Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-04

IA drathllke embrace, nttucgling for the
first, and that judge N0rreIl, Wendell
Benson anu Nat NJ. BtighRm are c0n.
ducting a lively three cOrnnted ilsht
fog the second. IL Il sail that Judge
Howalt, the distinguished lOwau, Who
has lust formed "a law partnership with
Judge Sutherland, would nIt DO
averse to accepting the ettOrneyship
but it IL to be fe ired that ho barely
comes ~ yet within the meaning ~
the clause relating to fesidcnts j. w.
McNutt u Ogden IL sail 70 east lang.
ing eye Of tho maIshalship plutn, bot
II Ia hardly likeiv that that BppOiut.
ment viii 10 10 o den ne lonL a. the
penltentiIry anu ~ large pari n It's
constituency remain IA Salt Lake. 81
tue LATHE Ia narrowed down u Ben.
aOn, Nofgcll and Brigham, With, 1t
must be said, tho chances nc present
very much la favIr OF the eiIyet
tlIroated tenor. As everyone knows,
Brigham was onc OF tile mainsiays Of
Cable, the man who carried Illinois,
ana who can have auytniug he wants
frum Cleveland. The United States
mnlshalship IL one Of tnc things he
wants, and he has drawn a sight ira
Tor IL on Cleveland In favor OF Brig
ham. Rumor says the draft has bcsn
accepted, and that Brigham and his
friends expect the commission by the
first mail from Washington alter the
inauguration. So lar rs tue Salt
Lake public's preferences 80, Brigham,
though popular IN a set, stands
last. lie has shared no part OF the
heat and burden OF the Jay in Utah,
and In among the recent comers.
With the politicians and workers, the
marshalship IN thought TO belong TO
NorrelI, who was one OF the war h1rses
Of the campaign, and who, even IN the
hottest days Of Liberalism, still guarded
alone aud kept alive the sacred embefs
OF the Democratic nre. IL Frank Dyer
had survived NorreIl would be sure "
the place. With business mon AMI u
good mSny others Wendell Benson II
the favOrite. The man who put hts
thousands Into IN cdiiice Hike tbs
knutsfofd has strong claim on his
fellow ciizehs, and there II n very
widespread feeling that his claim
should not be disregafded. Then, too,
Benson IN entitled % the gratitude OF
everyone for his fearless record In tho
ADVANTAGEOUS days OF $50 and 80, when
TO favor Mormon vas almost ~ much
as n Gentllt's social position was worth.
henson was one OF th0se-whose mum.
Der could be counted on the fingers
who fesolutely set their faces against
the policy OF ostraclsm aud boycoitiug
atone timo inaugurated by the Libera .;
he almost caused the Walker House ~
rock ON its foundation by deiying IN It's
lobby n committee sent to remOnstratc
with him for employing Mormon
laborers on the KnutsfOrd excavation.
But AZ have said, Brigham IL In the
lead and there Is every chance Of his
reaching the goal. Some Of Wendell
Benson's friends, however, are not Mt
all backward In saying that n protect
will 20 TO Cleveland II Brighnm's
appointment looks imminent. But
protests DO not count for much at
Washington, NJ Governor Thomas and
Judge Bartch can testify.
Tho attorneyship contest IL very
pretty Eight SIS II stands. They say thai
when Judge Judd learned that any one
bad the unparalleled nudaclty 10 enter
the lists against him, lie simply sat
down aud glared at his informant
through his eloquent spectacles with
mingled amusement anu contempt.
He has hardly yet brought his soul 10
a realizing sense OF SshroodeI's sub.
Inns gall. That young man,
whose three P's made him locally
famous In a single night, Is said TO
have tho enforcement OF every bank
ON the street with the possible excep.
ton OF the American National. Judge
Judd has said he expects the office 10
come to him without an effort on his
part. He goes on tho principle that
everything comes TO him who waits.
Schroeder operates on the belief that
Providence helps those who help
them elves, and he Proposes TO help
himself to this attorneyship II he eau.
In "hustling" qualities Schroeder
leads. But Judge Judd secured an
appointment from Cleveland once be.
fors AMI no may be- ablo to do 1t again.
Nous uerrons.
II Is n radiant relief 10 turn TO the
office Of secretary Of the Territory.
For this large rips plum--on whose
lusciousnes Governor Thomas and
Col. ellis botn wax-d fat--there is
only vIe compttitor, e. q. Richards.
There were several before 1t was
learned that Mr.. Richards was an
applicant, but most Of them gracefully
retired M soon MS his name was men.
toned in connection with the place.
Well, II Is n TAT berth, but 1t 10 none to
good Tor Charley, who led the local
Democratic hosts ON to victory 10 the
late tremendous battle as few other
men could have done, and who, when
knees were quaking all around him
never Tor u niOmont Lost faith In tbs
star OF Democracy. IL Mr.. Richards
goes 10, aud the man who aoubls 1t
IL yet u bv encountered, he Will be
the first Mormon TO hold Fe ieral Of
fee since-weli, siucu a time 10 far
tack that the memory OF man runnetl
not TO the contrary. In passing, 1t |
may DO mentioned that Joe Walden
anu Alfalts Young are said TO have
had eyes on the secrstary's Office. II
may he doubted, however, whether
they are doing any serious work for II.
And what OF tina Chief Justiceship?
The honor OF fllling Judge Zaue's
gaIoshes IL an exalted one, but N IL
were accompa MED by u larger annual
stipend, perhaps there would be more
eagerness In reaching out for II But
men II the stamp OF Judge Sutherland,
Frank Richards and Farley Williams
cal double the salary OF the chief jus.
tico by an ordinary years practice,
ana 1t Is understood that neither one OF
the three will look at the position. IL Is
different now from the days when the
clerk OF the court could be appointed
Ia tho family. That ofiice--almost
equal t. the secTetaTyship In peruui.