The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-05
SCRAMBLE FOR
COUNTY JOBS
FINALLY ENDED
Announcements OF Political Ap-
pointments Attended by Bit
terness and Heartburnings.
LYON CALLS HALT ON
MACkAY'S DICTATI0N
SHARP REAPPoiNTs MOST or
EMERY's CREW, INCLUDING
FORBES AT BINGHAM.

The anxiety Of the deputies in the office
of the county clerk and of other county
employees who were looking for reaDpoint-
nent was not relieved until the close of
the business day yesterday, The old board
of county commissioners met in the morn
ing. J. u. Cosgriff going out Of office ard
being succeeded by Walter J. Burton The
new board was in session all afternoon
The distribution of county patronage has
caused a great deal of friction this year
and the commissioners have aroused
good deal OF hostility in the Republican
party. The county committee took hahc
in the making of appointments and UP 60
date has been only partly successful The
committee is putting up a hard Fight for
the appointment of Dr. E W. Whitney As
county physician to succeed bF W. X
Calderwood The commissioners had al
ready agreed to appoint DR.. T. c. Odef of
Murray and would not yield an inch. The
committee had nothing against DR.. Odeil,
but wanted Dr. Whitney to nave the place
This they are still insisting on and she
commissioners adjourned yesterday With
out making the appointment
The county committee was successful IN
defeating the appointment of Thomas l.
Irvine as deputy county clerk. His name
was sent in by Mrs. Margaret Zane Witch
er. county clerk, but was stricken out py
| the commissioners. who were at one with
the committee on this point The BOARD
/ Roscoe Xigus as second deputy in the Of
/ flee of the county auditor, though the
county committee objected to him as,
strenuously as they did to Irvine.
Irvine and Vigus are suspected Of not
having been any too loyal to the RePubli-
can cause Irvine was avowedy an in
surgeEt and moreover refused to ccntri-
butte to the campaign fund though holding
/ county position. Likewise he said haT0
things about the federal bunch.
Lyon Takes High Ground.
job P. Lyon. county attorney. took high
ground in the matter of his appointments
| He quoted the law to the commissioners.
who. he asserted. mad the power only Of
designating the number of assistants and
! the salary they should receive He holds
that the power Of appointment OF deputies
I refaafas6 vita zfsze elective fslffqeFe
In this connection several people told
| Commissioners John c.. Mackay that he
was taking slightly too bold stand in
I these appointments and that both Mrs
Witeher and JOB p. Lyon received over
/ 1,O0d votes more than he did and other
members of the county ticket were well
ahead of him. He was told plainly that Il
was absurd to make of himself a car in
the beginning of his term when his can
didature was the really weak spot in the
winning ticket.
LYONS appointments were confirmed.
Some minor appointments in the building
have not been made yet The elevator
man. some of the janitOrs and even the
scrub women expect dismissal Their cases
will be taken up during the week. The
| commissioners will be in session about
every day this week and have some prob
lens to settle yet
List of Appointments.
The appointments confirmed yesterday
were:
County Clerks office-Lilburn p Pal
mer chief deputy
Fred c. Bassett, chief deputy.
Nathan II. Tanner, Harry F. Evans,
John NJ Rasmussen, Howard A. King, J.
L. Eldredge. sr.. Lucretia NJ. Cooley, OIL
via NJ. Burt, deputies
Mamie W. Mckenzie, Louretta Brown,
stenographers.
/ Mabel c. Anderson, typewriter.
Lillian Mclaughlin. mailing clerk.
/ Edna r. Mcintyre. Ida Highlands, Anna
/ Salmon. Ida NJ. Lane. copyists.
County recorders office-Mary c. Smith,
/ A. T. Moore deputies
| William p. Pratt, counter man.
F. c. Bush and II. c. Beissdale, plat
makers.
Eber Case, Elsie Furer, Lizzie McDon-
aid and DAISY Dueomb. abstraeters.
Jean Salmon and Sadie Eddington, proof
| readers.
Irene simmons typewriter.
Laura Gibson. Belle Perkins. Mrs. Bessie
Mahan. Ella Pendieton, Retta Caiister,
Iva Davis and Bertha Midgley, copvtsts.
County assessors office-W. a Leath-
am. chief deputy.
r. B. W7ooiIey, second deputy.
County treasurer's office-0. r. Bund.
chief deputy.
w j. Moore. second deputy.
s. 3. ClawsOn. T. o. Sheckell. I. VI.
/ Fisher, clerks.
J. J. Meyers. collector of personal prop
erty tax.
At the request of C. W Whitley. gen
| eral manager of the Garfield Smelling
/ company James Williams was appointed
by County Sheriff Joseph c. Sharp to
| serve as deputy sheriff at the Garfield
/ srneIter without pay from the county. This
appointment was confirmed by the county
I commissioners.
Auditors office-E. W. Baysinger, chief
/ deputy: G. Roscoe Nigus. second deputy.
! Attorneys office-AarOn Meyers. John
/ L. Bowman, WinifTed WOodmansee. ste
/ nographers.
SheTiffs office-J. Farley White. chief
deputy: criminal deputies. Axel II. Steele,
! Andrew Smith, ir-, Ike A. Emery, John
! Coriess. Carl A. Carlson; civil deputies ".
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