The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-10
CONFLICT OVER
CITY DETECTIVE
PoStponement Of Meeting Avsrted
Open Fight on Police Question.
NEW ORDINANCE IN DANGER
SHEETS OPPONENTS TO YIELD
IF THEY GET CAPTAINCY.

+ THERE HAD BEEN a meeting Of
the city council last night there
would surely have been a fresh out
break Of the conflict between the. mem
bers who are standing by the mayor
and Chief Of Police Paul and the four
so-caiied insurgent Republicans, with
the four Democratic councilmen, who
are determined that former Detective
Sheets shall not be restored. 10 his DO
sition in the police department. II
anything, the situation was little
more strained than it appeared the
middle Of last week. as was related in
The Herald.
There was more than a quorum of
counclimen at last nights assembly.
out by common consent it was decided
20 hold no meeting. In line with the
forecast in Sundays Herald, the mem
bers agreed that an error had been
committed in changing the meeting
nights to Mondays by merely amending
the rules while an ordinance is in force
hXlng the meeting night at Tuesday
AS a way out Of the dilemma it was
agreed 80 defer the session until to-
night and then proceed according to
unquestioned custom by enacting an
ordinance TO change the meeting night
IL VIII, however, be necessary to ratify
all Of the proceedings at last Wednes-
DAY nights irregular meeting.
Those councilmen who are anxious
to see Detective Sheets. reinstated were
really pleased that something had hap
pened to postpone the time when the
former detectives reappointment by
chief Paul would come up for cOnsid-
Grafton. They viii make good use Of
the delay by attempting further TO
break the ranks Of the solid eight who
are opposed to taking Sheets back to
the police force from which he was
removed by Chief Hilton, with Ser
geants Janney and Brown, for the good
Of the service.
Tying the Chiefs Hands.
Standing on the ground that the
pledge was made by Chief Paul TO
Apostle SmoOt that Sheets would not
be reappOinted, CoUncilmen COttreil,
Eardley, Spence and Robinson, tOgeth-
er with the Four Democratic members,
are determined that the deposed officer
shall not be confirmed. They are con-
WINGED that Chief Paul was prepared to
send in his entire list of appointments
and promotions. according to the terms
of the new ordinance but the oppOsi-
ton last night determined upon an
other plan to thwart the chiefs purpose
10 reinstate Sheets. This scheme con-
templates the repeal of that part of the
new ordinance giving the chief the
right to designate what positions the
various policemen shall I'LL.
Last night some Of the supporters Of
the mayor and the chief learned that
the other side would withdraw their
opposition to the appointment and con-
irmation Of Sheets for detective if the
assurance could be given that Acting
Sergeant EddingtOn would be made
police captain. This proposal did not
take we'll with the former detectives
cOuncilmanic support and it is believed
that they will try other means 10
break down the opposition.
Want Eddington for Captain.
"All the other side is holding out for
this time is the elevation Of Edding-
ton" declared a councilman last night,
Just as they held out for concessions
in the way of patronage when they
prevented the removal of Chief Hilton.
Eddington is a good enough patrolman.
but too much Importance was attached
to his part in the capture Of Young
and Brown, the desperate highway
men. PatTOlman Randolph displayed
most Of the courage and ingenuity on
that occasion, but the acting sergeant
managed to get all of the credit for
the capture. EddingtOn is Revenue
Collector Callister's brOther-in-law and
Callister is running the four obstinate
councilmen. This explains the situa
ton better than anything that has yet
been told
When the councilmen left last might
to attend the prize fight the opinion
prevailed that Chief Paul would be
urged by both sides to withhold his
list of appointments and promotions
for another week, in the hope that
there would be smoother sailing by
that time. but the more conservative
ones expressed the belief that nothing
but a fight to a finish in the council
would happen over the effort to rein
state the mayors friend, Sheets, TO
tho notice force