The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-06
DEMOCRATS DISCUSS
j. S. MARSHALSH|P
Thurman, Wallace, Letcher
and Storrs Get Together
for Conference.
COMPROMISE DOUBTFUL
Department of Justice May
Ask That Another Candi-
date Be Named.
COMPROMISE DOUBTFUL

In an effort to settle the controversy
over the appointment of a United
States marshal for Utah, conference
was held Yesterday in the Office Of State
Chairman Samuel r. Thurman, at which
National Committeeman w. r. Wallace
j. R. Letcher and George Storrs, the
latter a prominent candidate for mar
shal were present.
Those at the meeting were reticent
in discussing what took place but ad-
mitted that some attention was given
to federal appointments. 1t was ru-
mored that the purpose Of the meeting
was to propose that both George Storrs
and Aquila Nebeker, regarded as the
leading candidates for the marshalship,
withdraw from the race in order that
the plum might fall to some candidate
about whom there would be no dissen,
sion. The meeting, however, did not
accomplish this result,
May Ask Compromise.
Judge Thurman said that the meet
ing was merely an informal discussion
between him and the national commit
teeman relative to the situation in
ildH. ne Sdlu tndI DclloNcu that
the marshalship race was discussed at
the meeting and that the suggestion was
made that the department of Justice
probably would soon ask that the Dem
ocrats of Utah get together on candi-
date In the event that the Democrats
should fail to agree on either Nebeker
or Storrs, Judge Thurman thought the
department might ask that the Demo
Gratis find someone else on whom they
could agree.
Several Nebeker supporters said last
night that they would never withdraw
their candidate from the race, while the
sentiment Of the Storrs people ap-
peared to be that Storrs would be in the
race as long as Nebeker. Both factions,
however, said they believed that an
appointment would be made within the
next two weeks, as the term of United
States Marshal j. H. Anderson ex-
pired more than q month ago.
While Storrs and Nebeker. the former
with the Endorsement of the national
committeeman and the latter with the
support of the state committee, are con-
ceded TO be che leading candidates for
marshal. they are by no means the only
ones seeking the office In addition to
the applications of Storrs and Nebeler
there are on file with the department Of
justice at Washington the applications
of Charles j. Bengsten, John B. Bur
bidge, j. Fl. Cook, A G. Dyer, Newton
Farr, L, R. Marti1eau, Louis n. Shanks
and J. W Sullivan.
Patriotic in Idaho.
For district attorney for Utah the
only applications on file with the de-
partment Of Justice are those of ". G.
Jennings and Frank B. Stephens.
Idaho has almost as many patriotic
Democrats who are willing to sacrifice
private interests to serve the govern
ment as has Utah. The Idaho Demo
Gratis who have filed applications for
United States marshal for Idaho are
r, w Fulton, B. R. Gray, Edward W.
Hasbrouck, T. B. Martin, P. f. Merri
man, Seward c. Powell, d. c. Reed, w.
n. Reeves and George Warders. The
Idaho lawyers who want to be United
States district attorney are John Both
well, Chase X. Clark. Z. G.. Cox. John
Z. Davies, James L. McClear, Frank J..
Moore, J. F. Nugent, Wallace n, Seals
and John l.. Sewell.