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Show W. W. RAY IS BUCK FROM WASHINGTON Salt Lake, Nov 20 William W. Ray, candidate for appointment to the position of Culled States district attorney at-torney for Utah, returned yesterday afternoon on the Lob Angeles Llm lted from a trip to Washington, whither whi-ther he had been called to confer with United States Attorney General W C McReynolds. Mr Ray declined to discuss the na ture of the business which called 1 In to Washington or the progress of his candidacy for appointment to tho position po-sition of district attorney. Relative to the appointment of federal officers In Utah Mr. Ray said that the admluin j tratlon was looking Into the Utah situation carelully and he believed that whenever the appointments were mado they would meet with the gen-1 eral approval of the Democrats in Utah. Mrs. Ray accompanied her husbanJ on the eastern trip and renewed mau acouainlances in Washington, where she lived when her fa'her. Joseph L. Rawlins was United States senator from Utah Mr. and Mrs. Ray spent five da;s in Chicago, where they were at the time of the big storm on the Great Lakes. Relative to his visit in Washington Mr Ray said 'My trip to Washington was made at the request of the attorney gen ! eral I was treated with the great OHt courtesy bv aM whom I met In the department of justice, by tho other oth-er government offlcialD and by the Utah congressional delegation The conference which I had with the attorney at-torney geueral was very satisfactory. "I understand that the members of the administration art- giving careful attention to the iltuation In Utah relative to federal appointments, and I fee) sure that when the administration administra-tion makes its appointments they will prove satisfactory to Democracy In Utah and to the public. "One cannot fall to nolo the unanimity" of the approval of the Wilson administration throughout the country Practically everyone, irre Bpeotive ol his politics, is warm In hla praise for the masterful ability oj President Wilson. "The Mexican policy of the pres: dent has practically the unanimous approval of cougress. Relative to the Mexican situation, Pretndent Wilson Wil-son has consulted all of the leading men of congress. Irrespective of party par-ty and has never attempted to make the situation a party Issue. "Both Mrs. Ray and myself were charmed with the people and the in- stltutlons at Washington, The beauty of the cU nnd the cordial hospitality of its residents fo. .neii a decidedly pleasant feature of our trip." |