The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-10
CONVENTIONS.
The Business Transacted at the
Meeting of the Central
Committee
Calls for Three Conventions.

The central committee of the Peo-
pies Party of Salt Lake County met
on Saturday at the Council House at
noon, pursuant to call, and John
Sharp, chairman, called the meeting
to order. 1t was decided that a
county convention should be held
at the County Court House on Satur-
day, July 23d, at IL am, and that
primary meetings, for the election
of delegates to the convention
should be held on the evening of
Monday, the 18th instant, at s pm.
The basis of representation hereto
fore acted upon remains the same.
Attention was called to the act of
the Legislature, passed at the last
session of that body, which associ-
ates the counties Of Salt Lake,
Tooele and Davis in the election of
Councillors to the Legislative As
sembly, and which further provides
that Salt Lake, Davis and Morgan
shall jointly elect representatives to
the House branch of the Legislature.
On the strength of this it was deter
mined to invite the counties thus as
ISOLATED with Salt Lake by enact
ment of the Legislature to attend
Council district convention, to be
held in this city, at the County Court
House, at noon on the 23d day Of
July, at which convention four
Councillors are to be put in nOmina-
ton. To this convention Salt Lake
County will sent 80 delegates, Davis
5, and Tooele 5.
This being settled, a Representa-
tive district convention was called,
to be held at 1890 o'clock, at the
County Court House in this city, on
the 23d of July, at which six repre-
sentatives for the Legislature are to
be put in nomination. To this con-
yention Davis County is entitled to
send five delegates, Morgan County
two, and Salt Lake thirty-two, max
ing thirtv-nine in all.
The meeting of the Central Com
mittee was then adjourned sine die.
Following are the calls issued by
the Central Committee for cOnven-
tionS:
PEOPLES COUNTY CONVENTION.
SALT LAKE CITY,
July 9th, 1881.
To the Registered Voters Of the Peo-
pies Ticket:
A PEOPLES Convention for Salt
Lake County is hereby called to
meet at the County Court House,
Salt Lake City, on Saturday, July
23d, 1881, at II o'clock am, for the
purpose Of nominating candidates to
be voted for at the general election
to be held on Monday, the 1st day of
August proX.
Also to appoint thirty-two dele
gates to a Council District CorYen-
ton composed of representatives
from Salt Lake, Davis and Tooele
Counties, called to meet at the
County Court House, Salt Lake
City, on Saturday, July 23d,
at II o'clock m, for the
pun pOSo VI uOlulIuGln5 OohNA1O&COo
for Councillors to represent said dis
trict in the twenty-fifth session of
the Legislative Assembly, to be vO-
ted for at the general election. The
same delegates to represent Salt
Lake county, in Representative
District Convention, composed OF
the counties of Morgan, Salt Lake
and Davis, called to meet at the
same place on the same day at 1880
pm, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for Representatives from
said district to the Legislative AS.
sembly, to be voted for at the gen
aral election.
Said county convention will con-.
'ist of 81 delegates, allotted to the
several precincts according to the
number of registered voters therein,
As follows:
SALT LAKE CITY
First pr ecinct. comprising lst, ID, Sd,
Sth, OH and 10th bishops wards. Z |
Second precinct, comprising 4th, 5tb.
9TH, 7tb, 14th and 18th bishops
War0s".......... ......... ',,......
Third precinct comprising 10Th, 18th,
and 18th bishops wards.
Fourth sprecinet. comprising 18th,
9th and Olaf hishons' wards 3 |