Show MOW DO YOU LII LIKU I THE TIlE lIE JlE S J John Bransford was given a trial as ma mayor ol of or Salt S Lake Lal-e. How do you ou like the thc sample he has given you rou Ho lie was put on trial when he wen went In to fill the plied d time that Ezra ia Thompson left loft by resigning There S was a good deal of ot a tangle tano when E Ezra ra got out The Tho cil city was wab in a bad wa way The money was spent the taxes had S S been twice raised raised and and that money too too was spent and tit then en there thelO was WIlS a certain deficit Just ahead of or tho the city cRr Suppose It ha had been a railroad company with outlay outlay out out- la lay bigger than Income The new manager would haveS have S c called lIe tho heads of departments together and would S have havo found out just where retrenchment could bo be ef ci- If It the directors of or tho the company ha had put him i InS in S W. W as ELS mana manager cr in August and he ho had stated tate in October that tha ho lie didn't know anything about the tiro finances of or the tho corporation corporation corporation corpo corpo- ration but expected to know all about them In a 0 year those directors would woul have bounced him so quick It would woul en rt make S h hIs f Q hea swIm st st. tin But that Is precisely what Air Mr 11 Bransford on trial S did hJ lIe Ho went rent on trial In August and stated state in October that he lie didn't kno know anything about the thc finances of or the 1 city but expected to know all ali about them in a year car if 5 S lie he should bo be elected That isn't business s. s If ho lio had been the thc businessman businessman business businessman man his friends have been claiming for tOl him ho would have hare called the various heads of departments Into hi his private ato office and would have hae especially called the outrageous outrageous out out- Raleigh lie Hc would have told them the they had more men than titan they needed and they must cut down c espouses The TIle cSt city was as going too fast fait And the they would have found ways waS here and there to retrench The news of or that would have hate been published to the ther cit city cit and the the fact that John Bransford's business pretensions preten preten- were well welI founded would h have xe been accepted as astrue astrue true b by every one But he df didn't nt do it H. Ho He di didn't nt know there thore was an any 5 necessity lt for doing JoInS it He Ho didn't Jl nt know anything anything- about f overdraft He I V 1 tho ho exe ex- ex S S I S. S sc scot e ot the ell city An And ho treated the tho whole whole hole matter S with a a supreme supreme Indifference which gives warning wanting to the people that he will not mal make e a a. a good mayor maor of or this elL city Then there is another fatal defect in tho the armor almor of John Bransford It ha has been claimed for him that he lie heIs heIs Is an Independent fellow He has for years ears had the handling handling handS hand hand- S ling hug ot of large sums of oC money He was not un under cr obligation obliga obliga- Lion tion to an any one He didn't need be When he wanted ranted nth t he could order It and willing tra tradesmen esmen would woul sen send it up In Th the regular courso course or of business a check would square the account lIe He hasn't had to consider whether there was mone money enough to meet the demands S There has always been plenty plent Of or course ho didn't make makeS S it j But the mone money has been there And nd that thai gave o rise to the belief belle that thal he is un an in independent man that he could coul not be controlled by other men I Well that l Is 15 wrong He lie isn't in Independent at allAn all S An in Independent man is more moio or less of or a 0 lighter He 5 has to be Jf IC he keeps his Independence ence S 'S S When the American party part managers nominated their theirS S candidates tho they bound each cach of or them in writing to obe obey the dictates of the cSt city committee of or tho the American party S It If elected They required that hold on th tho candi candidates atc because the managers were building a Tammany system systemS S in Salt SaIL Lake an and without the certain obe obedience of th the elected the they could coul not lor br a machine S Mr fr was a absent from the ell cli city when th the I. I g general ticket ct was named and amI probably did not sign sigr lio tio agreement But as aJ tho time Tribune veI very well says ays in It Its e editorial flo lal of or September 20 u the matter was covered I Ithe In iii the I p platform an and tic the report of or the committee on organ S 5 N John Bransford Bransfor an independent man mau Not ot much much- much much- with that promise to obe obey thy dictates of or the city com com- S S S S Now 0 you ou take a man inami who dont don't like a u struggle ho I 1 who peace ha has been becis having t timings things elS easy year arter S year tar with rth plenty plent of f Jhone money an and no won worry to see th thIt that thai I. I It Is 11 not exhausted Take Tue c that sort of man and mak him ma mayor of or a city greatly r aU in debt and bind bintI him him wita with wit a promise c 3 to tho obey dictates of the same ame gait gang gauS' that got go gothe S the tue city In debt debt an and what chance ch have you ou for a successful sue suc sueS S administration of or ell city affairs S People of Salt Lal Lake e you know wo we are r painting the thc S. S uI truly You know Imo this city does doe not want ant a maltS man malt S who liU sails along alonS' through AU August an and September el an and into 5 October without knowing what is the financial condition conditionS S o of the time city cly You von know Iwo it does docs not ot want a man weak S enough to accept a a. nomination nomination for for UIl uny which ollice-which which S involves a pl pledge gc to obey the thc behest of or the tho Tom Toni Kearns SS crow crowd S S S John Bransford ford n never Cl should be sustained u because S l lie has b been wi on trial an and has not ma made e good tood |