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Show 1 " mi Hn"MIIIMIHIHIHH John S. Bransford for Mayor I J. In naming John S. Bransford as its choice for Mayor of Salt Lake, the American party has se- lected an Invincible candidate. Ho is a man who stands Tiigh In the business and social world, but who Is democratic in his tastes and tendencies a man who has established among his associates a reputation for great business intelligence, coupled with a sturdy, inflexible honesty that will not stoop to anything petty or mean. He is progressive, progres-sive, energetic, industrious and painstaking, and combines all the ideal qualities for the chief executive ex-ecutive of a growing city. This Is no mere campaign eulogy or 'boost." John Bransford's life and record speak for themselves. them-selves. When he was elected mayor for the unexpired un-expired term of Ezra Thompson a few weeks ago, his mail for days and dayB was choked with let-$ let-$ ters of congratulation from old friends In California Califor-nia who had known him in the days when he was struggling to amass a fortune. The expressions of praise and confidence contained in these letters was enough to make a less modest man than John Bransford glow with a feeling of gratitude that he had been enabled, by the deeds of his life, to elicit such enconlums from those who knew him best. John Bransford was born in Missouri fifty-one years ago. His parents crossed the plains in a wagon drawn by oxen and located in California, whore he grew to manhoood. He was educated In the common schoools of the new state, and, at it early ago, went to work for a living. He started j as, a clerk, and gradually worked Into the mercan- j tile business for himself. In his manhood ho was j twice elected assessor and three times sheriff of I Plumas county, California. He was never defeated 1 for political office. This is a fact which his op- j pononts in this campaign would do well to bear in mind. Some years ago Mr. Bransford acquired large interests in Utah. By 1898 these Interests had become so heavy that he decided to come to Salt Lake to live. He located here, and before he haa been here a year ho was made president of the Salt Lake Mining Stock Exchange. He pursued lite busines pursuits here quietly and unostenta- tiously, and prospered in everything he undertook. Ho is one of the heavy owners of Salt Lake realty. A thing which speaks volumes in his praise is that he is a man to whom other people instinctively instinc-tively trust their money. Ho is the custodian of trust funds amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. He has never betrayed a trust. He will manage the city's affairs in fact ho Is man-John man-John S. nrmisford. aging them with the same fidelity which has characterized his private business life. E. B. Critchlow, in placing him in nomination before the American party convention, described him as "a high-bred, modest, unassuming, accomplished American gentleman. " That describes John Bransford. Brans-ford. In national politics Mr. Bransford has always been a Democrat. He was not long In Utah, how- ever, before he discerned that the political game as played between the Democratic and Republican parties here was a howling farce, with the presi- dent of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the ring master. At an early opportunity, opportu-nity, therefore, he joined the American party and enlisted under the banner of those who are fighting fight-ing his adopted state of the rulo of priestcraft and ecclesiasticism. When Ezra Thompson resigned as mayor of Salt Lake a few weeks ago, the Amorlcan city councllmen by unanimous vote soleoted Mr. Bransford Brans-ford as his successor. No selection ever made a more instantly popular hit with the general pub-' lie. Since then there has been a sort of Bransford tidal wave in this town, and it is a wave which is Koln? to engulf the allied cohorts of the opposition. opposi-tion. In business affairs Mr. Bransford is vice president pres-ident of the Keith-O'Brien company and president presi-dent of the Rogers-Evans company. Ho is vice president of the Silver. King Coalition, and is heavily heav-ily Interested In mining in various parts of the lntermountain country. Ho built the Bransford apartments for n client whose funds ho handles, and he negotiated for Mrs. E. S. Holmes the purchase pur-chase of the Amelia palace from the Mormon church. Mr. Bransford is a man with a big brain and a rapacity for dealing with big affairs. He is the ideal man for mayor of the Greater Salt Lake. |