The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-24
VICTORY FOR MURDOCH SEEMS
CERTAIN AS ELECTION NEARS
WELL FITTED FOR
OFFICE OF MAYOR
Life Story of the Next Chief
Executive OF Salt Lake
City.


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@ Murdoch received the nomination 9
o for mayor of Salt Lake on the Re g
g publican ticket, the tide has been @
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@ his favor. A great many inquiries "
g have been made concerning him @
6 by many voters, and the more they @
@ have heard about his business ex- q
@ perience and honesty the more 9
g they have been convinced that he &,
@ is the proper man to be mayor Of g
g Salt Lake. No one can talk to @
6 James D Murdoch for FIVE min g
9 utes without being convinced that g
o II he is elected he will be mayor, o
g and that no one else viii be 8
g mayor. II elected, no man can go g
9 into his Office and give him orders. g
g There win be no fads or fancies. g
9 but a straightOut. progressive, 9
g progressive business Rdministra- o
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Bfr. Murdoch has been a thorn in the
side Of the American party Rdministra-
ton grafters since he was elected to
the council and took the seat which he
is now holding. Always IN favor Of
making needed improvements and en-
ploying IN these improvements men
who are American citizens and have
homes and families, he has been BIT
terly opposed &c seeing so much Of the
city work so TO non-residentS and men
who have no interest in the city fur
Their than to see that they get all they
can out Of 1t.
Councilman Murdoch has been one
Of the men in the city council whom the
inner circle feared. Private gratis that
have been engineered from time to time
we're kept in the dark. When these
matters were preached in committees of
which Mr.. Murdoch is a member, they
met his careful scrutiny, and although
he did not have a majority at his back
TO make his fight effective, he saw to it
that many Of these gratis were stopped,
and made 1t decidedly uncomfortable
for the grafters.
Water Meter Steal.
Among the gratis that Councilman
Murdoch was able to spike was the
water meter steal, and the city of Salt
Lake was saved several thousands of
dollars by that alone. Also, some of
those who are out fighting him the
hardest under the American party ban
ner are those who were TO profit by the
graft if IL went through. Councilman
Murdoch has stood for progressiveness,
coupled with honesty, and he has
shown that it is possible for a man TO
be in favor of advancement in city at
fairs without hurrying matters along
in a manner that allowed the grafters
TO get IN their work His rugged hon
esty has been kept to the fore in ell he
does, and he has showed in city affairs
the same business acumen that has en-
I,
Potency, and that without taking the
money away from any one else who had
a lawful claim 10 IL.
Few people who know Councilman
Murdoch need 10 be told that he is of
Scotch extraction. He shows II in his
mannerisIns. in his speech and IN that
determination to so ahead when right
that has characterized the Scotchman
wherever he is. That the Scotch are
good business men has often been
shown. and some of Mr.. Murdoch's ex-
cellent business sense and judgment
has undoubtedly been inherited from
thrifty Scotch forbears He was born
in Cronberry, Ayrshire, Scotland, July
3. 1880 where he received a common
school education. From his fourteenth
10 his nineteenth year he learned the
trade of a machinist, of which he secured
such q perfect knowledge that In after
years he became known as one Of the
most expert machinists in the country
IN April, 1870, Mr.. Murdoch sailea
from Scotland for New York, where he
arrived May 16. Going from New York
70 Pittsburg, ne worked at his trade
Until January. 1874, when he returned
to his native land. He came back in
August, 1875. and went to Pittsburg,
where he was employed in the new city
water works until 1879.
Takes Responsible Position.
MI Murdoch came to Salt Lake in
1879, and going to Park City was en-
ployed by the Ontario Silver Mining
company as machinist Iu August
1884, he accepted the position of chief
engineer Of the Anaconda Smelter COM
pany Of Anaconda, Mont, where he re-
manned for one year. Returning to
Utah in 1886, he was again engaged by
the Ontario company at Park City In
May, 1883, Myron Gale Foote. chief en-
gineer at the works, having been killed
in an accident, Mr.. Murdoch was Of
fered and accepted that responsible po-
sition, which he held until September.
1900, when, after twenty-one years Of
the most arduOus labor. mostly in the
high altitude OF the Wasatch noun
tains. he rendered his resignation.
which was reluctantly accepted by the
superintendent of the company, r. c.
Chambers
Mr.. Murdoch severed his connection
with the company for the purpose OF
lettering his health by living in a lower
altitude and in a city where his chill