The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-06
In The P0LITIC ALARENA
Mercur Appointment Not in OPP
position to Blown.
EX-SENATOR UNDOUBTEDLY
CONTROLS UTAH PATRONAGE
Rogers Will Probably be Appointed
Acknowledgement This Week
The MISUNDERSTANDING Meg
han Slated For the Postmaster
ship at Ogden-Surveyor-Gen General
Other Offices.

It has been announced in the paper
which is opposing ex-senator Brown. that
! General Minty, of ogden. will be the
next United States marshal for the dis
trict of Utah The authority quoted is
erroneous. according to statements made
| in the city from which Minty registers
when he comes 20 Zion. A Herald man
made q few inquiries at the Junction
i City yesterday concerning him. and dis
covered from sources which are -el.able
4 that Minty. does not stand any more
show for the place than does Glove OF
] Provo. 1t appears that Minty has a de-
| sire for office seeking and this Is his
| time TO get in his work. The Opposition
to the ex-senator wanted candidate and
selected Minty. Some time ago II c'2S
given out that Harvey Hardy was TIE
selected friend OF Brown for the place
| This story was adhered to until II WAS
discovered that Brown had no intention
| whatever of suggesting the ex-sheriff for
the place, and then switch was made
TO Minty-
An announced in The Herald some time
ago. the marShalShiD will come to this Z
city II IS practically settled that Lind |
say Rogers shall be the attorney for TIE
government and that shuts out an Ogden
man from getting the position.
InIor sl satnered from some OF sr me
that he will be given the position at IN !
early date. There was an effort made |
alluding to that 5000 he is said to have |
received from the national committee. but ,
when the question was preached to Mark |
Hanna some time ago. with the intention |
or Deittiing Rogers chances. the senator |
from Ohio Is said to have laughted in the |
face of the relator and to have told him /
II that was all that could be brought |
against the man, he would be appointed !
in minute the cash had been ac- !
counted for to the satisfaction of the |
national committee. So this question is /
disposed of. Brown wants Rogers selected |
for the place. and what Brown wants is /
as good as done. no matter what may be |
said to the contrary.
From indications the prediction made /
by this paper, to the effect that heads |
will fly soon. will be verified. The dis !
patches in the Associated Press seem to |
warrant that conclusion. This policy has /
been urged by the rank and file since the /
day Mckinley was inaugurated and has /
Deen concurred in by many of the lead |
ing men of the party IL is believed here /
that very soon the Dostmasters of this /
state will suffer
In this connection the appointment of /
a postmaster at Mercur need not be con- /
sidered as part of this action. As stated /
III me 1ieraiu some ume ago. the ap- |
pointment of Hughes. the present in
cnmbent. was never confirmed in the |
| senate, and the president had an oppor- I
tuiity of appointing a successor at anv
time. So ali that had to be done was to
settle the question of who should be the
successor and all was over. The TriDunes I
washington man affirms that Brown sup
ported Monroe Bush. who was an I'M
successful aspirant. As matter of fact
this IS not the case He was asked TO
support Bush but declined on the grounds
that he did not care 10 take any hand
in the matter and did not. The appoint
ment was made at the suggestion of mem
eers of the Brown faction living in that
section and there is no cause to exult over
a defeat of Brown for in this case the
one who laughs last will be the party
having the most fun.
1t is believed that two Utah appoint-
ments VIII be made this week, that of
marshal and attorney. 1t is expected
Brown and Rogers will settle all the pre-
iiminaries not later than Wednesday, This
being the case we should know by Thurs
gay or Friday who are going to be the
From all appearances the fight for the
postnastership is going to be very
pretty one Nash. Smith and CreeneWafd
hare made a very nice effort for the
place and as to which will win seems
problematical The first named has a
ard fair lot of petitioners from this
place and vicinity. but Smith has by far
the biggest Utah backing. He has a Won
derfui petition asking that he be selected,
ara i VIII be hard 10 overcome, seeing
that Brown regards him with much favor
and he is not unsatisfactory to the Trib-
une and its adherents- Greenewald has
some OF the best men a the national
capital behind him. and if their influence I
pointed.
atcr Cannon being a man who supported
Bryan and Rawlns being a Democrat
outside senators and congressman will
be forgiven Il they have a finger in the
distribution of Utah pie and Brown may
gam point or two by comforting with
and deferring to the wishes of some of
the potential men of the cast. Unless he
hHds himself hard pressed. he will not
need TO do this, however, and will have
matters his own way.
Tn, he I
patronage. Brown has with him the new /
senator from Illinois. Mason: senator
Cuilom of the same state. Hanna, Thurs
ton. Forager and Bushnell the latter the
governor OF Ohio. Matt Quay is also
eth him in this fight and viii stand by !
him with his colleague. Penrose. for
what they consider the right and proper
tsi.lg- The ex-sDeaker of the house.
keifer. is also with him and as all these
men stand close to the executive. il is be-
lieved Brown cannot fail of having things
matter II may be said that he did not
go to Washington of his own sweet will.
but because he was sent for. And had
he not believed he was to be the man in
the matter of disposing of patronage he
would not have gone there at his own
expense. 1t costs some money to go to
Washington. board at first-class hotel,
spend money on senators and congress-
n.ec and all that sort of thing, just for
fur Besides. Brown went away just IN
the time when his business demanded his
attention most, He win attempt TO ar
range matters so that he can return at as
early a date possible and this demon
ST ates that he is not half as scared as
his enemies would have people think.
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Brown, his confidential friends say, |
VIII not attempt to control all the pat
ronage in this state. He will ask for the
marshal. attorney the two branches of
the land Office, the surveyor general and
the costoffices at Salt Lake City. Provo.
Ogde,, and Park City. The balance he
cares nothing for and will not make any
particular fight for them He realizes
that all the glory lies in the offices named.
r,-e Offices at Provo and Ogden are
virtually disposed of Charlie Meighan
VIII be the person appointed at Ogden,
while John c. Graham. despite his blush
ing protests. viii secure the place at
Fro-o. II Il was three months earlier.
or Graham had written three months
a,-o what he is writing now. in his ef-
forts to prevent the president from COM
ir- TO Utah during the Jubilee, matters
would be different
1t IS stated that Frank Lea has given
up in des-a.- and win retire from the
political arena and take a position as
bookkeeDeF in a shooting gallery or
something of the sort. get wife and
settle Gown to business. lea has come
to the conclusion that if republics are
ungratefui. parties are more SO, especially
in the light of the service he has done the
party in the days which have fiown- Nc
K;nley has been in Office three months
and Lea hasn't secured anything since.
and chances seen more remote than ever
II is announced that Judge Lochrie is Of
the same mind and will resume the prac-
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