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Show ' , Ilocal politics 9 I i Tho term for which Postmaster j Thomas was appointed expires early next year. There are four applicants V for tho position. Mr. Thomas, for re- appointment, J. U. Eldredgo, Jr., Fred J" W. Price, respectively, and A. t I H. Nash. Tho appointment, j ' as established by precedent, 1 rests with Senator Sutherland, Salt Lake City being tho senator's home town. All the applicants are ' staunch political and personal friends of Mr. Sutherland and It Is not yet known which ho will recommend to ! President Roosevelt. Under a lato ruling President Roosevelt and Postmaster Post-master General Cortelyou civil service practices are to prevail to tho extent that tho more wish of a senator will not bo sufficient to remove an efficient postmaster no matter how long he j "' may have held tho office, and those rules already apply to tho treasurer and other postofflco ofllcials. This militates mili-tates to the advantage of Mr. Thomas, tho present incumbent. Mr. Eldredgo Is a, young man of more than ordinary ability and probity. For years ho has been an ardent worker In tho Republican Repub-lican cause and is deserving of any re- ' wards his party has to dispense. Mr. Thomas for nearly eight years has been postmaster of Salt Lako City ' and a most efficient public servant. Tho eervlco during his admlnlstra-i admlnlstra-i tlon and largely owing to his personal '' . Influence has been advanced from that t' " of a village to a city of tho first class, j A few years ago pcoplo wero under tho I necessity of traveling miles to buy ' postage stamps and transact their l postofflco business; now there aro In . tho city fifteen small stations and five r larger sub-stations at which mall is f , rocelved and dispatched. Few If any S cities In tho country can show so great advancement in tho past eight f years In tho matter of postal faclll- ties. The county has also benefited. Tho rural freo delivery covers ovory i 'M, portion of tho county whereas It was I non-existent before. Tho lmprove- P ments for public convenience wore to f a great oxtont brought about by tho personal lnfiuenco of Mr. Thomas. His efficiency and attention to tho needs of tho public aro a strong recommendation recommen-dation for Mr. Thomas, and ono which will bo considered. Fred Price has valid claims to substantial sub-stantial reward from tho Republican party. Ho has been among the staunchest and most faithful Republicans Republi-cans In adversity and prosperity, an ardent worker at all times and a man of ability and sterling integrity. A. H. Nash is well known here. Ho Is a brother of Governor Nash of Ohio, always al-ways been a Republican and a 'worker under all circumstances. Ho was assistant as-sistant postmaster In Salt Lako and and afterwards postmaster, acquitted himself with credit and ability and while ho was In offico gave tho public good service. Dunco Bill, as they call him In Og-den, Og-den, was in Salt Lako seeking endorsements en-dorsements for his application for postmaster of Ogdon. Truth said last week that the Internal Inter-nal revenue office would not bo removed re-moved from Salt Lake and that E. H. Callistor would remain in tho offico of collector for many long days. Advices Ad-vices from Washington fully establish this position. There will bo no change in either tho location of tho office or the-personnel of tho collector. Tho rlpplo was a small wave gotten up by tho Tribune without anything substantial sub-stantial behind It. Furious J. Cannon, who has been in ilmost all known political parties, Is now laying his wires to get back whero ho originally started from, tho Republican party. Ho has written some letters to President Roosevelt explaining (?) that tho "American" party movement hero was Instituted for the purposo of "cleaning up" tho Republican party, a ruse to get rid of tho riff raff. Franklo hopes to blossom blos-som out as a Republican leader very soon! ! Ben Heywood, United States marshal mar-shal for Utah, wants to continue holding hold-ing that office. Ho and his friends aro making representations at Washington Wash-ington that ho ought to bo reappointed reappoint-ed on account of his efficient services In the past. In tho clean sweep which tho Incoming In-coming city administration is expected expect-ed to mako and which it has a right to make, thero Is ono officer which Truth hopes will not bo touched, that Is Colonel B. B. Mann, tho humane officer. of-ficer. Whether or no Colonel Mann was with tho American party in tho lato election wo don't know and in the caso of tho offico ho holds it should not make any difference. The pay attached to tho offico Is so small that It Is hardly worth squabbling over. Colonel Mann Is not holding the position for tho money there Is In It. It Is for tho good he can do and ho has dono a great deal of good In inculcating tho principles of humanity and kindness to dumb animals, good to tho animals and good to their owners, own-ers, good to tho public generally. While exercising tho utmost vigilance Colonel Mann uses discretion so as not to work a hardship on poor people peo-ple who own poor horses. A little reasoning and persuasive argumont often is moro effective than radical measures. Teaching unthinking people, peo-ple, who aro not naturally cruel, something some-thing of the duty they owe to their dumb servants is fulfilling tho object of tho humane society better than always al-ways Invoking tho law as a means of securing decent treatment for the lower animals. Colonel Mann takes pride In his work and wo hope ho will net bo disturbed. Frank Godbo is likely to bo tho deputy auditor under Auditor Alff when tho incoming administration takes hold; Barney Qulnn will probably prob-ably be appointed city Hnconso Inspector; In-spector; Joo Colin, they say, Is sure to bo private secretary to tho mayor, deputy mayor some people call It; C. H. Kraft is slated as chief deputy under un-der City Treasurer Swonson; Miss McDonald in all probability will bo retained In tho recorder's office by Recorder Re-corder Moreton, which will be a very sensible proceeding on tho part of Mr. Moreton. . W. J. Lynch was not elected to tho mayoralty, but thoso facetiously In-! cllned say Jack Lynch was tho successful suc-cessful candidate for mayor do facto. |
