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Show CHURCH DICTATES APPOIHTIVE OFFICERS MoriiKMi Appointees Coiilirmed and Gcii.fi Ic Xomiiiins Turned Down. Sptclal to The Tribune. OGDEN. Jan. 10. That the whispers of tho Mormon bishop had reached the earn of the members of the city council when they met this evening to pass upon the appointments scut in by Mayor Clasmann was plain. Every .Mormon appointee was coiilirmed by the council and every Gentile Gen-tile save otic named lo fill an appointive office was lurned down cold. j Gentile .Republicans who attended Ihe sessions of llie city council to see how matters would work out loft tho chamber cham-ber hi disgust. Ono Republican official of prominence expressed himself in this way: "The Mormon church has again showed its hand. I cunnot see any hope for a square deal in political affairs In this city and county without the American party and I for ono will henceforth use my best cffort3 to start the party Kolng here." Tlu appointment" confirmed were: ChW of police. Thomas 10. Browning: sanitary inspector. Moroni P. Coulter; street supervisor. T. W Jones; city engineer. en-gineer. W. M. Bostaph: coal and oil Inspector. In-spector. Thomas Lundy: city sexton. W Ti. Porter. The appointments of George A. Graves as fire chief. George Watts as poll tax collector and Dr. Anna. F. Rhles. as city physician and quarantine officer wcr" turned down. "When the name of Moroni Coulter was proposed by the mayor for sanitary inspector. in-spector. Councilman Flvgare. or the Democratic Dem-ocratic minority, askeo that the appointment appoint-ment be deferred until Coulter's record as poll tax collector. In which position he served the city several years ago. be looked into. .Tho amendment was lost and (he appointment of "'oulter was confirmed con-firmed by a strict, party vote, the four Democrats in the council votingk against the confirmation. Tho appointment of W. D. Van Dyke. Jr.. as an assistant in the city auditor's office, which was made last Monday by the head of this department, was unanimously unani-mously confirmed. Van Dyke recently returned re-turned from a mission. The confirmations of Chief of Police Browning and Coal and Oil Inspector l.undy were also unanimous The appointment ap-pointment of W. M. Bostaph as city engineer en-gineer came as a surprise to many as Bostaph had not made application for the position. Bostaph was elected vice commander In chief of the G. A. P.. at the recent national convention in Salt Lake City and is considered one of the leading engineers of the west. His appointment ap-pointment meets with general approval. He was the only Gentile Republican who received consideration at the hands of the council tonight. Before the regular meeting of the council coun-cil was called executive session was held In Ihe mayor's office,- When the council coun-cil assembled petitions were read from several hundred firms and taxpayers, addressed ad-dressed to the mayor. president and members of tho city council, and the Ropublietin city central committee the last causing considerable laughter asking ask-ing that no change be made in the police and fire departments of the city. At the executive session prior to tho regular meeting the legal question as to whether President Sam Browning of the city council, when he was chosen to this position three years ago. was elected for the I wo years or for his entire term of ofice. was discussed freely. It was finally final-ly agreed that he should preside at the next meeting and later the city attorney was Instructed to prepare a written opinion opin-ion on the matter and submit it to the council. Tho president announced the following committee appointments; Laws Pccry, Barker and Dana: claims Browning. Dana and Barker; license Larson. Peery and Wilson, finance Dickson, Barber, Flygare; fire Dana. Dickson. Flygare; streets Barker "Wilson. Browning; sanitary sani-tary Iluinphris. Wilson. Dickson. sewer Dana. Browning. Barker; public buildings and grounds Wilson. Larson. Austin; police Austin. "Wilson. Tium-phrls. Tium-phrls. water supply Iluinphris, Browning. Brown-ing. Larson: engrossing Wilson. Browning, Brown-ing, Larson; taxes Flygare, Browning. Peery: Ilghcs Austin. Barker, Llumpbris; railroad Peery. Larson. Barker: sidewalks side-walks Humphrls. Flygare. Drowning: waterworks Dickson, Peery, Wilson, Dan.'- A number of communications were received re-ceived from t'.:" mayor submitting recommendations, recom-mendations, among which was the appointment ap-pointment of the Rev. J. K. Carver, a member of the board of trustees of the Carnegie, free library, to fill a recent vacancy. |