The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-22

To chaw the tough whit leather,
To gnaw the arrow flint head,
To masticate the granite.
OF the cafion's rugged boulder.
Here the mountainous accretion
OF the cheek of the Grand Sachem
That no dynamite can blow off
Rises TO the peaks of Wasatch,
Rises grand and adamantine.
Powers Other Party held its territorial
convention yesterday and selected its Off
cial visitors to Chicago, instead of to Min
neapolis.
For two months Orlando W. Powers has
been bending all his energy and drawing
on all the resources eff his acquired popu-
larity, during five years of political su-
premacy, to gather about him remnant Of
his former followers with view to break
ing a sufficient gap in the Democratic
party to allow him to march in and take
his place at the head of the procession.
1t was noticeable that the forlorn hope
of his former prestige had faltered at the
last moment and the ''boss'' felt his politi-
cal prowess departing.
But all those who were present were his
vassals and his bidding was supreme, even
to choosing himself as delegate. Those
who desired their freedom stayed away.
In the history of Utah from the time when
Brigham Young was said to have carried
the actions of his people In his vest pocket
there never was such an exhibition OF
GAG RULE
as that which was adopted in the Powers
convention. Every detail had been fixed in
| advance. The names of the committee on
/ resolutions had been made out at the Con-
tinental hotel, on Continental hotel paper
hours before the convention convened.
Another resolution prepared in Powers
Office and typewriter was passed before
the regular officers of the convention were
elected, preventing any delegate from pre-
/ senting resolution TO the convention I'M
| til it had been passed upon and approved
by the Continental hotel committee.
This closed the mouths of every delegate
with paddock and the gag rule was main
tanned by the chair.
There was considerable of a stir kept ur
by the brass bands called into requistion
and the parade down Main street had
many taking features in the way of fancy
umbrellas and Tuscarora toggery.
Powers has always relied on the effect
! of parades and pageants rather than rea
son and for this reason the procession was
highly fantastic.
AT THE CONVENTION.
The hall was lavishly decorated witt
flags and bunting and there were tw(
NOTES on the walls. AS an apology, Oh
rather an explanation OF who the faction
aspired to be, one of the mottos read:
owe ARE THE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATS"
The other read:
"OUR COUNTRY ABOVE ALP
Colonel William NJ. Ferry was called Il
the platform and in taking the presiding
chair rang of few panegyrics to Ameri
can liberty. He finished by cooling off OF
snowflake poetry.
| c. b. Glenn was chosen temporary chair
man and the burden of his desire was tina
while there were national grievances, sue
as tax on the tin-pails of workingmen
still he was willing to let this go if the gov
eminent would only stick by the Liberia
r party and keep him and few others in OF
, fee. Glenn's sell out of the tariff wa
heartily applauded.
After the chair had named committee
on credentials, organization and resolutions
member desiring to represent Seaie
county was squelched by Judge Power
stating that ne carried the proxy for tha
county IN his pocket, and he might hav
added and of all the other counties.
Clarence Hall introduced the followin
GAG RESOLUTION.
I Be it resolved, That it is the sense of tht
t convention that any and all resolutions intrt
duced on the floor Of this convention be referre
q to the committee on resolutions and withol
\ debate.
7 The following was originally a part
! the typewriter resolution, but was erased
l And that when the committee on resoll
tions and platform makes its report and th
same is received and adopted that no mo;
resolutions will be allowed to be intr
duced."
Under the pressure the iayhawking res
lution was squeezed through and the COZ
!, vention adjourned to 3 80 o'clock.