The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-16
Provo Apostle and Governor
Spend Whole Afternoon Sc
Iecting AppOintees.
LEHI SAL00NKEEPER
DROPPED In SHUTTLE
Conference of Dignitaries At
tracts Attention on Part
of Politicians.

The light of revelation was spread
over the city and county building yes
terday afternoon.
For over two hours Apostle Senator
Reed Smoot and Governor John c. Cut
Ter were closeted together IN the Gov
ernor's private office, and other callers
were forced 10 cool their heels in the
ante chamber while the apostle dis
closed 10 the Governor the twill of the
Lord with reference to State APP
pointments. All matters of patronage.
il is said were given most prayerful
consideration by the apostle and the
was devoted to appointments on the
State land board, inasmuch AS Senator
Benner X. Smith, nm ungodly gentle,
had avowed his determination 10 de-
feat the confirmation of the present in
cumbents, all but one of whom hold
the holy priesthood
The fact that the apostle and tho
Governor were locked up together
presumably. of course, holding a prayer
circle-became noised about the build
ing speedily. and courteous crowds lin
gered in the hall outside and over
flowed into the Governor g outer of
fee while the conference was going on.
The light of revelation was 80 brilliant
AT times that it was reflected through
the keyhole
Cutler Balks Once.
In oue particular Governor Cutler
declined TO accept the revelation con
veyed to him through Apostle Smoot,
acting as the channel of communication
with q better world This was in the
selection of q State fish and game com.
missioner TO succeed 4" Uncle John
Sharp On Tuesday last Governor Cut
Ter promised his ecclesiastical and po-
litical file leader (Apostle Smooth that
he would APPOINT O. A. Slade of Lehi
to that important post.
IT. happens, however, that Apostle.
Smoot when he secured The promise,
inadvertently neglected to mention TO
the Governor the fact that Mr.. Slade-
ardent sportsman that he isis in pri-
vate life the keeper of n liquor saloon.
The Governor didn t know Mr.. Sade S
occupation until he read The Tribune
yesterday morning. In that veraclous
chronicle he read that his prospective
appolntee was purveyor of wet goods
to the thirsty.
Governor Cutler himself keeps the
word Of wisdom and believes devoutly
that everybody else should do so. He
was never known 10 buy alcoholic re
freshments for himself or for anybody
else, and he regards saloonkeepers as
direct cmissaries of Satan. He there
fore refused to appoint Mr.. Slade, al
though his duty 10 do go was revealed
to him by Apostle Smoot.
Cromar Lands the Plum
While he and Apostle Smoot were
in conference, Governor Cutler sent to
the Senate the appointment of Herbert
r. Cromar, Of Salt Lake, as FISH and
game warden, This done, he told the
apostle that anything else he wanted
ne would be glad 10 grant and the list
of State boards and commissioners, ap
pointed by the Governor yesterday aud
printed elsewhere in The Tribune this
morning, were not named until Mr.
Smoot had attached his O. K to each
and every one of them.
Apostle Smoot, il is said, was particu-
larly insistcnt that the members of the
present land board be reappointed, dcs-
pite the fact that a Senate committee
found them, or most of them, gnilty of
what is tantamount to misconduct in
Office. Senator Smoot, it is said. is con-
fdent of his ability to either force
their confirmation, despite Senator
Smith s opposition. or to call Senator
Smith off The Governor DELAYED
day in sending the land board appoint
ments to the Senate, but they will pro
badly go in this morning.
Following are the mebers Of the land
DoaTU WHOSE IchppolHLIuehb pcHdLOl
Smoot is demanding: William ]. Lynch
(borther-in-law TO Governor Cutler),
presidents; William ID. Candland, Will
lam Thain and Henry Hayes, Secre-
tary John De Grey Dixon has declined
reappoiutment because he is about TO
enter the banking business in Provo.
Harry s. Anderson, chief clerk of the
board, has resigned as n result of the
report Of the Senate Investigating com
mittee.
Cromar a Machine Henchman.
n. b. Cromar, appointed State Fish
and Game commissioner, is a Smoot
henchmau His home is In Salt Lake,
and ne was Il member of the Legisla-
ture two years ago. Last fall he helped
the Smoot game by taking an active
part in the placing of a stool-pigeon
labor ticket in the field to divide the
American party vote
That Cromar s appointment was an
aftcrthought with Governor Cutler is
proven by the fact that the Governor
summoned "Uucle John Sharp, the
present incumbent. to his Office Wednes-
day afternoon, and told him that he
could not rcappoint him, because Of a
strong pressure which had been brought
TO bear upon him TO name a Utah coun-
tv man The Utah county man the
Governor had III mind was saloonkeeper
Slade.
later, however, the Governor changed
his mind and named Cromar. whose
home is in Salt Lake. Evidently he
forgot all about the pressure which had
been brought TO bear bv Utah county