The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-22
THE ONE-MAN POWER
"sanpete" Runs a Liberal County
Convention.
THOSE WHO WILL AND WHO WON'T
The Probable Candidates for Some OF the
Offices Soon to Be Thrown Open
to the Public.

The Probable Candidates for Some OF the
Offices Soon to Be Thrown Open
to the Public.
And so it seems l was in error when /
nominated Mr.. Hank Barnes for sheriff,
and intimated that he would be opposed by
James Mc'rierney. have it from friend
of that prince of clam chowder festivals
that he is not candidate for any office;
that he is perfectly content to remain plain
Mr.. Barnes of Salt Lake, and he, like Isa-
dore Morris, has his eye on but one office
in the gift of the people-the presidency of
the United States. / do not know just how
, MIR. Barnes stands politically-I trust he is
q Democrat-but [ do believe from my
somewhat intimate acquaintance with
him. that he would make a much
better President than the gentle
man who is now being honored by
filing that position. Mr. Barnes having
denied that he is to be candidate let US
! look around for new material Just now,
l have but one man who l think would fill
the position as satisfactory as the gentle
man who has declined, aud that is Captain
Greenman, now United States commits
sioner. l have not consulted with the
captain, and am, therefore, not authorized
to use his name, but his experience as
deputy United States marshal must have
been of some use to him, and he would |
doubtless make as good an officer as-any !
other Liberal For myself, l am partisan
enough to believe that the men the most tit
to hold office are Democrats.
L understand too, that MIR. Mc1ierney
will not run. l had banked considerably
upon James, and it seems that my fondest
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dashed to the ground. / regret, further,
that James should not have received the
nom nation in the same spirit in which it
was made. / understand that it was his in
tentiOn to write singing letter of declina-
ton, but his friends persuaded him not to.
!
This, then, leaves the field clear for my
friend, Captain Greenman-unless some of
the others have named are forced into the
fight against their will.
l haven't seen ''Nabe'' Williams since 1
unanimously nominated him for assessor;
tneither has he sent to me his letter of de-
clination; therefore, 1 can't say just how
he stands. do, however, remember the
gallant fight he made in the Seventh ward
schoolhouse on being nominated for the
, Legislature, and how he downed Judge
l Powers, Colonel HOLSTER, Colonel Kaighn,
Judge Rosborough and several other well
known citizens with handles to their names;
' and am inclined to the belief that unless
I there should be Democratic ticket in the
field, "Nabe' would make very strong
I candidate, possibly the strongest that his
party could putup.
/ I
@ But right here 1 am confronted with the
remark that viii Lynch will accept the
nomination for county assessor, if he is
: given half chance. have rothing against
Will, save that he is not a Democrat He
, ought to be; he is a bright young fellow;
= in him his friends-if such word may be
i used in political fight-have full conf
dence, and he would doubtless prove some
:, what of thorn in the side of my friend
+ ''Nabe" were both to be nominated in the
same convention. But personal feeling
;. must be sacrificed for the good of the
y party" as my time friend Judge Pow
Il ers puts it.
Il Il Then there is the Office of county attor
r ney. do not know upon what authority 1
was told that Walter Murphy would be a
s candidate, and l. therefore, give the state
II ment for what it is worth. l hear of none
), others who have aspirations for Mr..
d Movies brogans, and if there are any. they
horses there may be heading that way, the
convention will doubtless determine
;.
II G.. p. Brooks has been suggested to me
q as possible candidate for surveyor. l
l. would nominate the gentleman at once,
vt were it not for the fact that every
n man doomed for city Office was defeated.
Q For instance, my choice for city attorney
u was Mr. Critchlow, and he was knocked
l. out; wanted Chief Ottinger retained, but
$, Stanton got there; l imagined that Colonel
~ Stevenson would make Il good superintend-
e ent of water works, but Mr.. Ryan upset
; this plan; the appointment of Mr.. Hoag as
10 city auditor was against my wishes, be-
u cause was booming John Wiscomb; and
) so on all the way through; the only posi-
y ton had not selected man for was that
u which is now filled by Mr.. Joseph Silver.
i There are some who are rude and uncouth
10 enough TO refer to this gentle man
8 as 'Dog-Peter Joe,n but | wish
u right here and now, to state that such un.
u couth persons never had my sympathy O,
/ support, and they never will have. l CON
+ slider that no man could have been selected
III who would fill that most thanliless position
more acceptably, more gracefully or witt
more dignity than Mr.. Silver.
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D. And why should they bestow such ;
is name upon him! He collects dog tax, it i,
Id true. But why would it not be as lust t,
g refer to Mr.. Diehl as Muddy Waite
lie Chris or to Mr. Clute as the assessor O
m back alleys ana sewers" Such an appel
y lation is unjust, and l again PROBES
n against it.
:. I
n The friends of Harry Haynes, | hear
I'd are anxious that he should succeed Judg
n. Smith as selectman. 1 have no objection
it to this, if ne can but shall reserve my yot
ty until see who his opponent may be.
10 No one seems to be hunting for the offic
Id of county treasurer, which has been S
co acceptably filled for years by Mel. Cum
s. mings. If this Office must be given to
sh Liberal, there is none among the rank
who would make better run than A
re Hanauer, ir., who Is skilled accoun,
en- ant and gentleman witha
ld | have but ono objection I
of him; there is but one flaw that / knoJ
tie OF; he is good enough to be q Democrat
unfortunately, both for himself and tn
,e- party, he isn't
sit I
ne And now comes the momentous auestio
% eA as to who is to run for the cheerful offic