The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-07

IN this C:ty.
The Ninth district convention vas heidi
The Ninth ward scbooIhousc. Prof. j. H
Paul .ras made chairman, and John Girk
ham secretary. The following candidate
were named ". y. Bitter, lie Gran,
Young, William Fuller aad Adam Spiers
Ballotting was proceeded with, resulting
as follows: lie Grand Young. II; W. "
Ritter, Is; William Fuller, l Adam Speirs. !
There was quite = lively sFat, but Nh
Young was tlally made the UnaHimOG;
choice Of the convention.
The following were then selected as dele
gates TO the Fourth Council district con
vcation:
First WARDS. Z. Allen.
Second Ward-George X. Reese, Jr.
Third Ward-James ". EaTdley.
Eighth EFard-C. B. TUckfeld, j. D. II
MchlLster.
Ninth Ward-A NJ Woouey, D D
HoUtz.
Tenth Ward. H Paul, Joseph Ked
dington.
Alternate-Fergus COalter.
THE TENTH DISTRICT.
The convention was held at the county
court house. l. NJ. WaGdel was elected
chairman, Elias S. Wright, secretary
George NJ. Cannon, chaplain, and Thomas
Winter, sergeant-at-arms.
The convention resolved itself into a
committee of the whole and when it arose
the name of John Clark was presented as
the choice for representative from the
Tenth district. The report Of the commit
tee was accepted.
Delegates to the Fifth council cOnven-
ton, to meet on Wednesday next, were Sc
lected as follows:
Fourth Ward-David Woodmansee.
Fifth Ward-DOn G. RushtOn.
Sixth Ward-James H. POultOn, james
Anderson.
Seventh Ward-Henry Wallace, L NJ
Waddell.
Fourteenth Ward-George NJ. Cannon,
Fifteenth Ward-W. c. Burton, T. D.
Lewis.
AIternates at large-Daniel Harrington,
r. X. Thomas, David j. Williams, Thomas
Winter, William r. Jones.
The concentration then adjourned.
TIE ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
The Seventeenth district sclloolroom was
the arena for this political struggle. John
N Pike presided; y. S. Young acted
as secretary, j. l.. Nebeker, assistant sec
rotary, 3. w. briggs, Jr., chaplain and Il.
Jacobs, serEeant-at-arms. -Four gentlemen
were placed in nominatiOn-R. W. Young,
James Sharp, James Z. TGlmage and A.
W. Carlson. The first ballot showed Mr..
Young TO have received the highest nun.
Der of votes cast, but not enough necessary
to a choice The second ballot went in
Mr.. Saarp's favor showing: Sharp, Il;
Young, l.. MIR. Sharp's nomination was
made unanimous.
Several speeches were made, the water
question, railroads and Othei subjects be-
ing handled
The following were then selected as del
egates to the Sixth Council district con
venJion
Sixteenth Ward-E. A. POLAND.
Seventeenth Ward Zebulon Jacobs
Eighteenth Ward-H. NJ. Wells.
Nineteenth Ward-JOhn n. Pike
Twentieth Ward-David K. Lyon.
Twenty first Ward-Joseph w. Maynes.
Twenty second WarG-JOhn L. Nebeker.
BrightOn-George NJ. Jones.
Granger-M. Il. Porter.
At large-Frank II. Hyde.
THE TWELFTH DISTRICT.
At this convention Spencer Clawson was
chosen chairman and Alonzo Young secre-
tary.
II. G. Park named Spencer Clawson as a
nominee Tor the legislature, but that gen
tleman premptOrily declined, alleging that
he neither had the time nor ability to at
tend to the duties deyOlving upon the office.
n. A Empey declined for similar reasons,
when d. S. Spencer, Il. Y. Williams, j. r.
Winder and E. G. WOolley were nomin-
ated.
John Midgley supported Mr.. Williams
in short speech to the effect that his nom
inee had greater qualifications for the office
Than any of the others named. He was a
man too who was greatly liked and re-
spected by all parties.
G.. Wells supported Mr.. Winder and
claimed that his nominee could poll more
votes than any other that had been named.
w. NJ Stewart made a strong speech in
behalf Of Mr.. Spencer, whom he believed
lad sufficient ability to do honor to the
position to which he hoped to see him
elected.
DR.. Dunford, who had placed the name of
Mr.. Woolley before the convention, fol-
lowed in a short speech, giving his reasons