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Show ft JOHN S. BRANSFORD FOR MAYOR H ' H A city election will be held here In about forty H days. The most Important office to be filled Is H that of mayor. H )Je There are three known candidates on the H American Ticket, one has been tried, the others B are well known as staunch Americans, honest f and capable business men. HE ' The Incumbent was never known in politics V here until he was appointed to succeed Mayor f Thompson upon his resignation. So well did he K fill the place that he was nominated for re-elec- H lion by acclamation and triumphantly elected. So H well has he filled the office that other parties HI have tried to Rain his consent to be a candidate Hw Qn their tickets. M The natural conclusion would be that he is a B good man to continue In office. When two strong D factions in opposition to the party to which he i belongs want a man for a candidate to lead their K forces, his party friends ought to see where their HIP greatest strength lies. H ' The secret of his strength l'es in the fact that H he has proved in his office to have no other in- jH terest so much at heart as the welfare of the city; ! he has never for an instant hesitated to give his M opinions and to act upon them officially, and H f whether accepted or not, the honesty of the man H j and the integrity of his motives have never for a fl j moment been doubted. He knows the city thor- B, oughly and its needs and would if elected be a K still better mayor than he lias been in the past. Hj This is no impeachment of the ability or in- H tegrlty or earnestness in the cause that the B American Party is supporting of any other candl- R date, it is rather; a matter of the availability of g the respective candidates. P t Probably on election day the struggle will Itpractlcally be as it has been in the past the , American Party against the field, and we happen to know that the prayer of those who most desire the defeat of the American Party is that John S. Bransford may be defeated for the nomination. Throughout his entire administration John S. Bransford listened to every suggestion from any flHsKflK iQSHHBHR jft jjMtfghG$QflH 9n& 'HBHBBflTflBBBaHkH layman in the party, has always given a willing ear to the advise of the party leaders, but has reserved the right to use Ms best judgment after carefully weighing both sides of every question, and for that reason, if none other, has gained in- numerable friends who have admired his straight- 1 forwardness In taking a firm stand on evearything j having to do with the welfare of the city.' In referring to Mayor Bransford it Is not necessary neces-sary to deliver a campaign eulogy. His record is open tor inspection, and just as he was the ideal man for mayor of Grater Salt Lake two years ago, he is again, only this time he comes before the people with a record of having been "the best mayor Salt Lake City ever had," whoso fairness In dealing with every situation and with every individual, no matter what his politics or creed, has won him almost as many friends outside of his party ap in. If nominated, and there is scarcely a doubt that he will be, his election and the success of the entire American ticket will be absolutely certain. cer-tain. Unassuming, energetic, democratic to a degree, a splendid business man, it will be a difficult matter mat-ter for any party to find a candidate for the mayoralty may-oralty nomination in whom are combined the qual- ities which have aided John S. Bransford in mak- ing such a signal success of his political career. He is a man of affairs, big affairs, and the worst any of his political enemies can say about him Is that he has been the mayor to such an extent that he has served the public so faithfully that he not only has broken the power of every clique and faction seeking to have him strengthen its privileges, privi-leges, but has also neglected his own personal affairs. |