that the president believes in the of the cubans thal that he be intends to hold hoid the mor mons to a strict account that he believes the troubles in the south are over and that he expects nothing to occur requiring a meeting of congress till decem december r next |