The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-22
SENATORS WOULD
PLACATE WRATH
Thomas Endorsed TO Soften Blow Of
Spry appointment to Anti
Mormons.
1T Is A DIPLOMATIC MOVE
BELIEVE ONE APPOINTMENT
WILL OFFSET OTHER.

Considerable significance attaches to
Senator George Sutherland's recon-
mendation of Postmaster Arthur L.
Thomas for reappO.ntment, published
exclusively in The Herald yesterday
morning, in the minds Of Salt Lake
politicians. In fact in the mind OF
most OF them ii leaves no doubt that
Senators SmoOt and Sutherland will
make a fight to land William Spry as
United States marshal. even if no semi
official announcement to that effect
had some from Washington.
postmaster Thomas terms does not
expire until the middle Of February.
The four-year term Of United States
Marshal Ben B. Heywod expires next
saturday. In the natural course OF
events, therefore, the senators would
announce their choice for the mar
shalship before making public the de-
ciston of Senator Sutherland on the
postmastership.
To Soften the Blow.
Politicians figure that smoot and
Sutherland know that their formal in
dorsement Of Spry viii cause a great
cutlery from the American" party ele-
'ment, and the sympathiZers with that
element who still claim to be Repub-
licans: but. when the cutlery comes,
the two senators win be able to point
sign that they are trying to recognize
the Gentle element as well as the
MormOns In the distribution or federal
patronage. In brief, ii is believed the
Thomas announcement was made out
OF Its regular order in order to soften
the blow and alleviate the suffertngs
which the american" element is
bound to feel when Spry's name is sent
to the president
Up to date President Roosevelt has
recognized the right of the Utah sena-
tors to name federal officials in their
states, and the most natural guess is
that he will not vary from his rule in
the case of Mr.. Spry. 1t is true,
though, that none of the Smoot selec-
tons have been opposed so vigorously
as the Spry appointment threatens to
be
United States senators are not &C
custOmed 10 putting in to the pat
rOnage affairs Of other states, and
should Senators Julius c. Burrows and
Fred T. Dubois decide to take high
moral ground" and dip into a Utah
patronage fight, il will be an act al
most without precedent, though the
two senators and their supporters will
undoubtedly take the stand that an
issue no. confined to the state of Utah
IS involved in the marshalship contest
here.
Is Haywood Serving subpoenas?
There is considerable doubt as tC
whether Marshal Haywood is serving
the new subpCenas i'm the SmOOt case
as he did before. It is known that the
subpOenas have been sent from Wash
ingtOC; but it is stOutly asserted l.. the
marshars Office that nobody connected
with that office has seen them. WheT
asked If they are here. the replies Of
Mr.. Haywood and his deputies become
vague and ambiguous.
There is some ground for believing
that some body connected with the
government secret service, or at least
an officer unknown in Utah, is serving
the subpOenas. and that Marshal Hey
wood, who knows every sheep and cat
tie trail in Utah. is doing nothing In
connection with serving them except