The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-09
WILL NOT STAND
FOR DICTATION
Black and Crabtree Leading a
Revolt that May Defeat Hal
lOran'S Candidacy.
FERRY MAY SECURE 1T
BREEZY TIME AHEAD FOR CON-
MITTEE OF "PERSUADERS."

MITE OF "PERSOADERS,"
A revolt against the edict of the
party leaders that w ]. HaIloran be
named to succeed Ezra Thompson as
mayor is imminent among the "Ameri-
can" members of the council. Led by
Black and Crabtree, the opposition will
probably endeavor to select either A.
]. Davis. president of the council. or
Fourth ward.
Are you going to swallow it?" Crab
tree was asked last evening.
DO we act that way?" was the re-
ply.
Il don't think the American mem
bers of the council should stand Tor
any dictatiOn-" he continued. Those
fellows who chose HallOran are not the
party. We are responsible to the peO-
pie, and not to them, and the people
should have something to say. 1t took
considerable nerve for us fellows to go
in and run on the American ticket.
They hunted a long time to ind some
oGe that would do it III the First ward.
When l WAS nominated [ was told it
was forlorn hope, but ! sail l would
be elected regardless Of expense, and 1
was. Nov 1 don't l'ke the idea of d
crowd of managers coming round ami
telling me whom l must vote for
Two days ago when j1alOran's name
was proposed, Crabtree said: He
won't do" 1t was supposed yesterday
that he had been brought into line, but
his statement last evening does not in
dictate any such inclinations.
With Crabtree is Black. who hates
the board of public works, and Hal
loran is a member Of that body. The
reason for Blacks hatred is that the
board does not like L. c. Kelsey, city
engineer, and Black likes Kelsey be
cause he has all the patronage Of his
Office as chairman Of the council en-
cheering committee.
MuIvey Jumps the Traces.
At the council committee meeting last
evening the American" members pres
ent consisting of COuncilmen Black,
Crabtree, Mulvey, Holiday and Martin,
retired for an hour to the mayors pTi-
vate office, where some loud talking
was INDUCED in. Mulvey among others
jumped over the traces of party die
tation and declared that he would not
stand for any such action as taken by
the executive committee and its friends
on Wednesday afternoon. Black and
Crabtree also protested and Holiday
was nOncOmmittal, although he did not
relish the thought of swallowing the
bait on the city committees hook.
Martin, from a statement he made be-
fore the informal caucus, must have
stood by HallOran, as he declared that
the latter was acceptable TO him. and
he would vote for him. None of the
other councilmen mentioned would
volunteer this information.
After the caucus Crabtree and En-
gineer Kelsey had a long and animated
discussion in one of the committee
rooms. Indicating that it was the fear
of both Black and Crabtree, the coun-
ell twins, that if HallOran is elected,
Kelsey would be elected and thus the
twins would sustain large loss OF pat
ronage Kelsey has always expressed
himself as confident of holding his job,
no matter who should be m.-yor, but his
unaccounted for presence at the COM
nittee meetings last evening does not
bear out his assertions. His assistant.
George Clancy. was also present, and
was abundantly able To care for any
business that might have come uD az
fecting the department.
Strong for Ferry.
Led by Fernstrom, the Democratic
cOuncilmen, six in number, nave
evolved a scheme which may work out
elect a mayor, and Fernstrom contem-
plates voting the entire Democratic
strength for w. Mont Ferry, provided
two of the Americans" will vote for
him. II is thought that Mulvey and
Holiday can be induced to revolt to
this extent and, if so, Ferry Will be the
next mayor. This would be a shrewd
move. as Ferry has two more years to
serve and, as he was elected by a
scratch. his colleagues being Tudden-
ham and Wells of the opposition, it is
almost certain that an American"
could not again be elected from that
ward.
The candidacy of President Davis is
also being seriously considered, al
though ii is not thought he can swing
the american" vote. Undoubtedly
Black and Crabtree are for him, and
possibly Martin and Carter could be in
duced to favor him, but the remainder
of the council would not take kindly
TO any such suggestion. Davis is now
hurrying back from Chicago, and will
arrive Sunday morning. O'Donnell,
who is fishing in northern Idaho, has
not as yet been reached. Carter has
promised to be on hand Saturday, and
Ferry, who is in Big Cottonwood can
yon, can be reached at any time.
Black is out of the race presumably,
but might be induced to reconsider"
his determination especially if the
chances for election were strong.
Lovely Time Ahead.
The ''persuaders" appointed by the
party leaders to induce the council to
accept HallOran will probably not have
an opportunity of presenting their case
before Monday morning next at the
earliest. Their lot is a hard one, as
the insurreCtiOn in the council over the
dictation is growing instead of dimin-
ishing, and it will take the combined
elOquence of Darmer, Wall, Sefrit, Nc
MILAN and Dunbar to make an impress
sion on the American" branch of the
city fathers.
1t has been suggested that the eau
Gus be held in the mayors office. The