The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-27
Utah Marshal Has P0Stoffices For
Three Hundred.
HE S THE WHOLE THING
SALT LAKE AND OGDEN OFFICES
UNDER HIS CONTROL
Mckinley Administration Has Plac-
ed All the PostofEce Patronage at
the Absolute Disposal of the
Marshal-Eas Just Decided the
Logan Case-Willing to Give
Brown a Hearing

Glen Miller. Un9ted States marshal for
Utah has some 800 pi1stofffces at his ab-
s,o4uee disposal. Every poStohtce appoint
ment in Utah. big and little. including
those for Salt Lake and Ogden, must
meet tine approval of Marshal Miller.
With respect 80 this class Of federal pat
ronage. ne is nesthe. referee, arblter nor
paclf1er-ne Is the Whole Thing.
While aspiring politicians have BEEN
consp;rsns and schl5m.ng and laying wires
for each Others undo.ng at Tie nattjaldl
capital Mr. Miller Clas spontaneously de
VeIoped lIu0 an administration S.1r OF t.le
first magnitude The combined influence
of an cllaer Mckinley woTsl1ipers in the
state ig Totally eciip5ed by the power ana
Tr5stspa 50 suddenly and surprisingly
Jhrus- upon this rising but modest young
The Information FIAT Marshal Miller
exercises absolute control over Uitah post
Office a1Do,rlt raen.s has been received by
The Herald from Washington and IS 50
positive and direct as ID aulnbl no uei4 e
Mr. Miller has been coQsecrated 9y tLl y,
ADMINISTRATION as --tle Urtfytng force,
end IS expected to bring U5geuhGr IN :
d5suusted factions of the Republican party
in Utah. All of the pDStotticeS nave peeh
entrusted to his keeping in me eHoec ga
rtcu that he will make such judsc.ous d-s-
trilJutiom as will result in the pacineatI1n
of all the warning clements of Titan Nc
Kt-lleyiS1n. Bryan Republicans, of course
expect no favors,
ACCEPTED WITH RELUCTANCE
Mr.. Miller, hds friends say. accepted the
responsibility of this task with great re
luctaaca as he did not aspire 10 exercise
alan functions of a political autocrat. and
Il was solely a sense of obligation 10 me
admlniStratt9n that impelled him 70 &C
cede TO its wishes; 1he request nr9 sIa
sh1uld tlke entire charge OF all tedera4
fpry7tDtrnerts IN Utah, but he firmly re-
fused to have anything Whatever 10 40
with The land office, district ade0rneysIlip
or surveyor, geEl.ralshlp. He accepted the
rostoffices. however, ald is NOW 1rVtssi II
eating each case On its merits. making
ggloctioCls from tlhe various applicants,
When the department finds itself reahy
60 take UP amy PARTICULAR offlSe, a full
transcript of the applications ana en-
d,orsemenatS is forwarded 20 Mars'na4 -l-a-
Ter. VINO investigates the. case I'D makes
a Ci3mIneniat.OH. 1t IS Statad ulai- NLl
every instance thus far his endorsSmer1t
has oqltwe.ehed all others and secured
the appointment Thus DL would APPEAR
70 be a, sheer waste OF tiEne arld money
for any applicant 10 make a Dhgri MAGE
80 Washington for the purpose OF pro-
pItlahag the department.. 1t is resared
tlnnE Marshal Miller is displaying rare
Diplomacy in his division of the pie. FOR
instance. ne gave the Nephi postotice
to C A Andrews, Wiaom ne mad uetea-eu
in Tn. race for The narshalshlp, stlus
healing his rival 3 WOUNDS and estaollS'l-
ing Cordial rcle'-4OIlS Wl-l VIE 'A1S ~'A
AS there are something like 300 past
offices IN Titan, and many OF tleIl are
very desirable appointments, Mr. Mltler.
II will be seem. Wields more PAL. teal in
fuenne than any other nian in the state;
indeed very few ruen of his Years in any
state enjoy such prestige.
ADMITTED BY THE MARSHAL.
\ representative of The Herald who
called upon the marshal incidentally
preached the subject of his patronage dc
fa4OrshiD. He nUdeStly admitted tndt no
had been requested to make rec0mmen-
dations and had consented to do so. 1n1S
request, he said. covered all the post
office patronage in the state. including me
presidential offices. He was unQer the
IMPRESSION that his selections would meet
approval at Washington, in fact, all that
he had made thus far had been appointed
The suggestion that this accession 10
adn1fnistrait1on favor placed him upon the
ton wave of Utahs political sea- was met
BY the marshal with q deprecdtoIg wave
Of the hand.
unexuected" said te. But under the
circumstances L felt it my duty to ae-
cept.''
+he I,ogan case. There had been a large
number Of applicants and n very warm
contest. but he had made selection and
forwarded It to Washington. He declined
TO reveal the name OF the winner
BROWN is NOT BARRED.
What position does former ex-senator
Brown occupy under this arrangement
was 4 question put to the marshal.
If Senator Brown should endorse an
applicant. | should give his endorsement
all the consideration to which it IS en-
titled. I should consider il just the same
as ! would an endorsement from anyone
else" and having thus proclaimed his in
clination to give the retired statesman a
FAIR show. the marshal entered a denial
of the report that he was opposing the
confirmation of McGrew. 1t would be in
extremely bad taste on his part, he
thought. to assume a hostile attitude to-
ward any of the acts of the administra-
ton, and the story was without founda-
ton.
The Salt Lake and Ogden postoffice APP
continents, the marshal stated. had not
yet been referred to him. and he did not
expect they would be until the terms OF
the present incumbents expired He was
under the impression that no changes
would be made in these Offices except foT
causes that would justify a change under
a Democratic administration.
an the matter OF these appointments -
he continued. Il am acting in entire har-
mony with the state organization. | con-
suit with members of the state commit
tee and there is no friction
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INSURANCE MATTERS.