Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-07
AMERICAN CAUCUS
TO SELECT MAYOR
Party Chiefs Meet in Tribune
Building This Afternoon
At a. O'clock.
HALL0RAN LIKELY CANDIDATE
In Case OF Positive and Final Refusal
or Col. Wall Real Estate Man
May BE Chosen.

The stalwart war horses of the Am
erican" party will foregather in the
Tribune building at 4 p. m. today, to
decide who shall be mayor OF Salt Lake.
The actual voting on the question w5ll
be done in the next meeting of the
city council. by nine American mem
bers. But after today they Will prob
ably know for whom to vote, unless
both sides of the big split are repre-
scented and deadlock results.
A mighty different roster of war
horses would have reported for duty
at such an American" party council
as this, had 1t been summoned few
weeks ago. In the Civil war of the past
few weeks, there are many who have
been sore wounded in battle. others that
have become sick, and still others that
have been reduced to the ranks.
SOME ABSENTEES.
Among those not invited today are as
many interesting figures as among
those who still respond to the call OF
Jerry Darmer, city committeeman.
Chief Sheets will not be there, He was
not invited because the Sheets end OF
the Sheets Kearns party has been out
Thompson will not be there because he
has reported for sick duty, and Will
head for the field hospital. George
Raleigh also will be absent because he
is the chief Defective" of those still
left in the llmeight Mont. Ferry,
known for years as exhibit "A good
citizen--is too busy frustrating at silver
Lake to receive an invitation. Martin
Mulyey will be absent pending an III
estigatIon of whether OF not he is 1,
dirgible balloon or is liable TO turn over
and smoke when he should not, and
let certain people take a parachute drop
without giving them q chance to pun
the string themselves.
TOO MUCH BLACK HAND"
Black will probably not be there.
Neither will Davis. Rumor has II that
the party chiefs have seen too much
of the .'BIack hand" in the game OF
procrastination played on important
franchise matters by the Black-DaVis
combination, and they. are framing up
a sad disappointment for Davis; ~ -
we'll known that Davis has naIlhtr-
ing to be mayor. The party leaders
think that by reiusing to hand him the
position they can ''muss" his iamsitions
and thus give him what they think Is
coming to him.
HALI4oRAN THE VICTIM.
w. j. Hailoran, after Colonel Wall,
stands the highest chances for appoint
ment. Halloran Is an agreeable kind
of a man. who does the private real
estate business of Thomas w. kearhs,
and who makes few enemies because
his stands on public questions are not
taken with vigor.
COL. WALL NOT TAINTED,
Col. T.. A. Wall is badly wanted for
the mayorship. This Is because, lke
Halloran, he has not the faint OF the
Kearns crowd upon his name, nor yet
the taint of vac Sheets crowd. FOR
this reass the outcome OF the caucus
this afternoon may be that he viii be
requested to accept in the formal man
ner in which he recently denied he hau
already been approached. Only after
becoming thoroughly convinced that II
Is hopeless to work with Col. wall
will the party chiefs turn to Halloran,
who is reported to be very anxious Tor
the position.
When it comes TO final settlement
In the council itself. it is possible thar
a split In the american" party ranks
will give the Democrats chance to hg-
ure in the final vote. Eight votes are
necessary to n choice and there are nine
Americans" They are I. r. Black
A. r. Carter. c. j. Crabtree, a. j. Da-
Wis, w. Mount Ferry. Thomas Holiday
L. ID. Martin. M Il. Mulvey, and h. q.
O'Donnen.