Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-08
NO ANNOUNCEMENT AS YET.
Deyine Slated for Fire Chief and
Major Nytoa to Succeed Chief
OF Police Lyncs,
SHEETS FOR CHIEF DETECTIVE.
UAmerleans" Will Not Control City
Council as Announced This Morn
log by Party Organ.

NOW AAidA AiAf ''N''A"'A ~ '''AN AF'Ath"
Is over and It is realized by the vast
body Of voters that the control of the
american" party viii be almost COM
pIete after Jan. /, speculation Is FREE
ancnt as to what changes win occur,
and who will al the appointlyc posi-
tons at the disposition OF Mayor
Thompson.
So far little has been given out as to
Mayor Thompson's plans, as the cam
palgn In his behalf was not based upon
O. definite announcement as TO his posi-
ton In regard 10 the city and Its prob
lems That No Mormon Need Apply
was epltomzed as his platform by
some radical American" party speak
ers, and this view was taken as the
American" party ideal by few Dem
ocratc speakers,
How far Il will be carried out cannot
be estimated al this time as the lineup
Of the Thompson administration IS not
yet announced. At present the cIty's
payrols are filled with members OF
perhaps every church in the nation,
without regard to ahiliatlon so much
az 10 ability to perform the clty's work.
Il is more possible that It win remain
so, so far as general labor conditions
60, than that any radical change will
come,
DEPARTMENT CHANGES.
However up in the heads Of depart.
ments there are changes that always
come with changes OF administration,
and an open question is where the pres.
ent fire chief and police chief viii look
for their successors That both will
be relieved is-Conceded and their sue
cessors are being named by those WHO
IeeI themselves on the Inside
DIVINE FOR FIRE CHIEF.
For fire department chief the likely
man is James Devne, who has held
me position under Mayor Thompson
before, and who Is well known TO many
OF Inc present fremen. There seems
10 be no opposing candidate for the po-
S'ion, and the movement I'm his favor
seems definite and fixed
MYToN AND SHEETS.
For the position OF police chief the
outlook Is not so positive. George
Soeets was generally supposed TO he
scheduled for the place during the
campaign, but II Is now asserted that
MAJOR Myton is to be chief, with Sheets
as MS chief Of detectives The feel.
'ng IN American" ranks seems divided
as 70 the advisablity OF Sheets as 4
police chief, and the chief OF detectlyee
IS thought 10 ht his abilities better.
MAJOR Myton, who was formerly Indian
agent at Uintnh, and after whom tho
ne" town OF Myton Is named, is well
hhoWn In Salt Lake, although he has
never been connected with the police
WILL NOT CONTROL COUNCIL.
The election does not result In giving
SAT- Lake IAN American" city council
Hs the organ OF the knockers claimed
,Wl' morning The facts are the po-
iIueaI personnel of the new council viii
Ie SIX Democrats, three Republicans
ana SIX Americans" In other words.
lne Democrats and Republicans have
"eolly tWo-thirds OF the membership
ol mat body That should be quite
tuluclent 10 prevent the launching or
putting through of any rank or ex-
uehely partisan or unjust ordinance
of other measure. But Il Is argued
Inat the Americans" may rely on
IloDday to join with them In critical
cases, Admit that this is true and
tne Americans" win even then have
Dut seven out OF fifteen votes. with
regard to Councilman A, j. Davis. hold
over from the Fifth, there IL small hope
OF the Americans" handling him in
view OF the fact that he was berated
ana abused and called a traitor by
the American" party people because
ts Gentle he refused to desert his
own party to work with them. He IL
regarded as an off color" man with
Ihem' and he can hardly be expected
10 soon forget the uncomplimentary
manner In which they have referred to
nun throughout the campaign. Be
tides, he worked hard for the support
OF ms own party at the polls yesterday
and Is a staunch Republican. and It is
understood that he viii not favor the
wholesale discharge OF Mormon" la
city