Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-18
THE Liberal" REPUBLICANS.
They TO Through the Form Of Holding
a Convention To-day.

There was lack Of political attend
ance. There was deatih Of political
enthusiasm. Tie parquette Of the salt
Lake Theatre contained about 800 per.
IONS, being just hall fuli, when the
Republican "kickcrs" got settled
down to business this morning. This
estimate includes everybody delegates,
spectators aud all, aud there were
about dozen In the fret circle, the
rcst Of the house being ns empty ~ the
city treasury.
Just over tho prOscenium and
stretching from the side, In big letters
on canvap, were the words; "fru. Re.
publicans are True Americans" but
the stage wSs unrelev.d by the
slightest characterization; huge
American fiag was made to do duty
In screening the .footligb,s, tut
was scarcely noticeable; the chair.
mans table was bare with the uxcep-
ton Of pitcher Of water and n
tumblei; when the band left the slage
there were exactly ak persons ON ~.
aud the proceeding looked, on the
whole, as II 1t hal been gotten up In n
hurry aDd the weather was cold.
Before taking the chair Mr.. Varian
proceeded ~ "talk 10 the boysn IN
way such a. he alone L. master Of. He
wanted protection for nearly every.
thug. but particularly "thorc VINO
have for twenty years upheld tho
American nag In Utah" He was not
opposed 70 recruits coming In from the
ranks Of whatever opposition, but II n
Democratic friend came In NJ n con-
vert, he would not be willing 10 quite
place him IN the char Of honor; he
would say 90 him, "Sit here near by
where you can near me, " you please,
aud learn what genuine Republican
Ism is.' IL a member VI the Peoples
party were 10 seek admittnnce, he would
say. "Nery well, come Ia and
take n seat some distance away, but
where you can see distinctly anu hear
correctly, snd don't say word Tor ten
years." Al this some half hundred
mouths turned loose and tried to create
u demonstration, but II was no use; the
surroundings were too chilly even on
this warm Jay.
Mr.. Natan then sat down.
The call for the gathering was read,
and then, ON motion Of Col. Sells, the
usual committees were provided for
anu, after n lew minutes recess, the
following names were submitted ana
adopted!
On crcdentials-Juab county, 3. W,
Bennett; slmmit, 5. a. Pafchley;
Beaver, T.. L0chrie; Weber, r, Il,
Hurlburi; Davis, l.. T. Mum; box
Elder, Root. Guthrie; Cache, William
Goodwin.
NJ. Kaighn, d. b. Dolliver, Salt Lake
county; II. A. Breeden, Juab; A. q,
Sutherland, Utah; w. II. smelling,
Cache; w. |. Suyucb summit; G. S.
Vatiau, At large.
On permanent organization Beaver
county, j. T.. Wlscomb; Juab, Ben. ID.
Luce; summit II. $. Townsend;
Weber, j. \. himball. Davis, j. u.
Meredith; Box Elder, Thos. Fryer;
Cache, II. II. Grillh; Morgan, Il.
Olsen; Salt Lake, {. w. Burns; Tooclp,
q. ID. Hanks; Utah, Thomas Dallin;
Wasatch, Fred Hayes.
a delegate from Summit called
attention 10 inc nOteucc OF The
national colors, and this was provided
for. the charge TO be made during
recess.
Al pm. n recess was taken TIL 800.
There was slightly Increased at
tendance when the convention was
called 10 order Mt 2:I5, half dozen
ladies relieving the previous mono,ony
by their presence; the boxes, which
were preserved expressly" for them,
were empty. Two flags had been
pressed Into the service, and tue chair
mans table contained some stands Of
pretty flowers, the gift Of the Salt Lake
Seminary.
The committee on credentials re-
ported, their work being - badly done
that the chairman reprlmanded them
for 1t.
Justice Lochrle objected TO Bra.
yer (which heg represented ~
proxy being omitted. This and seve
raj similar cases were fixed, and at
3:05 the committee on permanent or.
ganizatlon reported.
&. =. Nsrian was made permanent
chairman,