The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-20
PEEWEE THOMAS IS
CALLED ON MISSION
Notice. However, Did Net Come
From Box b, Salt Lake,
Direct.
IA is HIKING TO THE
CAPITAL OF UNITED STATES
Ordered There by Part of
Church Republican Crowd Oh
Marshalship Question.

notice that Postmaster Thomas
left Salt Lake for the east today, in
company with Samuel NcwhouSc. said
the Prominent Politician to The Stroll
Ter on Monday. II infer therefore. =
he continued that he must have gone
either on the Los Angeles Limited or
the Overland Limited, because Mr.. New
house is always in hurry, and this
would mean that the Postmaster had
not only TO pay his railroad fare, but
also his Pullman transportation. This
is an awful blow TO the Thomas fam
ily.
=" Heretofore, Brother John has been
doing the assessing of railroads and
Pullman ears and public utilities upon
wheels. This meant a great deal TO
the Thomas family. because there were
always statcrooms available in the Pull.
mans and there werc ways that You
could wash ono haud with the other
without the ono knowing what the other
did and this is indicative that the
wheeled vehicles and the fellows who
took up and punched the tickets on
those moving palaces did not pay much
attention TO the long slips Of paper
ou the corner of which was marked
the cabalistic letters u. S. b. i.
Different Now.
"'It is different now, however he
cause brother John is not in office and
the Transports ton companies. including !
the dining ear service, don Z give a
d-n for Pecwcc, nor the postoffcc, |
nor John j., nor the family, because I
The dav for taxing box car that cost !
5000 st $40 and Pullman that cost !
$4,000 At 5000 is passed. The other |
fellow does this now. II is an awful !
blow. but Spry did it. and the other
fellow does the assessing. This is why !
Pccwee did not accompany Sprr, Cal
lister and Booth on their trip 10 see /
Taft
"However. there is one redeemiug
feature about paying fare. II gives
Pcewcc an opportunity 10 stop in Pitts
burg and visit his old home without
putting up additional simoleons for side
trips upon through tickets, As a rule,
are gratis, if short trip. only nominal
if the distance is long. This Will give
Pccwec opportunity 60 call on his old
friends, get Endorsement to a petition
for some place for him, under threat
that if they do not sign he viii return
and live among them again. This viii !
get the signatures.
tEBut Peewee has been called to
Washington by the congressional dele
CATION and tho three members of the
federal bunch TO consult over the United
States marsbalship. There is no ques-
fion about this. No appointment was
made Monday. as was anticipated Ad-
vices received here are that Booth. Cal
lister and Spry left the capital for
New York Monday morning They
VIII return 10 Washington this. Tues
lay, evening, when the marshalship
md other matters pertaining 10 federal
patronage in Utah will be discussed
With Smoot. Sutherland and Howell.
No action will he taken, however, un
ii Thomas arrives.
Represents Gentle Crowd Now.
''I might tell you that Pcewec
Thomas represents and carries the
wishes of the church Republicans who
make the Alta club their headquarters.
The marshalship question was discussed
here Sunday at conference. The
goody goody fellows were astounded
when told that there were twenty APP
Dlicants for the Job. They were further
,stounded when told that Fussy
Jimmy. alias Navajo Jimmy, had
stronger Endorsements than all tine
others combined. and that he was GER
ainly slated for the job.
''Then it was decided that the post.
master of Salt Lake City must be
-ushed to the capital. ] am told that he
vas promised immunity from an assess
nent later on 10 advance the interests
IF the party If he would 90. He de-
hurried. ] understand, saying that as
Brother John had been fired from place
nc did not have the pull he once bad.
and would have TO put mp real money il
ne went.
Had TO Go East.
SIN the end. however, he finally con-
sented TO go, and. as ] have told you.
le left on the Los Angeles Limited at