The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-01
OGDEN POSTOFFiCE TO
Be TRANSFERRED TODAY
I. W. Shurtliff's Commission Did
Not Arrive as Soon as
Exnected

William GlasmanRs official career rs
postmaster of Ogden was supposed TO
have ended at midnight last night As a
matter of faCt,rit did not end because OF
the failure to arrive of the commission OF
L. W. Shurtliff. the new postmaster All
arrangements have been made TO transfer
the Office today Assistant Postmaster
Rufus a. Garner was on hand to transfer
the property of Uncle SAM and take POST
master Shurtliffs receipts for II, when II
was discovered that the commission failed
to arrive in the mail from the east. The
/ storms in the east have lnteriere't Win
the transportation Of mail. but 1t is SUP
posed that the transfer OF the postotticS
will take place today
Mr. CIasmann's career in the postoffiCe
for the past two years and iour months
has been a stormy one. and his bltteres
+ enemies are willing TO concede that ne
: earned his salary of S, 200 a year. His
I commission dates from Oct ]. lsto Wnen
I he secured the office through the lufil-
ence Of Congressman Joseph HoWeH- No
/ sooner had his appointment oeen ans
I nounced than vigorous protests and
( charges went flying to Washington ne
/ charges were of such serious char acter
/ that special representative OF tne post
\ office department was sent to Ogden tc
investigate them This prevented the con-
firmation of the appointment by the sen
ate. and congress adjourned oefore LEX
case was reached
Senator Sutherllnd was understood to be
unalterably opposed to Glasnann con
fiTmation. Then the question arose as L
Il
| mis- appointment had never been Conilfhle'
/ by the senate. It is asserted that 10 over
| come Sutherland 5 opposition and 70 max
| legal his salary, Glasmann agreed that /
| confirmed he would ilnnediately tenot
| his RESIGNATION. Senator Sutherland re
| moved his opposition and GlasmdHn Va
| confirmed. He then. 1t Is said laughed q
| Senator sutherland and his other oppo
| uents and told them he would TesiSl
| whenever he got ready ~,
/ In the meantime charges were NE
1 / AGAINST Postmaster Glssmann for vlolai
1 ing the civil service rules by Soicitin
| / campaign contributions from the cmpioFe
/ / of the DoStoffiCe. A representative OF u
| civil service conmlssleh Va Stn. 70 - ~
1 vestfEste these charges lie spent som
/ time in ogden last June and took man
| 3snoSitious II Is understood here ina
| / had Postmaster Giasmann acknoWiedse
+ his fault and agreed to refrain from SIN
| liar action 1u the future ne VOL . no y
| 7.t.ined his office. But he denied u
| charces AMI tried to make II appear 10 "
| commission that she attacks Tnaue upo
| him we're inspired BY malice
/ The case then resolved Useh 19sp
rruestion Of ver1city between W llt.s
| Ciasmann on the one side and Waite
| Rirhev. Frank +. Clayton ana other en-
| Moves in the postoffics on the ot1eF- !,
| result was that the Inspector VINO had u
case in hand recoWnenoeq stlat - -; q,
= be separated from the PUBIC SCI WV d
his resignation followed 90.
i The new postmaster viii not De III Z
! sition to make any removals even siVy =,
| he feel inclined to do SO because 81 Vt -
| er4oloves in the postofflce are pTote-I
| in fbeir oositions by the civil service rut
| with tho single exception OF Assist -
| Postmaster r A Garner elr- Garner II
| proved himself to be valuable man
! The postal service ana there : 70 u'sPS,
/ -, an the mart of Mr. Shurtliff OF al
one else to see him retire from the pos
| office