The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-25
THE NEW NOMINEES.
Several Changes in the NOmin-
atoms for County officers.
ANDREW ]. BURT FOR SHERIFF
James III. MoYIe for Prosecuting At
torney-Jesse w. Fox. Jr., for
A sessoI-A Good Ticket

The County Convention of Salt Lake
County met at pm. yesterday, in the
County Court House. Shortly after
Il. 80 the members began TO assemble
and at the hour indicated T. F. How
ellis called the meeting to order and
nominated II. P. Richards as tempo
rary chairman. He was elected by
unanimous vote, and as he took the
chair he expressed his surprise and
thanks at the honor conferred uponhim-
On his announcing that a secretary
was next in order, Elias A. Wright was
elected.
A. E. Hyde moved and it was carried
that committee Of five be appointed
on credentials, the names to be selected
by the presiding officer. After som,
elaboration with the secretary the
chair appointed A. f. Hyde, T. +.
Howells, Alonzo Young, Jesse w. Fox.
Jr., and Z. NJ. Weller.
The committee retired and after
an absence of forty minutes re
turned and reported the followinl
gentlemen as entitled TO seats from the
precincts named:
1sT PREcIScr-Delegates: EFF. Brant
ing, VIM. TAYLOR, o. II. Petit, J. ID. II
McAllister VIM. T. Jack. j. I. Thorup
J. G. Smith. Z. NJ. Weller.
Alternates: Peter E.Hansen, F. Bolto
ID PRECIEcT-Dslegates Henry Wal
lace, p. G. Burt, H. 2. Richards, ID.
Mckenzie, Jas. Anderson. Samuel Phi
day, A. S. Gray, J. Il. Morgan, J. w.
Fox, Jr., T. +. Howells. X. K Irvine.
Alternates: RIA. IRE, Elias S. Wight,
Mrs. NJ. E. Randall, p. Erickson.
3D PRECISCT-Delegates A. Solomon,
A. w. Carlson, Zadoc c. Mitchell. II.
Arnold, Jr., a. E. Hyde, A. s. Geddes,
G. NJ. Cannon z. A. POLAND.
4TH PRECIscr - Delegates; Oliver
Hcdgson, L. Patrick, Jr., Thos. Good
man. NJ S. Woolley, Orson d. Romney,
II. NJ. Wells.
Alternate: ]. w. Maynes.
5TH PREcISCT-Delegates H.G. Park,
Il. t. Derrick. II. Coulam, o. A. Wool
lev, ]. A. knight, H. A. Woolley, John
bruce, 5. Mckay, Alonzo Young.
Alternate: +. J. Brooks.
MILL CREEK-Delegates Daniel
Lund, ]. X. Carlisle, l.. P. Helm.
SoUTH JoRDAs-Delegate: Albert
Maybe. Alternate: w. W. Merrill.
WEST JoRDAN-Delegates Robert FL
wood, J F. Turner.
SOUTH CoTToNwOOD-Delegat Jas.
Godfrey. r. Bradford.
GRANITE AND LITTLE COTTONWOOD
Delegate: VIM. Thompson, Jr.
PLEASANT GREEN AND HUSTER-Dele-
gate: JohG T. Evans.
SUGAR HOUSE WARD-Delegate: S.
w. Richards. Alternate; Jas. McGhie,
Sr.
DRAPER-Delegate: John Fitzgerald
EAST MILL CREEK-Delegate: Il. B.
Skidmore.
BIG CorroSwooD-Delegate: Milo
Andrus, Jr.
FARMERs' wARD-Delegate: John Cab
bolt.
TAYLoRsvILLE-Delegate: Heber Ben
MON.
HERRIMAH-Delegate Z. G. Farmer
SANDY Delegates: George A. Burgon.
BRIGHToS AND NORTH PoIsT-Dele-
gate: Z. II. Gold.
On the roll being called, all the
gentlemen answered to their names,
with the exception OF r. Bradford.
The report was adopted, ana on the
motion Of Henry Wallace The temper
arv organization was made permanent
w. z. Jack nominated for chaplain
/ o. II. Petit, and ne was unanimously
elected.
Eli A. POLAND was chosen sergeant
alarms.
After prayer by the chaplain. the
/ chairman explained the object of the
meeting.
A. 8. Geddes moved and it was
seconded, that the chair appoint a
committee Of FIVE on nominations.
]. ID. II. McAllister offered an amend
ment to the effect that one member Of
the nominating committee be selected
from each precinct.
Oliver Hodgson offered an amendment
20 the amendment that all nominations
be made from the body of the house.
Both of the amendments were re-
jected, and the house going back to the
original motion, adopted II by q slight
majority.
MIR. Hodgson then suggested that in
making the nominations the chair take
the five city precincts into considera-
ton. daughter and applause).
The chair suggested that the county
precincts should have some considera-
tion-they certainly had some rights in
the premises-and he would appoint
two If someone would suggest the
names. James Godfrey, OF South
Cottonwood, and Milo Andrus. Jr., Of
Big Cottonwood, were then given in
and TO these the chairman added A. S.
Geddes, David Mckenzie and Ham L
ton G. Park
The gentlemen retired, and .
call was made for William T.
Jack, who came forward and
made q short speech, which was
well received. He thought that the
nominees OF the convention should be
those who were willing to be the ser.
wants Of the people. It was a sad ca
amity when officers we're elected who
deported themselves as the masters OF
the peop'e who called them to the Offices
of trust.
T. sP' Howens was called for and
he was about TO respond, when the
committee on nominations entered the
room. He said: "As the committee
ha returned and as this is a general
holiday. | will merely content myself
with echoing the sentiments Of the pre- o
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