The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-03
QUARRELS MAKE
RALEIGH ANGRY
Street Supervisor Sharply Crit
CiSeS American Party
City Employees.
us FOR BRANSF0RD ONLY
SAYS THE PARTY SHOULD HAVE
A CLEAN SLATE.

The business men and decent peO-
pie of the party are getting tired Of
all this qUarTeling and fighting among
the departments. and 1 look for EN- to
get up in d bunch and demand that the
whole outfit get fired OUT
This statement was made by Jake
Raleigh, supervisor Of streets under the
present American party administration,
yesterday.
4 tell you that I am not for either
of the candidates for mayor that have
come out and they won't get my SUD
port. 1 am for BransfOrd all the time,
and if he cleans out the whole outfit l
viii 60 with them and declare he has
done the right thing. There has been
nothing but fighting among the city
departments all year, and the people are
getting tired of the whole business
Jake Raleigh is nothing if not in the
open when it comes to politics, ana
one of the worst things the party has
had to contend with is that the street
supervisor insists on speaking his mind
on all occasions, and making It plain
just what he means. The statement
yesterday amounted to a practical chal-
lenge to the party that he would refuse
to follow the choice of the American
party convention in case either Joseph
Lippman or II. G. Mcmillan is nOmi-
mated for mayor This. coming on the
heels Of the declaration of City Fngi-
neeT L. c. Kelsey thar he would refuse
to support II. @. Mcmillan in the cam
paign if he gets the mayOTalty nominal
ton, is another slap at the party man
ayers and viii probably meet with the
same serious criticism, followed by an
attempt t6 read Raleigh out Of the
party.
There has been a movement on foot
among the present party leaders to
kick the Raleigh family out In spite
of the fight that was put up, Mayor
BraHsfOTd named Raleigh for super
visor Of streets, and this was considered
a direct slap at the party managers and
mas always been a sore spot for them.
This, with several other things, has
embittered the managers against
BransfoTd and has made them still
more in earnest i'm their fight for the
scalp of Raleigh.
Raleigh came out i'm the open while
discussing politics with Frank Chris
American party city and county COM
mittees and now one Of the leaders in
the Lippman campaign for mayor.
There has been a fight on between
Raleigh and City Engineer L. G. KEEL
sey for two years, and another between
Kelsey and Chairman Mcmillan Of the
board Of works. But Raleigh has no
love for the board Of WORKS or its chair
man, and the fight has become three
COrnered and bitter.
BlUndeTs of the inspectors in the en-
plOy of the board of works have been
constantly pointed out by Raleigh and
Kelsey. and each has We'd with the
other to cast disCTedit upon this branch
of the city government, while at the
same time hunting for loopholes in the
armor-plate Of the other departments
for the purpose Of opening wider he
breach which has separated them since
the beginning of the present admins
ira ton
Realizing that he has been partly re-
sponsibie for the trouble, Raleigh yes
terday declared that it would be a wise
scheme to kick 'em all out" and start
with new slate. But he is against
both of the maycrSlty candidates. and
declares they will not get his support,
but that BransfOrd must he the man.