The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-06
WEDNESDAY February 6, 1889
THE CONVENTION .
A Full Ticket Nominated by the
Peoples Party of Ogden.

dental 10 an assemble Se of that natur
accomplished, when an adjournmen
was taken until afternoon.
In the afternoon, the work of th
committees having been completed, tn
convention got down t. business ant
proceeded to nominate the ticket a
large to be voted for aJ the next cleo
tior, February 18th.
Harmony prevailed throughout tn,
meeting and the delegates acted as ont
man in most of the work to be done.
JOHN A. BOYLE
was nominated for the first place on
the ticket and on motion the rules were
suspended and he was elected til
unanimous choice of the convention by
reclamation. A committee of two was
then appointed to wait on the candid tie
and notify him of his selection, which
was done and the committee returned
with favorable answer in a short
time.
There seemed to be quite a number
of aspirants for the position of recorder,
six candidates being named by their
respective friends. Two, however, with
drew before it came to q vote and the
names left were B. II. Goddard,
Newton Far, ]. II. Watkins and Mo-
roni +. Brown The ballots were pre-
pared and cast. with the following
result: Brown, 20; Farr. -; Goddard,
IL, and Watkins, 8. No choice. I5
A resolution was adopted that after
the next ballot the candidate receiving
the lowest number of votes be dropped.
The second oallUt was then taken,
k1fa n Sa1 ToGz II
FAIR, u; Goddard, IL, and Walking, 2.
AS Brown received majority of all the
| votes cast, he was declared elected, and
on motion the election was made unani-
nous.
For marshal, two names onlv were
presented: Thomas II Ballantyne, the
present incumbent, and @. E. Lane.
The latter declined and Ballantyne was
elected by clamation
The Office of assessor and collector
was the next to be filled and there were
plenty OF names presented. @. G.
Brown, /. b. Evans, A. Allen, T. D.
Dee and B. H. Goddard were nomi-
mated. The first ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Allen IL, Brown Is, Evans II
Dee and Goddard g.
The names of Dee and Goddard were
then dropped and the second ballot re-
suited as follows: Allen 90 Brown Is.
Evans II. No choice, so Evans was
dropped and another ballot taken
which resulted in electing Allen by
vote of IS to Evans Is. On motion, A.
Allen was declared the unanimous
choice OF the convention.
For the Office of treasurer, II. S.
Young was the only nominee and he
was elected by cclsmatioL. 4
Then came the offices of aldermen for
the five wards.
For alderman of the First Ward, John
Scowcroft was the only nominee, and
he was elected by reclamation. The
Second Ward was represented by N.
Tanner, Jr. in the same manner. In
the Third Ward, George H Tribe and
Thomas d. Dee were nominated, and
the ballot resulted in thirty-two votes
for the former against twenty-one for
the latter, and on motion George 81.
choice of the convention. For the
Fourth Ward, Isaac l.. Clark was
elected by reclamation, as was John
Watson in the Fifth.
Then came the ten councillors to be
elected, two from each Ward.
John PinCoCk and Charles Wood
mansee were the only nominees Wan-
toned for the First Ward, and they
were unanimously electe councillors.
n. V. Shurtliff aud w. Moyes were
the only nominees for the Second Ward,
and they were elected in the same man-
ner.
More time was necessary to az
the election for the Third
Ward, however. John L. Wilson.
Henry e. Gibson and Thomas D. Dee.
were all nominated for first councillor.
and the ballot Was again called into
use with the following result: Gibson
q, WilEon 16, Dee Is. No choice. The
second ballot was then taken, which :
gave Gibson "a, Dee 81, Wilson 8.
Wilson's name was then dropped. and
Dee remarked that he did not want 1t,
so Gibson polled % votes as against "a .
for Dee. On motion Gibson was de-
clared the unanimous choice The
second place was filled by George
Smuin by reclamation.
For first councillor of the Fourth
Ward, W. w. Fife and John Smuin
we're nomated, but Fife was elected on
the first ballot.
For second councillor. E. T. Woolley
vas elected by reclamation. :
For first councillor of the Fifth Ward,
Adam Patterson was elected Dy accla-
nation. The position of second coun-
flor was filed on the first ballot by
george W. Driver, receiving 3S votes to
". s. Browning IA. Driver was de-
,lared the unanimous choice.
This completed the nominations for
he Offices to be voted for next Monday.
An executive committee, consisting
u the following gentlemen from their
respective wards, were then appointed:
First Ward, John Scowcroft.
Second Ward, David Eccles.
Third Ward, Thomas D. Dee.
Fourth Ward, E. Stratford.
Fifth Ward, l.. W. Sburtliff.
On motion ratification meeting was
decided to be held and committee ap-
,oin ed to make the necessary arrange
nents. The following is the names of
he committee: David Eccles, T. B.
evans, John l.. Dalton.
Remarks were then made by the
chairman and vote ef thanks ten
Tered the officers and tellers. The con-
Tention then adjourned sine die.
THE TICKET.