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Show THOMAS F. THOIS GETS COVETED PLUM U S Senate Confirms His Appointment as Collector of Customs Tl on as F Thon as was confirmed yes terday by the Un ted States senate as collector of customs for Utah and Idaho Mr Thomas was appo nted hy Presi dent W lson to th s pos t on some days ago but h s coufirn at on was held up for a short t me by Senator Key P tt nan of Isevada nho des red the ap po ntment for a ISevada n an He w th drew h s oh ect ons yesterday however and the confirmat on resulted Mr Thon as was adv sed of h s con firmat on -yesterday hy w res from. Sen ator Eeed Smoot of Utah benators Key P ttman and rranc 3 G Isewlands of 'Se ada and Senator Charles S Thomas of Colorado all of whom eonfratulated Mr Thomas on h s appo ntment Tho appo ntn ent of Mr Thon as was made o cr the ob ect on of Nat onal Comntteenan W B Wallace He had or e nally ado sed Mr Thomas for the pos t on but e ent w red. Secretary McAdoo w thlraw ne tie ndorsement Miter P es dent W lson had made the appo ntn ent Mr Wallace aea n object ed and w red h s protest aea nst the appo ap-po ntment to Wash neton Tor the part two years Mr Thomas has been cha man of tl e Democrat c county co m ttee an 1 conducted the cainpa en for the Den ocrats of th s co nty n 191" He has been an ac t ve pa ty worker for the ) ast twenty ears but nt X recently has never been a candidate for office For the po ' s t on he sought he had tho ndorse n ent of the Den acrat c tate com in ttee the De nocrat c ount co m t tee and ost of the leaders of the party n the state Tie 1.08 ton of collecto of customs for ltah and Ne ada was recently n ade acant by the leath of J J G eenewald The posit on ea r es a s,alar of t 500 oer year When Mr Thomas learned of h s con fi nat on ester lav he a 1 that ho was o-arteful for the loy 1 s port of h s fr ends both here and n Wasl ngton He sa d that he wo 11 de ote all of h s energ os towa d ma n h s ad n stra t on a succe s |