| Show MAY BE NEWS TO TOH H Sf But He Is Out of the Race for Mayor on His Ticket NOTHING BUT LIPPMAN BRANSFORD WEAKENING AND MAY BE FORCED TO ACCEPT H G McMillan is out of ot the race for mayoralty nominee on the American party ticket Perhaps McMillan know it yet as he be still maintains head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters in the Lenox hotel and Is still spending a little money for his cause backed by b the party organ but there will willbe willbe willbe be nothing to it but Lippman unless in influential Influential men in the party are able to force Mayor John S Bransford to run again Already even money is being wagered that Joseph Jo eph Lippman will it be the nominee of the party for mayor McMillan Is not considered in the matter It Is simply a gamble on whether Bransford will be pushed to the front by a number of ot the prominent men of ot the party who have taken little part In the party manage management management ment for several Beveral years These The e men com corn comprise comprise prise such citizens as W VT V J Halloran James Lynch Ezra Thompson Colonel E A Wall M H Walker Valker and others White While no formal meeting has been held by these men to discuss the Bransford candidacy y several informal meetings have been held during the last few days das and it is t probable that a meeting will be called for tor the near future before the Lippman boom grows too strong W J Halloran is if one of ot the foremost in the fight tight for or Bransford and is sec see seconded seconded in his efforts by other business businessmen men of the party They realize that with the party would almost certainly certainly go down to defeat with McMillan it is a cinch that defeat would be the portion of the American party part but with Bransford they think they have a chance for carrying the city again this fall Feeling Is Growing Mr Halloran has declared that the party must come to this realization and intimates that others are with him in inthis Inthis Inthis this belief making a meeting certain when they will take the matter into their own hands and insist that Bransford be nominated at the convention This feel feeling feelIng feeling ing is growing stronger daily dally and may reach a climax at any time Though the backers hackers of McMillan lIc are those who have had charge of ot the party management for four years and also have the party organ back of them Lipp Lippman man has stolen most of the old wheel horses hor s of ot the party and now has a cinch on the nomination unless the name of Bransford is presented pre They The laugh at atthe atthe atthe the McMillan boom and say they can give him men in the convention from their own forces and then defeat him for the nomination Mayor does not want the nomination He has held off up to date in spite of the many urgent requests from business men that he run again But it is a noticeable fact that the mayor maor is weakening under the constant arguments of his friends and may yet t allow his name to go before the convention Bransford Quoted I dont think they should ask me to torun torun torun run again aln said the mayor I think I have given enough for the party I have hae been in here two years and have done do domy my best for the people of ot Salt Lake But ButI I have lost money by it and I want to get out in private business again I have hae no political aspirations and dont dmit like this constant fighting They tell me I have to run again for the good of ot the party but I hope I will not have to get into the race again Im tired of at It and I think they ought to leave me alone Some months mouths ago the mayor made the statement that he would not allow his hI name to go before the convention and he lie has reiterated that many man times Umes since But he has not refused to make the race if he is named for the office Lately Latel his fight against the place has lost its fire tire owing to the talks from business businessmen men of the party pry It I is now a tup whether the th mayor maor will allow his ht Mends friends fends to t drag him into wll the race again but if he does doe it is i al almost almost almost most certain that he will wi receive the nomination Otherwise there wilt will wi be nothing to it i but Lippman |
