The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-07-25
AND HERE WE ARE!
The Utah County Republicans
and Their Lost Cause.
They Chose Their Best Men in Their
Ranks to Offer as Martyrs at the Coming
August Sacrifice.



convened in the opera House Yesterday
morning ut IL clock. .. +. Booth
called the convention 10 Urderand read
the call.
Dir. Simmons was elected tamporaTy
chairman and George Webb secretary.
DR.. Simmons thanked the convention
for the honor conferred.
Mr. II ,cks, fIom Spanish Fork, asked
tiEe 10 hunt up the o!her delegates
from Spanish Fork, and fifteen mIn-
utes was granted for this purpose.
Mator Booth MAS called on for a
speech, ana the gentleman responded.
H.. Congratulated the convention upon
il being the first Republican convention
ever assembled in Utah county. He
talked on the good Grover Cleveland
had done foc the country, and
said that the cry when Grover
went into office, was: Turn the ras-
Gals outn' and he had promised to do
SO, but on looking around he had
found that the Republicans in Office
were SO much better than the Demo-
Gratis who wanted the Office that he
concluded it would be for the best in
terrst OF the country to keep the fell
lows there The speaker claimed that
those composing tie Democratic party
were the people who dad not own prop
ertv, VITO never had owned property
and who never would. On the other
hand the Republican party was com
posed OF the business men, the
farmers and those who lived
under their own shingles. There
fore il was to the interests of
tie Democratic party to vote against a
tariff. The speaker closed by citing
New York as Democratic because the
inhabitants of the Sums were all DEM
Ocrats, and it Was admitted by AL that
in order for the Republicans to carry
New York they would require major
ity of 10000 before reaching Harlem
bridge.
Committees were then appointed on
credentials, permanent organization
and order OF business and also COM
mlttee on platform.
The convention then took recess
until 1890 O'Clock.
Upon reassembling the committee on
permanea; organization and order OF
business submit ed III. ir report in Which
they recommended f. ii. Simmons for
permanent chairman, w. II. II. Pax
man as secretary G. ID. GlaZler as chap
lam and VIII ;. Holloway as Sergeant
at-armS.
The report was accepted.
After PRAYER by the Chaplain the
comml ttee on credentials submitted the
following report of those entitled to
seats IN the convention.
The report WAS accepted.
Prou0 First WGid-C. d. GlaZier, c. ).
Thompson, L. Holbrook.
Provo Second Ward Charles De-
Moisey, J. G. Graham, w. r. II. Pax
man.
Provo Third Wdrd-N. G. Larsen, j. L,
Branagan, w. 5. Holloway.
Proro Fourth WGrd-F. IL. Simmons
J. w. n. Whitecotton, j. D. Dixon
Proro Fifh Ward-Alex. J. Gillespie
T. H. Cluff, J. r. BosLard, c. F. I'm
Ishi-Ira D. Wines, Jas, Harw ood
S. w. Ross. Geo. ,,ebb, Geo. Austin.
Alpine-E. Nash, j. g. Clayton.
American Fork-W. d. Robinson, Jas
Chapman, c. L. Addleman, Guy LON
bard, Andrew \ damson.
Spanish Fork-Samuel w. Davis, ]
E. Wilkins, l. NJ. Johnson, George \
Hicks, Stephen 4. Hales.
- Salen,-Wm. Davis, ,Ir., Ole Soren.
Pavson-Frank d. Hush, Eli Good
Asiel Hancock, o. Simons, Jr., Fred A
Hush; Lyman Kapple, alternate
BeRjdmin-Thomas Colbert, JacoI
Loser.
Santaquin-,I. NJ. Halliday.
Lake Shore-Jas. Aiken, VIM. Nj. Or
mond.
Thiale-wm. H. Roger, Herman S
Snow.
Sprinouiue-Richard Thorn.
Pleasant Grore-J2mes COObiey, VIM
L. HAYES, ]. E. Gammett, A. F. Sund
berg.
j. Whitney.
The committee on platform submitte
the same platform for adoption AS tina
adopted on July 9th by the Salt LAX
convention.
The platform WAS adopted.
w. ID. Robinson, Of American Fork
was nominated for selectman from tn
north end of the county.
Ole Ellison, ST., OF Lehi. was noml
mated in opposition TO w. ID. Roberts
Jas Chapman made speech fave
OF the gentleman from America
Fork
Geo. Webb, of Lehi, made an appeS
for that town, as it had not been repre-
scented in the county court Tor owe
twenty years.
Pleasant Grove and Alpine were
favor of the gentleman from America
Fork
Mr.. VIM. of Lehi, stated that it ha
been understood that Mr.. Chapman. {
American Fork. would be nominate
for the Legislature, therefore he though
shat Lehi should have the selectman.
Mr.. Chapman denied that there VS.
an understanding to nominate a ma
from American Fork for the Legisl;
ture.
Upon the votes for the nominees bt
inc counted it WAS found that Mr.. Rol
iusm had 10 and EllngSon 80. II
nomination OF Ole ElingsOn was the
made unanimous.
The nominations from the south en-
of the county were then called for.
Jos. K. Wilkins, of Span!sll Fork, w
nominated. and J L. Bringhurst,
Springville, nominated in opposition.
Jos. +. watkins received IL votes AN
Mr. Bringhurst s.
Mr.. Wilkins nomination was mao
unanimous.
The nomination for county scho
superintendent was then called for
John c. Graham nominated Ben
Cluf, Jr., and eulugised the gentlema
highly, saying he was partisan, whic
said Graham, WAS more than could
said for his competitor.
Prof. Cluf WAS nominated 10y accl
nation.
II. ). Pyne WAS nominated by accl
nation Tor the office of coroner for Il
UuPXUiTed term
1t was moved that the present coun
central committee continue in Off
for one year. Carried.
TIL question of finance was talkt
sou for some time, and the conye
sioa then adjourned.
The Republican District Convent,
convened at 2 O'Clock yesterday, a
was called TO order by Don c. Johnsn
who Was appointed temporary chai
man, and II. :. Pyne secretary.
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