Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-30
MUNICIPAL HONORS.
The Inspired Convention Distributes
the Official Rewards To-Day.
Francis Armstrong Nominated for
Mayor by Order Of MikadO
J. Taylor.
A New Marshal from the Ranks OF
the Knot Hole Brigade.

The representatives to the convention
of the Peoples party convened in the
City Hall at II o'clock this morning, with
a sprinkling of visitors present-all of the
Peoples party.
T. V. Williams nominated Z. G. Web
Der for chairman, and the motion was
unanimously sustained.
Mr.. Weber acknowledged very briefly
the honor thrust upon him, and assumed
the chair.
! MIR. G.. F. Wilcox was elected secretary.
j. III. Parry, III. P. Richards, A. E..
Hyde, T. V. Williams and John N. Pike
were appointed committee on creden-
tials, and proceeded to discharge the duty
of that Office.
A term of silence followed until the
committee offered its report, when on mo-
ton the Secretary called the roll Of the
convention, which showed full attend
ance to man. The temporary organiza-
ton was made permanent, and Charles
| Grove elected doorkeeper and Bishop
John Tingey chaplain.
A motion was made by Eli A. POLAND
to exclude everybody from the conven-
ton but representatives and one reporter
for each paper. John N. Pike, T. V.
Williams and A. E. Hyde opposed the
motion and it was withdrawn
The alternates, on motion of j. N. Pike,
were accorded voice in the proceedings,
but no vote.
Chaplain Tngey offered prayer.
A motion by H. J. Richards to appoint
a committee of seven on nominations was
supplemented by an amendment to have
the committee composedof two delegates
from each precinct, and another to add
one alternate to the committee to make
it eleven. J. N. Pike, Fl. j. Richards |
and T. V. Williams urged the adoption of
the original motion, and Councillor Dean
spoke in favor of having the nominations
made viva voce. A standing vote was
called on the amendment and it was car
rled by meagre majority.
The original motion as amended was
then put to the House and received an
almost unanimous vote on the affirma-
tive. During the consideration of the
question Joseph Hyrum Smith Parry
and one or two others got horribly mixed
up and called for several explanations.
b. F. Parry moved to consider the mo-
ton and was promptly sat down upon.
The chair announced the following
committee: E. NJ Weller, FL. J. Rich
ards, H. A. Woolley, J. H. Parry, Geo.
E. Gibbs, Alonzo Young, John Tingey,
I. V. Williams and E. F. Parry, and
these gentlemen repaired to the ante
room to make up the ticket.
During their absence ''The Hon. Joseph
.. Rich" was called for by R. R. Irvine
.or speech, but the Bear Lake Demo-
,rat considered it out of order, as he was
not representative. After some talk
back and forth, Mr.. Irvine explained that
ne did not believe in sitting like mum
MES, and had thought "any kind of .
speech would be better than none"
This remark convulsed the entire assem- i
)lage except MIR. Irvine, who made the q
emark quite innocently, and Mr.. Rich,
Who failed to appreciate the joke.
A. w. Carlson responded in the first
peech of the occasion, which was devoted
o recitation of the point brought up at
he primary in his precinct in reference
Q the deplorable state of the streets in
hat part of the city. The meeting there I
Instructed it's delegates to nominate men 7
Or the City Council who would consider @
MS. MIR. j. n: Pike arose and com. s
lented at some length on this subject. =
sserting that the Councillors from the q
recinct he represented (Third) had not + r
one their duty In the matter of influence Il
lg the work on the streets of that local W
MIR. Dean, who is a City Councillor
ON the Third precinct, defended both y
mself and the Council from these as s He
erslons and stated that one-fourth of "
le entire city taxes are expended on the W
reefs. He contrasted the taxes of Salt ey
AXE with those of Omaha, which were al
g per cent, while our own are only half GO
one per cent. Besides this he said 81
Mayor Feramorz Little while in an an
naha had inquired of the Street Super III
sor there, as to the manner of raising
9 funds with which to meet the big ex-
nses involved in paving and grading
roads of that city. The reply was
at the expense was met by special a,
cation levied on the property along
llch these street improvements were
ide
MIR. Eli A. POLAND made very spirited
eech, calling attention to the objection mi
lie state of the street along which the sis
alb q Nevada runs. He said there on,
re some stagnant pools in that locality :,
lch could not fail to produce diph- WI
ria, and demanded that the matter re- at
We the consideration of the incoming eve
uncil, asserting that he would cast his der
e for men whom he felt confident wonld to
e this matter. His speech was the \
st eloquent and liberal one delivered. sew
was greeted with round of ap- test
use. the
Ieorge Dent from the fourth precinct if ]
',esseu MS endorsement OF the re- pos
rks on CITY taxes and city streets, and gait
retted thatlthe nominating committee emit
not contain person interested in the Pro
Bench water question. He with HUI.
u OF his constituents had suffered entt
usnips Tor the want of water, and he Jan
ed that something would yet be done and
ecure Tor them some favorable influ- ing
IN the municipal government. Mr.. A
=. Hide suggested that the last speaker will
'ernnltted 10 visit the Nineteenth ward mus
geG wet once solu
ILLS Juncture the committee on com
llnatlon returned and handed their
'rt 10 the chairman, who in turn an
ounced their discharge after the re- NJ
~ follow;n@ ;s tbe t;o,,o+ choi
the committee and ,o $780, a. 4aue up cigal
7ention- each nan,a hs;u p'eu ny Tue tap.
" before tha maat;n, o and tt Pu. sepa, thin
l. The only name excepted to was
OF Junius F. Wells, for whom the =.
bv James Evans If tbe E an nap u'a trim
!. John N Pike and sororoI W att PIE orna
red the chance hnt when al. o.ners emb
the effort was defeated hu pI $50 ~ fancy
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