The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-28
LAND OFFICE
JOBS HELD UP
Utah Senators Are Having Much
Trouble in Putting Their
Slate Through.
HOBBS IS MAKING A FIGHT
ROOSEVELT REPORTED TO BE
HOSTILE TO THE CHANGE.

Appointments for register and receiv-
er of the Salt Lake land office are held
UP in Washington, Notwithstanding the
fact that the commissions of the pres
ent ncumbentS expired over a week
| ago. Pressure from Utah combined. il
Is said, with a reluctance on the part
OF President Roosevelt to accede to the
/ changes demanded by Senators Reed
Smoot and George Sutherland, are the
causes Of the delay
The senators recommended E D. r
thompson for register, and also recon-
mended that Register T. d. Hobbs be
appointed receiver to succeed George
A. Smith, who Is retiring voluntarily.
President Roosevelt, It is intimated, has
/ demanded to be shown" why Mr..
Hobbs, II he is competent to hold Office
at all, should not be retained in his
present position, instead of being
switched
Supreme Judge Takes Hand.
Among the things which have con-
tTlbuted to clOgging the machinery SET
IN motion by the senators is said to be
vigorous letter written by Justice
William NJ. McCarty of the state su-
preme court. Justice McCarty is said
to have written to Senator Sutherland
protesting against the switching of Nj.
Hobbs Not content with that. it is
said, Justice McCarty mailed a COPY of
his letter to President Roosevelt after
frankly notifying Senator Sutherland
that he intended to do so.
The followers Of Ex-Governor Heber
NJ Wells are also taking a hand in the
row, and are backing Mr.. Hobbs. They
nave caused several letters in protest
to be sent to Washington. and one
Wells man predicted yesterday that
the upshOt of the matter would be the
retention of Mr.. Hobbs in his present
position, with a possibility that Mr..
thompson might land second place
Among those who are active in hav-
ing protests against disturbing Mr..
Hobbs sent to Washington are c. w
PenrOse and George A Smith the re
firing receiver. Both are apostles in
the Mormon church, and the enmity be-
tween Mr.. PenTOse and SenatOr-A pOstIe
SmOOt is notorious,
Mr.. PenrOse, it is said, is taking ad-
vantage of the presidents reluctance
to make the change to even up his old
score with his fellow apostle, while
Apostle Smith, after four years of as
ISOLATION with MI Hobbs, feels friend
" to him. Mr.. PenrOse and Mr.. Smith.
il is said, are keeping in the back
ground themselves, but are seeing to fl
that others take 3 position on the firing
line.
Thompson Is First Love.
Mr.. Thompson is the first love of the
senators in the matter. They recon-
mended him for register because the
Teceivership may be abolished, and. il
either Mr.. Thompson or Mr.. Hobbs is
to be deprived of an office by legisIa-
tive enactment, they prefer that ii
should be Mr.. Hobbs. Mr.. Thompson
was one of the Utah Gentiles who tes-
titled for Senator Smoot before the
senate committee on privileges and
elections.
It is known that Secretary of the In
terror Hitchcock scans each person
recommended for a land office appoint
ment with the most minute scrutiny. II
is also known that he has the utmost
contempt for senatorial courtesy" and
senatorial "prerOgatives." In a recent
Oregon case he forced the appointment
of a land official utterly distastefuI to
the only Republican senator from that
state and the latter, after vowing that
he would fight the officials confirma-
ton, yielded gracefully and held his
ton was going on
Protests Against n. z. Booth.
Protests against the appointment of
Hiram E. Booth as district attorney are
being forwarded from Salt Lake to the
department Of Justice, on the SUPPOSE
ton that he will be recommended by
the Utah senators when Joseph Lipp-
mans term expires in June, and more
will probably be forwarded. The pro-
tests attack Mr.. Booths ability, and
also go into matters connected with
his administration Of the office Of
United States commissioner here IN
territorial days.