The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29
PARTIAL FUSION
NOW PROBABLE
Combination Likely on Council
Ticket in First and Second
Precincts.
BRANSFORD TALKS OUT
SAYS HE WON'T LET sPoILsMEN
CONTROL HIM.
BRANSFORD TALKS OUT

Yesterdays developments pointed almost
certainly to a combination between the
Democrats and the Republicans on the
cOuncilmanic tickets in the First and Sec
ond, and perhaps in the Fifth precinct.
The tickets in the Third and Fourth will
remain as they are, unless the Repub-
licans should decide to withdraw both of
their candidates in the wards named and
indorse the Democratic nominees. In
neither will the Democrats make any con-
cessions whatever.
The tickets in the First and Second pre-
cincts will be:
First-Oliver T. Hodgson. a Democrat.
long term; ]. D. Murdoch, Republican,
short term: This means the withdrawal
of Herbert L Penrose, Democrat, and An
drew Smith, jr., Republican.
Second. w. Currie, Republican, long
term; George G. Smith, Democrat, short
term. Here the Withdrawals will be
George Burbidge, Democrat, and G. Z.
Davey Republican.
No other combinations are likely but one
in in, the Fifth is possible, with William r.
Wallace for the long term and Henry
Cohn for the short term thus withdraw
ing Samuel Taylor, Democrat and John
A. Hayes, Republican
1t may be stated with the utmost GER
tainty that the plans of the Republicans
for a fusion in the Fourth will come TO
naught. 1t has been freely stated that
James Maxwell, nominated on the Demo-
cfatlc uchet lot th6 snort term IN TINS
ward, would retire In favor of Repub-
Mcan. Mr.. Maxwell will do nothing of the
kind He said last night:
My friends went into the convention
in good faith and nominated me. I &C
oepted the nomination in good faith, and
/ am going to make fight for the office.
In my judgment both Mr.. Hall and myself
will be elected. l certainly will not re-
tire in order to make room on fusion or
any other ticket for a Republican"
l. f. Hall the Democratic nominee for
the long term in the Fourth. could not be
reached last night, but it was said for
him that he feels as Mr.. Maxwell feels.
He is in the fight to a finish and he Will
stay on the Democratic ticket
There was never any serious talk of fu-
sion in the Third. In previous city cleo
tons the Democrats have had pretty much
their own way there and they would, it is
pointed out, be more than foolish if they
entered into any fusion agreement. Such
d thought is, however, farthest from the
minds Of the Third ward Democrats.
There is a decidedly strong probability
of the success of the fusion tickets in the
First and Second. Both Mr. Murdoch and
Mr.. Currie are citizens of the highest
standing. and no reasonable objections TO
them can be made. Mr. Murdoch indeed
is one of the best known men in Salt Lake.
He served on the board of public works
in one of the Thompson Republican adj
ministrations and is a heavy taxpayer. He
consented to run this year on the distinct
understanding that he would be 1ndepend-
ent of any party. Mr.. CurTie is an as
seyer who has been practicing his profess
sion here for number of years. He is
we'll known in his ward and in the city at
large. Neither Mr.. Murdoch nor Mr.. Cur
RE IS a member Of the Mormon church.
The high standing of Messrs. Murdoch
and Currie is shared by Messrs. HOdgSOn
and Smith, the Democrats in the combi-
nation. They have lived here for many
years and are well known TO the public.