The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-31

was extended to the officers OF the conven-
ton.
The convention then adjourned.
Mayor Lett is an improvement on Colonel
Lett.
Many throat split when the band played
Dixie"
ION to Victory is the motto of the
Democrats. Our ticket is a winner.
Several ladies graced the meeting. There
was no fear that Burmester would speak.
The Democratic SNOWFALL enlarges and
enlarges as it rolls. The number Of ex-
Liberals rolled up in yesterdays conven-
ton was astonishing.
Arthur Pratt, 10 Geoghegan and Ern
Eldredge sat on high seat and when
Schroeder spoke they yelled as Justly as any
Democrat in the hall.
n host Of faces in yesterdays convention
were seen In the ranks Of the Democracy
Tor the first time. A year ago they were
all ardent Liberals.
The grand Democratic ratification meet
ing which has been announced for Tuesday
night may not be held until Wednesday
night. 1t will be q rouser.
HOLSTERS face, when Schroeder re-
ferred to the Liberals as 1.-THE party of
preachers, prohigates and prostitutes
AOOhSu Ilh6 an OlQ mosaic.
The only thing to mar the eternal fitness
oil Things was the bunting in Walkers
pavilion. IL had served the Liberal con-
vent.on and was full of ancient legends.
The convention was a convention of
stalwarts. The number of prominent
Gentiles who once led in the Liberal van,
was simply uncounJable, they were so
numerous.
). Z. Armstrong, the Liberal attorney
! tO looked at the convention last evening
and Whlled away an hour, it not being time
for him yet to pay professional" visits to
his clients on Franklin avenue
Governor Thomas passed Walkers pavil-
ion just as the Democratic host was moving
down from the federal court room and ne
had sckly smile On his countenaEce: but
there were none to do him reverence.
The Democratic central committee or
gained last night and elected u. G.. Dunbar
secretary G. Y. Wallace, the candidate
Tor the council from the Fifth precinct,
VINO IS absent from the city and i'll, having
declined the nomination, Mr.. Henry Siegel
was elected to suGceeI him on the ticket.
While Governor West was reading the
resolutions, his glasses kept tumbling off,
and one delegate moved that somebody be
appointed to hold the governors glasses
on" Never mind" replied the governor
promptly, II AIN not looking through q
glass darkly." This bit of repartee set
the house in an>uproar.
Now comes Spafford's day 1t was holly
| rumored yesterday about town that The
HERALD disclosures regarding the alleged
| forgeries on the Bowman bond and "Wit-
ness" Olson, had tickled Spafford almost to
death, and that he would try to get another
convention movement to rolling, with q
view to displaciug Oson and getting him
! self nominated instead.
Said E. G. Holding: "Talk of your
changes! Last year our convention IN the
Second precinct was made UP three-fourths
of ex Peoples party men and one-fourth of
ex- Liberals. This year 1t was reversed
acknowledgements ex-Liberals and
one-quarter ex People. That tells how
! Democracy is growing and Liberalism dis
migrating in the Second precinct"
The Janney expose, has knocked that
gentleman out OF the box and filled the
hearts of his friends with terror. "Why,"
said one of Lily of the Valley Aliens true
and tried Liberals last night, 81 would
rather have seen Charley LANCE on the
ticket than a man who is a Liberal for
revenue only, and who will take uomina-
ton fr m any party if there is an office in
sight. Charley Lance at least never car
ried water on both shoulders