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Show I. G. THORESEN SURVEYOR GENERAL GEN-ERAL REMOVED Hon. I. C. ThareHon, formerly of Hyrum, Cacho County Utah, and Tor tho past bIx roars Surveyor Oonoral for the State at Utah has boon removed re-moved by President Harding, his successor Hon. E. I). Sorcnsen of Sim Pete County has been appointed and confirmed by tho Senate There has been hoiiio hot contro-vorsey contro-vorsey over tho removal. It appears that some tlmo ago tho dopartmont to which Mr. Thorcson was rcspon-i.lblo rcspon-i.lblo asked for his resignation. He decllnod to glvo it, and tho President then courteously asked that ho resign. re-sign. Mr. Thoresen ropllod to tho President declining again and tho President issuod nn ordor for hla ro-moal ro-moal and submitted the nanio of Mr. Soirenscn. It was given out that tho confirmation con-firmation of Mr. Sorcnsen would bo stubbornly contested In tho senato, tho Washington dispatches saying that Senator King would "contest the caso on tho contention that tho president cannot romovo nn nppoln tco from offlco without cause" And noiv comes tho word that Mr Sorenscn haa boon confirmed by tho oenato apparently with but very Ill-tie Ill-tie oratory. Tho action wns takon In I'xccutlvo sosslon nnd but very little has boon mado public, but It has filtered through that soma charges woro mado against Mr. Thorcson which apparently had soma benrlng on tho caso. Whatever tho fl charges woro It is to bo hoped that M Mr. ThotC8cn was given a chanco to M meet them. Any other rourso per- jH sued bf tho Republican party will H bring disaster In tho end and it goiM M without saying that tho Surveyor S3? .General or his representative was SOT I vE given a chanco to fully moot tho fflrj charges before the confirmation took ?s plnco. M An-ao the Thoresen Incident jfl closes with those words: HI "Senator Smoot moved tho coa- D flrmatlon of Mr. Soronson. Senator ml King, after leading the charges did M not prcsont tho lottor of President fl Harding to Mr. Thoresen or Thoro- BJ scn'8 reiily. Ho did criticize tho ao- W tlon, tho president had taken lu tho 'JJ prcmlsos, but said ho recognized tho 1 .power, of the president to roplaco Thoresen with n Unpubllcan If ho ' Jolt Justified In bo doing, and ho left It to tho senato by voto to do- H termlne wheher Soronson should bo confirmed or rejected. II "Tho voto ahowed no general In- ' ,torost In tho caao, ns nono ol tho tL rhargeo nor tho president's letter i had boon brought lo tho attention M at tbo senato, and confirmation wont 9 i through as a metier of routlno." M |