The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-30
NT|-BRANSFORD
FORCES CONFIDENT
Supporters of DarIner and
Barrctte Line Up for To-
days Contest.
PICK FLOOR LEADERS
Mayor and City Adnlinistra-
ton Are Denounced by
Several Speakers.
PICK FLOOR LEADERS

w j Barre1tc and J. l.. Darmer. in
| troduced as 'insurgcnt candidates for
mayor" addressed III Americans, mostly
delegates to the American party Convcn-
| tion to be held today, at an ''anti- Brans-
ford meeting In the hall above the Salt
Lake Hardware company last night
Those al the meeting were thus divided;
| FortysiX from the First ward, nineteen
from the Second ward, ono from the
Third ward, twenty from the Fourth
| ward and twcnty-nine from the Fifth
| ward
! Al the meeting roll call Of the dis
| tricts was taken and the persons from
| rhc different districts estimated the vote
of the districts In the convention. Where
! there was no one present from the dis
mated someone else made the sugges-
tion as to how tho district delegation
would vote In this convention. After an
estimate in each district was made the
estimated vote was totalc6 and II was
announced that the poll showed that
there were 35S votes against Bransford
and l14 for the mayor.
Bransford Men Happy.
Bransford supporters laughed last
nigh, when shown the claims OF the op
position They declared that the oppo-
sition had made every possible effort TO
secure as large attendance as possible
at last nights meeting, that every dele
gate believed 10 be anti Bransford In
| sentiment was urged TO attend and that
| the total attendance Of ia approNimated
the strength that the opposition would
ford people walkaway with the MAYOR
atty nomination on the first ballot. They
| asked II there were 3o3 delegates against
| Bransford why II was that only one
| third Of that number attended the anti
Bransford meeting
Judge A. j Weber one of The cam
paisn managers for J. e Darmer. of,
] fciated as chairman of the meeting and
| in a speech on assuming his duties as
chairman denounced the policy OF the aa-
mlnistration and of the city employees
ferred 10 the leaders OF the Bransford
forces as 1.-The gang and the opposition
as tine insurgents. He likewise de-
nounced the members OF the city commits
tee, charging them with treachery TO the
party. He declared that the city com
mittee had selected Colonel f.. A Wall
for chairman Of the convention and said
that the insurgents should indorse that
choice. However. he said that he under
stood that Colonel Wall had declined TO
act and ne suggested that L. p, Critch-
! low be indorsed by the insurgents.
| After Walter J. Meeks had been chosen
as secretary. Judge George F. Goodwin
moved that Colonel Wall he indorsed as
chairman and that i'm the event Colonel
Wall could not act that f. 3. Critehlow
| be indorsed for the position. The mo-
| ton was unanimously adopted.
Daugherty Is Emphatic.
| Allen T Sanford moved the selection
OF seven floor leaders. Col Matt Daugh-
| erIv took advantage of the occasion to
make a. speech, In which he denounced
| the Bransford supporters. calling them
las desperate a set of men as ever dis
graced TamDany"
| The colonel was interrupted frequently
with calls for the question. Finally after
Colonel Daugherty resumed his seat the
! motion was amended TO provide for ten
II -. hat fI,.y, Il
| ried Chairman Weber then appointed
as floor leaders A, j. Weber, p, j. DAILY,
C. y. Street. George II. Goodwin, S. P.
Armstrong, A. b Sawyer, j. +. McGinty,
Allen T. Sanford. Ben s. Rives and j. L.
| Schraven.
Colonel Dausherty wanted a committee
! to look after the seating OF the anti
Bransford delega lions. Colonel Daugh-
erty and W. l.. Goodsell were appointed
| for this purpose.
Those at the meeting representing the
various political wards then selected the
members of the various committees as
| follows;
ness, c. u. Street; resolutions. w. III.
wilkins; credentials. Mrs. II. ". Smith;
city committee. II. w. Smith, P. z. Con-
! Second ward Ward chairman. Jesse |.
Burpette; organization and order Of bust
ness. w. ]. Mclaughlin; credentials; ].
E. Schraven; resolutions, Colonel William
| ], l. Burnette and W f. Wood.
Fourth ward: Ward chairman, 3 S.
mess. P s. Rives: credentials P ].
Daily; resolutions II. C. Dininny. city
comittee. A. j Weber. J. NJ. Hopfen
back TI,, and nsrd Allen Wsrd 7 Sanford hsi1sn n,r,
Smith: organization and order OF busi-
ness. A. T. Moon, credentials, A. T, Par
sons: resolutions. George F. Goodwin; city
committee Newton Learned. Charles a
Weaver and Dana T. Smith
No selections were made from the
Third ward as there was only ono repre-
i It was decided that these recommenda-
tions would be made al the ward eau
! cuses 10 be held this morning at The con-
vention hall and that the insursent dele
| gates should vote for the committeeman
so selected. The insurgents declared they
expected 10 be able to choose the mem
! bers of the various committees from the
First. Fourth and FIFTH wards at the con-
vention.
Barrette Pours Oil.
The poll OF the districts in tic manner
| hitherto descrihed was then taken. after
witch there were calls for the insureent
spoke for a few minutes, declaring the
insurgents were in control OF the con
ventIon and il they did not know whom
to name they certainly knew whom not
TO name. He was followed by w. j. Bar
rctte who said that the insurgents were
going 10 lick the opposition but he
suggested that II he without occasloning
any, Ill feeling on the part Of the Brans-
ford supporters. He cuiosIzed Judge Dar-
mer and said the convention would make
no mistake II II chose Darmer rs Its nom
BIansford as the nominal head OF the
administration"
w. s, Dalton attempted to make
speech urging the insurgents to choose
candidates for commissioner as well as
for mayor, While he was speaking
motion to adjourn was put and carried,