The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-27
UTAH WINS FAT PLACE
Revenue COllectorship Added to
Federal PlumS.
PROMISE FROM LEADERS
KEARNS PUSH WILL GUST SEW
ERAL OFFICIALS.

One of the latest places at the G-s-
posaI Of Senator Kearns has Deen dis
cussed so little that only The insiders
know it is get-at-able. Therefore, the
senator has been troubled with but lew
applications for it. This is th'. Office
Of collector of internal revenue for the
district of Montana and Utah. 1t pays
something like $500 a year and is held
at present by a Montana man, whose
headquarters are in Helena
There is an interesting little story
behind the coIlectorship. 1t is stated
that when the big guns of the RepUb-
lican national committee, Perry Heath,
r. c. Kerens and others, were here
during the campaign, they promised
that if Utah elected a Republican leg
islature the senator chosen by that or
ganization should add the cOllectOrshtp
to his string of jobs. That is, provid-
ed Montana did not also eject Re
publican legislature.
Goes to Utah.
The Utah people carried out their
part of the contract and Montana fell
down. Therefore, Mr.. Ksar1s VIII
name the collector. j IsL who viii fan
heir to the plum is yet a wide open
question. 1t might have gone 20 IA
CaIlister, chairman of the Itepu olicln
state committee if Edward hadn't E6'l
against Kearns Arthur Pra,- might
have had it if he had been with the
winner instead of the tail-end n
But it's good deal easier to tell UkO
won't than who viii get it, Joe LiPp-
man is mentioned as a possibility. SO
are others who worked to make -.
Kearns senator. but all speculation is
as yet Of Thea aguest character. It IS
barely possible that when tie time
for a showdown comes. the Gentlemen
who agreed to make the trade VII tail
to deliver the goods
Considerable guessing IS going on as
to who viii get the other places at the
disposal of Senator Kearns. About the
only thing that seems sure IS the mar
shalship for Ben Haywood, if senator
KeaTns is successful in throwing ,Ilen
Miller out. Marshal Miller-s Term does
not expire untis February 81 next year.
and he fully expects to pc able to hold
his commission fh=e long, anyway
Representative Van Horne Is report
ed to be not efte- Uni~a1 States At
torney WhittemOre shoes. Senator
Kearns doesn't IKE Mr.. Nl:ttemOre
any too well. even if the latter is at
tornev for the San Pedro. Los Angeles
& Salt Lake railroad. Mr.. WhittemOre
was a supporter of w s. Mccormick
in the recent fight. and for his friend
shin to the banker he is liable to for
Ielt MS DOSlLlDn-
Thomas in Danger.
Postmaster Thomas, in spite OF his
drag with President Mckinley. is in
danger of being Jared loose from his
office. His commission, like Marshal
Mfller's, doesn't expire until February
of next year and he is not likely to be
let out before then, except for cause
If his activity against Kearns is taken
as sufficient cause by the powers that
be, then out he must go to make room
for friend of the senator
Some say that W P O'Meara Will
succeed Thomas. Mr.. O'Meara. has
vigorously denied that he is after any
thing He says his work for Kearns
was actuated purely by personal
friendship. and he disclaims any idea
of self-interest. However. the TumOT
that Mr.. O'Meara viii be selling stamps
to Salt Lakers before Many months
longer is growing every day.
Reward for Snow.
For register of the land Office, Alviras
T.. Snow is talked Of as successor 10
Frank D. Hobbs. Mr.. Snow, who is
son of the church president was in
the Kearns camp good and hard for
some weeks before the election, and his
friends say he is entitled to some Te-
ward.
George A. Smith is not likely to be
disturbed in his position as receiver of
the land office. While he did not work
for Kearns, so far as anybody is aware,
he did not work against him Besides,
Mr.. Smith has considerable strength
with the church politicians who are
said to have landed the senatOrship for
Kearns, and they viii insist That he
remain in office.
Place for Axton.
Of the minor positions, about the
only thing that seems settled is that
John ANtOn can have Ralph Guthrie's
place as deputy collector of internal
revenue if he wants it. Mr.. Guthrie
was an ardent supporter of Senator
Brown. who got him his present posi-
ton.
1t is being whispered that Reprasen-
tative Kelly. after his duties III the
house are completed, viii take up the
responsibilities of private secretary TO
Senator Kearns. Mr. Kelly was slow
in getting into the Kearns camp, but
he stuck hard after he was once land
ed If he doesn't get the seCTetaryship,
his friends say, it viii be piece OF in
gratitude on the part of the senator.