Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-09-11 | Page 10 | Internal Revenue Office May Stay

INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE MAY STAY Washington. Sept. 10. Assurances were given Senator Smoot lodav bv the secretary' of the treasury and the commissioner of Internal revenue that the Internal revenue headquarters headquar-ters would not be removed to Montana Mon-tana unless It was demonstrated that it would be for the best interests of the service to do so. The secretar: stated that politics would not entei Into the matter at all and the fact that Montana was the only state of the three in the district to go Democratic at the last presidential election would hae no weight should the removal of the office be considered. It was assumed that inasmuch is the collectorship had been given to Montana the headquarters of the district dis-trict would be removed to that state notwithstanding the fact ha Salt Lake Is the largest city in the district and apparently the logical place for the head office. Tho assertion by the secretary ol the treasury that the office will not be removed for political reasons indicates in-dicates that there is a good chance of it remaining In Salt Lake. Senator Smoot left this evening for Salt Iake. He will probably remain in Utah several week6 number of other western senators left for theli I homes tonight, among them being Senators Rrady of Idaho and Warren of Wyoming. Senator Brady has Introduced a blil appropriating $100,000 for a public building at Blackfoot, Ida.