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Show MUTES LEAVE FOB IE GAP II Thoresen and Dunbar Go to Washington in Support of Their Claims. I. C. Thoresen, candidate for appointment appoint-ment to the position of surveyor genera! for Utah, left yesterday for Washington, Washing-ton, called thither by the general land office of the United States government, PrlendB of Mr. Thoresen declare that his visit to Washington will result in his immediate appointment to tho position he Is seeking. Jn opposition to Mr. Thoresen's candidacy candi-dacy protests against his appointment have been tiled with tho interior department. depart-ment. The department felt that Mr. Thoresen .should be given the opportunity to reply to these charges and to disprove dis-prove them. Mr. Thoreson said before leaving Salt Lake that he was unaware of the nature of the protests against his appointment, but felt that whatever Ihev were he would be able to disprove them to the satisfaction of the depart-menL depart-menL If this Is done, It is not at all unlikely that Mr. Thoresen will be appointed surveyor sur-veyor general. The term of Surveyor General Thomas Hull expired last December De-cember and tho department has been eager to All this place. Mr. Thoresen has all along' been the leading candidate for the place. Ho has tho Indorsement, of National Committeeman W. R. Wallace. Wal-lace. State Chairman S. R. Thurman and nearly all of the leading Democrats of the state. D. C. Dunbar, an active candidate for the position of postmaster at Salt "Lake, left for Washington with Mr. Thoresen yesterday. Mr. Dunbar was advised a few days ago by friends In Washington Washing-ton that the postmaster general had decided de-cided to recommend the appointment of Noble Warrum. Mr. Dunbar's principal competitor. He wired to tho department and asked that the appointment bo deferred de-ferred until he was able to reach Washington. Wash-ington. Mr. Dunbar had planned a trip to the east on other business and when it seemed necessary that lie plead IiIb case In Washington he act this trip forward for-ward several days. A dispatch from Washington last night announced that National Committeeman Wallace had recommended to the treasury treas-ury department that John E. Clark, secretary sec-retary of the Democratic state committee, commit-tee, and Mahonii Spencer, also a prominent promi-nent local Democrat, bo appointed as income in-come tax collectors. |