The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
P|NKERTON MEN
HIRED BY HIERARCHY
Three Prominent Detectives
Brought Here to Spy Upon
Salt Lakers.
OBJECT. TO BLACkEN
CHARACTER OF CITIZENS
Have Been Here for Two
Weeks Past, and Working
With Certain Officials.

Three prominent Pinkerton detec-
tives are in Salt Lake and have been
FOR two weeks past spying upon Ger.
tain Salt Lakers. The object is to, If
possible. blacken and besmirch the
character of certain citizens. They
were brought here by the hierarchy
and are said TO be working with and
reporting TO certain officers. salt
Jakcrs are spotted and are being shad-
owed for the sole purpose of making
political capital for the hierarch and
his band. twcpty-sIX men In all. 1t
is most despicable, but like it was in
the long ago Nothing Will be left un-
done TO keep in power the people whom
the twenty-six men want in Office.
In the retirement of Howard S.
Page from the United States Marshal S
Office the Junior Senator of Utah has
paid political debt Mr.. Page, who
has been a most efficient officer. was
appointed by United States Marshal
Heywood as deputy on February L,
1908. He was reappointcd by United
States Marshal Spry. February - Of
the present year. This was after Mar
shal Spry had duly informed himself
as TO the duties of the deputy and had
heard his endorsers talk in behalf of
Mr.. Page. There was no reservation
in tho appointment. At that time Sen
ator Sutherland was pushing Mr.. Riley
for the place, but he was unsuccess-
ful. Later on about July ), when Sen
ator Sutherland returned home he again
began his effort to have Page removed.
Marshal Sprv. so IL is stated, at that
time informed Mr.. Page that his
tenure was sure. Fourteen days later,
however, Mr. Page was asked to resign,
which request he refused. Consider
able correspondence followed, the case
being taken up with the department.
This correspondence was conducted
early in August. Meanwhile Suther-
land went to Washington and soon af
ter an inspector was sent here. He
arrived at Salt Lake on October il,
submitted his report by wire, left on
October II and on October - the ap
pointmcnU of Riley was approved by
Attorney General Moody. Mr.. Page
retired Thursday Sutherland had paid
n political debt and thoroughly com
petent officer was removed.
1t is stated on good authority at
Provo that the leaders of the church
Republican machine in Utah county
are circulating the report that the
American and Democratic parties Of
Salt Lake county have fused and
up'u buN tl''AI'H VI Ph'b VI tt'n
ticket. Such n report is circulated
here among the Mormons in order to
turn Mormon Democrats away from
their ticket TO the church Republicans,
Those responsible for such reports
are well aware that there are scores
Of voters who viii believe il, and there
by cast their vote against the Ameri
cans and Democrats. under the i'm
preston that both these parties are
fighting the church. The Republicans
of Utah county are driven TO despera-
fion. and they realize that something
must be done to stem the tide that has
Set in against Smoot and Smootism.
Women's auxiliary to the Ameri-
can party Will meet today at the
residence of Mrs. s. b. Clark, S2S East
First South, at 3 clock. The speakers
will be Thomas Weir. George F. Good
win and F. d. Christensen. a minia-
ture voting machine will be on exhibit
fion at this meeting, so that the ladies
can sec its workings,
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=. There will be an open air !.
=. American meeting at head =
y quarters at the Cullen this (Fri- =
y. day. evening. The speakers +
y will be George M. Sullivan, A. =
=. N. Cherry and w. S. Dalton. =
-. The drnYO corpS and Glee cluh -