The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-10
BLACK DEPRIVED
OF PATRONAGE
President Davis Names ReedalI
as Chairman of Engineer
ing Committee.
MARTIN ALSO DISCIPLINED
FERNSTROM. GETS PLACES ON
THREE COMMITTEES.


Thomas r. Black, holdover American
councilman from the Fifth ward, was
handed real lemon last evening by
President A J. Davis of the council
when he neglected to name him as chair
man OF the engineering and sewerage
committee, which position ne has held
for the past two years.
Black cherished this assignment, loved
II, fairly dotted over it. In order to Sc
cure. II again he nominated Davis for
president at the first meeting of the
new council Monday noon. He said that
Davis was a fair and impartial pre-
siding officer and some other pretty
things.
When j. B. Moreton. city recorder. read
the committee assignments last evening
Black was not present. He had been
warned of what was coming and although
he stated several months ago in reply
to Councilman Mulvey that his ''epi-
dermis' was pretty thick yet it was not
thick enough to stand the disappont-
ment of being deprived of his favOrite
committee Chairmanship-
The man who drew this choice morsel
and who will for the next two years con-
troll the vast patronage of the city engi-
neer's office is Mark Reedall. the new
member from the Fifth ward. Strange
to relate Davis. who appointed Black two
years ago and Reedall. who landed it.
are all representatives of this same Fifth
ward, the stronghold of the American
party.
As a consolat ton prize Black was given
the Craftsmanship of the municipal laws
committee vacated by Crabtree. This as
signment does not carry any patronage
with 1t.
Outrage Says Martin.
L. D. Martin, follower councilman from
the First ward. is also angry.
1T is an outrage the way the old mem
bers were treated" he declared, after
the assignments were announced. For
the past two years Martin has been chair
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committees and on the WaterWOrks. en-
gineering and sewerage, police and pris-
Ons, and streets committees. He still re-
tains his chairmanships, but Is oustsd
from his position as member of the wa
terworks, and police and prison commit
tees. He remains a member of the en-
gineering and streets committees.
OF the old american members, Coun-
Gilman Z. G. O'Donnell, the holdover
member from the Second ward and one
of the most energetic workers in the coun-
Gil. drew down all the plums. He is chair
man of the waterWOrks, enrolment and
sanitary committees, and member of
the public grounds, police and prison,
cemetery, license, library and city and
county buildings committees.
OF the minority members, James ID.
Murdoch the Republican fusion member
from the First, and Henry T. Cowburn,
the Democratic member from the Sec
ond, were treated well Murdoch is on
the municipal laws, fire, claims, water
works and elections committees, and Cow
burn drew places on the streets. engi-
neering, waterworlks and revision COM
mittees.
Councilman Fernstrom is on the i'm
provements. municipal laws. Jordan ca
nal, finance. estimate and apporuonment
and sprinkling committees.
J. ]. Stewart was named chairman of
the important committee on police and
prisons and also heads the license COM
mittee which, under the new license or
dinance. is one of the best assignments in
the collection.
Assignments in Detail.
The committee assignments in detail are
as follows:
Public Grounds-Wood. O'Donnell.
Experimentation, Raybould, Black,
Hall, FernStrOm.
Municipal Laws-Black, Stewart, Ray
bOuld, FeTnstTom, Murdoch.
Streets-Raybould, ReedaIl, Martin,
Hall, Cowburn.
Jordan Canal-Wood, Reedall, Stewart,
Hodgson, FernstrOm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Black, Holley.
Finance-Ferry, Black, Wood, Martin,
Fernstrom.
Estimates and Apportionment-The Hon.
Mayor, President City Council, Ferry,
Black, Wood, Martin. Fernstrom, City
Engineering and ReedaH,
Stewart Martin, Cowburn, Hodgson.
Police and Prison-Stewart. ODonnell.
Ferry, Reedall. Wood.
Fire Observation-Disclosures, Wood, Black,
Holley, Murdoch
Claims-Ferry, Raybould Murdoch.
Waterworks-OD Onnell, Davis, Stewart
COwburn, Murdoch.
Cemetery-Wood, O'Donnell. Reedan.
Hall. Holley.
RevisiOn-Stewart, Reedall, Cowburn.
Elections-ReeGall Raybould, Murdoch
License-StewaTt, Black, O'Donnell
Sprinkling-Martin. Black. Wood, Hail.
Fernstrom.
Enrollment-O Donnell, Ferry, Hodgson
Library-FeTry. O'Donneli, Hall.
Sanitary-O Donnell, Stewart, Reedall
Hodgson, Holley
City and County Building-Black