Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-08
lnsurrection Formed in Council
Against Backers OF HaIIoran
For Mayor.
FIVE VOTES ARE AGAINST.
The City Fathers Resent Action of
Party Leaders in Leaving Them
Out In the Cold.


day that all roads led to Halloran as
the American" party choice for mayor
to succeed Ezra Thompson who has
taken to cover since it became clear
what was bound to come out in the
nature of graft exposures and failures
to secure efficient public administra-
ton.
w j. Halloran was the choice of
those who oamped along all the roads,
at their meeting in the Tribune build
ing yesterday afternoon. But Hailor
an is not the choice of the American
faction of the city council. Nine Am
orleans" are In the council. Because
"persuader" committee of the Am
erican" party hackers was appointed
yesterday afternoon to see that the
council accepts Halloran. combine
was formed today among the "Ameri-
cam councilmen to maintain their po-
sition as leaders, instead of assuming
their new role of voting puppets
COUNCIL PUPPETS.
The american" party hackers look
on the city councilmen as people with
of being pulled, and the councilmen see
that they are placed in this public po-
sition of humiliation. None of them
were invited to the caucus that at
tempted to settle the fate of the mayor
ship.
The reason for this is apparent too.
w. Mont Ferry would have been in
vited, had he been in town, for he
Is known everywhere for what he is.
1t is different though with Black, Mar
tin Mulvey, Davis and even Crabtree.
Their regulations have grown less in
their own camp the longer they have
been in office, The McWhirter case
has Mulvey's name firmly fixed in re.
lationship to 1t, and the only grati-
tude his party feels for him Is for
his work in rounding up the tender
loin and gambler vote. Black has a
combination with Davis that has fill
clustered on important franchise mat
ters until the filbustering has become
decidedly suggestive and brought forth
an insinuation of q "black hand" COM
bine. Crabtree and Martin have been
known as intimates OF the Davis-Bl ok
duo, and with all this combination the
new American" party leadership Is
not anxious to affiliate.
CHOICE OF PARTY HACKERS
AT the meeting yesterday afternoon
Halloran was decided upon by J. e.
Darmer, president of the city COM
mittee: Frank I. Sefrit, manager OF
the party organ; d. G. Dunbar. a city
committeeman, H. G. Mcmillan, a
prominent man In the party councils,
who himself was much talked of for
mayor; Col. E. A. Wall. who refused
a chance to be mayor; Willard r.
Snyder. chairman of the American"
state committee; b. 3. Haywood. for.
merly United states marshal; George
A Black. formerly governor: A. t.
Moon. william Nelson. Dana I. Smith,
Allan T. Sanford, Fred J. Leonard. B.
+. Redman, George W. Meyer. Thomas
Homer, and A. F. Doremus.
Other members of the executive and
city committees present who concur
red in the choice We're VIII Shovel.
Pugsley. John NJ Hofenbeck. Judge
H. j. Dinniney. Judge A. j. Weber. r.
B. Crltchlow, ID. c. Dunbar, and Geo
r. Cleveland.
NOT A COUNCILMAN
In all this list of committeeman, par
ty leaders, and prominent citizens there
Is not the name of single city coun-
Gilman, who do all the actual voting
for mayor.
Their instruction, organized today,
does not count Holiday in Its member
Ship There are five of them, how
ever, enough to spoil Halloran's selec-
ton. as 1t takes eight votes for choice.
Those against Halloran are Crabtree,
Black, Martin, Davis and Mulvey, an
of them angered at being left out in
the cold at the caucus. They hope to
win over to them Carter and O'Donnel.
Their favorite Is Davis, city councils
man. as the head of the american"
machine that actually presides oyer
public expenditures. Black and DAVIS
are proud of the machine they have
built up through their control OF city
patronage, and Halloran Is the man
who has chiefly fought them down
through his position on the board or
public works. They do not take to him.
Davis as mayor means their continu-
ance In power, and Davis they VIII
have IL they feel strong enough to ov-
erride the wishes of the men who ham
die campaigns. and promise to handle
the next.
But Davis IL not on the ground at
present to fight, and should there be a
compromise there are a number of dark
horses waiting for the day OF grooming
so that they may trot out in good
form at the right moment. Five DEM
ocrat votes. In combination with dis
satisfied american" votes may land a
compromise candidate outside OF the
American" party unless tho wounds of
yesterday are healed before Monday
next.