Show SUCCESSOR TO PIfATT r v Various 1I1en Suggested Fot Chief of Police f ULLI HILTON HA THE PULL ± SELGET BEIjIBVJ1D TO BE MOST LIKELY OF SUCCESs sergeant Burbidge Captain Thomas Dobson Captain Paul Iram Naylor Charles Livingston Also Backed For Place General Rejoicing Re-joicing In City Over Pratts Defeat + Now that the city council llas re i fused to confirm Arthur Pratt as chief of police there is much speculation as to who will be his successor That Mayor Clark might get his mad up and Insist on Pratt was considered con-sidered as possible but not at aU probable prob-able The result of such a c9urse on his part would be that after April 9 Salt Lake would be mInus a police department de-partment and thieves thugs and burglars could york their own sweet will 011 the people without fear of DlOlestation i The new fire and police law which g es into effect on April 9 abolishes the present fire and police departments and f provides for their recreation by the appointment of fire and police chiefs by the mayor The chIefs are then to select their men under the advIce and consent of the mayor Without a chief therefore there could be no police department de-partment md as it Is manifestly impossible im-possible to put Pratt again into office Iayor Clark must appoint someone else Many and various were the names uggcsted for the office Captain Paul Mayor Glendinnings appointee when the police and fire commission deposed f Pratt was considered a possibility even though ho is a Republican v Charles Livingston desk sergeant at r police headquarters was also mention F ed He is ar old resident and was a prominent nofipaltisan There were c many who said however that Livingston Living-ston is too old a man for the position L and thought he will hardly be appoint p cd by Mayor Clark The two are close t friends and ha e been associated for years together in church affairs and the i appointment is quite possible i Sergeant Tom Hilton is regarded as the most likely candidate for the posi I F ton Hilton was a nonpartisan in tier tie-r last mayoralty eampatn and hence would be acceptable to Mayor Clark He is general reported to have Re r V Jublican leanings but voted the Democratic Dem-ocratic ticket straight in 1896 and 1898 rersonally Sergeant Hilton is one of the best liked officers on the force He spent several years as a Mormon missionary sionar in the S moan islands Sergeant John Burbidge has likewise been considered as a probable candidate candi-date Sergeant Burbidge is a Democrat and n well equipped man mentally and physically During the interregnum ilfteea months ago after Captain Paul bad been declared by the supreme court ns wrongfully appointed by the police and fire commission Sergeant Burbidge was for some time acting chief of police r He proved an efficient officer then and hE would make a capable chief Thomas Dobson who for rears has been a nightwatcbman on Main street has been prominently mentioned as a candidate Mr Dobson is an old 1csi dent of the city In his younger days he was a pony express rider on the Salt Lake trail and he has a splendid Ieputation ior fearlessneiS and personal poess He also was a nonpartisan two years ago Ham Xalor who was a candidate i for sheriff before the Democratic con VEntion last fall is a possible candidate i dr Xar01 is a member of the well L known old family of that name He is at present engaged in blacksmithing ir WAS MTCH REJOICING There was much quiet satisfaction expressed yesterday all over the city r at the news of the rejection by the city council of Arthur Pratts nomina tlon Among politicians and business > and professional men as well the feeling feel-ing was the same wall nigh every one rejoiced that at last after so many years the incubus which has rested upon the city was removed and removed re-moved it was hoped for good and al1 There was scarcely a Democrat in the city that did not commend the aCtion of the Democratic members of the council in standing together to overthrow Pratt The statement made by Councilman Buckle and reiterated and played up by Pratts personal organ that the members of the Democratic Dem-ocratic party who opposed A W Mc Cane in the late senatorial race had been working for Pratts confirmation was characterized as absur I Its only part and parcel of the Republican I Re-pUblican policy of fomenting discord I in the Democratic ranks said a lJrominent Democrat Buckle has his own reasons for wishing to see a division divis-ion among the Democrats Ee hankers for Mayor Clarks job and both he and the TriBune know that the only hope for a Republican victory next fall is that Democracy shall be divided Henre this constant talk with the senatorial sen-atorial race buried almost a month ago of cCune and anti1IcCune Democrats Dem-ocrats That breach has been healed pennentalY as was shown in the eou1cils action yesterday when the Democrats voted as a unit against thc Tribunes candidate The only antiMcCune Democrat that I an think of who would be lobbying for Pratts confIrmation would bb O P Pratt He might very well do SO for it would mean a nice soft job for himself him-self Perhaps hes the man Buckle referred re-ferred to in his speech The council by its action has carried out the wish of the legislature and the majority of the people and now that Pratt has been turned out let us tust that the city has ashed its hands of him for good and all Perhaps now we can have a police department that will be free from politics poli-tics ana Prattism |