Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-21
THE BEAR GARDEN OPENED
The Liberal" County Convention
Meets.
THE COMMITTEES arPOINTED'
TILT Between Sells aad Powers
Recess Tskc-.

~ 4 mined contests Wageu IN The Int
eral'' county convention, and the
: cOurse taken 10y the psTty wire. gu.'
i lers in connection witt! the pr.
4 maries, has strengthened t'Isr be.!ef.
One circumstance TiGs created
considerable recruitment, namely,
T the PrepArltion Of printed tickets,
t tearing the names Of delegates 10 lie
elected by the primaries TO the
county convention, some tiss'c ,5...or
: !, to the holding Of ti,- .--.eimaries. 1t
\ is asserted tir. t,iis was the work Of
? couspirstgrs who sought to ''cut and
cry& the county convention.
1t is also well known that since
the delegates were chosen there has
/, been a large amount OF soliciting
done among them, the sheet of
which was &c secure Support. in a.
, vance, Of Ct-rt9ia candidates.
The cssof object Of contention i,
the office Of county recoTIer. The
Young Utah'' element in the
Liberal" party, while not very
strong, i very earnest ia Advocating
the claims Of Frank y. kimhaIl:
while that poEtiun OF the PARTY
which y ds-.DOsed TO recognize aui
reward .he services Of its workers.
iavors the candidacy Of II. :. Nc
( Callum.
There are several other canGi-
dates for the Office, among whom Is
Ex-Governor West. \ delegate
stated to n reporter At the CONVEX
ton that the eX-eXeUutive would be
found to hold the pole that would
knock down the persimm0n, or
words 20 that effect.
| The convention which assembled (
I IN the Theatre today, soon displayed 4
= belligerent spirit. The aitemlI 20 .
. resist Capitalization. made iv !
Secretary Sells and defeated .
under the leadership OF Judge Pow /
ers, indicates some Of the uudercur- |
rents that are operating.
Promptly nj noon the convention
was called 10 order BIZ II. :. Nc /
calIum, chairman Jf the county
central committee. The paruuctte
and 2 great part Of the stage were
occupied by delegates, and the gal
ieries were well filled with spects-
tors.
The chairman's seat was on \
Gais on the west side Of the stage. in
front Of the prOsceneUm box.
Judge COlbuTn, secretary II the
County Central Committee. read
tho COLL F.F
which Chairman McCallum made a
speech, in which ire described the
WORK that had been done hy the
County Central Committee dlriug
The last year. lie closed los mining
Joseph r. Morris, the registrar Of
the Third precinct. temporary
chairman OF the convention.
To this Secretary Seils objected.
claiming that the chairman Of the
County Central Committee hal 10 :
right to appoint the TEMPORARY :
chairman. He nominated Col. :. .
\. Merritt. /
q. ". Powers opposed the nOmi- {
nation made by Sells, and argueI
that 1t was customary for the chair %
man Of the county central commit {
lee 70 name the Temporary chair D
man on al occasion like the present. 2
The convention endorsed this view, Cd
and Mr.. Morris assumed the func- =
lions Of presiding officer. .
Dir. AlcCalium then named =. q
Jr., rs temporary secreta- a
y, and that gentleman began 10 e
axe tue minutes. 10
Major w. A.SlantOn was appoint I !.
Il temporary sergeant alarms IN Il
Ike manner.
]. l.. Bowman, seconded Lr ID
Judge Powers, moved the appoint IA
nent Of 4 committee Of seven from 4 q
he country and five from the city u
precincts respectively. on crrientl- b.
is, each precinct 10 choose it. own O
members. Carried. "a
i. l.. Williams moved the az i
in like manner, Of ike gu
'Jmmittee on permanent OEyaniza- "a
ion. Carried. h
4 member moved the appoint al
nent Of another committee % seven .
,hOsen in the same way, on .gstiu- J.
ions. Judge NOErelI moved 20 u
Imend by aiding the words, St. ri
whom all resolutions OF this con- 81
-entiOn shall be referred without ID
.ehate'' The amendment was At n
epted by the mover Of the original n
notion, and the latter was agreed To. 3
Judge Powers then novel q recess hs
{ fifteen minutes 10 enable The. til
ounty members, and those Of the. On
sveral city precincts to assemble II
n groups anu select the members Of Is
ne several committees which had la
.een provided for. Carried, and EUl IN
lfteen minutes the members Of ths. al
We're thus engaged. al
On being called to order again the th
WAS called upon to act iii
n the following: "
The chairman announced the m
James Of 4. II. Parsons, II. +. 60
vans, T. l.. Bowman, II. W. | m
.awrence, J. NJ. Rickets, Peter
lays and II. i. johnson. a having De
cen chosen as members Of the com a
aittee on credentials. y motion To IN
atty the report was made and NO
dOpted. a
The following were then, in Ike -
manner, named and confirmed AT
Of the committee On per ",
nanent organizations: nr
Chas. Baldwin, ;. r. Feutou. 4. m
-. Williams. +. o. Horn. Thos. ur
.larshall, 7. ". BuzzO and T. l.. nI
'ushing. h.
In the same way the following Ice
we're constituted memhers Of the ue
Ommittee on resolutions: /. J. star Ia
uCk, VIM. Nelson, y. TrseRick. y. ia
:. Williams, J. c. R9yie, Harry Of
isynes and r. q. Legg. a
Col. Merritt moved that the coz a.
cation adjourn till 3 O'Clock to n +,
W the committees time 10 prepare ei.
ports.
Judge Powers suggested that the BE-
first fix upon some place II
meet during the recess. Of
y. l.. Williams suggested that la
he committee on creGential- IN e,-t re.
the Walker House, Harry Haines re-.
owed that the committee on res m,
tons meet in p. L. Williams vo
lice, and Col Merritt suggested -.
Iat the committee on credentials ne
main in the building. These suC- Of
.stions were all adopted. and then in
le motion for a recess till : O'Clock an
a put and carried. tai
On the stage thu credentials coz Of
ittee met Immediately, and one OF to
e fist things met with by it in Isl
e shape Of business was the ques- hil
IN, whether or Lot proxies should IA
recognized.
The committee finally decided to an
port the names Of delegate elect. NJ,
ID Of the persons presenting them We
ives rs proxies, and allow the m
invention to determine, without
from the commit
?, whether OF not to seat tire latter. ".
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