The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-09-28
PRIMARIES.
What Was Done at the Precintt
Meetings Last Night.

HotbluSS Lash o16As.
The primaries held in THE city la
evening to elect delegates to th
county convention, 70 be held o.
Saturday. next, a. which delegates {
the territorial convention which is {
nominate de!egats to Congress vii
be chosen, were very we'll attended
/ The business Of the meetings was dis
patched speedily, and there we're nj
discussions.
FIRST PRECINCT.
/ Ia the fret precinct Alderman E
| F. Sheets was elected chairman, anC
VIM. Fuller, secretary. On motion
Iof DR.. j. K. Benedict the nomi1a
tons we're made, one from each
bishops ward and one at large, :.
follows: Fret Ward, A. n. Musser;
Second, Jake Hensser; Third, John
Y. Smith; Eighth. John Needham;
Ninth, O. w. Penrose; Tenth, ]. O.
Woods; at large. VIM. Fuller.
a motion by DR.. ]. NJ. Benedicl
prevailed, that should a3y delegate be
absent. tie delegation should cast it's
seven votes. Geo. Stringfsllow moved
that the delegates vote Tor such men
IS delegates 10 the territorial conven
lion IS will endearor TO nominate
George Q. Cannon ]. M. Benedict
offered an amendment. that the dele
gates 90 uninstIncted. The original
motion was lost. ~
SECOND PRECINCT.
To the second precinct 8. 81. Hill
Was chosen chairman, John Q. Gam
non secretary, A. Miner chaplain. M.
Christoferson doorkeeper. The dele
gates were chosen from bishops
wards =, follows: Foarth, Peter
Erickson; Fifth, Edwin Petit; Sixth.
Wm. 81. Hickenlooper; Seventh, W.
Mclaughlin; Fourteenth, A. Miner
and George Crismon, Fifteenth, Jas.
Moyle and r. T. Burton.
No alternates were elected 1.-the
delegates being instructed tc fill any
vacancies in its number. The dele
gates were uninatructed.
q THIRD PRECINCT.
Judge Elias Smith was elected
chairman of the primary in the Third
Precinct. with r. v. Morris seere-
tary. The delegates elected are:
Peter Gillespie, Samuel Hamer,
Zsdoc Mitchell. George Duniord,
Richard Matthews, A. 81. Raleigh,
R. v. Morris and Alfred Solomon.
Alternstes: Rachel Issscs, Joseph
Evans, Peter Reid, ]. s. Colbert. d.
]. Davis, Milando Pratt, W. Hawk
and Robert Smyth.
FOURTH PRECINCT.
The meeting was called to order by
Andrew Burt, and Hon. John Sharp
was elected chairman; r. w. Sloan,
secretary. The object Of the meeting
was stated by the chairman, and it
was decided to elect one delegate
each from the three bishops wards.
and two at large, which was done:
Eighteenth Ward, Robert Patricx
Twentieth, George Romney; Twenty
Grst, A. N. Mcfarland; at large, o.
f. Whitney snd James Sharp. One
Was elected from each ward
Eighteenth, ]. B. Toronto; Twentieth.
Henry Puzey; Twenty-frst, Herbert
]. Foulger.
The chairman and secretary were
instructed to sign tue credentials.
The delegates we're unihstructed.
FIFTH PRECINCT.
Mayor Little called the meeting to
order, and Judge Snow was elected
j. +. Wells, secretary.
After the object OF the meeting was
stated, it was determined to elect the
delegates by bishops wards: Eleventh
Ward, ]. P. Freeze and Alex.
McRas; Twelfth, Judge Snow and
John Midgley; Ihirteenth, Feramorz
Little and Joseph E Taylor; at large,
Emmeline 8. Wells and ! B. Young
Three slternates at large vera chosen:
Francis a. Armstrong, Henry
and ]. R. Winder.