The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-14
Republican Councilmen at 0uts
With Mayor.
EICHNoR IS THE CAUSE
SECRET CAUCUS HELD LAST
NIGHT.
As Result, Six Hannaite Members
Bound Themselves to Tie Mayor
Thompson's Hands Unless he
and His Deputy Do the Fair
Thing In Minor Appointments.

Yesterday was another bad day for
Mayor Thomson and Deputy Mayor
Esehnos- Every head Of department.
with H.se exception of Pete Condie. and
every. panty worker save few Second
precinct men already invited % ressrv-
ed seats. made life burden to the
clty's executive team.
But the situation is clearing. Six of
the nine Republican eouncilmen are
ready to enter a compact to tie the
MAYORS hands, 50 ne viii be an object
OF pity, rather than the h9nored execu-
tive he is presumed TO be. The Only
chance for a truce and the resumption
of municipal business ON orthodox lines
Is in the mayor and his deputy consent
ing. as is always done. to the heads Of
departments, with councilmanic con-
sent. appointing their own clerks depu-
ties and labor employees.
Insurrection Breaks Out.
The insu1rerction broke out afresh
last night by the holding Of a caucus
of the Republican members. Council
men Canning. CottreIl, Gemmell, Hew-
lett Robertson, Thomas and Buckle
were present, and, in addition, Superin-
tendent Hines Of the waterwOrks de-
partment end city Sexton Carter We're
on hand by invitation. These two de-
partment chiefs saw the virtue of the
doctrine Of reWarding party workers.
rather than bowling 10 the dictates Of
Mayor ThOmpSOn's machine ID the in
terest of Tom KearnJ for the United
States senate and Dennis Eichnor for
district attorney. AS natural cOnse-
quence, Hines and Carter viii have no
troubles dWing their administration.
Unavoid&oly C0uncilmen Beatty and
Wlhittenore were absent, but they were
vOuched for as standing with Buckle
Robertson, Gemmell and Thomas on the
proposition that the city council and
not Dennis EiChnOr. deputy 30 Mayor
Thompson, is the administration when
It comes to doing out patronage.
Councilman Hewlett stood alone on
the fence. He thought his position s2ff
since he had put old man Buckwalter
in as janitor Of the joint building in
place Of Billy Clovis Hewlett said ne
had paid all Of his political de- IS, but
he was not sure all his faVOTites were
Republican party workers.
Department Heads United.
All the heads OF departments We're in
vited to the caucus last night to ar
range with the cOunCilmen the matter
% distributing places to the parry work
eTg On q basis Of precinct representa-
ton Watermaster and Street Super
visor Seldom promised TO come To the
secret meeting, but Dennis said he had
batter stay away, and Pese did nFt
show up
IF Pete thinks he is going to profit
by this, let him play on. said Robert
son Eve will fix the limit of his de-
partment allowance 50 low chat he
won't know how 10 turn"
Second the motion" piped Gem
nell
4 an. also for rewarding the barty
workers" declared Buckle.
so am l. spoke ThOmcs. as he
pounded the desk.
Dennis continued Buckle
Hold on there, said Robertson. Il
object 70 you calling the mayor Den
MS
Have a little more respect for the
city's executive" demanded Hewlett
We'll. the mayor is Dennis and Den
mis- is the mayor all spoke in unison.
If En- were only mayor We would
have no trouble" said Buckle. and all
agreed that the sage from the First
spoke with due deliberation.
At this point Canning and COttrell
came in for a roasting.
You fellows have not got a little bit
of political sense" said Thomas
Buckle, Robertson and Gemmeil You
insist that merely because Pete Condie
has at last got a job on the promise
that none but Second precincters viii
be employed in his department, none
Of the party workers from the balance
&C the city are entitled to reward.
You seem to think the whole Re-
publican party is in the Second pre-
CinCt" concluded Robertson. and if
you believe your hOggishness is going
u win, so ahead.
Caucus Smoked Out.
At this juncture the caucus was
smoked out by the inquiSitive report
ers from the southwest committee room
20 the cold northwest room But the
members stayed only long enough in
the cold to hear the announcement
that City Engineer Kelsey had Joined
the resurrection, and with him mad
come Health Commissioner King in
spirit if net in person.
Land and Water Commissioner
Westerfield and Park Commissioner
Erickson were reported as being will
ing 10 recOgni - only the Fist pre-
cinct and with this assurance it was
voted by the majority present that Sam
NOu1 not get his clerk and Carl would
also fare poorly by the council = hich
partments, if they die not come over.
The eaves-droppers We're too thick
and an adjournment to an uptown
place was deemed advisable On the
way ND A. +. Lawson of the city cam
paien committee made a. plea for rec
ignition of the party workers, who had
no hope of getting il through either
Ez or Dennis. Lawson also showed the
lack Of political wisdom in ignoring the
scandinavian element
Canning and COttrell bOlted the eau
Gus on the curb near the Knutsf0rd be-
cause the majority voted FOR Robert
sons motion declaring the two Nom
bers from the Second had "haads
shaped like q brick and intellects of
political asses
The caucus was resumed at Lollin's
Here it was pointed out that if the
mayor and his designing deputy sue
ceeded in their plans. every man in
the city's employ would be BLEED poor
10y assessments TO help Dennis Eichnor
and Tom kearns.
Moved Some More.
ones more the caucus moved. hrst
to Hartenstein's barber shop and then
10 the drug store corner. When the
midnight cars were boarded IL was
agreed that the caucus would Teeonvene
at Fred LOOfbOur0W's office this after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The notices, to be sent cat by mes
sengers, VIII require the attendance Of
every department head who failed TO
show up last night a skull and cross
bones VIII be pictured on every notice
as a salutary warning to the absentees
that failure to respond viii bring down
upon them the perpetual wrath Of
twelve out Of the fifteen city council
men.