Show I DAVIS oF TREACHERY I Straight Americans in Council Say He Is Trying to Wreck Their Party i SPLIT BY CONDUIT GRAB MORAN KELSEY MAY BE DEFEATED f Conspiracy to wreck the American party is the charge made by angry par partisans against Councilmen A J and Thomas Hobday who tried to rail railroad railroad road a resolution through the council on Monday ni ht to place tIle entire con construction of the conduit together with the right to determine how much moneY be expended on It In th hands of ofa t ta a committee to be appointed by Mr Davis who is president of the council Mr Davis is credited with an to be mayor maor His fellow accuse him of yearning for the Republic Republican an nominatIon for that office They ae a cuse him ot of predicting that the Amen Ameri American can party will be beaten In the counts count election this fall fail and that by the time of the next municipal election It will have vanished oft off the face of the earth They charge that he seeks to secure control f the conduit construction in order to take care of workers who will wili aid him In the acco accomplishment of his political ambitions Alliance Is Dissolving The fact Is that the alliance formed be tween the straight Americans and Davis and for the and control of the council Is being dig die solved In a of and doubt The straight Americans accuse Davis and Hobday of oC not playing lair fair and 0 of all sorts or of political Jobbery DvIs and Hobday were elected to the th council is as Republicans They are loll 1011 overs overa When the Americans carried the city last lait fall they found themselves un unable unable able to organize th the council v without the tho votes otes of the two and an al alliance liance Hance was formed for that purpose all an alliance which bids fair to split spIlt over the conduit matter What Davis R Received As s the price orice of his alliance with the s D Davis lis demanded and re received received the presidency of the council and two places on the city payroll His father was given a place in the water depart department ment and Ills his sister was given a in the land and water commissioners ot of flee fice Hobday as the price of his 1115 alliance with the Americans secured the appointment of Fred Sp Spencer relative as plumbing inspector After fter securing what they want wanted ed Davis and HObday joined with the Americans and helped organize the thA council Davis pro among other things that he would stand the throughout t two Years and that promise It j ed he has by trying to secure as his per the of the BIg It Patri P tri itta a The Americans are badly divided as asto asto to the advIsability ot of accepting the pro gramme of Cit City Engineer L C and Contractor P J Moran t to hi extras on tha COnduit Davis sprung his C coup tIp evening a move in wl which ch the wily Mr Moran is accused of having a are more divided than ever eyer A the matter stands toda today they are lined up as follows For the extras or for anything else elac Pat Moran Black AgaInst extras and hostile to DavIS et Carter ODonnell Ferry Fern Martin Inasmuch as It has practically been agreed that th the matter of extras shall b settled In an American caucus this poll would indicate a lively In when the caucus is called to order Where Davis Broke Faith What angers some of the AmerIcans particularly Is that Davis should cause to tobe tObe be offered his grab resolution In ad advance vance ance of the caucus They say that it was understood all around that the cau cue eus should determine the course to be In the conduit matter and accuse Davis DaYis of breaking that agreement They sa say It was agreed that aU all action was to tobe be 00 deferred until the return of Council Councilman man Ferry from the eat east The conduit gb grab is a long way from t now Te The contingent ent wil will not consent to a caucus until Ferry returns Without caucus at ac action tion the gb grab is out of the queston question for forthe fo the Democrats ar are against i it to a man manSo manSo So DavIs Engineer Kelse Kelsey and the en entre entire tre tire Moran contingent a ace forced to wait until Ferry Fem returns and then to tae take un uncertain uncertain certain chances in a caucus Kelsey Is Pleading City Engineer Kelsey Kelse and hi his friends are alarmed over the outlook and are in cUne dined to plead They out that If if the are turned de wn the Amer Amerlean lean party wi will be placed In the attitude of f discrediting Is its own engineer In fact the extras be turned dow down there thera is a fine prospect that a new cit city engi reer wi will be 00 appointed Mayor Tompson Thompson while at first In dined to favor the for tor e cx Is reported to b be indignant at what he is reported to have termed Davis hoggishness ad and the result Is that he can no longer be counted as lion supporter of the Moran |