Show pLAYED THE WRONG WAY For the second time in the history of oC the civil service commission an em in the classified service has been discharged for political activity The victim is William A Kroll Krohl a book bookbinder bookbinder binder r In the office of the public print printer er Kroll Kron was discharged at the sug suggestion suggestion of B H Warner Varner a Republican candidate for congress from the we Mary Maryland Maryland Maryland land district Warner accused Kroll of ot presiding oyer over a political meeting called to further the interests of his competitor for tor the nomination Considerable prominence pro will wilt no doubt be given to this incident It will willbe willbe willbe be used as an illustration of the Intention intention Intention tion of oC the president to keep leep federal officeholders out of politics But be before before before fore we bank too largely on that we ought to know the whole story It is ismore Ismore ismore more than probable that Warner is a Taft man and that his opponent is against Taft Just now the Taft men have the right of o way as far ar as the tho administration can give it to them We Ya would have very much more faith in the presidents sincerity if he would remove from office some of o the more mor prominent federal officials who are ac actively I engaged In playing the game of politics from Crom one end of the year to the other We have some illustrious examples even here herein in Utah There areno are aro areno no more active politicians in the state than Marshal Spry Collector Fussy Jimmy Anderson Tom Torn Hull Hun District Attorney Booth and the he other members of the federal crowd Why the president show his earnestness by removing one of them by making an example of him Can it be because they are to a man In fa favor favor vor 01 of nominating Taft or anybody else the president might suggest The next Utah Republican convention to nominate delegates to the national convention at Chicago will be absolutely absolutely controlled by federal officeholders ers era The call completely shuts out all independents Independent This seem to us to exactly jibe with the presidents proc proclamations proclamations against federal officeholders in politics And AmI as long as cabinet officers the supposedly closest advisers of the president are permitted to roam at will about the country playing poli poll politics politics tics the small fry can hardly be b blamed for following fo loWI g the Illustrious ex example example example ample set them |