Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-03-24 | Page 10 | Federal Patronage to be Distributed by Secret Conclave, Say Politicians

IFEOERAL PATRONAGE TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY SECRET CONCLAVE, SAY POLITICIANS Organization Stirred by Report That United States Marshalship to Be Traded for City Commissioner Job. I , Ogden, March 24. 1921 , Senator Reed Smoot, Senate Of fice Building, Washington. D C. Rumors here concerning ap pomtment of United States mar shal from Weber county and re organization cf Oc,den City gov ernment very disquieting. pro-test pro-test against method of drstribut-mg drstribut-mg party patronage through per sonal and secret channels. Rank and file should be given opportu nlty to be heard. Will appreci ate frank statement of situation. The political reporter for The oqdon jjjtandard-Exnmlner In makinr. hi rounds picked up on the street the, above telegram -which was ined by a I v ry prominent Republican of Ogden. Rrom the crumpled condition of the Klegraph blank li was evidenll) copv of a telegram sent to Senator Recti Smoot, all of which inspired the, political reporter to attempt to find, out what it was all about AT WHITE HEAT He found thai local political inter w.i hi white heat regarding Ihe dis-triliution dis-triliution of federal patronage or "We-ber "We-ber county's share of such patronage. Some months ago Arthur Woolley, Republican county chairman, received unanimous endorsement of the orpam zalion in open meeting for the I'ni'rd States district altorn- . lui. Senator Smoot was given 10 understand that : t ii- t consideration should bp given to: this endorsement insofar as Weber's patronage was concerned. According to the story going (he rounds, within the last few days un derground dispatches have been re-ceived re-ceived from Washington that Woolley is to be "dumped' and that Ojiden would receive, instead, the United States marshalship and thereby hangs a tale The organization boys rue asking. "What is this secret conclave? this is the same old stuff with the same old brand. Where does the organize-j tion come in?" etc But, to go on with, the story li appears that I. N Pierce had been slated through the underground proc ess lor ihe marshalship and feelers were sen I out to see how the boys WOUld take ii It seems that like some forms of vaccination it didn t lake, not that the boys don't like Uncle Ike but they suspected the underground wire. Now, according to the story, the wires i became crossed, in fact got very bad l tangled with the result that J. 1 1 n Ward, city commissioner, has heen picked for the job. provided, however.' lhal he si es to it that Pierce gels the c'itj commissioner appointment. In the meantime there is much specula-1 lion and discussion regarding the fu-in'- policy and control oi the new( city commission in case the trade goes th rough.