Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-13
REAL MUTINY IN
AMERICAN RANKS
Mayor Bransford and Joe Llpp-
man Haul Down the
Flag OF Truce.
pARNER'S HEAD IN DANGER
,b.irmau Of the Campaign Committee
win be Politely but Firmly
Asked 10 Resign.

with Joseph Lippman In the back
,,ropnd pulling the wires, the "Amerl-
an party campaign Is being conduct
"a in a dstastcful manner 70 Mayor
.1ohn S. Bransford. who leads their
.i.ket for reelection. In fact the
,rcech is 80 wide between Bransford
and the campaign committee that he
has refused TO do any business with II
rersonally. A. SANDY Fowler. private
sscretary 70 Mayor Bransford, so far
has acted as a "go-between" and has
carried on what business the mayor has
had with tho city campaign commit
tee.
nan whose shadow is always cast
about headquarters, there isbulding up a
,,achine which Mayor Bransford will
have 10 accept II he succeeds in being
.iectod again. Iippman Is making the
campaign pledges and viii demand the
enpontive officers if the ticket is elect
3D.
Mayor Rransford declares he will
feht the proposition. IL Is said, I'm the
ooen before election day. j. r. Oar
n,er. chairman Of the campaign COM
mittee. who draws $1,000 month for
conducting the campaign. win be asked
40 resign. Darmer Is ldppmans man
Friday. and consuts with his chief be-
fore d move is made. Darmer declares
he will not resign, II Is said. ,fnd an ef-
fort viii be made TO Gust him In some
manner
BEHIND THE SCENES.
For some time this row has been
brewing over the saloon on west Second
south street where the Americans"
have headquarters. In the first place
Datmer was chosen as the campaign
manager at the request OF former Sem
ator Thomas Kearns. who agreed TO pay
him 81 900 a month 20 give mp his law
practise and handle the campaign eN-
Clusively Darmer agreed, and accept
ed tho position.
Lippman took up a labor with Darmer
and pledged him solid 60 support him
Several others pledged themselves 20
Lppman. and with this as a basis he
began to build up a machine which
would carry the convention nominating
him for mayor.
QUICK CHANGE ARTIST
When this play was made. Kearns
went 20 Darmer and threatened to stop
bis pay II he supported Lippman In
the campaign. As a result Darmer
lehItN lNlV TIE nlhN Dla4AN camp OF iitn~
rv O.. Mcmillan whom kearns induced
TO become a candidate for mayor Oar
mer stayed IN the Mcmillan camp for
week or. two and then when Hrans-
ford entered the field as a candidate
he went back TO Lippman. In the
meantime Lppman had annexed Frank
r.. Christensen. secretary OF the board
~ public works, Of which Mcmillan is
chairman as his campaign manager.
Christensen conducted Lippman's game
for the nomination With the assistance
II Darmer
In the convention Mayor Bransford
had the delegates and won easily, but
Lappman had the city committee and
the American club under his thumb
When It came 10 naming the city CAM
paign committee. Nppman had the
last say in everything.
Darmer was chosen as chairman.
Christensen as secretary and treasurer,
bnd Philip 7. Ayres who Is said 20 be
distant relative OF Lippman. al
though he denies a. as assistant secre-
tary With his henchmon I'm the sad
die, Lippnan has built up around the
American headquarters a machine
which is running the campaign as he
directs
STORY OF a CHECK.
This Is what Mayor Rransrord is nm
able 20 stand. He has not been at the
American" headquarters since he
closed his own. the day after the con-
'enton When the city campaign COM
mttee asked for contributions from the
ltndidates, Mayor Bransford was held
up Tor twice as much as the candidate
lpr mayor ever was before Mayor
hAnaiord did not care about the
amount OF the check but II was the
manner in which II was done
When he paid the assessment with
nls check, he made II out In favor or
A. sandy Fowler Fowler carried Il
20 headquarters and turned It in In
tne same manner Mayor Bransford 90
tfanNicung all his business with the
cry campaign committee.
Lippman is framing up a deal where
ny ne Intends 10 control the appoint
ineht Of the city engineer and some 9TH
appointlve officers. Lippman Is the
nt"ney for Davis a Heuser. contract
gls Tor The North Temple street aque-
Vul' lhey are losing money and the
plans win have TO be changed I'm order
20 save ihem from going into bankrupt
~ III Is stated. Lippman worked with
Nye'y Tor month before he was
iuiD'l l1 resign, To compel him 10
lanse thD plans. THIS Kelsey refused
%" and lAppman and Kelsey have
"e.n enemies ever since
p. lno course OF day or two, Il Is
understood that Mayor Bransford Is
sons 70 demand tho resignation OF
polner and some others IN order 20
D.vaA Llppman's power I'm the city
-l,pAsn committee. Mayor Brnsford
ueeNIrh that he wiz not stand BY the
ploniiaes made by IAppman The stu
"uon which confronts Mayor BmnafOrd
hplHlang. and he says that he win
not submit 10 Il.
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