Show senator rawlins has 1 returned to utah i 11 lake tribune bays senator L rawlins arrived home from washington yesterday morning and will be in the remainder of he summer lie said he did not think the rc in the senate could agree on a cuban reciprocity bilahe thought they would the canal bill and llian adopt a resolution to adjourn lie edid he was parrel with senator a on all important questions likely to coar p speaking ol 01 the philippine bill senator said diio house bill differs from the senate bill it provided provi dei for a general assembly of the filipinos the senate bill simply prolongs alie present civil government giving it alie added power of granting my opinion is that the home bill will 16 for the senate bill and passed then a conference committee of the two houses will he appointed and no one can tell at this time what the result of the conference will be in my judgment the senator continued this bill and our general relations with the philippines will be one of the principal of the coming campaign especially in the east even out in oregon much interest in the question was manifested in the campaign just closed and there was a great demand for literature on the subject it will be practically a straight party fight in alie house as it was in alic senate in the fall campaign the democrats will adhere to the same position they have held up to thia time that we should announce alie purpose of the nation protect the filipinos until they have a eatable government established and leave them to work out their destiny alie republicans mill insist on holding the islands permanently senator emoke modestly about ilia own speech on the philippine question 1 I presented some facts and arguments that seemed to arouse interest he said and at alie close of my remarks I 1 was congratulated very graciously by many republicans the republicans had announced that they would permit the democrats to talk themselves out and then pas alie bill after my speech they baid me the compliment of digging into the archives to find arguro ente to me in rebuttal the strongest speech on the republican hide was made by senator foraker senator spooners ners speech was a disappointment even to most ardent friends in regard to the opening of the uintah reservation senator hawlins said we biad to give alie raven and florence mining companies preferential because of their power to prevent getting alie consent of the indians to the opening of the reservation the provision for opening was tacked an to the indian appropriation bill und now a law if the indians will consent to the opening each head of an indian family gets 80 acres cry oilier indian gel 40 acres alio luten company gets claim and tho floeence Floi ence company achet if the indiana consent alie reservation will be thrown open in october 1003 utah liaa fared acry nicely in this session of congress ogden gets for n public building the fish hatchery bill appropriating lias passed the senate and has been reported favorable in th 0 house the bill providing an assay office for Provo the senate und ia now iho houie with able for haa 1 made available for tho laae federal building and the whole amount of will be forthcoming as soon as it can be used the measure providing for a grant of a part of the fort douglas reservation to the of bah passed the senate the war department made a favorable to the senate but an adverse report to the house and ahw hill defeat the proposition speaking of alic enlargement and improvement of fort douglas the senator said nothing will be done in thit matter at hue bession tho army appropriation bill has passed and it provided no fund for tho fort so that nothing can bo done for the present the post will be greatly improved as it should be but lie chances are not briglia tor it being raised to a regimental post soon discussing the political situation as it appears in the capital senator blaw lin aid the democratic of carrying the next house of i tives have greatly improved in the estimation of both and democrats in the east the chief issues of the campaign will bo the tariff the fruits and the philippine question silver will cut no figure at all in the contest senator cawlina was asked if he would be a candidate can didato for election reelection re to tho senate 1 I have nothing whatever to bay on eliat subject at this time this id not the proper time to that was his deply tho senator was accompanied home from pa by hi eon athol who graduated from the academy there number seven in a class of sixty beven the fact that lie lost three months last year through sickness lie will enter michigan university next fall roger sacr man harold fabian and frank kilas alie other salt lake boys who are attending the academy were of the senators eena tors party the boys are home for their vacation and will return to in the fall |