The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-23
Serious Matter Faces Governor
Elect Spry and the Fed
eral Bunch.
CLAM0R is ALREADY ON
FOR PIECE POLITICAL PIE
Places on State Boards and
President of Senate Must
Be Selected.

when OoVeTnor-elecC Spry Is lu-
Quoted into Office in January next and
assumes the duties Of governor. there
will DO many small.fry politician
upon the anxious seat until he an.
nounces the makeup Of the several
state boards said tho Prominent Poll.
tician to Tho Stroller on Sunday.
''There are more than a score OF state
boards" he continued, (Which arc
named By the governor, and every ono
Of the members of each Of these boards
is hoping that Governor Spry will con-
tinue him in place, while those outside
the pnblic crib are anxious TO get q
look inside the state cupboard and see
what Kind Of political pie is TO be doled
out.
''The eyes OF the best posted of the
church Republican crowd are on the
state land board, for q place upon this
board is considered the most lucrative
of all the state boards. In view of the
feet that the present chairman OF the
board, William j. Lynch, is a brother
in-law of the present executive, and
was not confirmed by the senate, it is
thought be is the first man likely to be
bounced He has been held in place
by his brother-in-law despite the wishes
Of the state senate, and 1t IS not prob"
able that the governor.elect will care
az the opening Of his administration TO
precipjtate a fight with the body that
must confirm his appointments.
Board Of Equalization Fat Thing.
"Another position which the practi-
cal politicians have longing for is the
state board OF equalization. It is not
believed that the Thomas family, who
have so long held on to this teat, will
be disturbed, although 1T is understood
that the cow counties are preparing for
n fight for some OF their constituents
upon this board.
"Peewee Thomas, who is one of the
federal bunch and who was one of those
who decided that Spry should have the !
Rovernorship, no doubt had some kind |
of a promise that, in the event OF
Spry's election, his brother should be
retained on the state board OF equaliza-
ton; for if there is any one thing that |
Peewee believes in more than another,
it is the old proverb that 'He who
provideth not for his own household is
worse than the infdel.'
at will be remembered that the last
legislature raised the salaries of the
members OF the state board Of equaliza-
tion to $500 per year and that the !
governor appointed two members for !
four-year terms and two members for |
two-year terms, the latter being j. J. |
Thomas of Salt Lake county and r. R.
Tanner Of Beaver county. The terms
of these two, therefore, expire the com.
ing year, and there will be q scramble !
FOR mace.
"These two boards mention in par
ficular because the members are well |
compensated, but there will be a
scramble for the other places, so that |
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sight when 1t comes to dollng out the |
places.
Who for President Senate.
"There promises to be warm CON
test for president of the senate, There !
are now four avowed candidates in the
field, one from Cache in the person of
Senator Bullen, one from Salt Lake ,
Senator William n. Williams; two from
Utah, John Y. Smith and Henry Gard
ner, all four hodovers.
"While Bullen seems to think that |
he bas cinch hold he will be in the |
also ran class when the caucus is over, |
The federal bunch gave the congress
man to Cache and while Bullen would !
be subservient to the bunch they have !
20 book one for other parts of the state |
Then, too, Cache county fell down this |
the county by 46i plurality and Howell |
by 555, Spry came near being left, as
his plurality was only a. Now the !
federal bunch have concluded that their |
favorite, Spry, was given the double |
eross in order TO sustain Howell.
Senator Williams, while from Salt |
Lake county and while this county has |
usually had the presidency, it is told !
me by those on the inside that Mr.. Viii J
iams will be like Bullen, in the also
ran class. The fact is that my inform |
ant declares there has been too much |
consolidation of the followers about the |
pic counter and that II has got to go I
around from now on.
"The candidacy Of Smith and Gard !
uer is regarded as Joke Both are (
from Utah county and Utah has the |.
United States senator and will have him /
again. Besides. Utah acted like Cache,
While il gave Taft 1898 plurality, Ho- /,
well 1l57 plurality, it buried Spry and
gave his opponent, Jesse William
knight. 73o plurality, so that il looks /
20 the federal bunch like another case
OF getting the double cross
Keep Your Eye on Weber.
Where will the president of the sen
ate come from' Well, keep your eve
on Weber county That county gave
Taft 1873 plurality, Spry 1860 and
Howell ll0S. There was no falling
down on the bunch e gubernatorisl can,
didate hence there is q warm spot nm
derneatb their jackets if any member of
that bunch can have & warm spot for |
any one other than themselves. and one
Of the Weber county senator's is very
likely to land the plum. Then, too.
Weber county is getting tired OF always
standing hitched while the other coun.
ties go cavorting around at pleasure
and taking all in sight
Who Will be speaker Of the honse7
Well, don Z ask me now. Some otbe-
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