Show THE UTAH commission washington april 28 23 at a late hour last evening and after a long conversation with the president postmaster general wanamaker wana maker decided to appoint irving A benton as postmaster at salt lake to succeed mr barratt the present incumbent the reason given by mr Wari wanamaker for the selection of mr benton is that the office has been under democratic control cAnt rol for the past four years and three months and under the circumstances cum stances there was no impropriety in making the change it may be doubted however r if the admi ni would have reached this conclusion but for the persistent efforts of the several members odthe of the utah commission now in the city no later than yesterday yeste yest rJay erlay these gentlemen called upon mr wada wanamaker and assured him that mr barratt expected to go that he wanted to KO go and that it would be in personal pe favor tobia to him tobe permitted to step lown down ahdout the post master general knew the commissioners commas to be truthful men and he be bellowed them and so today mr bentons bensons Ben tons nomination was sent to the senate and he will no doubt be promptly confirmed it may be said I 1 iu u passing that there is no tru truth tb in the statement that the report of the inspector who recently visited salt lake severely censures ren mr Barratt Bar Ps management of the office the report I 1 am assured contains no ret reflection lection upon mr barrett that would in the remotest degree furnish a pretext for hla his enforced withdrawal from the fier service v ice herald the nea that mr barratt would consider cou aider it ita a personal favor to be allowed to step down and out JJ and would signify his desire to the republican in members embers of the utah commission was too absurd for those who know mr barratt to believe if he wanted to retire he would have pursued the method he has followed through life and would have presented his resignation he is willing to accept tn t 1 n feell nir the changes chances of the wheel or of fortune but hardly cares to be given credit for chatis what afi not his with a view to ascertaining how trustworthy are the members of the utah commission who are said to be known to the postmaster general as truthful men mr barratt was asked by a NEWS reporter april 25 what foundation there was borsuch for such au an assertion on their part here to is his reply the quotation you have read me from the heramis dispatch seems to state the matter very plainly and yet colonel page assures me that the commission have persistently declined to join in petitions or meddle in matters of the eb ch racier in question I 1 do not know mr saunders Mes rs godfrey and robertson Bo berteon have seen considerable of the office and certainly know something of the disadvantages under which I 1 have labored but no word has ever passed between us to justify the statement attributed to them if they are quoted aright added mr barratt ironically 1 I should suppose be greatly obliged for their delicate consideration and thoughtfulness thoughtful ness in snatching the time from their own duties to enter this plea for an overworked fellow official but a fellow feeling makes majesus us wondrous kind 1 what I 1 most care to have the public understand is that it Is not the change I 1 object to so BO much as the manner in which it is made it was not nev necessary essary to ta invent excuses or telegraph over the country vague and loose insinuations which no official report on the office woul bouli I 1 in the least sustain if the president or postmaster general desired to take up my commission at the end of two years instead of running to its fult ful extent of four they might at least have bave made their wishes known I 1 should not have driven them to the necessity of a tangled and difficult mathematical calculation 11 1 1 now it will be in order for the three commissioners named to explain P their conduct |