Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-31
CITY SOLONS
TALK POLITICS.
Engage inc Spirited Discussion
Over the Appointment6sf
Judges of Election.
SOME SHOW THEIR COLORS.
Big Cottonwood Deed viii be Rep orted
On Thursday Night Salary OF
Juvenile Judge

Juvenile Judge.
The hardest political fight IN the
council chamber for years was that at
the meeting of the city council last
night over the appointment OF the
judges Of the city election to be held
| on next Tuesday. The fight was all
between several different factions of
The Republican members and the Amer
lean members Of the council, with the
Democrats as deeply Interested and
amused spectators 1t developed dur
| Ing the discussion that nearly every
Republican and American member pres
ent had a separate and distinct list Of
judges which was the proper one, and
which they attempted to have approved
by the council The fnal wnd-up re-
| suited IN the list presented by Council
| man Preece, chairman Of the elections
| committee, being approved by vote Of
! to T. Black, HOLIDAY, Martin ana
| Wood voting against II, and A. j. Da-
! via and Neuhausen being absent
MARTIN OBJECTS.
The list, which appears elsewhere In
this issue, was prepared by the Re-
| publican and Democratic city com
| mittees, and contains the names OF two
| Republicans and one Democratic Judge
| IN each voting district. When It was
| presented IN the form Of a resolution
| by Preece, calling for the confirmation
/ Of the names, Martin was the first to
| raise objections to t. He said that the
| council adopted a resolution several
| weeks ago, authorizing the elections
| committee and the three councilmen In
| each ward TO select the judges He
! for one had had nothing to do with
naming the judges on the list, and II
| It was 4 cut and dried affair for Preece
and a few others to put the thing
| through, he wanted TO know It., and he
proposed to make a fight for the APP
| pontment in his precinct, Preece ex-
| planned that the list had been sent to
! him last evening by the Republican city
| committee, and that the Democratic
committee had named all Of the Demo-
Gratis on the list,
HOLIDAY GETS IN,
After the names Of the judges for the
| First ward had been read, Holiday got
! into the fight and wanted TO know II
| the Democratic committee was naming
| the judges for his precinct, or If the
| cOuncilmen were going 10 name them
He protested against rushing the thing
| through without giving the councilmen
an opportunity 10 name the judges as
| provided in the resolution passed sew
| eral weeks ago.
FERNsTRoM SATISFIED.
Fernstrom stated that the resolution
was dead as It provided for the report
to be made week ago, but II was not
done. He said that as nothing was done
by the councilmen up to yesterday in
regard 10 naming the judges he had the
Democratic committee name the Demo-
cratic judges and then sent the list
TO the Republican committee for It to
name its Judges I'VE are satisfied
with our Judges" continued Fernstrom,
land n there is fight over your Re-
publican judges we can't help It. It's
not our fault
AGAINST "RAILROADING."
The entire list was then read, and nj
its conclusion Martin entered a vigorous
protest against railroading the ap-
pointments through without giving the
cOuncilmen an opportunity to name any
of the Judges MS provided In the reso-
luton formerly passed by the council
He said that II was rank injustice to
put the thing through In that manner
~ stand here" he s1ld, representing
a party which cast 5000 votes at the
last election"
A POINTED QUESTION.
Aren't you a Republican," asked
Fcrpstrom,
u haven't said anything about any
party; ! haven't mentioned any names,
was the reply.
Weren't you elected as a Republ-
cang again ventured Fernstrom.
Yes SIR was Martins response.
and ! was Republican long before
some OF you knew what Republican.
ism was
BLACK TO THE RESCUE.
~ this iunctlre another American
took "a hand In the proceedings Black
arose and Offered an amendment TO the
list which would give the Americans
one judge In each district and the Re-
publicaus ana Democrats one each. In
support Of his amendment he said that
all knew what the American party f.,
II not he declared that they would
know after the election. He insisted
that the Americans were entitled 10
recognition in regard TO the matter Of
judges and asked that his amendment
be adopted,
WOOD OFFERS LIST.
Wood asked Tor the law governing the
matter, Whereupon city Atty. Dey read
from the statutes and stated that
whether or not the American party
should be recognized was matter for
the council TO determine, as the law
did not prohibit it having judges. Wood
then made a complaint against the
Judges iu his ward. lie had a list
which he declared was made out by
the Republican city committee too and
he insisted that the Judges named
therein for the Second ward be up-
pointed. lie dd not care what was
done IN the other wards but he aid
want 10 have something 10 say about
his own ward and therefore submitted
his list as a substitute Tor the whole,
BLACK on IGNORANCE.
Black then objected to some Of the
Republican Judges Of the Second pre-
cInct ana declared that they We're so
Ignorant two years ago they got things
80 mixed that the matter was taken
TO the courts for settlement, lie OBJ
jected to those Judges being reappolut-
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