The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-08
Chief Executive of City Com
PEELED to Stand Back When
Wielders of the Big Club
Take Steps for Revenge.
KELSEY HAD REFUSED TO
SUPPORT H. G. MCMILLAN
When the City Engineer Could
Stand the Bad Treatment
and Threats No Longer He
Hands Resignation to Mayor
SUCCESSOR is NOT CHOSEN

That Mayor John S. Bransford is
once more completely under the DEM
ination of the inner circle of the
American party was shown yesterday
when ne permitted City Engineer
Louis C. Kelsey to be badgered by the
inner circle into resigning his posi-
ton. Kelsey's offense against the
inner circle consisted in refusing to
support H. G. Mcmillan for the nomi-
ton for mayor, and declining to bow
to the inner circles wishes in the ap-
pointment of inspectors.
City Engineer Kelsey has been forced
out Of office. His short letter of resig-
nation to Mayor John 5. Bransford was
written yesterday shortly after noon.
1t is as follows:
Hon J. s Bransford, Mayor-Dear
Sir. ] hereby tender my resignation as
city engineer. Thanking you for your
loyal support, L remain, very respect
full, L. c.. KELSEY,
city Engineer"
October 7. 1903"
Kelsey has been with the city en-
gineer's office in various capacities for
the head of the department for four
years. 1t was because he would not
accept the demands of the ring in low
ering his department to the level of
the board of public works through the
employment of wholly incompetent in
spectoTs of public work that the fight
was started against him.
1T is up to the mayor when the
resignation Ia keS effect" said Kelsey
yesterday. when he is ready to put
another man in the place. / will turn
the office over to him. I don't care
to discuss the reasons leading up to
the resignation"
Mayor Bransford declared he had
not decided upon d successor for KEEL
sey.
4 just received the resignation this
afternoon" said the mayor L have
not had time to think it over. I will
do what I think right in the matter.
No, I did not ask the resignation and
did not know it was coming. Will I
try to have Kelsey reain in office?
| don't know about that. But if a
man doesn't want to work I'm not
going to insist upon it, But 1 don't
know what 1 Will do yet"
Kelsey Opposes Mcmillan.
During the ante-convention campaign
of Mayor Bransford, II. G. Mcmillan
and Joseph Lippman for the mayOralty
nomination on the American party
ticket, Kelsey came out in the open in
opposition to Mcmillan, chairman of the
board of works. During the years un-
der the Mcmillan regime inspectors
have been appointed by the boa rd
chiefly through their party fealty, and
without regard to their competency. 1t
is a fact that drivers of delivery Wag-
Ons, plumbers who had made a failure
of their work, gravel haulers and bar
tenders have been given work as in
spectorS by the board of works and
have been kept on while more cOmpe-
tent men have been let out. When il
came to a case of cutting off some Of
the inspectors, it has been the party
workers who remained on the job.
When the fight for mayOraltv nom
nations became hot, the KeaTns pa
DeTS came out strong for H. G.. Nc
MILAN, through his friendship for the
author of The Islands of Alaska" Nc
MILAN. in spite of the black record Of
the board Of works, was showed to the
front as the only real candidate, Dur
ing the last few days before the city
convention. however. it was seen that
the business men of the party would
not stand for a man of the Mcmillan
caliber, and pulled the name of Mayor
BransfOrd into the fight. In spite of
this, however, the papers kept up their
fight for Mcmillan and his name was
not pulled out until il become certain
that he would not get the nomination
at the convention. And then, to shove
the knife neatly between the sixth and
seventh ribs of Joe Lippman, the name
OF Mcmillan was pulled off the ticket
and BransfOTd's name went through
sailing, as he received most of the Nc
MILAN support.
During those days there was little
public inspection from men employed
Mcmillan had made Mike Fitzpatrick,
chief inspector, his personal represen-
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