Show flAkY S 4 a. a t Contractor Put Forward aS i ithe the Only Asset of the American Party a r The first b gun of the municipal campaign sounded like a firecracker under a mattress when it was exploded at Lagoon yesterday afternoon and when the noise noise reached the eager I listeners Mayor ol J. J S. S ri Bransford and one Joseph Lippman were sitting on the speakers' speakers stand waiting to see which could claim the honor bonor of seeing first smoke The occasion was one of ot the gathering gather lag ing of tho the faithful patriots erf of th tho city administration and th the city em em- es at nt Lagoon for tOl American Party Da Day and with wives and anal children and every department of tho elt city government government govern ovorn ment from the mayor maYOt to tho the Inspectors tors of the board of ot public works orles represented rEpresented they made a large crowd The Ladles Ladles' G G. A A. R. R band banal paraded the streets of ot Salt Lake and led the way to tho the station and at the resort more I I music was furnished by the negro contIngent contingent contingent con con- of or the party part which vol l Its services for the tho usual consider consider- atlon For good mea measure uro In tho the mu musical musical musi musi- l. l cal line the German Harmonie society was also also- engaged to give several selections selections After two selections b by tho the band and two more moro from the Gorman singers singers' there was a gathering of ot the clans clans' around the speakers speakers' stand and about remained when J J. E E. Danner proCessional professional pro pro- candidate for tor city judge In Introduced Introduced introduced In- In Mayor Bransford as the first speaker Some Somo of or the party part workers who had not been beon taken Into the con con- con I of ot tho trio Inner circle expected that Joe Lippman would bo be the first man manto to uphold the principles of the Kearns party and thus turn Lippman loose with a running start an as tho the Inner circle circle cir clr- cle candidate for tor mayor maor Opens This plan er however had been turned down after due consideration and it was Mayor Bransford who opened tho proper The mayor said he never had been heralded as a public speaker and moreover he had no not aol been notified that ho he would be called on for fora rora a spee speech h until a a. few hours o before Both Doth Continued on Page Two Tito I I i DAY OF ADMIRATION I FOR ONE P. P MORAN I Continued from rani Inge One statements wore accepted b by the audi audience I once ence en co without question The mayor maor said ho he rejoiced over the thet t I I good weather and the thc ma magnificent city Ht It i Improvements that had been made mado ander unI un- un 1 I dor der tho time American party part rule in Salt all allI Lake Ho lie received a demonstration of I approval al when he said he could guy flU positively that the tax lax le levy lethis this year ear would not nol he Increased above 13 mills for far city purposes although no word was as given ghen to the Iho faithful ones that their mills tax on city salaries for foi tho limo American party parly campaign fund j I would not he be increased Turning from boat Income to expendi exp expenditures I tur tures titres Mayor Ia or Bransford said Inn Im glad wo wt have an official contractor In Y P. P J J. J Moran for fOI ho lie gives Alves us lion linn work at a x alow low lower r price than other cities J of oC red th west are paying The Time mn mayor or rote referred to tho the Main street paving which waB dono done two weeks ago by Moran and far foi rorI which the tho ell clip tins has not net vet et paid n a dol dpi I Jar lar This street hl he sait said was the Hie best Leit paved PI In time tho country In ord order r to tu save Lippman's firework I for th mat last aFrank Frank ns Mi clerk I for Cor the mayors mayor's discredited board of ot public works was called on m to furnish some solute figures showing w where the tho Airmen Amerl- icon i cnn can party part had hall spent In the thelast last st four Cour years on public Improvements emt nIR which Included for Cor patching till the lug Big Cottonwood conduit and for fui repairing the lIll new now wooden woollen stave sta nut lot loti i sott er before Il it could be used A lar largo large e part parl of or Mr i r Christen address ad ad- address dress was devoted oled to outlining what he hI called the advancement ment In and spiritual welfare of ur Salt Pall Lain I since the them American m party part assumed con con- trot hol He Ile credited the Iho parts with all nIl the HIP Improvements that have l been made in Salt Halt Lake since and said In the In last t four our y years ars the time party pirt had hall had spent a n total of or which equaled almost double the tho amount spent on public Improvements In Salt fait Lake up to lo the time the Iho American party control Possible mistakes mistakes mis mis- takes th there rC might have been but ho hf said those these hind had been overshadowed by hy the thin j Denies cries Any Grafting Joe Joo Lippman delivered one of oC f Istock his hi- stock clock tirades against the Mormon 1 church and t then hen challenged ed an any opponent opponent nent nellt to point to nil any actual graft on Oil the tho part parl o of oC Mayor Bransford or any of oC the members o of oC the hoard board of works The Tho city council ho lie passed led h by saI saying I the they were welo us as good flood us those o-f o any an another other ell ellIn In iii the country not nol San nn I Francisco r or We e 1 c have lune here her hera a government erf of tho the people by 11 the 11 people poo- poo 0 I pie pIc and ami for tor time the people and not ngut- ngut a government gov gO of oC the people b by the church and for fOT time the church he by said Pat Moran came In for sonic some more morr coddling from Lippman when he told how deep the tho mud was In Main olain street i In n 1882 before beCore P. P J. J Moran foran got Into t th he ell city council and final finally became the chief Mogul of the American J part a as s Mr Lippman expressed it t I challenge you ou to lo flail find an any anIt It city 1111 I prot pro In n the world to lo compare I with what Pat Pal Moran Is doing he aid ald You Vou cant can't have Improvements on hot air all you ou have ha got to pa pay for tor them The Time main man issues of the tho coming campaign cam cam- campaign he summed up as the record made II by tho rho present officials In bringing Salt Lake Lako out of ot the slough h of despond i In ii which It had been moored for tor years The Thc prize waltz was wa won h by Mrs Zen cr Christensen u and Joseph Juseph Tall Tull and Mrs W 11 II Wilkinson president of the t ime women's ol organization l of or tin time A Am merican part party won a aase vase ase as the time most mOt popular woman |