The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-24
MAYOR CHOPS OFF
H leads OF GUILTY
AK Falls Upon Two Precious Rascals
Of Philadelphia.
FRIENDS OF GAS THIEVES
PUBLIC SENTIMENT THOROUGH
IN AROUSED.
PHILADELPHIA. May 23-In his ef-

PHILADELPHIA. May 25--In his ef-
fort to defeat the contamination OF
the plan TO lease the city gas
works TO the United Gas improvement
company for seventy-ffve years for So
0.Q00, Mayor Weaver today dismissed
from office David J. Smyth. director Of
the department of public safety. and
Peter Costello director If the depart
ment of public works The mayor has
announced that he Is in the fight 10
The bitter end, which means that Il
great political battle is now ON and
VIII be carried 10 the polls next No
NgWbeT. In his fight against the gas
lease and the Republican organization.
the mayor has called IN as counsel
EIihU Root Of New York and former
J1-Ee James Gordon of this city.
Refused to Resign.
frederick = Shoycr. director OF the
Department of supplies. 10y direction Of
thH mayor, suspended an investigation
As.hUr H. Morrow. assistant director
o. she department The removal of Di-
r.. fOrS Smyth and Costello did not
come under after the mayor had asked
than TO resign Immediately. I'm reply
e'tsh sent a letter 10 the mayor offer
ing his resignation to take effect when
his successor SHAH be qualified.
Mayor Weaver answered them by
demanding their immediate resigna ton
The answer the directors returned was
To the effect that they had rendered
their designations lin the usual form
and iH accordance with the provisions
OF the city charter and that they
would stand by them as rendered
Mr. Weaver then ended the CORE
Spoudence by sending to each a letter
of dismissal.
New Men Appointed.
After the removals had been an
bounced the mayor made public the
names Of the men he had selected for
The places They are Colonel Sheldon
Potter. To fill the Office of director of
public safety, and \. l.. ACker. TO be
director of the department of public
works ad interim. The fight over rthe
form of resignation was an important
one I'm that the new directors can only
De qualified by the confirmation of
councils, which is controlled by the OF
Eanizatiou- Each dismissed director
received $4,000 a year and together
they had control of 10000 Office holders.
Il Is not likely that the councils will
confirm the men appointed by the NAV
or. but that they viii hold the offices
ad interim The two dismissed dfrec-
tors refused 20 use their influence TO
help the mayor in his anti-gas lease
Fight, and this led the mayor to ask the
directors for their designations.
News Spread Quickly.
The news of the mayors action
spread quickly to every section of the
city Every one wanted TO know what
the organization was going TO do. II is
evident that il is planning for a great
contest The next city election will be
held in November. when d sheriff and
coroner are to be elected The organ
lzatlon candidate for sheriff is Harry
Ransley. president of the select coIIn-
ell and an advocate of the gas lease
and II Is likely that the reform organ
lzatiOHS of the city viii center their
strength To defeat him While the NAV
or refuses TO say what his future ac-
ton viii be regarding other office
holders who ODnOSe him. il is believed
that he Is not through with his work IN
this direction The reform ore,7 MIA
tons of the city are continuing with a /
vim the plans to block the lease Ward
meetings were held tonight. the largest
OF which took place Al the BOurse.