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Show -25Beven if the law set aside he would refuse to were serve after January 1,. 1912. On December 9, law 1911, the state constitutional, that the ballots was results of the election were effectively The one were in the By 1923 date inter allegations of Church city commission campaign. party, held without sanction of City Chairman W. Mont Ferry, the effort was the Ferry rejoined it.2 to paid and that Republican Party, elected mayor of Salt Lake City. was ganized in 1913 and 1923. party committee of the In 1915 W. Mont Mormon City. city failed and little further attention year new in Salt Lake Party the 1911 meeting of or from came politics, specifically the attendance and that the followed by the unsuccessful court case, made to revive the in 1913 impetus legal, were broke the control of the American Subsequent attempts ference in used binding.l Failure at the polls, After supreme court ruled that the In bishop. a new the mayor of the opposition American to city, C. Clarence Neslen, Mayor Nes1en, party opened a the a group of citizens Party in August, and prepared opposed to Church influence in The a was to enter a or candi city. headquarters in Salt Lake City, nominated Joseph E. Galigher for mayor, and Parley L. Williams and George N. Lawrence for city commissioners. Church interference in the installation of of the city on a a new In its platform the party opposed schools, and favored lower taxation and the city budget system in sound basis. order to put the finances Several of those who had been active in |
