The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-11
CHURCH DICTATES
APPO|NT|vE OFFICERS
Mormon Appointces Confirmed
and Gentle Nominations
Turned Down.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune
OGDEN. Jan. f0.-ThsL the whispers OF
the Mormon bishop had reached the ears
OF The members of tho city council when
they met this evening TO pass upon The
appointments sent in by Mayor Glasmann
was plain. Every Mormon appointce was
confirmed by The council and every Gen
tile save one named TO fill an appontive
office was turned down cold.
Gentle Republicans who attended The
sessions OF the city council TO see how
matters would work out left the cham :
Der in disgust. ono Republican official
way
Tic Mormon church has again showed
its hand [ cannot sec any hope for a
square deal in political affairs in this
party and for one Will hcncerorth use
my best efforts to start the party going
here
The appointments confirmed we're
Chief OF police, Thomas T.. Browning
sanitary Inspector Moron Z. Coulter;
street supervisor. T. w. Jones; city en-
gineer. W. NJ. Bostsph: coal and oil in
spcctor Thomas bupdy; city sexton. w.
l.. Porter. The appointments of. George
4. Graves as fire chief. George Watts az
poll tax collector and DR.. Anna +. Rhics
as city physician and qua rautiuc officer
were turned down.
When the ma me Of Moroni Coulter was
proposed by the mayor for sanitary IN
spector. Councilman F1Ygare. of the Dem
ocIstic minority. asked that tho appoint
mcnt be deferred until Coultcr's record
as poll tax collector. in which position he
served the city several years ago. be
looked into. The amendment was lost
and the appointment OF Coulter WAS con
f1rmed by a strict party vote, the four
Democrats in The council votingk against
the connrma ton
Tho appointment of ". d Van Dyke.
Jr., as an assistant in the city auditors
office, which was made last Monday 10y
the head Of this deps rtment, WAS unaui-
mously confirmed, Van Dyke recently Tn-
turned from mission.
The combinations OF Chief Of Police
Browning and Coal and Oil Inspector
l.undy were also unanimous The ap-
polntment OF ". NJ Bostaph as city en-
gineer came as a surprise 10 many as
Bostaph had not made appliCa tion for
the position Bostaph Was elected vice
comma ander in chief of the @, \, l.. at
the recent national convention in Salt
Lake City and is considered one of The
leading engineers Of the west. His ap-
lie was the only Gentle Republican who
received consideration at the hands of
the council tonight.
Before the regular meeting Of the coun-
ell was called executive session was held
in The mayors office When the coun-
Gil assembled petitions we're read from
several hundred firms and taxpayers. ad-
dressed to the mayor. president and
Republican city central Committee-the
last causing considerable lauchter-ask-
ing that no change he made I'm the police
and fire depsr rtmcnts OF the city,
Al tho executive session prior TO the
regular meeting the legal question as 10
whether President Sam Browning OF the
city council when he was chosen 10 this
position three years ago. MAS elected for
the two years or for his entire Term of
office was discussed freely. IL MAS final
" agreed that he should preside at the
next meeting and later the city attorney
was instructed 10 prepare written opin-
ion on the matter and submit IL TO the
council.
committee appointments: Laws-Pccry,
Barker and Dana. clalms-Brownlnc
Dana and Barker: license Larson. Pecry
and Wilson. i1nance-Dickson, Barber,
Flygarc: firc-Dana Dickson. FlyEarc;
streets-I3arker Wilson. Browning: sani-
Wilson. Dickson,
sewcr-Dana. Browning. Barker; public
buildings and grounds-Wilson Larson.
Austin: policc-Ausiin. Wilson. Hum
phrs. water suppI?-liumphris, Brown
ing. Larson; enerossing- Brown
ing, Larson; taXcs-Flygare. Browning
Pecry: Iigbts-Austin. Barker. Eiumphris; ];
rairoad-Pcery. Larson, Barker. side
walks-Humphris. Flygare. Browning;
Dln6-
4 number Of communica tions were re-
ceved from tie mayor submitting recon-
mcndations. among which was the APP
pointmcnt Of the Rev. j. r.. Carver. a
member of the board of trustees of the
Carnegie free library. To ill recent va
cJncN.