Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-10-24 | Page 4 | "J. S. B.-His Collar and Padlock."

J T. T S. S B. B n. ius HIS COLLAR n AND PADLOCK l it you o fin find a collar a. a so marked dont don't tal take e It to the he k mayor for fot It doesn't belong to hh him He lie has that sort ort urt of of collar all right light and his collar ts is so feo Inscribed But Bute he he e hasn't hant lost It Ho Is wearing It lIe He cant can't lo lose e It One of ot the fair fall things his friends said of or Mr lr BranI Bransford Bran Brans- I r Lord ford rd when he vas vai elevated to the position of or maor mayor f was He Is a 0 stron strong t man Ho is Independent Tom Torn Kearns learns cant can't handle handlo him He curses Tom Torn Ke ICe Kearns rn t I Now ow the they shake their heads ruefully for they know it 1 he is fas fast n and d safe saCe under the grip of or the tho king of ot the ho grafters Mayor lLio Bransford is not Independent He is JS not master of or his office and that tact fact is become notor notor- ious bus Especially sinco since the naming of Tom Toni Pitt as chief of or police the fact of or R 3 J submission Is ls I every every- where f conceded There is 18 no question now about i the ruling power in this t city Dreadful as the purpose of ot Tom om Kearns is 15 known to be the cItizens citizen understand that in the tho appointment of or Pitt the oath of allegiance to S learns Kearns has been taken b by the mayor And It is a a. ver very unfortunate thing for the city f There was a a. time Hmo when it 1 really seemed that Mr i Bransford had determined not to truckle to the he pestilent ent crowd in command of or the tho American party that no to I had resolved tho they needed him more than he ho needed t to them whIch them which was the truth V 1 o 0