The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-20
THAT MASS MEETING.
It Met, Squabbled. Resolved,
and Adjourned, and Was
a Joke.
A Conventional Convention

in the Federal Court fcom Iof Tie
uurpose of choosing seventeen del
epates for the Territorial convention
which is 20 be held at the Walker
Opera Il use on May lst. The court
roo,, uas crowded with motley
thyono q noisy, hilarious, DISC derry
&c After considerable disturb
anoo the meeting was called tC
orde1 by VS. Mccormick, and after
footh snd nail contest, in which
some of the English used would
bsrdJv have been understood by the
Queen, Colonel Nelson WAS msde
chairman, and took the honored seai
AMID en- avalanche of enthusiasm
On tie nomination of Henry w.
Lawrence, Adam Pa tersOn was
chosen secretary, and as soon as the
hoOting was lulled suffi 3iently,J udge
c.. W. Bennett made few remarks
and then read the following resoluN
tions, expressing the hope that they
would be unanimously adopted:
Rescued, By the Republicans of Salt
Lake County, Utah, in mass convention
assem- bled, that his Excelleney Chester
A. Arthur, as President OF the United
States. has shown himself to be q true
friend Of Liberal principles and loyal
government in Utah against Mormon
theocrscy, and that bis Exceliency. Eli
Il. Murray, Governor Of Utah, hss
shown himself worthy ofall praise in his
legal snd energetic efforts to enforce and
sustain the law, as against the Priest
craft OF the Mormon Church
ResolUed, That the delegates elected
by this convention TO the Territorial con.
ventlon, to be he'd the first Of May, De-
and they are hereby instructed to pro-
cure, If possible, to be inserted in the
platform of principles Of the Republican
party, Of Utah. a resolution strongly ap.
proving the course of the President and
the Governor in respe ct to Utsh's Twin
Relic of Bsrbsrism."
Colonel Kaighn srose to endorse
the resolutions, ard ga id he hoped
they would be approved by the con-
vention.
Colonel Sells spoke to the same
effect, and then changing the sub
ject, began to complain that some
one had been traducing him on the
streets, seeking to iujure his char
acter, and saying that he was OPP
posed to Governor Murray, and not
in sympathy with be rest of the
Repu blican party. The Colonel
said that whoever the person was
who had circulated these reports
was "a liar, a miserable sneak, a
cOWardIy puppy" The Colonel
then proceeded with his remarks on
the resolutions, and ended by saving
that so far as he was concerned he
had no political position in view.
General Agramonte was the next
speaker. He approved Of the reso
luti0ns most emphatically, and then
proceeded to defend Colonel Sells
against the aspers 'ons to which he
had referred, and denounced them
as false.
Colonel HOLSTER then arose in his
wrath, and endeavOTed to wither
the former speakers by the fire Of
his words. Ee said he was the
man who made the assertions about
Colonel Sells, and he was not q
sneak or a puppy, and lid rot in
tend to be denOminated as such.
Colonel Sells sprang up again and
made a verbal attack on the last
speaker. and tbs two gentlemen ap-
peared for a moment as if they We're
going to fight. They were called to
order, however, before any harm
was done, aud the meeting was
called upon to vote on the resolu.
tons, which were adopted by unani.
nous exclamation.
Col. HOLSTER next moved that
a committee Of five be appointed flor
the purpose of nominating seven
teen delegates to the convention.
Col. Sells moved an amendment
10 the effect that the meeting pro-
coed to ballot for the delegates, on
the ground that ii com mittee NOM
mated the delegates the people at
large would not have chance OF
expressing themselves in so decided
manner as they would by means
VI the ballot. But his remonstrsnce
was overruled, and the chair, after
considerable pickering among the
SPEAKERS, appointed the following
commune 70 make up list of deles
gsteS; General Maxwell, William
Mehay' General Agramonte, Col.
holliSter and Mr.. Van Horn.
VIM. Maeksy declined to serve on
me committee, and Or. DOUGLAS. at
MSS MS suggestion, was put in his
Sapt. :. c. Morrill, then made a
very interesting speech which he
n9a prepared for the occasion, and
whlch was frequently fnterrupted
py app!ause. From the CAPTAINS
standpoint hia points wero sIi OH LII
made, AM the speech vsye al oT m9l
satisfaction 20 The Convention I'D a,9J
on motion OF Col. Nelson, the To co.
ing rendered him vote Of tb 49,
The com mitUee, which had rn@ go "a :
turned, brought in the followinc
ticket: W. " 'ils
Henry w. Lawrence, James =
Bradley, g. S. Erh, Richard NacI,'
Iqtosh, I. G. Bailey, John G
Young. Arthur Pratt, q. J. Wen.
Der, William E. Smedley, william
r James, William Mckay. William
Fayne. John w. Lowell, 81. G, Wal.
Lace, Il. F. Sampson, j. &. Morton,
Chris. Diehl.
This ticket was heartily approved
Dy Co.'s, KaiohO end So1S N