The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-11
DAVIS MAY KEEP
THE CHAIR WARM
American" insurgents Plan
to Delay Election of a
New Mayor.
SQUABBLE GROWS WARM
BLACK AND CRAeTREE HOPE TO
LAND DAVIS IN OFFICE.
SQUABBLE GROWS WARM


A. J. Davis probably will be the next
mayor of Salt Lake; that is, he will be
acting mayor" from midnight Mon
day until the council can elect his sue
cessor.
The American" contingent in the
council yesterday practically gave up
all hope Of securing the attendance of
Councilmen Carter and O'nonnell on
Monday night. and without them they
viii have only seven votes, and it
takes eight 10 elect. Carter is some
where in Nevada with his family, and
no word has been received from him
as yet. and it is not thought possible
that he can return in time for the
meeting. O'DonnelI is up in the Jack
son Hole country, seventy-five miles
from the railroad and telegraph sta
ton at Idaho Falls and all efforts to
reach him have been in vain. Presi-
dent Davis returns from Chicago Sun
day morning and, of course. will be
ready TO assume the duties of mayor
if called upon TO do so even for short
period.
May Remain Away.
If there is no possibility of securing
a full attendance of American" puri-
fiers at Mondays meeting. all the
American" members will no doubt
stay away with the exception of Pres
ident Davis, and if all the Democrats
and Councilman Preece. the sole re-
naming Republican, attend this will
make only seven present, one short Of
quorum. and no business can be
transacted. The Americans are
afraid to go without a majority, as the
Democrats might possibly cause con-
siderable disturbance by trying to elect
a mayor themselves.
Back of the apparent inability to
reach either O'DOnnell or Carter. there
is a scheme which has been COncOcted
by Black and CrabtTee 10 delay the
election for a week in order that they
may have more time to line up the
council against the program of the
''peTsuaders," appointed by the party
magnates to compel them to accept
William ]. Halloran.
AS already indicated. these two
worthless are opposed to a man of Hal
loran's caliber becoming mayor. and
they are seeking to delay matters i'm
the hope that some other arrangements
can be made. President A. ]. Davis is
their candidate. and they are working
night and day to land the job for him.
With Davis in the chair, there would
be no let up in the present plans which
the ItlOIItittS nave Dcclt NOEhEilS
out. and Black and Crabtree would be
in clover. With Halloran as mayor it
is feared that the power of the afOre-
said twins might be considerably d.
minished if not ObIiterated.
Persuaders Are Busy.
In the meantime the "persuaders"
are conducting a gum-shOe campaign
in order to land Halloran. The COM
mittee on persuasion feels deeply that
the interests of the party are at stake
and. throwing aside all reserve, they
have entered valiantly into the fight
for their candidate
MesSrs. Darmer and Sefrit are
threatening, Colonel Wall is testy and
obdurate, the smiling David c. Dunbar
is doing some diplomatic work, and
Mcmillan is just ''persuading." Behind
them stand the solid phalanX of party
magnates and boosters eXerting their
combined power to bring about the de-
sired result. Under the circumstances
it would seem that the council is up
against it" and must as a matter of
course accept the dictatiOn, but Black
and Crabtree are resOurcefuI twins
and. with the assistance of Davis,
whom they hope to elect, and the stub
born MulVey. can be counted on to
put up a brave fight.
The city is watching the squabble
with deep and abiding interest