The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-10
SMOOT SEEKS TO
FORCE TANNER
Cracks His Whip Over Governor and
Members of Senate.
APPOINTMENTS DUE TODAY
SPEAKER HULL TRIES TO CARVE
OUT A JOB.

"Advices from Washington are
given as an excuse for sending the ap-
pointment of Caleb Tanner as state
engineer back to the senate. The ap-
pointment was turned down by vote
of 10 10 on Wednesday. Two sena-
tors must be moved over to confirm
the appointment and the fact that the
governor has again sent in the name
IS taken as abundant proof that the
Smoot managers have succeeded in
driving two Doremus men into line for
the Utah county candidate
The precise nature of the "advice
from Washington" is not given out for
public consumption, but undoubtedly
Senators Smoot and Sutherland and
Congressman HoweIl-particularly the
guess as TO what the "advices' are.
The assumption is that the word from
the tall senator Is sufficiently definite
to make at least two senators reverse
themselves. Speculation as to the
names of the two who are to be shifted
| but it would be manifestly unfair TO
mention them pending action on the
appointment.
Senator Callister brought out the
fact that Tanners name had been sent
ia again by moving that polite re-
quest be made for the return of the
appointments for state engineer and
for members of the state board OF
sheep commissioners. 1t then deVet-
oped that the names were already in
the senate, but consideration Of them
went over until today
Nasty Fight on Doremus.
An effort is being made to convey the
impression that the opposition TO State
Engineer A F. Doremus comes from
| M Fr1h NJ hn N irF-iQ
service at Washing ton, but this sugges-
| ton is not well received by those who
recall many public and private state
ments commendatory Of Mr.. DOremus'
work that have been made by Chief
Engineer F. H. Newell and other prom
| inent officials of the government recla-
rlatiOn service.
| There appears to be no question but
/ that the appointments of sheep COM
missiOners will be confirmed today. OPP
! position to them has not been Tigor-
GUS and has been solely on geograph-
| zeal grounds
/ Appointments Due Today.
| a long list of appointments is ex
pected today. While no official an
| nouncement has been made, several
men high in the councils of the SmoOt
| leaders give the makeup of several
state boards as follows:
! Lewis & Clark EXpOsition-Senato
i Wesley K. Walton of Rich. Web Greene
/ OF Sanpete, Representative Rudolph
| kuchler of Weber, Representative f.
| w. Fishburn of Box Elder.
| State board Of land commissioner
! Republican State Chairman William
! Spry of TooeIe; w. d. Candland of
| Sanpete; w. H. THAN Of Cache; john
! DeGray Dixon (secretary) of Utah; H
! n. Hayes (DemOcraD of Sewer.
| State board of horticulture-Thoma
Judd of Washington; John E. Cox of
! Salt Lake; G. A. HichenlOOper of We
/ Der; DR.. ]. A. WidtsOe, director expert
ment station, Agricultural college; Pro-
! fessOr Z. d. Ball, of experiment sta
\ ton, Agricultural college (The two
| members of the experiment station
staff are made members of the board
! by law
Hull Tries to Cut Out Job.
The members of the legislature ap-
| pointed on the Portland fair commits
| sion are eligible to serve, although
members Of the legislature that ere
ated the commission, because their po
sition entities them to no pecuniary
reward. Speaker Hull of the house
! is candidate for the position of sec
rotary Of this commission but il is
believed he will be held to be disquali
| fed for the position by reason of his
membership in the Legislature. The
measure was amended in the house for
| the specific purpose of making it pos
| sible for him to serve as secretary Of
| the commission. The house separated
the offices of secretary and treasurer,
and provided that the secretary should
not be a member of the commission.
| This change was made in the interest
| of Mr.. Hull and may be held TO le
gally ent1tle him to fill the position of
! secretary.
| Some of these appointments may
strike rocks in the senate today. Lines
are rather sharply drawn in the upper
house at present and one cannot safe
| ly predict what may happen.
House bill No. 90, by Edward, re-
| lating to the state board of correc-
tiOns, was killed in committee of the
senate yesterday, and senate bill No.
| 1913 substituted for it. The substitute
measure makes the board consist of
| the governor and two citizens. the lat
! ter of different political faiths from
| each other.
The Edward bill has been the sub
| jeCt of "A bitter fight for a long time
| in committees of both house and SEN
ate. Appointments of members of the
| board of corrections Will be held up
] pending action on the new senate
measure on the subject.