The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12
In Scores of Gases Well Known
Republicans Were Chosen as
Delegates Without Their
knowledge or Consent.
PROTESTS COMING FROM
ALL SECTIONS OF CITY
Indications That the Citizens
Party viii Nominate Mayor
BranSfOrdl and Apologies
Are Already Being Made,
STRANGE UNION IS PLANNED

The leaders of the so-called "Citi-
zens" party awoke yesterday morn
ing to find that large number of real
citizens were raising vigorous pro-
tests to the assumption that they
would be identified with the party.
In almost every election district in
the city leaders Of the new party
placed the names Of prominent Re-
publicans on their lists of delegates,
apparently for the purpose Of injuring
the Republicans. In most of these in
stances the men whose names were
placed on the lists did not attend the
primaries and are opposed to the
movement.
Precinct chaiTmen and party leaders
I'm every district, known to be staunch
Republicans, were deliberately placed
among the delegates of a movement in
which they were not in sympathy. These
persons were not at the primaries. and
We're surprised and indignant to find the
unauthorized use of the names as dele
gates.
OF the stalwart Republicans whose
names are in the lists Of delegates Of
the Citizens party, nearly every one
yesterday denied that he was a mem
Der of the new party saying that his
name was used without his consent,
and that he would not attend the city
convention nor have anything to do
with the new and presUmptuOus party.
One Of the peculiar features Of the
Citizens movement is the sudden boom
of Mayor BransfOrd as its candidate for
mayor With characteristic consisten-
cy, several of the men who were fight
ing Mayor Bransford bitterly only
few months ago, are now his strongest
henchmen. Some of those who were
instructed to vote for Mayor BransfOrd
at the city convention are among those
who were the loudest in the denuncia-
ton of Mayor Bransford's administra-
ton.
Ashton's Position.
Elias Conway Ashton is among the
delegates from the Seventh district in
structed to vote for Bransford While
not now an ardent defender of Mayor
BransfOrd, Mr.. Ashton said he would
not like to be quoted as opposing him
in any way.
:. Il was at the primary only a :.
= short time" said Ashton, land 1 =
- did not hear the discussion rela- -
- tive to Mr.. BransfOrd. The mayor =
- was not my personal choice for re- =
- election. but J would not allow my -
- personal feelings to interfere with :.
- my carrying out the instructions of :.
- my district. I should not like to be :.
= quoted as opposing Mayor Brans- .
- ford. If I attend the city cOnven- :,
= ton as / probably SHALL I viii =
- undoubtedly carry out the instruc- =
= tons of my district, despite what =
- my personal feelings may be-" :.
George .. Morris. recently a bitter
opponent of the mayor, is another of
the delegates. 4 am thoroughly in
sympathy with the Citizens move
ment," said Mr. Morris. Ct shall sup
port Mayor Bransford if he is a candi-
date on our ticket for reelection. How
ever ] would not care to say whether
or not 1 would support him for the nom
ination in the convention. Before L
commit myself in this, I should like to
have the opportunity of knowing VINO
else may be a candidate for the nomina-
ton. My district did not instruct its
delegates, and what discussion there has
been of Mayor BransfoTd as our can
didate is only formal
Lon j. HaddOCk, who was active in
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