Show ABANDON MAYOR BADGER COUNCIL Inner Innel I Circle Brings Pressure to Bear on Councilmen in Fight Over Devine WORKERS WOULD RESIGN District Chairmen Call on Representatives Rep to Oppose Con Confirmation fi Im I'm a ti 0 n I Votaries of ot the American party inner circle were at nt the mayors mayor's office of of- ice fice In tile the city cily and county building yesterday in full tull force torce but hall had little littleto to ra say to his honor They have given en him himI I up ill as ac a 0 hind bad job and amI aro are concentrating con con- their powers of persuasion said tahl powers powel's consisting of oC a lar large large- e- e sized club on tho tilo councilmen who have ha declared decare their Intention to lo fulfil ful ful- fil ii their and vote ote for COI tile appointment of or James Devine as tire fire chief when the mayors mayor's letter appointing ap ap- pointing him hini is read reull at tile the council cling mi-cling Monday evening e Mayor stands pat lat All they have ha been heen able to lo say MY lo tit ti him backed by lIy a n page half local editorial In the or organ an has not swerved him hun himIn himIn In the slightest degree e Ice from flom what whal he be believes belie to lo h be the rl right ht thin thing In their efforts to control him they have heard heal not lint one but many unpleasant sant truths about Wal ward heelers an and petty politics no 0 After Others Since Sluice A A. J J. J Davis has left 1110 the city having ha Important mining bu business to attend atten to lo which will prevent his alten at- at ten ance at al the council councH meeting tho persuaders have ha be begun un a campaign on tile the four foUl councilmen who will vote olo for COI Devine Their Theil argument ai yesterday was that the only method of oC disposal was to vote vole down own the mayors mayor's appointment an and compel tile the mayor to sen send In another another an- an other name The They riley went vent so far as asto asto asto to sa say that Bransford would welcome such a way vay out of oC the tho difficulty He lie was not nol present at the thC time lime Martin l who spoke his mind about peanut l politicians an and war ward politics in Ill general and announced on the street that thai he was wa with the mayor maor has lias been lIcen with political annihilation annihilation an an- on and though thou visibly perturbed per pet tithed has to lo his guns gulls lIe He was lold that lint hi hl would woul never receive c another an an- other nomination from the lie American lurty that ho lie has heard before Ferry D and amid 1111 also were eie told a few Cw things though the tile threats were wele not lOt so 80 strong as to lo Martin their lIeu standing being a little more se secure se- se cure cuie than limn that hat of oC Martin 0 Is the lie uncertain factor He lie was not at the lie caucus and unlike the ho is not nol bound by y promise to n the hILl mayor In Jul all questions that luave ha previously come up he lie has hns voted ote ot vot e ed to lo sustain the mayor maor anti and it Is IsI thai lInt hu lIe would do 10 so su this time line I lie He Io lia has laai been under linde strong fire un and both joth hides claim that lint he hc will vote ote oteI I n h Chairmen Will iII ie I. I Ono One threat used at al the caucus was that Ihal ten len of the district chairmen would woul Ic resign i n at once If the tIle appointment of oC Dc hue wa as ma made c A paper paler has been lIcen I in II Cl among amon the smaller and 1 I was fairly well signed thou though h there wen wen- many who refused etl tu to sign Ign telling tho tile that though they didn't like the appointment appoint appoint- ment thc they di didn't nt see how io the lie mayor mayOl could do lIo otherwise than keep leep his word a aIs Is comes comeR In for a bunch pf cIt un- un notoriety In the tile whole affair H ll Ji j has hus been lIcen quibbling for fol some time and amid ln this In Iii spite of or the lie fact that he lie liethe was the first to sU suggest rest that lne Devinc lie be je appointed Martin who has private ate and business reasons for standing h In on the appointment readily read II fly ily accepted the suggestion u an and tile the two Iwo with Mayor In or Bransford were the committee sent rent h by the tle caucus to lay laythe laythe laythe the mailer matteI before Devino Dc an and get his an wel As soon as the outcry arose over o th tile Davis Dais b began begaii an to crawfish Unlike Ferry an and who havo have more mOI regard reg-anI for Cor theIr promIses ho lie he began an to lo quibble lie He saw sa 0 or knew of lie Iho filching of the mayors maYor letter leller from tho the recorders recorder's table by ly Stewart and winked at It H Ho lie was willing whiling to back hack down own If IC the Ito others would HUll and when thc they StOol stood firm has to tile the woods the trouble Is over art ut and Stewart who swiped the he letter an and tile Iho recorder who allowed him to do dobo doso o oso so bo have llave come collie in Iii for some stron strong criticism from flom those who are arc most Interested In seeing all nIl smooth In Jn the parly purt Much of or the he blame Is laid on their shoulders Some Sonic patriots state that while the they consider the appointment a bad one It is not hot sufficiently im- im Important to lo be allowed to wreck the parly anti and that If the lie confirmation had been lIeen made madO at first It would woul have been forgotten by lIy this time and all would wout have havo been smooth In party parl circles with some hope hODe of or passing I Ithe the bond hond Issue Issue Issue-a. a hope which Is dally daily all dying out It Is not lIot considered likely that the taxpayers will give gi to lo a u party parly which can not appoint a chief of oC the fire fire- department without a civil cl war the tho handling of more of oC their money to obtain which It will be he necessary t tl ti pul Put the lie city cily to lo thc lie furthest limit o of ofIn In indebtedness 5 Condemn Major Dran fortl While special committees from Crom each municipal Wal ward In Salt alt Lake ar arc waiting on omi their theil representatives cs In Iii th the council patty part leaders ea ers ar are arc con condemning Mayor for hi histand his I stand on the tile fire fite chief mattel mailer callIng calling call call- ing lug him anything but bul truthful am an amid chafing him with gross violation o ohis of hl his hiis word given giL to tu emissaries of oC the lie muter lunar cliche American party chairmen in ill time the five precincts of Salt Lake Lale have ho hel held caucuses during dining the lie week weel and have havo a adopted re resolutions calling upon the Itch councilmen tu to vote a against time the con COIl of or James Junus Devine as duet chic of the fire next Monday l night These resolutions condemn Ih the hue mayor all and his Ills attitude e un and amid they are aie arenow mio now being carried carrle by lIr special committees commit commit- tees lees to lo tile the American councilmen The action is the result of a series of meetings at which the tho will of oC the American party larty Ica leaders was laid down o n lo tn the lie woi leers and tile the news wa was broken that the party organ would woul tale take a tremendous ou on omi the lie Devine Devine De De- vine appointment ll By B making a con con- crusade ade the tIle councilmen council councIl- clua e against men Inca through the medium of or orar ar ward or organizations or- or it is hoped to lo break the support of the mayor under threats threat of oC everlasting e damnation to councilmen in iii certain wards Majors Major's Had Ball l J Kearns allIs IJ party ut leaders Influential members of oC the lie inner circle etc elc etc char charge e Mayor Bransford with Hh bad bai a faith They he say ay that he lie is the original dial inal pledge t g breaker kel It II is pointed ou out that lInt A. A J. J Charon Dr Di Henry lIem La and another funned formed a committee which waited on the tIll mayor shortly after tIle the election and anti lold told him that It Il was wa the will vIii of or the thc whole party parti that he lie appoint no one to the thc head heat 1 of HC a department who Is not nol strictly an Ull American parly lauty man mali In indorsed b bj by bythe the inner circle or city cily committee Time The mayor at that time line promised that tha never would woul he lie appoint a Cl man without without with with- out first submitting submitting- a list of or names 01 or getting tile the committee to submit a alist alist l list of or names any anyone one of or which would be acceptable to the thc party or- or b gull ia t io ii After this his tIll the tho Kearns K arm leaders claim Mayor Bransford turned right around an and appointed ono one who was not only anti American but chairman of or the tile Republican city committee Pcr Personal oal Popularity ty G Ga Z This personal popularity gag ag doesn't make malec a n hit lilt with the tue Inner circle an am any 30 more fhe They rIley claim that John S. S Bransford Beans Brans- for ford has a highfalutin opinion of himself because he ho polled a large vote ote In iii the lie city last fal fall fail They limey also point to lo tile the fact that he dl didn't nt get over thirty more votes than titan were cast for II 11 J. J who admittedly Isn't so tremendously ou popular The moral of ot this Ik that the American American American Am Am- party people vote ote their ticket no run matter mailer who Is at the tho hoa head or the tall tail of or It The They vote the lie ticket because it bears the American party label At least that's what th tho Inner circle fellows sa say That being the case the they can not see cc where Mayor Bransford has such stIck claims to lo peerless personal popularity In tart fact the they dont don't believe ho he is Js popular popular lar at all now that he has ilas submitter submitted d the name namo of or James Devine De a as elliot chief of oC the fire department Tr Try to Break k Him Ilium I E Every pressure known to the artful Joe Lippman time the resourceful Judge Darmer Danner und and the swinging club patriot called has been brought into pIn play to make time the mayor change his mind an and every o pressure has been found roun too weak weal to accomplish this Now ow tile the party part organization is contenting con- con tenting Itself with a campaign to blow certain councilmen out of tho lie water waler and make them change their attitude and voto vote against confirming the mayors mayor's appointment This failing tailinG the Inner circle will In lay deep cep and deceiving decel pitfalls for the tIle mayor and somo some day the they hope to get him for tor his unnatural desire to serve the thc people an and not tho the ble bk political high high- binders or whatever else his ills honor cares to call the Inner circle and amid tho the party part workers ers that rotate about tho time dangerous flame Clarno I D |