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Show THE CHURCH "NUDGE.' ' The appointmont of President L. W, Shurtlitr of Weber stake of Zion, to be postmaster at Ogdeu, succeeding William Wil-liam Glasmaun, resigned, is a fair illus' tration of the method of church political work. On the resignation of Mr. Glasmann a number of candidates for the vacated position got busy working in their own interests, getting up petitious, and doing the usual things that candidates do preparatory pre-paratory to their application for appointment, ap-pointment, strengthening their applications applica-tions by signatures which aro taken as meaning the desire of the community as cxprossod in that form. This goes along, with everybody supposing that these persons who aro doing this work are the real applicants for the position. All at once, however, the announcement comes like a sudden lightning stroke from Washington, that Mr. Shurtiift", the chief Mormon ecclesiastic in that part of the kingdom, has boon .recommended by Representative Ilowell for the appointment, ap-pointment, and all that it needs is the concurrence of the two Senators to make the appointment, sure. That this concurrence will be had there is no reason rea-son to doubt. So that President Shurtliff Shurt-liff of the Weber stake of Zion will bo Ogdon's next postmaster. Now, wo do not suppose that there would bo any objoeliou to Mr. Shurtiift' being postmaster of Ogdeu, so far as his personal character and abilities go. But thoro ccrtaiuly is decided objection to the mannor in which he gets this appointment. Ho is not known as a candidalo; others are allowed to spend their time and money, going forward in their campaign to got tho office, without with-out auy notice from President ShurtlifC, Mr. Howell or anybody oIeo that Shurtliff Shurt-liff is a candidate. The probability is that if President Shurtliff had been an open candidate in tho first place some, at least, of those who aspired to the office of-fice would have kept out, and thus saved their efforts and money. But ihev were allowed to go on, fully believing that they had a chance, and all at once it turns out that they never have had tho slightest chance from the beginning; yet they are allowed to go on and spend their time and money under a complete illusiou. Mr. Shurtliff makes no opon fight for the office, docs not even openly declare his candidacy. All that is necessary as a usual thing among the elders, is that tho one desiring anything shall give his fellow elder a quiet nudge with an intimation what it is he wants. Ilo gets it then without any question, without any consideration of nnybody else, or of auy' other interests. This church method introduced into politics makes a perfect nuisance of all political work. And Mr. Shurtliff has applied it in this case in the most direct and offensive manner. And he wins as usual, and is an offensive winner through the method which he has employed io get tho office. of-fice. Ilereaftor, if any person aspires to a position, his first tactics will necessarily neces-sarily bo io find out whether or not some influential ecclesiastic is burrowing burrow-ing for the place, and if he is, the opon seeker may as well give up beforo he begiu. J |