The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-03
BUSINESS MEN
ARE DETERMINED
Neither Lippman Nor MCMiI-
Ian Satisfactory, They
Say.
THEY WANT BRANSFORD
MAKE PLEA FOR HARMONY IN
AMERICAN PARTY.

Believing it will be impossible for the
American party to carry Salt Lake City
again this fall under the leadership of
either Joseph Lippman or H. G. McMil-
Ian, several prominent business men are
on the point of calling a meeting for the
purpose of sending an ultimatum to the
inner circle" of the party that Mayor
John S. Bransford must be the nominee
Of the party this fall.
There was a TumOT about the city yes
terday that w. J. HallOran, NJ. H.
Walker, Colonel Z. A. Wall and one or
two other prominent men of the party
had held a meeting, at which this action
had been taken, but Mr.. HallOran said
last night that he had attended no such
meeting, and did not know of any hav-
ing been held. He admitted, however,
that there was much talk of such q
gathering, and believed it would be in
the interests of the party and the city
to force the nomination of Mayor Brans-
ford for a second term. He intimated
that such a meeting would probably be
held in the near future.
H. G. Mcmillan, chairman of the
board of public works, and aspirant for
the mayOralty nomination on the Amer
lean ticket, will open headquarters to-
campaign. Mcmillan is supported by
the party organ and the men who have
dominated the party for the last two
campaigns. Joseph Lippman, it is un-
deTstOOd, will open up his headquarters
next week.
Both candidates have already started
personal abuse against the other, which
is dividing the party more than ever.
Both have already framed up fairly
strong organizations, OF which Lippman
seems to have the stronger cOmbina-
ton. But with the party organization
forced into line by members of the in
ner circle and Chairman J. z. Darmer,
it is probable that McMillan's strength
will begin to develop at once.
Both Against Bransford.
Every effort on the part of Lippman
and Mcmillan is being devoted to gain
ing an organization which will be
Bransford-proof when it comes to the
convention. Both have refused to lay
down before the declarations of friends
that their aspirations must be sacrificed
to have Mayor BransfOTd named by the
convention. They are bracing their or
CARNATIONS against the mayor, and will
attempt to stifie any boom that is start
ed in convention. Unless the business
men in the party are able to pull them
off before the convention is held, there
VIII be a lively scene during the last
few days Of the preliminary campaign.
Party workers are against the renom-
nation of BTansfOTd for the reason that
he has not been d good party man
during his two years as mayor. They
take the position that Mayor Bransford
has proved a traitor TO the party on
more than one occasion. For this rea-
son it is feared that it would disrupt
the party organization to force the nom
inatiOn of Bransford at the convention,
and this is the argument being present
ed by the leaders of the party.
If Mayor BransfOrd is prevailed upon
to take the nOminatiOn-which is not at
all ceTtain-the mayor will dictate the
personnel of the ticket to a great ex-
tent, especially the cOunCilmanic pros
poets. This, too, will be insisted upon
by the business men of the party who
are now figuring on a caucus Of their
own to dictate the future running of the
party. They have become weary of the
pickering and backbiting of the several
city departments and the politicians
who have run the affairs of the party
and declare there must be harmony in
the future. They insist that Mayor
BTanSfOTd be allowed to dictate abSO-
lutely who his assistants will be, and
to a great extent, the personnel of the
ticket.
There was much Encouragement in
BTansfOrd circles when it was an
nOunced that the business men were
lining up against the party Organiza-
ton, and it is being confidently asserted
that neither Lippman nor Mcmillan will
be the choice of the convention. but that
BransfOTd will be the next nominee of
the party