| Show INTERNAL WAR BOTHERS P PARTY Americans in City Council Are M 4 ready Divided Into Two Hos HOB Hostile tile me Camps THEY MAY RETAIN BYWATER R MODERATE PARTISANS BALK AT OF RADICALS RADI LS i H According Accor to declarations ma m jt py fY American party councilmen councilman yesterday the plan 1 lan to remove Fire Chief W V H Bywater may meet with an obstacle ie in inthe inthe Inthe the city cU council counell It is said several neW w members member of the council will refe rat Q allow Bywater to be an incompetent In without making a fight tor his retention An effort to rush t ta a measure to remove Bywater B may iri y pro pre produce prOduce duce a split spilt in the American party ranks in the council As lAs a matter of fact the America party councilmen are divided into two w camps c already Hobday HoMILY Davis Martin Black and Crabtr e con constitute constitute Constitute the element which desires to torun torun torun run things rough shod regardless s of or merit or of the interests of citizen citizens They demand the removal of all aU officials dais not known to have supported the American party porty ticket actively during the last campaign and to have whAt wId d their departments in the interest of bf Ute tRe American party candidates Those Who Are Moderate Mulvey ODonnell O Carter and Ferry belong to the moderate element They have shown already a disposition to consider the merits meriti of and to regard the claims of the wel welfare fare These The e men man comprised the opposition op sitton to Davis DaYis for president of f the council and nd yielded their position R on that point only in the interests of har hex harmony harmony mony It is now stated that they will refuse to stand for the rough policy p ticY proposed by the other oUter L Without their support the other er of cannot put anything through The attitude of the four moderates of the American merIcan party has hu become known to cit citizens teens who have large l rge prop property property property erty interests that woul would be imperiled by b the placing of an incompetent man manat manat manat at the head of the fire tire department and the four tour are receiving r daily d ily assurances of support from prominent citizens Insurance men are behind Hl Pater water ter solidly Some of the councilman n have received letters written by fire fira chiefs of f CJ itle ide cities urging that Bywater be ix lined and citing facts in support of their request Figures compiled complied by tha e tt Age ge t air eloquent testimonial for Bywater They show thai t the ratio of fire loess to premiums premi mg pate paM In fa Salt aIt Lake fell from fron per cent to 20 2 per percent percent percent cent during the first year of Bywaters administration Action Actton in the matter of the police job is awaited with interest by local Republicans to whom Davis Davias has avowed that he lie is still a good Republican Rey can an He did some work in the ward for Lynch during the campaign camp l n nand and then accepted the presidency of the council counell from the American party men flen menThe menThe The vote on n the police chief matter will place Davis and Hobday professed d dR Republicans R on record as either Re Be Republicans publicans or fair fall weather Americans who waited for the success be before before before fore joining its it ranks |
