The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-09
THE POLITICAL ARENA
More Strife Among the "Reunited
Republicans OF Utah.
THEY ARE ENGAGED IN A RARE
OLD MIX-UP.
Walton Has His Snickersnee, While
the Smiths Don Their War Bon
nets-The Opposition to McGrew-
A Rap at Ritchie-Arthur Pratt's
Fight For Confirmation.

At late hour yesterday afternoon,
the swish of water as it fell on the
grindstone where Wesley K. Walton
was grinding his snickersnee was plain
~ audible. And the war bonnets of the
Smith family are said to be in good
corditio2 Cor the descent on Arthur L.
Thomas, whes. he returns to Utah to
begin drawing his salary. 1t is SAID
that friend of Thomas has wired MIN
to get d tomahawk-Droof suit ere ne
lands in Zion, for he will need it.
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There IS going to be a great EFFORT
made 70 defeat the confirmation of ii.
n. McGreW for the land Office, and the
opponents of the new official are using
up Q great many postage stamps IN
correspondence with members or the
senate. But inasmuch as Thurston and
Allison are behind McGrew, 1t would
seem that HarVey'S chances are 1alr
to good" at least. There can be no
concentrated effort made against him,
because the ragged. remnant of the
re united Republicans of this state
is divided among itself to an extent
that when one faction desires any
thing, the other Immediately drags It's
knife from its boot and begins whit
Ting.
Ogden Press: 1t is given out from
Washington that Judge M. L. Richie
of salt Lake stands a very good chance
of being appointed United States dis
trict attorney for Utah. Judge Richie
is a good lawyer and very nice gen
tleman, but he is in no manner en-
titled to recognition at the hands of the
present administration. If our memory
serves US right, and we are confident it
nd IA
of Salt Lakers. styling themselves
Bryan Republicans" who came to Og-
den to show the Republicans here that
it was their duty to support the Great
Silver Champion" There is no COM
plant upon this score. Mr.. Richie
has a perfect right to support whoever
he may please to, but when he con-
tributes his mite to the defeat of a
party, he should not be served with one
of the choicest plums from the official
tree. We have no quarrel with any
one who felt it his duty to sup,
port Bryan, but we do insist that only
the supporters of Mckinley be recog-
nized in the distribution OF the party
patronage. Richie should not be ap-
pointed.
In ccnnection with the appointment
of Arthur Pratt, one point is being
brought up that even the astute man
ayers of the Pratt interests are unable
to get around. They were met with it
everywhere yesterday. 1t is the fact
that during the last-eFesidential cam
paign Mr.. Pratt was a Mckinley sup
porter, ard an ardent one. That after
the election of the major and his in
augurasion, Mr.. Pratt, being in accord
with the goldbug party, became a can
didate for United States marshal, and
so Ear as anyone knows stands TODAY
just where he did through the cam
Daign. So the point is urged that a
Democratic and free Silver council can
not confirm gold man in the office of
second Importance in the city
However, this is just one phase OF the
contest now going on, although not the
least interesting or important, judging
from the emphatic expressions heard
Mr.. Pratt and his friends are still max
ing a vigorous fight, and there does not
appear to be any particular change in
the situation.