| Show OffA T Of BRANSfORD Representatives of Movement for Better City Administration tion and Municipal Progress Process Certain of Election of Park 1 f CAMPAIGN OF CITIZENS IS THOROUGHLY CLEAN flying Squadron of Illegal Voters Drilled for Invasion of Every District in Attempt to Cast Fraudulent Ballots I PLOTS ARE FRUSTRATED 1 THINK I may safely assert it as asa 1 I 1 a surety that the candidates on the Citizens' Citizens ticket will be elected to tomorrow to- to morrow w morro every man of them and with comfortable majorities Each candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date e will win over his competitors by t at least votes In this estimate I am inclined to be more conservative than my associates on the nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan par non-par- committee as the remainder of the committee predict that the Citizens Citizens' Citi- Citi Zeus Zeus' ticket will be in the lead at least votes when the polls close We Ve have made a clean campaign W We c have not originated any bitterness and have not tried to cloud the real issue issue the the betterment of Salt Lake It is regretted that this tills issue should have been put into the background by bythe bythe bythe the opposition and a fictitious issue substituted but I believe this move of the opposition has had its effect and that the outlook is more promising now than when our opponents adopted unsavory tactics I tel am ani confident that the Citizens' Citizens ticket will be supported by every voter in Salt Lake who really desires the progress of f the city And this means G at J he- he vast rast sJ m majority t of t the e voters will vote lor our Sour candidates In o our r camp campaign ign up to the last minute we I sought not to discredit the opposition opposition opposition tion but rather to educate voters to he necessity of having a city adminIstration admin admin- free from entanglements free from a past to which many sincere objections objections ob oh- are made free from any pledges other than the pledge to give our city the kind of city government a growing municipality deserves and must have if it is to hold its own in inthe inthe inthe the march of civic progress ROBERT B. B PORTER Chairman Citizens Citizen's s Partisan Non-Partisan Committee Tile The battle battlo of or municipal progress a against civil civic corruption will be fought today through the eft city with the ballots of Jr the city's suffrage as the weapons weapon 1 It t i Is to be bo a n notable fight one that is pregnant with importance to every overy voter in tho one city one which presages the dawn clawn of or a new municipal spirit of progress and prosperity or a continuance of the present administration tion Uon at the throat of oC the city's treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury and the tile municipal welfare It is Is the first city election to be held bell under the new commission form of government govern govern- ment meat provisions pro Hard Turin Tho The organization which has conducted conduct conduct- ed cd the campaign n of oC the Citizens' Citizens noni nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non i partisan candidates will be lie prominent In every district of or the city toda today guarding the tho polls a against the machinations machin allons of the Bransford party's float float- ers In er e every district too will be tho representatives of or that coterie of or of officeholders officeholders officeholders of- of and administration parasites para para- sites who have ha conducted the carral campaign n not of ot the Branford Bransford party part the chances bances of their own future prosperity by their hope hOP of oC success for Cor the Brants- Brants ford ticket These worl workers ers for the Bransford candidates wUl put Into ef ef- ef ever every scheme every ery plan to dis- dis Jonor Loner the thc ballot banot that can be bo conceived conceded of fraudulent nt registration and Illegal Voting The notorious Flying squadron of the UH former campal campaigns ns of oC tho the Bransford party will Invade every C district today tolay with three gangs of oC fifty Bransford hirelings s In each squad and each ench squad attempting to vote ote its members In every cry district In tho city It It IK is a stupendous stu- stu fraud but lint the Bransford part party party par- par t ty managers ha have hae e planned to go to des des- straits in their attempt to railroad rail rall road ro the tin Bransford Ucla ticket t Into domination dom dom- over o the city's future for tho the next four years vears Sheriff Jb Jo Joseph eph C C. Sharp has hai exposed this i t and to Wry nullify it has appointed appoint appoint- ed fifty deputy sheriffs who will be te on duty at ti the polls 1105 with JI lists ts of or dead names name upon wh which ieh ichi this flying squad Jad ron ron hopes to vote Upon the I vigil vigil- IJ- IJ or of th these thle le deputy sheriffs depends depend tile tue purity of oC the ballot today In 1 the han hands H of or the Hie Is i a n. list Hat Hati n of i fully 1000 names which sUU arc ale upon the tho r registration bool books s. s but hut which represent VoteR totes who either cither have ha died or moved from the tho cit city The Bransford also have havo a list Isi of those these Continued ou oa Jf Iwo l. l r 1 DEFEAT OF MAYOR MAYORI I f BY PARK GERT AIN fit t l Statements of Campaign Managers Mant Man- Man f t agers Issued on Eve of oft i t Battle of Ballots I t 5 CO Continued From Inse Inge One inc X r g names and the their thol- hired lured repeaters have havo 2 been drilled at the Bransford headquarters head head- s JT quarters In tho tactics which will bo ho botI hoit tI it JM t t to cast votes In every It Is on these dead name 11 hoped by the Bransford party to show 2000 votes In the totals tonight so- so 2 cured b by their disreputable means ItIs It Is har possible now after atter the u exposure of the plan yuan by Sheriff Sharp harp that this tIts fraud will be BUCK suet sue BUC- K t t accomplished After fter fter a careful consideration of the campaign the Injection of ot a 1 fictitious Issue b by the Bransford party part and the cI clean alJ straightforward canvass for votes otes by the Citizens' Citizens candidates upon i 6 promises only of ot a 3 government the city loa may be proud of of ot the tho following statement statement state- state ment mont was as made last lost night by J. J E. E Dar- Dar 1 mer nier the leader of ot the reputable elo- elo ment in the American party and the ther thep p r- r choice of oC tho the Insurgent faction of oC the 5 party for nI mayor or JI 11 lly J. J I i 13 Dormer Mayor faor John S. S Bransford will b be Ii ic defeated at the polls today without r shadow shallow of a doubt Tho The people o oj of of j Salt alt Luke l lee have become sick a alid nt tired of an administration of oC promises and J will hesitate t to tc endorse the m man mn tn re- re 4 L for tOr present conditions here v- v 1 lie He Is not and never has been a n. true American and has repeatedly refused 7 to carr carry out the principles ls enunciated 51 in the American party platform Not one of oC hi his pled pledges es to his party part have hae i 1 been redeemed and today he stands absolutely I discredited b by the reputable tT lf members of that part party 11 Mayor Bransford has thrown the respectable cloak of oC Americanism e. e about his shoulders in order to hide f the thc real leal motive for Cor his desire for tor power During his tenure he has not hot performed one ono act which reflects to 0 t the credit and honor of oC our city The C men he appointed ted to fill rill city offices are arc of ot a calibre to make honest Americans bow their heads In shame ft- ft Ii- Ii and sorrow He lie has trod rough shod Sf over O American principles in order to toJ tot J ambition t satisfy his own I. I The Tho people of Salt SnIt Lake L. will rise t. t f I In their might today toda to put lUt on record their thir disapproval of the administration ti tion n of Mayor Mavor hl or Bransford to make maket t patent to grafters who have fattened i V off the eft city the tact fact that the w zens now flOw must have clean government Thc They will wiil elect Park Parle with the thc assurance assur- assur ff unco tinco that he will give Ive Salt Lake a aST aI ST clean honest and efficient Vi I tion At t the Bransford party palt headquarters the following statement was issued by f Frank C. C Christensen cn vice chairman jf Jt f the Bransford campaign committee a. a II n IS n. Today the American party part is closing doe clos tn lag ing one ono of the most stubborn and vigorous campaigns In Its history with ifs if's 1 an organization of workers who have 5 iF shown their devotion to the Interests i. i of the Bransford party part b by faithful and andi earnest work worl After Acter a careful In cs i I estimate that the vote polled today will total The Tho Bransford Bransford Brans- Brans u ford ticket will be elected In its ent en- en t t. Mayor 1 or John S. S Bransford Is Jf certain to bo be accorded a majority of or q at least 2500 over o Park We Vo are conZ confident con- con If Z that the people of Salt Lake are arec aref aret f satisfied with tho the administration of t c j Mayor Bransford and will wUl testify to that tha t effect toda today 2 Mayor Bransford's record speaks s for or V itself and all wo we need to be sure of oC victory Ictor Is to get et tho the vote ote out outS I be- be that a majority of the Socialists nf t will vote for or the head of ot our ticket f At the same time we wo are arc not counting f Upon their votes otes to elect Bransford r fV p. p Li So much Ouch has haa been made of or the Ille- Ille gal registration and the tho Bransford party's implied connection with the frauds that I would state we shall take ake ever every precaution possible in order or or- der dec to detect such frauds Should any person parSOn attempt to vote rote today who Is not a legal voter he will be challenged and ind If It evidence of fraud can be ob- ob I tamed he will be prosecuted Tho The latest development In tho the regis regis- frauds of ot tho the Bransford party part was the tho discovery last nl night ht that an attempt had hall been made mado to transfer fOlt forty orty names of ot women from the Iwen ty ly district dIstrIctS the Twenty seventh of or Ill-favored Ill election history r to the registration book in the fourth fifty district Had the transfer been effected the selected women who reside In the Twenty seventh district could coul have hare voted In both districts ac accor according according ac- ac cor cording ln to the plans of ot tho the Bransford managers ers Deputy Deput Sheriff Axel Steele frustrated the tho plot at 1 30 o'clock this m morning o rain g. g Calumny As was predicted by hr Tho The Re Herald publican yesterday day morning the scurrilous rilous pamphlet bearing th the forged forg-ed signatures of officials of the Salt Lake Lal Federation of oC Labor and prominent SocIalists Socialists So So- wa was circulated last nl night ht at midnight This pamphlet bears a quotation quotation quotation quo quo- tation from rom a Socialist part party leaflet which has been recalled b by the So Socialists So- So daWns and declared to be bc a false statement statement statement state state- ment against Samuel C. C Park the Citizens Citizens' Citi Citi- acne zens' candidate for tor mayor maor Yet it is printed in this pamphlet distributed last t nl night ht as a final and fraudulent appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal to laboring men to vote against their best Judgment judg The Tho effect of the pamphlet has h been cn lost however cr and few of them saw the lI light ht of ot da day this morning But fe few vehicles will be bc used b by the Citizens CItizens' workers today In keeping keepIng- with their conception of the spirit of oC the tho new law the Citizens Citizens' candidates refused to allow tho the hiring of autos auto and carriages to o take voters to the polls pos In every district there will be beat beat beat at least one vehicle read ready to take c the thea a aged ed and Infirm to the polls 0 but the Citizens Citizens' committee expects ever every voter to walk to the polls and cast his or her vote for or the saving saving- of ot the city from the hands of the Bransford coterie The final bulletin Issued b by the thc Citizens Citizens' Citi Citi- zens' zens committee was was' an appeal to all voters to go 0 to the tho polls pos early earh toda today and nn cast their ballots naming namIng- In them the men who are pledged ed to promote the city's welfare If It election evE evo betting Is an any criterion Samuel C. C Park Parle will snow under Mayor John S. S Bransford Bransford Brans- Brans ford mon money was difficult to find yesterday yes yes- es and but one wa wager er of oC any an size was made One ma nul cov covered red of Park mone money with and lost his hits sleep last nl night ht in consequence Other bets placed were 25 even cven that Park polls 10 00 votes 2 25 to 3 that Park beats Bransford b by 1000 majority 10 to 15 that Park Parl polls 1000 more votes than 25 on e that Lawrence polls Ios more votes than an any man in the tile American ticket et b by bs 1500 25 oven even that Park Parle heats hents Branford rord by 30 to 25 that Park Parle does doeR not get et 1000 majority 1 over o Bransford |
