The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-26
Utah Delegation in Congress
Has Again Placed Him About
Neck Of Utah Republicans.
HE IS TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
AS POSTMASTER OF ZION
Real Republicans RcIegated to
Again Give This Political
Pap-Sucker Place.

'lh - S'll-Nh l'ldlliN'iN
Special TO Tho Tribune
WASHINGTON. II. G.. Feb. 25-Thc
name OF Arthur H. Thomas To Ln most
master Al salt Lake city. was sent 10
the senate today
"Auother four years for Peewee
Thomas in the Salt Lake posLofficc.
Another four years of in1iction upon
u long-sufering public Of man who
apparently cannot exist without hold.
ing on TO the public teat And real Re.
publicans are expected 10 stand up and
take their medicine and support IN ad.
ministration that selects such men as
this perpetual Office holder This is
the way wcil.known Republican of
Salt Lake put it when talking with The
Tribune on Friday evening regarding
the nomination of Pcoweo Thomas 10
succeed himself in Office as postmaster
of Salt Lake. Continuing, this well.
known Republican said.
Nv hat must the national administra-
tion think of Utah Rcpublicanism? Of
course, II is understood in Washington
what this appointment means tor in
the national capital it means that Pee
wee Thomas, assisted by Patrick Henry
Dannon and the remainder of the Alta
club seXtettc, rs to deliver The senator
ship TO Sutherland next year They arc
10 he the catspaws that viii pull the
Mormon chcStnu,s from the fire 10 place
Sutherland, whiskcrs and all, back in
tho senate.
''Iu any other city in the United
States, n postmaster who would permit
q pouch of tirst-class mail to remain in
hls Office unopened for thirty 9hu
days as did this lifelong public-teat
puller, would have been summarilv dis
missed from Office. But it is different
in Salt Lake. Here the hicrarch and
his baud. twenty-siX in all, run national
and state politics, say thumbs up or
thumbs down. and il goes, aud Pecwee
Thomas, knowing the high sign and the
line with the hicrarch, retains the
hierarch $ son-In-law as his deputy and
thus retains the church influence.
Why the Appointment,
"When Fussy, alias Navajo Jimmy
Anderson, was selected for the United
States marshalship last year, it was
given out here that Sutherland was
against the appointment, but do YOU
recall when this bewhiskered Jack Nor
mon made any protest against that
appointment? Do YOU know Why The
apostle-senator laid down the law. 1t
was you support my candidate and
joe S candidate which meant the
church candidate. or the protcge OF
Patrick Henry Lanuon and the silk
stocking crowd Of alleged politicians,
Arthur l.. Thomas, will not be chosen
or designated for postmaster or any
other office i'll Utah. It's up 10 you.
George, dear.
'"This was a worse blow than the
one that killed father \ Thomas with
out an office. particularly Peewee
Thomas. would Ge Il greater calamity
than would occur were HallcY's comet
TO strike the earth Chaos would reign.
Is You support our candidate for United
States marshal or l and Joe Will kill
off your postmaster, continued the
apostolic ambassador to the United
States senate. Support our man An
derson and when the time comes we
will support Thomas The deal was
concluded. the goods have been dcllv-
cred upon the part of both parties to
the pact,
Thomas's Campaign Contributions.
.'In the last city campaign, when the
city Republican committee was calling
for funds to run tho campaign, 1T was
necessary TO call upon the oflccboJders.
An assessment of 10 per cent on the
monthly salary of every state official
and every county Official was made. This
included the scrub women i'll the county
side of tic joint building. 1t was be.
lieved that the federal bunch would
come mp with the coin without au as
sessmcnt and that the bunch would re.
spond literally Did the bunch do thls'
Well. ask the city committee.
conc member of the bunch, Pcewee
Thomas, perpetual teat pullcr of the
public tcat, contributed, so | am m
formed on good authority, the munih-
cent sum of s32. This was 10 per cent
of his salary for one month or live
sixths of per cent of his salary for one
wear And this | am told was not all
paid at one time, SO was his first con
tribution and the extra 81 was, | am
informed, contributed most reluctantly
90 paw a small bill for cab hire, but
whether for the party or himself |
don I know. In national campaigns my
informant declares that so was the
maximum of his contribution.
Vigorous Protest to Be Made.
"Wcll. protest will bc sent against
his confirmation and il Will be a protest
couched in most vigorous language. IL
wIll be sent to the Utah congressional
delegation and IL viii also state that If
an election was held for the position
of postmaster Of Salt Lake and Thomas
was CaNUlUlIC IDdl NC cOulu upl IppIl
$50 votes, so thoroughly is he dCtested
by thc rank and file Of the party.
"Thc Republican party of Salt Lake
is split asundcr. This appointment will
cause wider breach in the ranks.
Pccwcc viii not he able TO deliver the
goods to Sutherland Understand ] ana
not an aSpjTant for official position. but
there are hundreds of workers in the
party that are entitled TO some OF the
loavcs and fishes, and now that the fact
is known 10 many in the past and now
made public TO all that the federal and
state and county positions IN Salt Lake
can only hc filed by the Thomas. the
E)dredge and the Callisicr families thcrc
will be such breaking away aud
llocking to tho American party rs was
never dreamed of. IN saying this I do
not want TO he understood AS saving
that The rank and 6lc OF tho Republican
party i'm Utah arc Republicans merely
for pclf. for thcv are not. but tbey do
believe IL fair plny and rotation in of
fee.
What Anpointment Means.