Show THE TOTAL VOTE MAYOR AMERICAN SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT Br Bransford Burt Murdoch Wallace RECORDER Rives Johnson ob son Myton Fitzgerald AUDITOR Alff Edgar Edwards TREASURER Snyder l r 7 Nelson Peabody y ATTORNEY Dininny Lawrence BY JOHN S BRANSFORD I am deeply appreciative of the high honor again conferred on me by the tho cit ott citizens citizens of ot Salt Lake Now ow that the contest Is la over and the voters by their suffrage suf auf frage decided the election question I hope that everybody will unite for a greater Salt Lake Of course I am pleased that a council has been elected which will willbe willbe be In sympathy hy with me mo and which will carry out the policy which was man inaugurated Inaugurated at the time the Americans gained control of the city What more could 1 ask I asked for a council that would support me mo and I got it White I have not given glnn the matter much thought just Juat yet still I can say that my conduct of the theoffice theoffice office will be the same during the coming term as aa it has haa been during this term I will stand for the making of ot all the improvements that the finances of the city will permit BY JAMES D MURDOCH The Republicans have made a r dignified and clean campaign and we lost sim aim simply simply ply because we did not have votes enough to win I am satisfied with the tho re result result sult suit and I wish Mayor Bransford a pleasant and successful administration in the theoffice theoffice office to which he has been elected by the people of Salt Lake In the race for tor mayor 1 have been beaten decisively nd d I have no excuses to make BY WILLIAM R WALLACE How does the defeated candidate usually feel In a contest of this kind Well he hardly feels in the same frame of mind as he would if victory had perched on the banner of the cause which he had espoused Defeat Is a bitter pill pIlI at the best beet I have taken my defeat philosophically however and find considerable sat satisfaction satIsfaction satisfaction in the knowledge that the voters among the party part rallied so 50 nobly to my support I have enjoyed my association with the mem members members bers hers of the central committee the Democrats and the Citizens I am appreciative of the gallant fight they made in my behalf I am still hopeful that the strife which has long agitated this city will be settled soon Religious prejudice should not enter Into a municipal campaign and I hope that the time will soon come when any anT an r citizen can be elected to office Irrespective of the religious belief which he ho entertains |