, 1884-10-18
WARREN NOMINATED
The Republican Territorial Conven-
ton Makes a Selection.
The Tender Has Not Yet Been For
maIly Accepted.
A Closing Session Which is RepIete
With Peculiarities.

Thursday afternoon.
\ number of delegates were absent and
Colonel Downey discreetly moved that the
roll call be dispensed with. The motion
was carried and thereupon Mr.. Adams
handed to the chair the report of the
committee on resolutions.
Mr.. Brown read the report. The plat
form rehearsed the old saws and untitled
pledges of the Republican party and, in
a manner at nee mare and refreshing,
blamed the Democracy for the mistakes of
the civil service during the past twenty
years; it forever settled the Chinese and
other immigration problems which have
been too profound for the solution of the
nations statesmen; it referred to the de
velopment of the Territory; it OK
pressed an opinion about Indian reserva-
tons which will doubtless be read with in
terest by the Department of the Interior,
and it concluded with the declaration of
an alleged antagonism Of foreign monop-
olies in the cattle and land interests of
Wyoming.
The concluding qesolution, above re-
ferred to, created not a little discussion.
Colonel Babbitt asked that IA portion of
the resolutions be read again for the bene-
fit of any late corners and Judge Carey
called for a third reading of the resolu-
tons regarding the land and cattle mo
nopolies. After they had been read,
Judge Carey took the floor in defense of
the Union Pacific railroad. He objected
to any criticism of any method the Union
Pacific might see fit TO adopt in the sale
its lands. He also approved of an en-
dorsement of the present land laws, and
objected to their repeal, but he could not
endorse any indirect thrust at the Union
Pacific.
Colonel Downey moved to amend the
resolution so that it should apply to
Government lands only.
Mr.. Brown, the author of the resolu-
tons, gave the chair to Colonel Babbitt
and made a speech in their defense, in
which he assailed schemes to sell on lease,
for a small price, lands to corporations or
individuals either foreign or native. He
further stated that the resolution in
question was aimed at some citizens in this
Territory who were seeking to obtain large
tracts of land from the Government, in
Guiding in his mention of those parties.
persons who were gobbling up valuable
iron and coal regions.
Judge Carey replied by a further de-
Tense of the Union Pacific, and expressed.
what he called, his own advanced ideas
regarding the disposal of Government
lands. He criticised, however, the
system Of dividends from investments in
cattle as obtained by Eastern and English
capitalists, and stated his disapproval of
that portion ofthe national platform which
referred to the system under discussion.
MIR. Brown again championed the re-
solution, and finally Judge Carey sub
mitted an addition to the resolution, which
was accepted. The resolutions, as a
whole, were then accepted and adopted.
The Chair desired that some action be
taken regarding the representation of the
various counties in the convention, and
suggested the Republican vote in each
county for delegate as the basis of appor-
tionment.
Colonel Babbitt suggested that the basis
of computation be the vote for delegate
in the November election, but Others
seemed to fear that the candidate might
not receive the full vote of his party and
thereby make unreliable the initial point
Of the computation.
MIR. Potter amended by proposing to
determine the matter by the representa-
ton of each county in the House of the
Legislature and gave as a reason for so
amending that the campaigns were more
personal than strictly party
The convention was evidently afraid to
trust the matter to the vote for delegate
and ColoneLBabbitt replied to Mr.. Potter
by saying ''the Republicans should be
smart enough to select candidates who
will poll the full vote of the party"
Colonel Downey, after a speech in
which he commented upon the proceed
ings of the Democratic Convention at
Carbon, stated that representation in the
Republican Convention would be a prize
ior wn'cn Tue various counties would con-
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