Salt Lake Herald | 1907-07-14 | Page 1 | New and Honest Men Needed

NEW AND Hor HONEST EST MEN NEEDED District Attorney Langdon Dis Disappointed Disappointed appointed Over Failure to Secure Cooperation San Francisco July At Attorney torney Langdon today made the fol following following lowing statement The prosecution Is keenly disappointed disappointed pointed by the faIlure of the labor and commercIal organizations of U the e city to assent to its plan for a convention ot of thirty delegates to select for ap appointment by the board ot of supervisors a successor to Mayor Boxton It is necessary necessary essary that a new and honest mayor be beat beat at once selected to bring order out ot of the municipal chaos that prevails The pro prosecution despite the charges brought against it of wanting to do politics has no more earnest desire than to rid Itself without further delay ot of the political end ot of the situation and devote Itself wholly to the work of punishing the and other malefactors who have hae debauched San Francisco Will Sele Select t a Mayor WhIle Mr Langdon was as not wIllIng wIllIngto to be further Quoted it may be unofficially stated that no further attempt will be made to arrange n a nominating convention Mr Spreckels kels Mr Lang Langdon Langdon don and Mr Heney will themselves se select select lect a successor to Dr Boxton and nd he all iii be appointed by the supervisors probably on Monday A lawyer Is forecasted as the probable successor but his name has not yet been even considered It is understood that If Mayor secures bali through the appel appellate appellate late or superior court he will assert hIs competency to reassume the du duties duties ties ot of the mayoralty and will through the attorney general apply for tor a writ of at quo warranto to determine his ti title titIe tIe tle to the office