Show THE UTAH QUESTION judic opinion in kc eard to powers on wednesday evening judge sutherland a member of the salt lake legal fraternity returned from the beast haying bean absent since january most of his time has been spent in washington and as it was well known that he if rigidly opposed to judge howera his alews on this subject will be of much interest to the people of utah at the present time judge sutherland was inter viewed by a salt lake herald reporter on wednesday evening and following ii the result judge what are alie chances of powers confirmation have you any idea eliat ho will be confirmed not the slightest was alic response who have been alie principal workers in his behalf don M dickinson of michigan and mr 0 W bennett of tills city have been alie principal champions of alic present judge of alie first district did powers have any influential backens bac kins yes at first but many of his onic staunch supporter leave retracted their endorsements and that of course leaves him in a very weak condition proofs of a substantial character have been tiled bors in kalamazoo the town he hails from of very damaging character and they affect his integrity as a lawyer and as a man generally he lias met with strong opposition even from his own state prominent men without regard to party protesting against his confirmation what is the general opinion to powers legal abilities you of this when I 1 say that his actions here are fre alluded to by the members of the senate as being decidedly bu kourous mou rous and he is the subject of treat laughter and ridicule among them from whom did he derive his support at the outset he way mainly supported on count of Dickin sone influence very few if any knew anything about him but there is every reason lo 10 believe that even dickinson librn self ie and has abandoned the idea that powers will ever be confirmed there was a rumor in washington before I 1 left that powers had concluded resign and it was generally supposed that dickinson was the authority for it of course powers may be given an opportunity to resign but there is no reason to suppose that he will ever bo cona firmed how soon do you suppose action will be taken upon bis nomination it will probably bo acted upon as soon as the present deadlock between alie senate and presidents is opened were there any utah people at washington in the interest of powers except mr bennett no col took no part either one way or the other what of the utah situation in washington jude what are the prospects for the edmunds bill passing the house As to the edmunds bill in particular 1 hardly know but there can be no doubt but that if the bill engineered gine ered by the senator fromyer mont fails to become a law something equally as harsh will po through Con presa I 1 ready to pass anything that may tend to break up ho influence of the mormon church in political questions in utah and so far I 1 have been able to fudge the democrats are as anxious and as willing to pass such measures aa tho republicans ever were the mormon question is a prominent topic of discussion at the capital and alie abolition of the suf frage now held by tho women of utah Is the principal points of attack t |