The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-25
tNow York JournaI.D

5New York JoUrndl1
out of thr dust kicked up by the
campaign there energies with startling
tistWgruoSs the figure of Benjamin +.
uJaN To all men ne is the governor
elect of this state: 10 the few who
know him he is more than this.
into the shadows Senator Plat is
rapidly rCJreatiug. worn out by years
ana feebIcurSS. and in his place. as
tha master of the Republican oTganiza-
lion. stands OdeIl.
He will continue to be the master
after d. ceases 10 be governor His
hand is upon the throttle of the Re
publican engine. and Republican ma
rhmIsIS all over the state are loudly
swearing allegiance To him.
With his coming viii come a new
order of things There is about him
u' trace of the feebleness of Morton,
o. the arrogance or independence of
Slack, ur Of the Inconsistencies of
Roosevelt. odell is a practical poll
urIaB. he Is as cold as ice and as
selfish as man can be and stay alive.
study uf his features tells some
Thing of his nature. Craft lies in his
eyes determination in his bullying
CHM, serrerivenesS i'm his straight
mouth. bulldog tenacity in his thick
neck and mentality i'm his high, broad
forehead Where he gets his disregard
o.. public opinion is not so clear. But
one characteristic stands out most
tolSp.u7uS.E That is has sIynesS.
WHAT bdrI thinks ne does not say.
i.r IT is his conviction that a mans
.l3lElU like his love letters. should
Dr. kent locked and sealed.
RE u-SIfafa~ al every question. He
waits and thinks il over. and then he
s'rs am ans ar that may be twisted
a any shsI demanded by future
Emergencies. For example.
,.. .Rr Merchants association asked
..lA be- favored the repeal of the
.'amanu water act. Instead of direct
replying Goo the question as Stanch-
--- a.-. '1e.. wrote a long letter, in
which h- said.
What direction this tremediaD Iegis-
'a..'A should talk. must depend. of
,'..S- Upon the obstacles to be over
When tho blocks Of ten letter came
', niaH ~7fa it was 1t forgery. because
D.. -..7. followed his signature with
- me- hartman of the State Com
L-- w hem he was charged with
, -a.--t 'a.asraphed Governor Roose-
-- t' SUPPRESS Mayor Van Wycks
l->"fF I'm the zoe trust case he said
-- never sent the telegram. and for
r-. pointed 90 the fact shat the sig
'." was barren of the "Jr"
.".S examples of OdeITS Indirect
r- gould br multiplied indefinitely.
l..''- ..H walking along the street
..."S- -shouldered body
r... .$ deliberately along close to the
r.r,..--- as If desiring to avoid at
our.az .ae last two legislative SEES
.-N 'a". Was ia Albany. He was
IN to-. seen ul amy legislator or visi-
a. ".u.a the walls of the capitol al
sr@. D.. was always there.
,. t-S .rEH"le hiding place was i'm the
..a.. .""H of Speaker Nixon or Of
r--,... .-a p. Governor Woodruff He
h. I .'i these secluded places. which
p... .-e3 uE the back sta ircases.
-1. though he was unseen his hand
ra,5--.' 'l Hy every person interested i'm
il 5..,. non II OdeU objected 10 q bin.
r.a--'. .- le favored it. votes enough
r- Ways found TO pass it.
r -- mad said the word the Ra1y7a-
h. -1N would have been repealed. but
,s,-.+ ,-'jed the company from as
+H5'-- ne defeated the EMPLOYERS liza
the DIV PIE passed the bin benedting
he s. 'ii'ei Dir system of railroads. and
tsr,- led the amendment of tbe hin
ma franchises.
An. record of the things he diI AT
bs-,a IS too long for renrodIcfio1
ana fills presence was % !,aDef,,I one
90 bfrEll legislator habituaUv referred
rar.I '-.u as "'lobbvis.. A iaeisIattT-e
Way. '.''e described him in this
Inc business of a lobbyist is fp5 ~