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Show I fMUNICIPAL POLITICS I The "American" party is already 11 I making extensive preparations for waging a strong campaign next fall to n I capture the city. The members of the B party claim they will have unlimited n B funds to make tho light, and they have f B In a quiet way commenced organizing. '" B It '3 their P"rPS0 to havo a uand of ' B workers In every election district In B the city and numerous women's clubs B will be formed to advance tho Interests B f ttic party. B The talk at present is that Ezra B Thompson will bo their mayoralty can- B didate. B The straight Republicans are hoping Bj to have a new dally paper started in B 1 very few months so that it will be B a factor ,n the campaign. The Re- H publicans do not expect that tho legal B question of their ability to get the As- H sociated Press news report for the new H Paper, which Is to bo called tho Repub- H llcan, will be decided for qulto a while. H it is however, proposed that the dlffl- cutty which confronts them can be temporarily bridged over by tho paoor B elng printed in Ogden on "tho Morning B Exaiiilner press, or the Ogden Stand-H Stand-H ard press, whlchover you choose to call it, and that tho new sheet uso the Examiner franchise for the Associated press dispatches. Tho I Republican, although printed In Og-H Og-H den, would bo sent by special train to Salt Like so that tho subscribers in 8 this city would receive it at the same time as the Tribune is delivered. It Another plan is that the proposed 1 ew PaPer uso a Scrlpps-MacRae 11m- I "J newa service and supplement that with such Associated Press matter as I appcars ,a the evening papers, and on , ,Ich ther la no copyright. In tho I alter caso- the paper would bo printed m Salt Lake, probably on tho Deseret f?Mu,Pr0SS' that panor hav,nS the best facilities for doing the work. Objoc on has been made by somo to using ho Deseret News on tho ground that ucti v -la glvo the new paper a dlg met ,iormon llavor, when tho main ran t0 mako 11 a straight RepublL party paper without distinctions of Ll IlT character. Tho disfavor RemS Ch the Trlbune has falln with "epublicans generally makes it cor- that a straight out party paper would bo welcomed by a large section of the community. Possible mayoralty candidates on the Republican ticket are being discussed dis-cussed on tho street corners and among politicians generally. State Senator George N. Lawrence Is being urged as a strong and in every way do-sirablo do-sirablo man for the office of chief magistrate mag-istrate of tho city. Ho would command com-mand a strong following, nnd his integrity integ-rity nnd ability cannot bo question. Tho supporters of Councilman Black are not weakening and William J. Lynch's friends are as enthusiastic as ever in urging his claims. Doubtless Doubt-less lots of new men will bo discovered discov-ered before any selection is made. Tho Democrats seem so far to have but' one candidate, tho present mayor, Richard P. Morris. It is believed he would take tho nomination again and with three tickets in tho Held It would bo anybody's victory at tho polls. Tho "American" party would draw more voters from tho Republicans than from tho Democrats, thereby making hope of success more bright to tho Democrats. Demo-crats. Tho proposed now franchise for tho Utah Light and Railway company is still attracting much interest. The franchise in its present form Is not by any means so objectionable as it originally orig-inally was and except with tho extremists ex-tremists little complaint would bo heard If it were- granted. It comprises com-prises in tho main giving tho company a franchise running for GO years from January 1 last which would bo an extension ex-tension of its present franchises for nearly ten years; tho company to re-duco re-duco tho price of light about 25 per cent from tho present figures, accord tho city freo lights as at present, re duco tho street car faro from 5 cents to 4 cents and convey to tho city whatever what-ever Interest it uns in tho Cottonwood water which it originally proposed to sell for ?100,000. When those as main features and tho city's interests properly prop-erly safeguarded in other respects the doal seems reasonable. & The suggestion of enjoining tho Issuance Is-suance of ?1,000,000 in bonds voted last January is being seriously con-sldered. con-sldered. There would bo no serious objection to tho bond deal going through If tho money was going to be expended legitimately and honestly for tho bcnollt of tho city, but tho poo-plo poo-plo have no confidence In tho present administration as to cither Its ability to handlo so extensive nn undertaking or in its integrity. Tho proposition showed from tho very beginning strong evidences of graft nnd since tho bonds woro voted various things havo como to tho surfneo which shows beyond a rensonablo doubt that several sev-eral big steals are contemplated. Tho city needs the water, but tho public strongly object to paying a million dollars dol-lars for water and not getting any water. Tho people don't want a repetition repe-tition of tho $250,000 wntor bondB Issued Is-sued a few years ago when tho monoy was spent nnd tho city got practically nothing for It. If tho present bond issuo wont through and somo means wcro devised to prevent any contracts being entered en-tered Into or nny of tho money being spent until n new administration comes Into power It would meet general gen-eral approval. o |