Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-21

inntlon on the American" ticket r.
also worthy OF some attention. Tho
various and devious ways In which tho
American cohorts work 20 attain
their ends Is at least amusing. Joe
Jippman. IN his ovcrweening conf
dence that he vs. 20 be the candidate
for mayor on the ticket. by virtue OF
votes OF candidates who are not yet
elected az delegates TO the city con
vention. goes about with nguratiNc
"Chip on his shoulder" challenging the
opposition 90 knock 10 on " they dare
Lippman claims he has the pledges OF
four-nfths OF these deicgatea-to. be
down IN writing. that they win vote
for him for candidate for mayor so
what can be more decisive than ttatg
In view OF his assured selection to the
first place on the ticket. Lippman is
now going about attempting 10 dictate
terms on councilmanic nominations.
etc. az becomes the Acknowledged nom
ineo OF his party.
TRANSPORTS PULL
For Brausford different spectacle
In the way OF political activities Is
presented. The heads of three large
city departments. az least, are with
Bransford" in his fight These arc
Jake Raleigh. OF the streets depart
ment; Tom Holiday Of the waterworks
department and l.. c. Kelsey. OF the
engineering department The em-
ployes of these three departments
have been notified that unless they. in
dividually. with their families and All
the voting strength they can muster,
appear at the American" primaries
Thursday evening next and there cast
their said voting strength for John :.
Bransford for mayor. they each and
several may expect their respective
discharges from the departments IN
which they hold their Jobs the day
after the primaries are held Jake
Raleigh, Tom Holiday and Kelsey have
given imperative orders to this effect.
so the city employees, to a man, are
with Bransford as far as these de-
partments are concerned.
MM1IBAN's FORCES.
But there Is still another factor which
may In the end have to be reckoned
with. And that is the third "Ameri-
can" party nominee II. c. Mcmillan.
Frank Christensen. clerk Of the board
OF public works. who with Mcmillan.
chairman of the board, commands quite
"a power IN the way OF influencing"
city employees in the matter OF party
politics. is managing Mr.. McMillan's
campaign. There are 80 inspectors OF
public works now employed by the
board. when the utmost exigencies Of
the work now being carried on would
require no more than liinspectors. How
ever. that Is not 10 the point there are:
81 on the job, and Of course they are for
Mcmillan fer mayor Tho other day
three or -four men not TO the liking OF
the chief Inspector, who is for Iipp-
man. We're discharged from the regu-
lar force: but Christensen soon had
them reinstated as extra" men. until
after the campaign.
Thus the merry war goes on The
primaries Thursday night win deter
mine the strength OF the three candi-
dates. and after the first round OF the
battle has been fought the real fight
for election with public sentiment In
the shape OF a desire for a change in
the administration OF the affairs OF the
city arrayed against him. whoever the
successful candidate might be, he viii
have an exceedingly uphill row 10 hoe
20 secure election on the American
ticket this year