Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-23
Nominating Convention TO be Held I'D
Later-Scntiment in Favor OF
! citizens Movement. as sl.8

For the promotion ~ u clean btlsi-5
neaamen' administration without
party or creed, mass meeting will
be held d week from Wednesday
night, septembe 1, in the Salt Lake
stheater by the leaders OF the citizens
independent movement, a number Of
the most prominent speakers n Salt
Lake wills be heard and their names
will be published later when the com
8plete program Is ABRAMS ed. The speak
&els will present to the voters of Salt
Lake city the present condition of
the city, financially. and show the
need Of an administration Which has
ansinterest in the welfare Of the city
The keynote of the Independent move
Bnlsnt sN"clean politics." g3i5. &
In the last six months the senti-s
8ment has spread rapidly that an ms
dependent ticket was the only thing
that could save the city from the
clutches of the American party
which has brought the city to
Bner in which the finances have been
handled The movement is now rapid
sly forming into an anization w HIGH;
has behind 1t the welfare of the city
and citizens at large. s5.4 83s
1t Is believed that the mass
meeting will be well attended and
represented by members Of all
political organizations as we'll as.
the independent votes. The lead
sers OF the movement who have
@the matter5in hand will arrange the
program tomorrow, 4 he at empo ORGY
committee met With George d. I'yper,33
manager of the theater this morning
and the date was selected. Arrange
sments are being made IL secure a
N n
rally is expected.
The committees in the precincts
have been accomplishing some good
work In the First and Second pre-
clnets, every district is organized and
meetings have been held. The work
OF, organizing the Third and Fourth
precincts is now being CARED on with
success, BY the time of the mass
meeting, It is believed that, every Yot-s
ing districtHin the city will be organic
ed. On; these district committees are
members of the Democratic. Republi-
can and Z, AM rican' partie s5-i S5
10 PRESENT PLATFORM.
The mass meetings have been called
TO present to the citizs 1. Salt lake
the platform on sIyhic CHI the movement
is based. After this meeting arrange !
2ments will be made to call a noinina-
ton convention at which time a ticket
will be placed in the field
Few candidates have been spoken +
so far Samuel Newhouse has been
mentioned for the tnayorality and 50
has Mayor John u.s. Bransfdrd and
Richard Morris. Mr.. Newhouse, it is
said has signified his willingness to ac-
| Scept tho nomination on a. bus lnessme S
Ticket, but the others have M been APP
preached on the subject.
CHARLES FELT TALKS.
| Charles Felt, Councilman l. u. Hall,
George N.5Lawrence and W. II. Love
sey3 form the temporary committee
which has the arrangements In hand
for the promotion of the movement. In
!EspeaHing of the movement. Mr.. Felt,
who is chairman, said The organi-
zation Of the Citizens movement is pro-
crossing rapidly and satisfactorily. I
believe that8a Disbursements ticket will
do away with the party strife which
has retarded the growth of the city. I
believe that the voters of the city will
see the benefits of such an administra-
lion when the principles Of the move
ment became known and that the tick
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