The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-06

caucus only JOINT lueeunS OF IHt
committees or counties, municipal at
fairs. school for the deaf dumb and
blind and Industrial school. Mr.. Davis
seemed to forget that several mem
bers of the committees had been eX-
Guided from the gathering.
Speaker Glasmann contributed a
quota of hOtair- He declared that moth
ing was discussed except a proposition
to give a banquet to all sixty-three
members of -he legislature at a dollar
a plate When asked why all mem
bers We're not allowed TO participate,
the speaker somewhat lamely replied
tlat he was afraid it would cause too
much confusion. Others gave different
answers but, little by little. the truth
leaked out.
Bushels of Patronage.
Il has developed thai when Perry
Heath was here last fan as the repre-
sentative Of the Republican national
. committee. he promised that if Utah
went Republican and Idaho Montana
and Colorado Democratic. the patron
age of az! those states should be con-
trolled by the Utah senator and his
friends. Things came that way and
now Senator KearuS has more fat jobs
at his disposal than almost anybody.
Another position that few people
know anything about is a cOnSulShlp.
.
promise that Utah should have consul
/ If Uhe state went Republican. He
didn't specify just where the appOintee
should go to or how fat the emOlu-
/ ments of the office should be. There
for. ii is fair TO presume that the best
thing in the gift of the state depart
ment viii be passed out to some Utah
] Republican.
The collective and individual nineteen
+ viii go after this slab of pie along with
1he others. Every man jack Of them Is
/ reported to be hunting something
/ Speaker Glasmann has his eye On the
/ colleCtOrshlD for. the district of Mon
/ tana. Utah and idaho. This place pays
I the tidy salary of $500 per year II
| also carries some patronage in the way
+ of clerks and deputy collectors.
. Van Horne would be affa bic if the
United States district aJtOrneyship Is
handed TO HIM. Davis of Weber would
be master mechanic Of Senator kearns'
new railroad. Anderson of Weber
thinks Charley Meighan's shoes would
about fit him. Meighau, il win be re-
Imem5ered. sells stamps at Ogden
e. Axton for Land Office.
John T. Axiom wouldn't object to be-
r iuE surveyor general or register of the
. land office. The receiverShip viii stay
p, where it is. I'M the hands Of George n
smith. vs.. N. Williams is spoken OF
r- also for register Ur surveyor general.
r. Kelly is said to- be slated for private
u / secretary To- the senator. but the ap-
a p1iutmeut won't be made, If at all,
zv until after the legislature adjOurns.
d. So 10 goes down the list, If the re-
lis ports be true. and there is much cor
Id r0boTative evidence. The association
e has il i'm its power to make Senator
-e kearus official career mighty enter
D." tanning. at least until all the offices in
the government and on the railroad are
given away. The report of the commit
Is tee appointed yesterda.- will be awaited
% with the keenest of interest by all con-
e Cerned.
: Land Board Candidates.
Q The term of Judge Thomas D. Dee
2 Of Ogden ON the state board of land
P commissioners expires, with the terms
of the other members. within the next
e. few weeks. To is understood that Judge
d Dee desires to occupy the position ne
& longer. and a. crop of Weber county
candidates has sprung up. Politicians
generally believe Governor Wells viii
select judge Dee'S successor from We
. BIER county. and for that reason most
of the applications are from that baili-
. wick Among those mentioned are,
Lewis HolrheT of Ogden. MOrOni SkeeU
of Plain CITY William c. Smith OF
/ huntsville and Lee Gibson of Ogden
. Another Ogden man who would like 2
position. it is stated. is Judge L. W
Shurtiiff. Judge Shurtliff is spoken OF
in connection with a. place on the state
board of eOua liZatiOn. If John T. AK
ton bill making members of this
board ineligible to succeed themselves
goes through. an entire new board mus
be appointed before the close of the
session.