| Show I Real fight is Between Morris and an Bransford I IThe 0 The last week of the city campaign began egan this morning The politicians will put the finishing touches on their work this week wee A survey of the campaign that has lias been waging for more than five weeks shows that the Democrats have made the only rational ra onal pleas Epitomized the arguments arguments arguments ments have been as follows DEMOCRATS Elect Morris Monis because experience has taught that he will make the best mayor REPUBLICANS Beat the Americans with Plummer AMERICANS A Elect Bransford and scare the Mormons The Republicans have based their t campaign on a set of figures showing the vote at the last coun county county county ty election a time when Richard P Norris Morris was not nota a candidate for any office a time when every possible influence was brought to bear to insure a Republican victory It is whispered about by the Republicans that Plummer is stronger than Morris Monis Now Dr Plum Plummer Plummer mer nier is not well known to the people of the city He is colonel of the first regiment of the Na National National National Guard and a ld a member of the public library boar board appointed by former Mayor Thompson He has never had any experience that would remotely qualify him to occupy the mayoralty Richard P Morris Monis on the other hand has served an invaluable apprenticeship in municipal l af affairs affairs affairs fairs For two terms he served as a member of the city council Then he was promoted to th the city an office which he conducted for six years with distinguished ability After that he was mayor for two years and ana made the best record any mayor of Salt lake has ever made It is absurd to say that Plummer is stronger than Morris Monis It is the height of political al folly to say that the Republican nominee for the mayoralty can get more votes from this people than the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic nominee Dr Plummer is not as strong song a candidate as was William J Lynch the Republican Republican Republican lican nominee of two years ago and Lynch was unable to carry more than one OIle voting district in inthe inthe inthe the entire city Under the leadership of Lynch the Republicans failed to carry a single municipal ward or to elect a solitary candidate The result of the voting in 1905 was as follows Morris Monis Lynch Thompson First ward 1971 1291 2287 Second ward 1862 1237 2156 Third ward 1672 1176 Fourth ward 1458 1329 1832 Fifth ward Totals tal i r i 00 Morris Monis beat Lynch 2860 votes x Thompsons plurality over Lynch was Thompsons plurality over Norris Morris was Richard P Morris Monis was the Democratic candidate then he is the Democratic candidate today The Republicans are deliberately overlooking the personal equation in this t is fight They are attempt attempting attempting attempting ing to deceive the people this year as they deceived them two years ago All signs indicate that they will fail The Republican cause is weaker this year than it was two years y s ago as is is evidenced by the fact that they are making absolutely no effort to capture the council They do not hope and they can cannot cannot cannot not hope to elect more than two of their nominees The next city council will if there is anything in political indications stand s nd Democrats 7 Americans 6 Republicans 2 If the Republicans had any hope of electing Plummer would they let the council go by the board t Did they ever when they really thought they could win adopt such sucha a course t I Let us take a sane reasonable view of the situation Those who do cannot ca fail to o reach r a h the he conclusion that Mt the only ticket ti ket that has a chance to beat the nominees of the Americans is is the he ticket headed by Richard P Norris Morris It is possible by b methods such as a were used two years ago to tp draw enough votes from Norris Morris to give the election to Bransford but the election of Bransford is s the utmost that the Republicans can accomplish |
