The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-16
Glendinning Wants the Head of City
Engineer Kelsey.
POLITICAL DIFFERENCES
HIS HONOR WILL MAKE AN EFF
TORT TO REMOVE.
Claim That the Council viii Go
Against Kelsey, But 1t Is Not
Generally Believed - Threats to
Call Up That Contingent Fund
Again.

Mayor Glendinning is after the official
head &C CITY Engineer Kelsey. Ever
since Mondays Republican city conven-
ton the mayor has been derising ways
and means of accomplishing Frank
KeIsey's overthrow, but the engineer is
! in no great danger OF experiencing the
cutting off act before the beginning of
the .aew year.
Mayor Glendinning's grievance is
stated to be based upon Kelsey's actiy-
ity in behalf of A, z. Doremus. who
was nominated for the top of the Re
publican ticket. The mayors prayers
for the nomination of II. c. Mcmillan
came to naught- This was disappoint-
| ment to the city's chief executive. and
the count of the votes on election day
may serve to demonstrate that the con-
Ventfon's choice was particularly I'M
fortunate to the Republican cause. But
that story will keep till Nov g.
! The haconeyed phrase "pernicious
activity and offensive craftsmanship"
pretty we'll embodies the mayors
| charges. but the expression getting
! even" should also be considered to
! make the case against the city engineer
| complete. OF course the mayor is not
! alone in his fight. He has the unQuali-
| he'd support of several dggrieved con-
! tractors who have constructed sewers
and laid pavements for the city and
are now doing work over which the
| engineer has supervision.
When Kelsey was appointed at the
! beginning of Mayor Glendinnings term
his certificate Of appointment. in ac-
/ cordanCe with the law then in force
1ecited the fact that the appointee
! should hold for two years. The mayor
reluctantly made the appointment.
| When Kelsey declined to appoint for
| subordinate positions some candidates
who had his houors endorsement,
Mayor Glendinning was overcome with
regrets. and when things went wrong
, at Mondays convention it was a hard
! blow for Glendinning.
! Both sides of the controversy have
| the law in their favor. The mayor re-
| lies upon a section of the new law to
/ the effect that all appotntive officers
may hold only during the pleasure of
| the mayor and council. and still an
other section which reads that an ap-
! pointee may be removed on two
thirds vote of the council. City En-
gineer Kelsey and his counciImanie
supporters disagree with the mayor S
| conStre ction of the law. and besides
| they maintain that the new law does
not apply and viii not become effective
until the incoming administration
warns the official seats.
In pursuit of his determination,
Mayor Glendinning's representatives
have approached several councilmen
| with a proposition to help cut off KEEL
sey's official head and drop it in the
eXecutioners basket. One of the may
or's friends stated yesterday that the
requisite ten votes had been assured to
behead the city engineer at the next
meeting of the council, but the accur-
acy Of the statement is very question
able.
The reverse is probably true Yes
terday a Herald reporter made inquiry
from several councilmen and learned
that the majority would not concede
that there was or should be any va
cancy- Nearly every one of the coun-
cilmen with whom the reporter talked
condemned the mayors proposed &C
ton. Some of the Republican men,
bers declared that theycwould forestall
any effort by his honor TO bring any
more shame upon the administration
and the party which elevated the
mayor to his seat One of the certain
ties, if the matter is pushed, is that
the mayor Will have a bompsheN ex-
ploded under him on account of his un-
satisfactory use of and refusal to ac-
count for the $1,000 in his contingent
fund, at least so a friend of the Kelsey
side of the house stated to the reporter
1t is equally certain that II the mayor
tries on the executtoner's coat he will
find a surprising misit, that is, if the
lack of cordial feeling the majority Of
the councilmen entertain for his honor
be taken into consideration.
II. NJ. Mccartney was Mayor Glen
dinning's ideal for City Engineer Kel-
sey's shoes. but the gentleman declined
to have his name considered under the
pending circumstances, but the mayor
has another man to ill the breach il
!, 1t can be created, However. the prob
abilities are that Kelsey will continue
: to draw his pay from the city until tho
new administration comes into power
and Kelsey's tenure of Office will be ex
tended if Doremus is elected mayor
but the bets being made are that Mayor
Dale will have Democrat to name fol
the place early in January.