The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-11
Proprietor of Citizens Party
DisavoWs Action of Commit
tee Which Offered Mayoral-
ty Nomination to Bransford.
MAYOR AND COMMITTEE
TELL DIFFERENT STORIES
Inner Circle Comes Out for
BranSfOrd to Beat Lippman,
Who Is Believed to Have the
Nomination in His Pocket.
M'MILLAN NOW SHELVED

Ncphi L. Morris. proprietor of the new
Citizens party, yesterday frankly diss-
vowed the action of his party i'm offering
the nomination for mayor to John s.
BransfOrd. Iuasmuch as the primaries
Tor the selection of delegates 10 the con-
VCntiOu which viii choose the candidate
for mayor were not held until last night,
Mr.. Morris figured that was q little more
than the public would stand. and thus
placed r.. =. FerustrJm and I. h. Hall
i'm peculiar position FerustrOm and
Hall told Mayor BraUsfoTd that they
We're empowered boy the Citizens party
TO offer him the nomination. THE mayor
says hc told them he would accept moth
ing from them but am endorsement. but
Fernstrum and Hall assert that the may
or practically agreed to accept the nom
iuatiUu.
Mayor Brausford some days ago Was
real tired of being mayor of such an Uu-
grateful city as Salt Lake. At that time
the inner circle OF the American party
had turned a cold shoulder to the mayor.
and was supporting ~. -. Mcmillan or
the board of public works for the mayor
aITy. Joseph Tippmau'S fight against
Mcmillan became 50 hot that the inner
circle who would rather see the party
disbaDded than be forced to support
Lippman, has found it necessary to drop
Mcmillan and turn to- the support Of
BTansfOrd. Both the party organ and its
afternoon appendix are now out fer
BTsnsfOrd.
Happy Inner Circle.
Since Brausford received the support or
the inner circle. be has turned deaf ear
to- the Citizens and the Democrats. rather
thinks he would ike to be mayor again,
and the inner circle Is weeping ON his
shoulder. Mayor BraHsford made tho
statement again yesterday that several
influential Republicans had offered him
the nomination for mayor by that party,
but he refused TO- satisfy the public
thirst for information by giving the
names of these Republicans. "T thuk
there has already been too much fuss
over this matter and ] prefer not TO say
who the men are said tho mayor.
The impression is general that Joseph
lippman has sufficient quantity of
American support to force bis UOmiu8-
ton, and that Mayor BransfUTd viii not
be able at this late DAY tJ land tbs
plum. All the city employees who have
been working for Mcmillan have been
ordered TO turn in for Bra0sf0rd. Sew
erdI members of the American party
drafted a letter yesterday which they
sent To Bransford asking him 10 accept
the nomination. IT is understood that
Joe Ilppmdu name was not signed To
the communication
BrausfGrd asserts that hC has been dU-
preached by representatives of the Re
publican. American. Democratic and Cit
liens parties with more or less tentative
offers of the nomination to1 mayur, but
refused to say last night who had aD-
preached him for the Republicans.
These men were prominent Republicans
and from their statements 7 WIS led to
believe that the subject had been talked
over and that the men who talked with
me were representing others than them
selves IN asking me If ] would accept the
nomination it 10 were rendered. said
Mayor BTansford last night. 81 think
there has already been too much fuss
stirred mp over the matter, and 7 prefer
not to say who the men were"
offer From Democrats.
The offer of the nomination from the
Democrats was borne 10y Richard p. Nor
ris, John Dern and A. n. Mckay. and
the nomination was held out To him by
II. $. FernstrOm and T.. +. Hall for the
Citizens ticket. For the Americans "a.
Wall were prominent iu offering the
nomination. provided they and their
friends were successful in burying tho
uprising of the younger clement of the
party i'm favor of Joe Lippman.
To the Americans, the mayor said that
circumstances might arise which would
induce him to accept the nomination, al
though ne was not seeking IL. To tho
others. the mayor says he answered that
the only ticket on which he would accept
the nomination was the American ticket.
r. s. FerustrOm differs i'm his version,
however. iuasmuch as hc spent a. large
part of the day Yesterday iu spreading
the statement that Mayor BTansfOrd had
agreed to accept the nomination ON the
Citizens ticket.
Concerning the prominent members Of
The American party who have written
BrausfOrd a joint letter asking him to
announce himself as q candidate for re-
nomination on the American ticket. J..
A. Wall said last evening that he had
Joined other Americans in asking the
MAYOR TO be a candidate. Councilman W
Mont Ferry said last night:
There aUpears To- be a request from
% large number of American party mem
T.rs-HH lT7 % ms b.
interests that the mayor announce his
candidacy. A letter has been prepared
TO the mayor asking that ne announce
his candidacy. The matter is stii i'm "a
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