The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-06
POLICE FORCE
FIGHT GROWS
rontest For Control Excites Pol.
itianS to Activity.
MAYORS SIDE WANTS HELP
&-
CHEF HILToN's LIST OF NAMES
FOR VACANCIES.
MAYORS SIDE WANTS HELP

vsvor Thompson aud his advisers
.-5 the six Republican councilmen.
III are standing for the mayors
..r OF rporga nizing the police depart
-srt appeared to be paniC-stricken
..tsrday over the continued triumphs
yrhief Hilton and his supporters. be-
~v particularly alarmed over the
.srs success in causing the removal
Detective Sheets and Sergeants
1.-npv and Brown. On the other hand.
~ head Of the police department and
.ss men under him. who now feel Sc
,-rs IN their places. took much salts
s.ton In a modest way from what
a. Deem to be a yindicstion Of Chief
Wfons policy.
81 seriously disOrganized is the Re
-,tigan majority IN the council and
bopeiass appears to be it's effort to
KIM the mayor ont on top. that
.rgrnan EiChnor Of the Republican
a-r committee. was impOrtuned to call
,-s committee together this evening to
Tmuate q plan of bringing influence
d, bear upon enough Of the obdurate
-5rciImen. at least. TO permit of the
-.guph of the mayors way Of reor-
r-izng the police force. Late yester-
5lr afternoon Chairman Eichnor said
bs felt "a delicacy about complying
MIN the request to call the committee
IN conference for missionary work. be-
.sUso Of his close association with
Mayor Thompson. but he confessed
that in all probability the committee
would meet this evening.
Want Committee to Meet.
Besides Chairman Eichnor. who is
q -. To NIL IN
-la committee is composed of J. L.
lawson and George Wilson Of the
FIRST precinct. J. J. Meyers and J. II.
Preece of the Second. T. A. Callister
and T. L. Irvine of the Third. Arthur
Pratt and W. r. Hutchinson of the
Fourth. and a. ID. KatZ 6n0 A. Fred
We, of the Fifth precinct.
s poll Of the committee by those who
laim to know the sentiments Of the
MEMBERS showed that probably there
are al least six OF them who would
exert every influence to break the
ines Of the eight councilmen who are
cntagonizing the mayors suspected
policy of reorganizing the police de-
partment In this poll Messrs. Calls
ter Preece and Irvine are classed as
tavoring support to Chief Hilton.
Some there were who expressed the
opinion that Mr.. Pratt would feel no
slight embarrassment If he participant
cd in the committee's deliberations, by
rr5sgE Of the fact that ne may yet I'M
der certain contingencies. be appointed
10 he place held by Chief Hilton. who.
bv the way. was Mr. Pratt's successor.
70 was announced by come of the
members Of the city committee that no
proxies would be accepted at the meer-
ing.
Senatorial Matters Factor.
Among the politicians opinion was di-
i1ed as To- whether the effort TO as
sembe the Republican city committee
ID extraordinary session would De sue
cessfuI. Those who held 10 the view
that a quorum would be lacking point
eip what they believed to be positive
indications of active influence at work
ON behalf of at least four probable can
d.dates for senatorial honOrs during the
next legislative session. They further
insisted that there are more senatorial
considerations cutting a figure in the
contest for control of the police de-
prtment than the average person is
oiLing to admit. each faction endeav-
ring 20 get the organization and the
benefit of the party machinery, which
II
hands Of Mayor Thompson for disposal
10 his favorite
70 was cOuteuded that this influence
which seems to have played an inn
rort8nt part in negativing the action
of the mayor and a minority of the
council i'm working for the removal OF
Chief Hilton, is still potent enough TO
prevent the city committee endeavOring
% help Mayor Thompson win i'm the
contest and sufficiently powerful to
continue indefinitely in Office the chief,
who is ObipctiOnc BILE to the controlling
forces Of the machine represented by
the mayor.
Flushed with his continued successes
and the assurance that the solid eight
in the council viii support him TO the
end. Chief Hilton, viii. il was declared
yesterday. next 20 after the scalps of a
couple other policemen whom he deems
10 be too friendly with the mayor. n,
though the chief himself refused to
discuss it, it came from good authority
i7at one of The men slated for re-
m'yaI is Pat.olman Randolph.
List of New Policemen.
is was learned yesterday from aU-
lloniativo sources that hief Hilton s
pan of huiug the vacancies caused by
ia' removal of Detective Sheets and
Strge8ntS Jaunev and Brown is 10
Make PaUOmen Miner and Hemple
N'seantS and to detail either PATROL
man Gi'leSpia or Roberts to do the
work formerly devolving upon Detec-
I'VE Sheets. The v8csnCieS thus Great
~ NlH be filled b.. appointing Richard
D. shannon. a former member of the
.'''e. lanes ". Love A captain in the
..e department. and brother of State
senator stephen Love. and Bert r.
N'la,osh. q former travelling salesman
''r a tobacco house.
li nas stated however. that the slate
IS sU'is., to revision as to Mcintosh
~ 'r1e~ 20 make room For Conner
'h'm7s. ir son Of the state coal nine
Inspector Harry Jones. a Second pre-
.a'' man. is regarded as the prohab bic
S0'.'Ssor to Fatrolmm Randolph. IN
.'" event that the latter is removed
'E On" chief. The stated intention -
Up replace the ousted men with ncu-
N.Tmons to which class they belonged.
Will. 10 is a certainty. according TO
,' law. that Mayor Thompson can
nave Uo opportunity to disapprOve the
a.,on of the council IN concurriug
-'a Chief Hilton in the removal of
.''lS. Brown and J9nGey, II Is like
Us" d certainty that his sanction must
obtained to the appointment Of the
e.'SNorS To the three removed OF
Tie law specifically provides
,t o. the head 81 the police department
l'- nave the power 20 appoint all Of
M S1oordinateS, subject to the con-
nee of majority of the council
''' The approval OF the mayor.
Mayor Has a Trump Card.
40 matter who Chief Hilton appoints
s.. ." the vacancies i'm the department,
not believed THAI the mayor viii
MS approval II would require
t- l votes to override the executive veto,