The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-12
AT TER THEIR SCALPS
Effort to Discipline Republican
City COuncilmen.
MAYOR SP0ILS PLANS
SIGNED THE ORDINANCE THE
TROUBLE WAS ABOUT.

Seven brave leaders of the Republican
party got. together last night for the
ostensible purpose of talking about the
next city election, which is only year
and a half off. Their real purpose was.
however, deeper and darker and more
devious.
The gentlemen had expected to re-
solve themselves into an expurgatOry
society for the purpose of Bowdlerizing
the Republican party. That is, they
wanted to throw out City Councilmen
Robertson, Buckle. Gemmell and Beat
ty, if they had the nerve, or simply and
gently admonish them if they did not
have so much nerve.
It was also one of the avowed pur-
poses of the gentlemen to vlndlcate the
action of Mayor Thompson in the mat
ter of the fight over the food and sani-
tary inspectors, but the mayor went
and spoiled it all by doing the very
thing least expected of him-he signed
the ordinance that was passed by the
council abolishing those offices.
The seven gentlemen who met in the
law office of Attorney T. c. Loofbourow
were Dennis c. EichnOr, who is not
member of the city committee, but SIM
ply chairman and guiding star, Mr..
LoOfbourow, who is only the secretary
and assistant guiding star, S. b. West
erfield, A H. Lawson, w. p. Appleby,
J. W. Cottle and j. G. Lynch. These
last five are the members of the COM
r&ittee. There are five more, but they
didn't show up. though it is said that
every one of them received an invita-
ton signed by the chairman and at
tested nv fhp cncF.pfa
What the Trouble Was About.
1t all comes about in this way. DR..
Beatty is quite independent. He would
not give his vote in the council to the
decentralization Of the police and fire
department by having Democrats
thrown out because they were Demo-
Gratis. he said that a Democrat could
put out fires as well as a Republican.
Therefore he was to be disciplined.
But Robertson, Buckle and Gemmell
who are very good Republicans. as well
as Beatty, too, have given later cause
for Offense. They are the four Repub-
leans who voted in the council with
fivs Democrats to kill Mayor Thomp-
sons pet scheme TO have J. Farley
White and Jacob A. Heiss appointed to
the positions of food and sanitary in
spectors respectively.
1t was Robertson who introduced the
ordinance which placed the duties of
these two Offices in the health depart
ment. This was treason to Republican
ism as she is preached and practiced
by Thompson, Eichnor, Lannan & Co.
They are out for the pie. This system
of Robertson, Buckle, Gemmell and
Beatty interfered with the distribution
of pie.
Wanted Their Scalps.
It was, therefore. decided by Mr..
Eichnor, who is said to be 'it," as well
as the whole thing in the adrhinistra-
ton of Mayor Thompson, to either have
the committee ask for the resignation
of these four recaleitrant Republicans,
or to pass resolutions of censure. The
action the gentlemen would take would
depend much upon their courage.
But there is believed to have been q
reason for the failure of the committee
to meet in sufficient number to do
business. Members of the committee
who are ardent Republicans, and who
never fail to attend meetings, Jody Ell
dredge, for instance, were not there.
Why?
After the mayor came to the conclu-
sion that he would sign Robertson's or
dinance, there was little cause for fric-
ton. There was not much reason to
KICK on the part of the kickerS- To
have had the meeting take any radical
action would have caused dissension
in the ranks of the faithful Therefore
it IS said that the willy peacemaker,
Chairman Eichnor. had a sufficient
number of the members stay away. so
that a meeting would be impossible
Thus trouble was avoided.
Robertson, Buckle, Beatty and Gem
neil were not greatly disturbed last
night. They, or those of them who
were seen. did not discuss the matter
but they were not agitated.
The committee having sat around
Attorney LOofbOuroW's office for some
time, adjourned to meet on Wednesday
evening at the same place at S O'clock.